Vaineyadharmopadeśaḥ aṣṭamaṃ prakaraṇam
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vaineyadharmopadeśaḥ aṣṭamaṃ prakaraṇam |
atha ratnapāṇirbodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat–na me bhagavana kvacidīdṛśaḥ acintyastathāgatānāṃ puṇyaskandho dṛṣṭo vā śruto vā prāgeva bodhisattvabhūtasya, yādṛśo bhagavato'valokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya puṇyaskandhaḥ | bhagavānāha–yatkhalu kulaputra mama sadṛśāḥ gaṅgānadīvālukopamāstathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā bhaveyuḥ, te caikasthāne dhārayeyuḥ satkārāya divyakalpacīvarapiṇḍapātraśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ, te ca tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ sarvathaikatra saṃnipātyante | sarve avalokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya na śankuvanti puṇyaskandhaṃ gaṇayitum | prāgeva kulaputra ahamekākī asmin lokadhātau viharāmi, tatkathaṃ śaknuyāṃ tasya puṇyaskandhaṃ vācā vyāhartum? api ca kulaputra sarve tathāgatā daśabhyo vāgbhiḥ evaṃ vācamabhāṣanta–te sattvāḥ sukhitā loke bhavanti, ye avalokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya nāmadheyamanusmaranti | te jarāmaraṇavyādhiśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyebhyaḥ parimuktā bhavanti, te āpaścimasāṃsārikaṃ duḥkhaṃ nānubhavanti, te śuklapāṇḍarapaṭā iva rājahaṃsāḥ plutavāyuvegā iva gacchanti sukhāvatīlokadhātumamitābhasya tathāgatasya saṃmukhaṃ dharmaśravaṇāya | dharmaṃ śrutvā ca sāṃsārikaṃ duḥkhaṃ teṣāṃ kāye na bādhate, na ca rāgadveṣamohena jarāmaraṇam, na ca teṣāṃ kṣutpipāsā duḥkhaṃ kāye na bādhate, na ca te garbhāvāsaduḥkhamanusmaranti, tasminneva padme jāyante | dharmarasena pūryamāṇāḥ satataparigrahaṃ vyavasthāpitāḥ tāvadasmiṃllokadhātau tiṣṭhanti, yāvadavalokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya dṛḍhapratijñā na paripūritā bhavati–sarvasattvā sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ parimokṣitāḥ yāvadanuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodhau na pratiṣṭhāpitā bhavanti ||
atha ratnapāṇirbodhisattvo bhagavantametadavocat–katamena kālena bhagavato'sya dṛḍhapratijñāṃ paripūrayati, sarvasattvāśca mokṣamārge pratiṣṭhāpitā bhaveyuḥ ? bhagavānāha–bahubhiḥ kulaputra kāraṇaiḥ sattvāḥ kāraṇāt saṃsāre saṃsaranti, devatā sattvān paripācayati, teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ bodhimārgamupadarśayati | yena yena rupeṇa vaineyāḥ sattvāḥ, tena tena rupeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | tathāgatavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgatarupeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | pratyekabuddhavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ pratyekabuddharūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | arhattvavaineyānāṃ sattvānāmarhattvarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | bodhisattvavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ bodhisattvarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | maheśvaravaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ maheśvararūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | nārāyaṇavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ nārāyaṇarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | brahmavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ brahmarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | indravaineyānāṃ sattvānāmindrarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | ādityavaineyānāṃ sattvānāmādityarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | candravaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ candrarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | agnivaineyānāṃ sattvānāmagnirūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | varuṇavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ varuṇarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | vāyuvaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ vāyurūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | nāgavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ nāgarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | vighnapativaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ vighnapatirūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | yakṣavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ yakṣarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | vaiśravaṇavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ vaiśravaṇarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | rājavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ rājarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | rājabhaṭavaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ rājabhaṭarūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | mātṛpitṛvaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ mātṛpitṛrūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | yathā yathā vaineyānāṃ sattvānāṃ tathā tathā rūpeṇa dharmaṃ deśayati | evaṃ kulaputra avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sattvān dharmaṃ deśayati, paripācayati, nirvāṇabhūmimupadarśayati ||
iti vaineyadharmopadeśo nāma aṣṭamaṃ prakaraṇam ||