大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 1.29
The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra 1.29
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1.29
Tomorrow you will gain birth in the Great Vehicle.’ [The ācārya] having instructed them in this manner, they may in
dreams while asleep See monks’ dwellings, groves all imposingly lovely, Halls of outstanding appearance, bright and spacious [multistory]
houses, Banners, parasols, maṇi-gems, jeweled swords, flowers pleasing
to the mind, Women in fresh white garments, upright and of beautiful complexion, Close relatives or good friends, men of divine physique, Herds of cows with abundant milk, sutra scrolls clean and unsoiled, Omniscient ones (i.e., buddhas), pratyekabuddhas, and multitudes
of the Buddha’s śrāvakas, High-minded bodhisattvas, the actual bestowal of results, The crossing of oceans, rivers or lakes, as well as the hearing of
pleasant voices In midair saying, ‘How auspicious!’ or ‘You will be given the fruit
of your mind’s desire!’ Favorable signs such as these should be carefully differentiated, And those that differ from these should be known not to be good
dreams. Those [disciples] well-established in the precepts arise on the morrow,
and after they have told the teacher [the content of their dreams], The teacher expounds the Dharma with these phrases so as to exhort
the practitioners: ‘This path of the most excellent vow, the Mahayana of the great
mind— You now seek after it and will attain [the state of] Tathāgatas, Great dragons of spontaneous knowledge revered by the world like
stupas; It completely transcends existence and nonexistence and is unsullied,
like empty space.
The profundity of the dharmas is difficult to comprehend, not
contained by anything,
And removed from all false conceptions, for frivolous arguments
are originally nonexistent.
Its activities wondrous, without compare, and always based on the
two truths,
This vehicle is most excellent, and [henceforth] you will dwell in
this path.’”
Then the vajradhara Aprapañcavihārin said to the Buddha, “World-hon-
ored One, I beg you to explain the precept of knowledge unobstructed through-
out the three ages, for if a bodhisattva abides in it, it causes buddhas and
bodhisattvas all to rejoice.”
When he had finished speaking thus, the Buddha addressed the vajra-
dhara Aprapañcavihārin and the others, saying, “Son of the Buddha, listen
attentively! When a person of [good] family abides in this precept, he unites
his body, speech, and mind, making them one, and does not create any dhar-
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