དག་བ་དང་མ་དག་བའ་ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་སྨན་པ་བསྟན་པའ་མད 15

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they will be welcomed when arriving and escorted when departing.

“Nanda,¹⁹² I have explained all the sūtras in terms of karma, causes, and fruition. It is said that if beings recite, read, or practice this sūtra, they will be liberated from the unfree states and from suffering.¹⁹³ Those who denigrate this sūtra will have their tongues entirely cut off in this very life.”¹⁹⁴

Nanda then asked, “Blessed One, what is the name of this sūtra? How should it be remembered?”¹⁹⁵

The Blessed One replied, “Nanda, remember this sūtra as The Causes and Effects of Virtue and Nonvirtue, and as The Path and Practice of the Bodhisattvas.”¹⁹⁶

When this sūtra was being given by the Blessed One, eighty-thousand gods and humans from among the many followers gave rise to the mind of unsurpassed awakening. The bodies of eight thousand women transformed into male bodies,¹⁹⁷ and all the nonvirtuous beings became virtuous.¹⁹⁸