法苑珠林 95.16

English (machine translation) 95.16

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95.16

The Buddha said to Ānanda: "When the Bodhisattva Maitreya originally sought the Path, he did not give up his ears, nose, body, and life to attain the Buddha Path; but solely by skillful means and the practice of ease and joy, he attained that unsurpassed, true, and correct Path." Ānanda addressed the Buddha: "By what skillful means was he able to attain the Buddha Path?" The Buddha told Ānanda: "The Bodhisattva Maitreya, three times by day and three times by night, would adjust his robes, compose his body, clasp his hands, lower his knees to the ground, and facing the Buddhas of the ten directions, speak this verse:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese