“When great enlightening beings practice dedication in this way, they realize the equality of all buddha-fields, because they adorn and purify all worlds; they realize the equality of all sentient beings, because they turn the wheel of the teaching of nonobstruction for all of them; they realize the equality of enlightening beings, because they produce all knowledge and vows; they realize the equality of all Buddhas, because they observe the essence of the Buddhas is nondual; they realize the equality of all things, because they know the nature of things is invariable; they realize the equality of all worlds, because by means of knowledge of expedients they understand all manners of speaking; they realize the equality of all practices of enlightening beings, because they dedicate all roots of goodness as they plant them; they realize the equality of all times, because they diligently carry out buddha work at all times, never ceasing; they realize the equality of all fruits of action, because they have no obsession with or attachment to any mundane or transmundane roots of goodness, while consummating them all; they realize the equality of spiritual powers of Buddhas, because they manifest buddha work adapted to the world.
“This is great enlightening beings’ eighth dedication, dedication with the character of true thusness. When great enlightening beings abide in this dedication, they attain realization of innumerable pure teachings, and are able to make the lion roar of the enlightened, free and without fear; with skill in means they teach and develop countless enlightening beings, never ceasing at any time; they attain the infinite complete body of Buddhahood, one body filling all worlds; they attain the infinite complete voice of Buddhahood, one utterance enlightening all beings; they attain the infinite complete power of Buddhahood, able to contain all lands in a single pore; they attain the infinite complete occult abilities of Buddhahood, placing sentient beings in a single atom; they attain the infinite complete liberation of Buddhahood, manifesting all spheres of buddhahood in the body of a single being, attaining true enlightenment; they attain the infinite complete concentration of Buddhahood, able to manifest all concentrations in one concentration; they attain the infinite complete powers of analysis and elucidation of Buddhahood, explaining a single statement of principle forever without exhausting it, removing the doubts and confusion of all sentient beings; they attain the infinite complete being of Buddhahood, endowed with the ten powers of Buddhahood, manifesting the attainment of true enlightenment throughout the realm of sentient beings. This is great enlightening beings’ dedication of all roots of goodness in accord with the character of true thusness.”
Then the enlightening being Diamond Banner, invested with the awesome power of Buddha, looked over the ten directions and spoke these verses:
Enlightening beings’ determination is stable,
With true mindfulness steadfast, free from ignorance and confusion.
Their minds are flexible, always cool;
They build up boundless virtuous practices.
Enlightening beings are humble and inoffensive;
Their aspirations are all pure.
They have attained the great light of wisdom,
Able to illumine all acts.
Enlightening beings’ meditations and works are great,
Variously different, extremely rare;
They cultivate practice with determination, not retreating,
Thereby to aid all living beings.
Their acts are infinitely various;
Enlightening beings practice them all diligently,
Adapting to sentient beings, not opposing their wishes,
Causing all minds to be pure and joyous.
They have already ascended to the honored stage of the Human Tamer,
Freed from all burning afflictions, their minds unobstructed;
They know the meanings of all the teachings
And practice them ever more diligently for the benefit of the living.
The good practices cultivated by enlightening beings
Are measureless, countless, variously different;
They know the particulars of all of them,
And dedicate them to help living beings.
With subtle knowledge they ever examine
The ultimate, universal truth,
Cutting off all hypostases,
Dedicating in accord with true thusness.
Just as true thusness pervades all,
So do they embrace all worlds;
This mind do enlightening beings dedicate
To freeing sentient beings from attachment.
The power of enlightening beings’ vows is all-pervasive,
Just as true thusness is omnipresent;
Their mindfulness comprehends the seen and unseen,
Whereby they dedicate virtues.
Subsisting in the night and the day,
In the fortnight and the month,
And in the year and the eon:
As is true thusness, so is their practice.
In all times and all lands,
All sentient beings and all phenomena—
Abiding therein yet without dwelling anywhere,
They dedicate practice like this.
Like the fundamental essence of true thusness,
Such a great mind do enlightening beings awake:
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