Verses of Praise by Akṣayamati (Āryākṣayamatinirdeśanāmamahāyānasūtra)
In the Āryākṣayamatinirdeśanāmamahāyānasūtra , the bodhisattva Akṣayamati praised the Blessed One with these verses: “Immaculate one without impurities, hero free of desire, Your three eyes [1] are purified and there is no obscuration to your wisdom. You have given up hate, rejecting the three kinds of moral filth [2] and harshness [3]. To the awakened one with no impurities, I bow. “Without fear, doing away with delusion, You are endowed with the ten powers [4], and you are hard to subdue for loquacious opponents. You frighten those who walk on faulty paths, And you walk the earth like a fearless lion. “In the celestial worlds your body shines, faultless and pure. You have done away with dark ignorance. Blinding, you shine like the sun Freed from the net of clouds. “The worlds, without refuge and protection, are suffering, Tormented by old age and death, without any firm standing. Greatest of beings, Come...