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　　”Be careful not to consider yourselves inferior.

　　Your bodies are Tathagatagarbhas;

　　They always contain

　　The world”s light of saving grace.”

　　If you exert yourselves

　　And do not spend a lot of time

　　Sitting in the meditation hall,

　　You will attain the path of very highest siddhi

　　And save limitless beings."

　　"Or, kulaputras, it is like a master foundryman casting a statue of pure gold. After casting is complete, it is inverted and placed on the ground. Although the outside is scorched and blackened, the inside is unchanged. When it is opened and the statue taken out, the golden color is radiant and dazzling. Similarly, kulaputras, when the Tathagata observes all beings, he sees that the Buddhagarbha is inside their bodies replete with all its many virtues. After seeing this, he reveals far and wide that all beings will obtain relief. He removes kleshas with his Vajra jnana and reveals the Buddha-kaya like a person uncovering a golden statue."

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

　　"It is like a great foundry

　　With countless golden statues.

　　Foolish people look at the outside

　　And see only the darkened earthen molds.

　　The master foundryman estimates that they have cooled,

　　And opens them to extract their contents.

　　All impurity is removed

　　And the features clearly revealed.

　　With my Buddha vision

　　I see that all beings are like this.

　　Within the mud shell of passions,

　　All have the Tathagata-nature.

　　By means of vajra jnana,

　　We break the mold of the kleshas

　　And reveal the Tathagatagarbha,

　　Like pure, shining gold.

　　Just as I have seen this

　　And so instructed all the bodhisattvas,

　　So should you accept it,

　　And convert in turn all other beings."

　　At that point, the Bhagavan spoke to Vajramati and the other bodhisattva mahasattvas, saying, "Whether you are bhikshu or upasaka, kula putra and duhita, you should accept, recite, copy, revere and widely expound this "Tathagatagarbha Sutra" for the benefit of others. The virtues that you will derive from it are inestimable. Vajramati, if there were a bodhisattva who, for the sake of the Buddha path, worked diligently and assiduously, or who cultivated abhijna, or who entered all of the samadhis, or who desired to plant the kushala mulas (roots of virtue), or who worshiped the present-day Buddhas, more numerous than the sands of the Ganga, or who erected more Seven-jeweled stupas than there are sands in the Ganga, of a height of ten yojana and a depth and breadth of one yojana, or who set up in those stupas sseven-jeweled couches covered with pine paintings, or who daily erected for each Buddha more seven-jewelled stupas than there are sands in the Ganga and who presented them to each Tathagata and bodhisattva and shravaka in the assembly, or who did this sort of thing everywhere for all the present day Buddhas, whose number is greater than the sands of the Ganga, or who erected fifty times more jewelled stupas than there are sands in the Ganga and who presented them to each Tathagata and bodhisattva and shravaka in the assembly, or who did this sort of thing everywhere for all the present day Buddhas, whose number is greater than the sands of the Ganga, or who erected fifty times more jewelled stupas than there are sands in the Ganga and who presented them as an offering to fifty times more Buddhas and bodhisattvas and sravakas in the assembly than there are sands in the Ganga and who did this for countless hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of kalpa, Vajramati, that bodhisattva would still not be the equal of the person who finds deep joy (pramudita, first bodhisattva stage) and perfect enlightenment in the ”Tathagatagarbha Sutra”, who accepts it, recites it, copies it, or even reveres but a single one of its metaphors. Vajrama…

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