འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 314

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The purpose of instructing beings.

“This king of manuals, with its extensive contents,
Is [now] entrusted to you in particular,²⁰⁰²
So that it will be used, at that time,²⁰⁰³
For the benefit of beings.

“At that terrible time,
People will be without Dharma.
Never following any rules,²⁰⁰⁴
The kings will be full of ill will.

“Both humans and nonhuman beings
Will all be hostile to the teaching.
They will destroy the entire Dharma basket
That I have taught.

“The mantra basket was taught
In order to guide them.
It was for you, O divine youth, that I made this aspiration
Throughout inconceivable past eons:²⁰⁰⁵

“ ‘Whatever buddhas, friends of the world, have existed,
Who are now in the state of nirvāṇa,
I will strive to spread their doctrine
Eon after eon.

“ ‘I will travel everywhere
In the form of a young boy
And guide beings
In the form of the mantra, time after time.’

“This aspiration, O divine youth,
I made in the past for you.
This has now come to pass, O youth!
This is my instruction to you:²⁰⁰⁶

“When the buddhafield is empty
And people are without refuge,
You should instruct them, as a young boy,
In the form of the mantra.

“You will guide many beings,
Granting them every good fortune.
At that time, during the debased eon,
You will grant boons to all beings.

“When I have departed from this world into nirvāṇa,
And the land has become empty,
You will carry on the Buddha’s work
In the form of a young boy.

“At that time, I will enter nirvāṇa
In the delightful wilderness
Of the foothills of the Himalayas,
On the bank of the Hiraṇyavatī.”

Chapter 35

At that time the blessed Śākyamuni again directed his gaze at the realm of the Pure Abode