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CH 17 - The Merit of the Initial Generation of Bodhicitta

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Śakra-devānām Indra then asks Dharma Wisdom Bodhisattva about the merit gained from generating anuttarā-saṃyak-saṃbodhi-citta.

Dharma Wisdom explains with a series of examples comparing the merit to being great than from:

  1. Someone providing comforts for all beings in measureless worlds
  2. Providing medicines for all the beings in ten infinities of worlds
  3. The number of worlds of passing beyond worlds in thought-moments, then multiplying
  4. Knowing innumerable numbers of kalpas
  5. Knowing all differences in all beings
  6. Knowing all faculties
  7. Knowing all Inclinations
  8. Knowing all techniques
  9. Knowing all mentalities
  10. Knowing all actions
  11. Knowing all afflictions
  12. Presenting offerings to countless buddhas
  13. Doing what person #12 did to just as many people

This culminates in the ultimate comparisons and concludes with verses.