འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 306

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And after that, another place [called] the ultimate.

“Beyond the ultimate is the domain of the buddhas,
With its superior levels.¹⁹⁵⁹
It is impossible for human beings to
Go over all these world divisions.

“There is nothing that would be regarded
As superior to the domain of the buddhas.¹⁹⁶⁰
Buddhafields are believed
To be as numerous as the grains of sand in the Gaṅgā.

“Dissecting¹⁹⁶¹ [the physical matter,]
The guides [also] taught about the smallest particles.
This was done by way of examples
[Within] the domain of analytical investigation.¹⁹⁶²
Physical matter can be established through logic (hetunā);
It cannot be established by relying [solely] on enumeration.¹⁹⁶³

“In the past, I served fully realized buddhas
Whose number matched such enumeration.
I worshiped them
During this inconceivable¹⁹⁶⁴ eon.
In the infinity of time,
I became a bodhisattva long ago.

“For the sake of beings,
I became fully realized and attained buddhahood.
I taught tantra in different places,
Providing full details of the rituals.

“Taught by the buddhas,
This supreme [manual of] rites is the best.
It was taught to me¹⁹⁶⁵ in the past
By so many fully realized buddhas.

“And now, O divine youth, I teach it myself
During my final embodied existence.
However many worldly mantras
And auspicious kings of rites there are,

“However many supramundane or divine mantras there are
Among men, gods, and asuras,
I have explained tantric applications
For all of them.

“This king of manuals,¹⁹⁶⁶ celebrated everywhere,
Has great magical power.
By applying the ritual procedures of the mantras
One will attain accomplishment and become like Mañjughoṣa.¹⁹⁶⁷

“It has been declared by Mañjughoṣa,
The powerful lord, that by the sole means of
This manual with its procedures
All these [mantras] will be accomplished.¹⁹⁶⁸

“It is a foregone conclusion that
Whatever other deity mantras¹⁹⁶⁹ there are—
All the supramundane
And mundane ones of great power—

“They too can become accomplished
By the ritual methods in this king of manuals.
Mañjuśrī controls all the mantras