Chapter 32

Rewards of the Six Perfections

217. Through Giving a bodhisattva escapes a rebirth as a hungry ghost. They also escape poverty, and all the defilements. When coursing in it (giving) one gains infinite and abundant wealth. Through their giving they help mature beings who are in trouble.

218. Through Morality they avoid rebirth as an animal, constantly gaining rebirth as a human at the proper moment. Through Patience they gain a perfect and exalted body, with good skin, dear for the world to look at.

219. Through Vigor they do not suffer the loss of the bright qualities; gaining the storehouse of the infinite wisdom of the Buddhas. Through Trance they cast off the sense-qualities in disgust, acquiring the legendary superknowledges and concentrations.

220. Having, through Wisdom, comprehended the essential original nature of dharmas, they completely transcend the triple world and the states of woe. Having turned the precious wheel of the Buddha, they demonstrate Dharma to the world for the complete extinction of suffering.

221. When the bodhisattva has fulfilled these dharmas, they still receive the purity of the field and the purity of the beings cultivated in it. They also receive the lineage of the Buddha, the lineage of the Dharma, and the lineage of the Sangha. They receive all dharmas.

Conclusion

222. The supreme physician who gives treatment to the sickness of the world, has taught this discourse on wisdom which is the path to enlightenment. It is called “The Path to enlightenment which is the Accumulation of Precious Qualities,” and it has been taught so that all beings may one day reach that Path.