The Vimalakirti Sutra
- “They are without self, without person, without sentient being, without lifespan. They [teach the three emancipations of] emptiness, signlessness, wishlessness and nonactivation.
“They are able to make sentient beings take their seat in the place of enlightenment and turn the wheel of the Dharma.
“They are praised by all the gods, dragons, [demonic] spirits (vaksas), gandharvas, and so on.
“They are able to make sentient beings enter the store[house] of the Buddha-Dharma.
“They accommodate all the [types of] wisdom of the worthies and sages. They explain the path practiced by the host of bodhisattvas. They rely on the meanings of the true characteristic of the dharmas. They illuminate the dharmas of impermanence, suffering, emptiness, no-self, and extinction.
“They are able to save all sentient beings who commit infractions. They can render afraid the Maras, heretics, and those attached to desire.
“They are praised by all the buddhas, worthies, and sages. They reject the suffering of samsara and reveal the joy of nirvana. They are explained by all the buddhas of the ten directions and three periods of time.
“One who hears such sutras, and devoutly understands, accepts and maintains, and reads and recites them, will with the power of skillful means save all beings.