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　　The Tathagata”s faultless vision

　　Sees that the tathagata garbha

　　Within the body of beings

　　Is just like the seed within a flower or fruit.

　　Though ignorance covers the Buddhagarbha,

　　You ought to have faith and realize

　　That you are possessed of samadhi wisdom,

　　None of which can be destroyed.

　　For this reason I expound the Dharma

　　And reveal the tathagatagarbha,

　　That you may quickly attain the unexcelled (anuttara) path,

　　Just as a fruit grows into the most regal of trees.

　　"Or, kulaputras, it is like a man with a statue of pure gold, who was to travel through the narrow roads of another country and feared that he might be victimized and robbed. So he wrapped the statue in worn-out rags so that no one would know that he had it. On the way the man suddenly died, and the golden statue was discarded in an open field. Travelers trampled it and it became totally filthy. But a person with supernatural vision saw that within the worn-out rags there was a pure gold statue, so he unwrapped it and all paid homage to it. Similarly, kulaputras, I see the different beings with their many kleshad, transmigrating through the long night of endless samsara and I perceive that within their bodies is the wondrous Tathagatagarbha. They are august and pure and no different from myself. For this reason the Buddha expounds the Dharma for beings, that they might sever those kleshad and purify their Tathagata jnana. I turn the Dharmacakra again and again in order to convert all worlds."

　　At that point, the bhagavan expressed himself in gatha, saying:

　　"It is like a traveller to another country

　　Carrying a golden statue,

　　Who wraps it in dirty, worn-out rags

　　And discards it in an unused field.

　　One with supernatural vision sees it

　　And tells other people about it.

　　They remove the dirty rags and reveal the statue

　　And all rejoice greatly.

　　My supernatural vision is like this.

　　I see that beings of all sorts

　　Are entangled in kleshad and evil actions

　　And are plagued with all the sufferings of samsara.

　　Yet I also see that within

　　The dust of ignorance of all beings,

　　The Tathagatagarbha sits motionless,

　　Great and indestructible.

　　After I have seen this,

　　I explain to bodhisattvas that

　　Kleshad and evil actions

　　Cover the most victorious body.

　　You should endeavor to sever them,

　　And manifest the Tathagata jnana.

　　It is the refuge of all --

　　deva, manushya (human being), naga and bhuta.

　　"Or, kulaputras, it is like a woman who is impoverished, vile, ugly and hated by others, who bears an Arya son in her womb. He will become a Cakra-vartin King, a ruler of all the four directions. But she does not know his future history and constantly thinks of him as a base-born, impoverished child. In like fashion, kulaputras, the Tathagata sees that all beings are carried around by the samsara cakra, receiving suffering and poison, but their bodies possess the Tathagatagarbha. Just like that woman, they do not realize this. This is why the Tathagata everywhere expounds the Dharma, saying, ”kulaputras, do not consider yourselves inferior or base. You all personally possess the Buddhadhatu.” If you exert yourselves and destroy your past evils, then you will receive the title of bodhisattva or Bhagavan and convert and save countless beings.

　　At that point, the Bhagavan expressed himself in gatha, saying:

　　"It is like an impoverished woman

　　Whose appearance is common and vile,

　　But who bears an Arya son

　　Who will become a Cakravartin king.

　　Replete with Seven Jewels and all virtues,

　　He will possess as king the four quarters of the earth.

　　But she is incapable of knowing this

　　And conceives only thoughts of inferiority.

　　I see that all beings

　　Are like infants in distress.

　　Within their bodies is the Tathagatagarbha,

　　But they do not realize it.

　　So I t…

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