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32 Who would not be amazed? 126 Delighted with the flavour of your teaching, many wise ones left their beds of gold to sleep on beds of straw. 127 Because you knew time and temperaments, sometimes you remained silent when questioned, sometimes you spoke first, and at other times you aroused their interest and then spoke. 128 Having first scrubbed clean the garment of the mind with talk on generosity and other virtues, you then applied the dye of the Dharma. 37 129 There is no expedient or opportunity which you did not use in order to rescue this pitiful world from the fearful abyss of saüsàra.

109 When worldly enjoyments are at stake, men and gods act at variance with each other. But because they can enjoy the Dharma in harmony, they are reconciled in you. 110 O Blessed One, you have given the comfort of the Dharma unstintingly to all, regardless of birth, age or caste, regardless of time or place. 111 As if amazed and envious the gods honour with joined palms even your disciples, who unlike them are free from amazement and envy. 112 Ah! How brilliant is the arising of a Buddha, that cream of saüsàra.

87 O Great Hero, your teachings brought trembling to sectarians, 25 misery to Namuci, but rejoicing to both gods and men. 88 Even the rule of Death, which extends without impediment or obstacle over the triple world, 26 has been crushed by your teaching. 89 For those who fathom your teachings can live an aeon if they so desire, but freely they depart 27 to the realm where death cannot tread. 90 Only in your dispensation is time divided for studying the scriptures, pondering their meaning and practising meditation.

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