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LALITA-VISTARA passion; after having, for maturing the minds of beings, enjoyed all objects of desire; after having exhibited his unrivalled supremacy in accunulating the treasures of special virtue and power resulting from the root of immeasurable good; after having tasted the sensuous pleasures resulting from the enjoyment of diverso oljects of gratification relating to form, sound, smell, and touch-all most charming and of superhuman and super-celestial character, after having cxhibited the entiro and unlimited control he possessed over his inind in all matters regarding objects of desire; after having discussed with men w had acquired the root of good through their previously acquired power of reflection ; after having evinced a feeling of sympathy for afflicted persons. Percciving then that the time for maturing the mind of the self-willed dwellers of the zenana had arriv. ed, the Bodhisattva repeatedly called to mind liis former resolves. IIe brought face to face the Buddha religion; ho spread out bis powers of reflection; he revived his unbounded mercy for living beings; be thought of the salvation of beings; he boheld the overthrow of all wealth and misfortune ; be examined the nature of all accidents and fears of the world; he tore asunder the lasso of Mára and of Kali; he exerted himself to free himself from the trummels of the world; he wholly devoted his mind to Nirvana. ,
In this respect Bhikshus, the Bodhisattva was thoroughly cognizant of the defects of the world from beginning to end ; he was by purification and discrimination undesiring; he was by an act of renunciation free from desire; he was facing the Buddha Nirvúņa ; he was diverted from the world; he was forward for the domain of Tathhyata ; he was averse to the domain of Mára ; he was acquainted with the blazing evils of the world; he was desirous to extricate himself from the three elements; he was proficient in escaping from the ovils of the world; he was desirous of mendicancy ; lie was intent upon going away from home; he was bent on discrimination (between the real and the unreal); he was prompted by discrimination; he was bent forward by
