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Akshayamatinirdesha [sanskrit]
18,273 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Akshayamatinirdesha: an ancient Mahayana Sutra devoted to the Bodhisattva Akshayamati, recognized as one of the sixteen bodhisattvas of the Bhadrakalpa (fortunate aeon). The text expounds the practices and ethics of the Bodhisatva way of life. Original titles: Akṣayamatinirdeśa (अक्षयमतिनिर्देश), Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra (अक्षयमतिनिर्देशसूत्र), Akṣayamati-nirdeśa-sūtra (अक्षयमति-निर्देश-सूत्र).
XVII. Tatprāptivyavasthāpanā (75th – 78th akṣaya, Dharmoddāna)
[English text for this chapter is available]
punar aparaṃ, bhadanta śāradvatīputra, bodhisattvānāṃ catvāri dharmoddānāny apy akṣayāṇi.
katamāni catvāri?
tad yathānityāḥ sarvasaṃskārā iti bodhisattvānām akṣayanirdeśajñānapraveśaḥ | duḥkhāḥ sarvasaṃskārā iti bodhisattvānām akṣayanirdeśajñānapraveśaḥ | anātmānaḥ sarvadharmā iti bodhisattvānām akṣayanirdeśajñānapraveśaḥ | śāntaṃ nirvāṇam iti bodhisattvānām akṣayanirdeśajñānapraveśaḥ.
tatra katamad anityārthaḥ?
abhavārtho'saṅgārtho na tu bhavavināśārthaḥ | anityārtho hi dharmanairātmyaḥ, tatra nāsti vināśaḥ kaścana svabhāvaviviktatvāt.
ayam anityārthaḥ.
tatra katamo duḥkhārthaḥ?
aratyartho duḥkhārthaḥ, ratikṣayārtho duḥkhārthaḥ, apraṇihitārtho duḥkhārthaḥ, duḥkhaśabdaprakāśanārtho duḥkhārthaḥ, ākāśaprabhāvanārtho duḥkhārthaḥ.
ayaṃ duḥkhārthaḥ.
tatra katamo'nātmārthaḥ?
ātmātyantānātmā, yad anātmārthaṃ tad riktaṃ tucchaṃ vaśikaṃ śūnyam, śūnyārthas tv anātmārthaḥ.
ayam ucyate'nātmārthaḥ.
tatra katamaḥ śāntārthaḥ?
śāntaṃ na śāntyā śāntaṃ bhavati, śāntam eva śāntam, nāpy aśāntaṃ śāntyā śāntaṃ bhavati. yac chāntārthaṃ sā sarvanimittopaśāntir, idaṃ śāntam iti | śāntaṃ nirvāṇam.
ayam ucyate śāntārthaḥ.
ime, bhadanta śāradvatīputra, bodhisattvānām akṣayāṇi dharmoddānāni.