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(23) It also emits a light called “Dispensing Elixir”: This light can awaken all beings, Causing them to give up all indulgence And fully practice all virtues. Explaining the instability of created things And how they’re filled with countless vexations, Always happily extolling the bliss of dispassionate tranquility Is how this light can be made.

(24) It also emanates a light called “Supreme”: This light awakens all beings, Causing them to hear from the Buddhas The supreme teachings of discipline, concentration, and knowledge. Always gladly praising all Buddhas’ Supreme self-control, concentration, and knowledge, In this way seeking the unexcelled Path, Is how this light is attained.

(25) It also radiates a light called “Jewel Adornment”: This light can awaken all beings, Causing them to attain an inexhaustible treasury of jewels, To offer to the enlightened ones. Presenting various excellent jewels To the Buddhas and Buddhas’ shrines, Also giving them generously to the poor, Is how this light is made.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Pride.”  From Sacred Allegories by William Adams (1859)