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Accordingly, without the dedication of the roots of virtue, virtue comes to nothing, for there are many causes for its destruction, such as the occurrence of anger. By contrast, when virtue is dedicated to the attainment of enlightenment, it is as when drops of water fall into the ocean; they will remain for as long as the ocean lasts. Virtue dedicated to the attainment of buddhahood will not be spent until enlightenment is gained. Indeed, it will increase and actually take us there.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 393–94. It is unclear whether the three-line verse here belongs to Khenpo Kunpal or whether he is borrowing it from some other source.</ref> | Accordingly, without the dedication of the roots of virtue, virtue comes to nothing, for there are many causes for its destruction, such as the occurrence of anger. By contrast, when virtue is dedicated to the attainment of enlightenment, it is as when drops of water fall into the ocean; they will remain for as long as the ocean lasts. Virtue dedicated to the attainment of buddhahood will not be spent until enlightenment is gained. Indeed, it will increase and actually take us there.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 393–94. It is unclear whether the three-line verse here belongs to Khenpo Kunpal or whether he is borrowing it from some other source.</ref> | ||
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''The Sūtra Taught by Inexhaustible Intellect'' (Skt. ''Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra'') reminds us of this important point—if our roots of virtue are properly dedicated, then they cannot be damaged or destroyed until we achieve enlightenment. | |||
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|quote-text=Just as there is no destruction or interruption, until the end of the aeon, of a drop of water that has fallen into a great ocean, there is no destruction or interruption whatsoever of the roots of virtue that have been dedicated to awakening until the bodhisatvas sit on the seat of awakening.<ref>Norwegian Institute of Palaeography and Historical Philology (PHI), trans., ''The Teaching of Akṣayamati'', ''Akṣayamatinirdeśa'', Toh 175 (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023), https://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-060-004.html?#UT22084-060-004-128. For this passage in verse form, see Blankleder and Fletcher, ''The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 394.</ref> | |||
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<h4>Dedicating with the Context of Emptiness</h4> | |||
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