[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསིལ་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335) › [The Sutra on the Ringing Staff](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000) › 3 # འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསལ་གྱ་མད 3 The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff 3 - **Language:** English ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.3) Those who hold the ringing staff will emerge from the three realms of existence and also be unattached. Therefore, it is said to bring about irreversibility of spiritual progress. “The ringing staff causes understanding. What does the ringing staff cause one to comprehend? One will understand suffering, emptiness, and the fetters that are afflictions of the three realms, and one will clearly realize the four truths and the twelve links of dependent origination. Therefore, it is said to cause understanding. “The ringing staff eliminates pride. Those who hold the ringing staff will give up acting pridefully. Therefore, it is said to eliminate pride. “The ringing staff keeps others at a distance. Those who hold this ringing staff will distance themselves from the five sensual objects. Therefore, they will give up the fetters of craving for sensual objects, discard the five aggregates, give up the five states of existence, approach nirvāṇa, and also expel conditioning karma far away. Therefore, it is said to keep others at a distance. “The ringing staff adopts. By adopting the precious discipline, meditative stabilization, and wisdom of the buddhas, those who hold the ringing staff will attain freedom. Therefore, it is said to adopt. “The ringing staff brings accomplishment. By becoming accomplished in the collections of the Buddha’s teachings and practicing them as taught,¹³ those who hold the ringing staff will not fall back but become excellent. Therefore, it is said that it brings accomplishment.” “Kāśyapa,” the Blessed One concluded, “since the meanings of the term ringing staff are vast and multifarious, they cannot be described fully, but for the time being you should comprehend them in that way.” - [Previous: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.2) - [Next: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསིལ་གྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335.3) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.3) · Pramāṇa