The bodhisattva producing the thought of awakening (bodhicittotpādaka) is characterized by ṭ. fol. 36a4-5 as padasthita, "standing on his feet", one of the fifteen kinds of bodhisattvas mentioned as related to different groups of akṣayas, v. introduction, chapter on ṭ. ṭ. introduces the section as follows: theg pa chen po las byang chub sems dpa’ rnam pa bco lngar bshad de: go ’phang la gnas pa dang, thams cad du ’gro ba dang, chos la gnas pa dang, snying rje byed pa dang, mngon sum du gyur pa dang, yongs su smod par byed pa dang, ston par byed pa dang, ’doms par byed pa dang, yongs su byang ba dang, bsgom pa la zhugs pa dang, so sor rten pa dang, ston pa dang, lhun gyis grub pa dang, bya ba byed pa dang, dbang thob pa’o. de la byang chub tu sems bskyed pa’i byang chub sems dpa’ ni go ’phang la gnas pa’i byang chub sems dpa’ zhes bya’o. go ’phang la gnas pa de la yang rnam pa gnyis te: ’jug pa dang rab tu zhugs pa’o. de la ’jug pa ni sangs rgyas la bsam pa zhugs pa dang, chos dang dge ’dun la bsam pa zhugs pa dang; sangs rgyas la brten pa dang, chos dang dge ’dun la brten pa dang; sangs rgyas la nges par gyur pa dang, chos dang dge ’dun la nges par gyur pa’o. de la bsam pa zhugs pa ni ’di ltar sangs rgyas bcom ldan ’das de ni rig pa dang zhabs su ldan pa, bde bar gshegs pa zhes bya ba la sogs pa yon tan gyi sgo nas shes pa dang, nyan thos dang rang sangs rgyas las ’phags pas na khyad par yod par shes pa’o, rten pa ni ston par khas len pa’o, nges par gyur pa ni ston pa de las gzhan med pa’o. rab tu zhugs pa ni bla na med pa yang dag par rdzogs pa’i byang chub tu sems bskyed pa ste, de bstan pa’i phyir de nas tshe dang ldan pa sha ra dva ti’i bu zhes bya ba la sogs pa gsungs so.
The title of the paragraph is dharmamūla or dharmādhāra, root or basis of religion, the religion which consists in the following akṣayas, the bodhisattvacaryā, ṭ. fol. 36b1: byang chub tu sems bskyed pas ni chos rnams kyi gzhi bstan te; bsam pa mi zad pa la sogs pa ’og nas smos pa byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa rnams kyi gzhi ni byang chub tu sems bskyed pa yin pa’i phyir ro.