Unbroken Faith, Receiving Predictions, Dedication of Roots of Goodness
Three short, plainly listed sets of ten pass by quickly here: unbroken faith directed at buddhas, dharma, saṃgha, bodhisattvas, and every sentient being; ten different circumstances under which a bodhisattva receives a prediction of awakening, from an inward understanding to open acknowledgment before others; and a dedication of roots of goodness built entirely around matching a good spiritual friend, point for point, with no version of the outcome accepted except that exact match.
Matched to a Good Spiritual Friend
The third list here repeats a single formula ten times over, changing only one word each time — vow, mind, practice, roots of goodness, equality, mindfulness, purity, abiding, fulfillment, unbreakability — and closing every single line the same way: accomplished in just this way, and not accomplished otherwise. No dedication counts here except an exact match to a good spiritual friend.
佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種不壞信。何等為十？所謂：於一切佛不壞信；於一切佛法不壞信；於一切聖僧不壞信；於一切菩薩不壞信；於一切善知識不壞信；於一切眾生不壞信；於一切菩薩大願不壞信；於一切菩薩行不壞信；於恭敬供養一切諸佛不壞信；於菩薩巧密方便教化調伏一切眾生不壞信。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則得諸佛無上大智慧不壞信。「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種得授記。何等為十？所謂：內有甚深解得授記；能隨順起菩薩諸善根得授記；修廣大行得授記；現前得授記；不現前得授記；因自心證菩提得授記；成就忍得授記；教化調伏眾生得授記；究竟一切劫數得授記；一切菩薩行自在得授記。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則於一切諸佛所而得授記。
"Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of unbroken faith. What are these ten? Namely: unbroken faith in every buddha; unbroken faith in every buddha-dharma; unbroken faith in every noble saṃgha; unbroken faith in every bodhisattva; unbroken faith in every good spiritual friend; unbroken faith in every sentient being; unbroken faith in every great vow of every bodhisattva; unbroken faith in every bodhisattva practice; unbroken faith in revering and making offerings to every buddha; and unbroken faith in a bodhisattva's skillful and secret means for teaching and taming every sentient being. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide within this dharma, they attain unbroken faith in the unsurpassed, great wisdom of every buddha. Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of receiving a prediction of awakening. What are these ten? Namely: receiving a prediction through having a profound understanding within; receiving a prediction through being able to give rise, in accordance with what is fitting, to every root of goodness of a bodhisattva; receiving a prediction through cultivating vast and great practice; receiving a prediction openly, in one's presence; receiving a prediction unseen, not in one's presence; receiving a prediction through realizing awakening by one's own mind; receiving a prediction through accomplishing acceptance; receiving a prediction through teaching and taming sentient beings; receiving a prediction through reaching the very limit of every number of kalpas; and receiving a prediction through sovereign freedom in every bodhisattva practice. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide within this dharma, they receive a prediction of awakening at the place of every buddha.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種善根迴向，菩薩由此能以一切善根悉皆迴向。何等為十？所謂：以我善根同善知識願，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識心，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識行，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識善根，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識平等，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識念，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識清淨，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識所住，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識成滿，如是成就，莫別成就；以我善根同善知識不壞，如是成就，莫別成就。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則得無上善根迴向。
Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of dedication of roots of goodness, by which a bodhisattva is able to dedicate every root of goodness entirely. What are these ten? Namely: taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's vow, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's mind, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's practice, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's roots of goodness, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's equality, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's mindfulness, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's purity, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match what a good spiritual friend abides in, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's complete fulfillment, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise; and taking my own roots of goodness to match a good spiritual friend's unbreakability, so that it is accomplished in just this way and not accomplished otherwise. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide within this dharma, they attain unsurpassed dedication of roots of goodness.
如是成就，莫別成就 — accomplished in just this way, and not accomplished otherwise. Every one of the ten kinds of dedication ends on this same refusal of alternatives; the roots of goodness are not simply offered toward a good spiritual friend in some general sense but insisted upon as matching them exactly, with any other outcome ruled out by name.
Part 725 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-eight, 離世間品, in fascicle fifty-five. Part 726 opens ten kinds of attaining wisdom, beginning with the wisdom attained through sovereign freedom in giving.