SDhPS, 1, 22.1 ye ca teṣu buddhakṣetreṣu bodhisattvā mahāsattvā anekavividhaśravaṇārambaṇādhimuktihetukāraṇair upāyakauśalyair bodhisattvacaryāṃ caranti te 'pi sarve saṃdṛśyante sma //

SDhPS, 1, 26.1 ko nvatra heturbhaviṣyati kiṃ kāraṇaṃ yadbhagavatā idamevaṃrūpaṃ mahānimittaṃ prātihāryaṃ kṛtaṃ bhagavāṃśca samādhiṃ samāpannaḥ //

SDhPS, 1, 34.1 kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mañjuśirī iyaṃ hi raśmiḥ pramuktā naranāyakena /

SDhPS, 2, 5.2 svapratyayān dharmān prakāśayanti vividhopāyakauśalyajñānadarśanahetukāraṇanirdeśanārambaṇaniruktiprajñaptibhis tairupāyakauśalyaistasmiṃstasmiṃllagnān sattvān pramocayitum //

SDhPS, 2, 36.2 ko nu hetuḥ kiṃ kāraṇaṃ yad bhagavānadhimātramupāyakauśalyaṃ tathāgatānāṃ saṃvarṇayati /

SDhPS, 2, 102.1 ye nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyair nānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānām āśayaṃ viditvā dharmaṃ deśitavantaḥ //

SDhPS, 2, 105.1 ye 'pi te śāriputra anāgate 'dhvani bhaviṣyanti daśasu dikṣv aprameyeṣv asaṃkhyeyeṣu lokadhātuṣu tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca ye ca nānābhinihāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyair nānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānām āśayaṃ viditvā dharmaṃ deśayiṣyanti te 'pi sarve śāriputra buddhā bhagavanta ekameva yānamārabhya sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyanti yadidaṃ buddhayānaṃ sarvajñatāparyavasānaṃ yadidaṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasamādāpanam eva sattvānāṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasaṃdarśanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanāvatāraṇameva tathāgatajñānadarśanapratibodhanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanamārgāvatāraṇameva sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyanti //

SDhPS, 2, 107.1 ye 'pi te śāriputra etarhi pratyutpanne 'dhvani daśasu dikṣv aprameyeṣv asaṃkhyeyeṣu lokadhātuṣu tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāstiṣṭhanti dhriyante yāpayanti dharmaṃ ca deśayanti bahujanahitāya bahujanahitāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca ye nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyair nānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānām āśayaṃ viditvā dharmaṃ deśayanti te 'pi sarve śāriputra buddhā bhagavanta ekameva yānamārabhya sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti yadidaṃ buddhayānaṃ sarvajñatāparyavasānaṃ yadidaṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasamādāpanam eva sattvānāṃ tathāgatajñānadarśanasaṃdarśanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanāvatāraṇameva tathāgatajñānadarśanapratibodhanameva tathāgatajñānadarśanamārgāvatāraṇameva sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti //

SDhPS, 2, 109.1 ahamapi śāriputra etarhi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyairnānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānām āśayaṃ viditvā dharmaṃ deśayāmi //

SDhPS, 3, 50.1 tatkiṃ manyase śāriputra kena kāraṇena sa kalpo mahāratnapratimaṇḍita ityucyate /

SDhPS, 3, 52.1 tena kāraṇena sa kalpo mahāratnapratimaṇḍita ityucyate //

SDhPS, 3, 94.2 nanu te mayā śāriputra pūrvamevākhyātaṃ yathā nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyair nānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānām āśayaṃ viditvā tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho dharmaṃ deśayati //

SDhPS, 3, 135.1 āgacchata śīghraṃ teṣāṃ kāraṇaṃ nirdhāvata //

SDhPS, 3, 152.1 anenaiva tāvad bhagavan kāraṇena sa puruṣo na mṛṣāvādī bhaved yattena puruṣeṇopāyakauśalyena te dārakāstasmādādīptād gṛhānniṣkāsitā jīvitena ca abhicchāditāḥ //

SDhPS, 3, 198.1 tena kāraṇenocyante bodhisattvā mahāsattvā iti //

SDhPS, 5, 92.2 yadi bhagavan na santi trīṇi yānāni kiṃ kāraṇaṃ pratyutpanne 'dhvani śrāvakapratyekabuddhabodhisattvānāṃ prajñaptiḥ prajñapyate /

SDhPS, 11, 232.1 kiṃ kāraṇam /

SDhPS, 17, 4.2 yaḥ kaścidajita kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tathāgatasya parinirvṛtasya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ deśyamānaṃ saṃprakāśyamānaṃ śṛṇuyād bhikṣurvā bhikṣuṇī vā upāsako vā upāsikā vā vijñapuruṣo vā kumārako vā kumārikā vā śrutvā ca abhyanumodet sacettato dharmaśravaṇādutthāya prakrāmet sa ca vihāragato vā gṛhagato vā araṇyagato vā vīthīgato vā grāmagato vā janapadagato vā tān hetūṃstāni kāraṇāni taṃ dharmaṃ yathāśrutaṃ yathodgṛhītaṃ yathābalam aparasya sattvasyācakṣīta māturvā piturvā jñātervā saṃmoditasya vā anyasya vā saṃstutasya kasyacit so 'pi yadi śrutvā anumodetānumodya ca punaranyasmai ācakṣīta //

SDhPS, 17, 23.1 anenaiva tāvad bhagavan kāraṇena sa puruṣo dānapatir mahādānapatirbahu puṇyaṃ prasaved yastāvatāṃ sattvānāṃ sarvasukhopadhānaṃ dadyāt //