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Furthermore, Khenpo Kunpal quotes from the ''The King of Samādhis Sūtra'' (Skt. ''Samādhirājasūtra'') to encourage us to realize how incredible it is in this degenerate era to have virtuous thoughts and the wish to follow the bodhisattva path, and especially to wish to take ordination. | Furthermore, Khenpo Kunpal quotes from the ''The King of Samādhis Sūtra'' (Skt. ''Samādhirājasūtra'') to encourage us to realize how incredible it is in this degenerate era to have virtuous thoughts and the wish to follow the bodhisattva path, and especially to wish to take ordination. | ||
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|quote-text=In the present age, if one takes and observes just one of the precepts of the | |quote-text=In the present age, if one takes and observes just one of the precepts of the Buddha's teaching, one will acquire great merit and benefits. This has been described in the ''Samadhiraja-sutra'': | ||
:Those who for as many aeons trillionfold<br>As grains upon the | :Those who for as many aeons trillionfold<br>As grains upon the Ganga's sandy shore,<br>Worship with devoted mind, with food and drink,<br>And lamps and flowers, parasols and banners,<br>A thousand million Buddhas—<br>All are in their merits utterly surpassed<br>By those who—at this time when sacred Dharma perishes<br>And when the teaching of the Tathagata wanes—<br>Will practice day and night a single precept. | ||
This being so, there is no need to speak of the result that will occur when one embraces monastic ordination and observes all the precepts without impairment. One will accomplish perfectly the goals of this and future existences both for oneself and others. The benefits that ensue are inconceivable.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 429-30.</ref> | This being so, there is no need to speak of the result that will occur when one embraces monastic ordination and observes all the precepts without impairment. One will accomplish perfectly the goals of this and future existences both for oneself and others. The benefits that ensue are inconceivable.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 429-30.</ref> | ||
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