Notes

n.1It should be noted that there are three sūtras elsewhere in the Kangyur whose main titles are The Question of Maitreya (Maitreya­paripṛcchā, byams pas zhus pa): Toh 85, Toh 86, and Toh 149.

n.2In his gsung rab rin po che’i gtam rgyud dang shAkya’i rabs rgyud (Toh 4357), a treatise in the Tengyur; see n.­4.

n.3Denkarma, folio 299.b. See also Hermann-Pfandt (2008), p. 114, no. 215.

n.4Kawa Paltsek, folio 283.b, quotes this passage as follows: “When bodhisattvas are endowed with five qualities, they will not be harmed by Māra, they will live long, and they will soon attain awakening. These five are (1) always giving sentient beings the Dharma, (2) giving sentient beings freedom from fear, (3) practicing the four immeasurable qualities, (4) repairing old stūpas, and (5) causing all beings to aspire to the mind of awakening.”

n.5Translated based on Stok Palace Kangyur: bskyang. Degé Kangyur: bskyed.