འཕགས་པ་མ་སྐྱས་དགྲའ་འགྱད་པ་བསལ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.22

1.22

All beings have that mode as well.”

“Mañjuśrī, what is the mode of all phenomena?”

“It is the natural mode.”

“Also, what is the mode of all beings?”

“Their mode accords with the ripening of action.”

“Well then, Mañjuśrī, are not all phenomena devoid of the ripening of action?”

“Noble son, there is no ripening of action in reality. Why is this? Because all phenomena accord with reality.”

“Well then, how does the ripening of action have that mode?”

“Just as the action, so is the ripening. Its existence is likewise.”

“Mañjuśrī, what is action like? What is ripening like? What is existence like?”

“Action is just like suchness. So is ripening. So is existence.”

“Mañjuśrī, in suchness there is no action, no ripening, and no existence.”

“Noble son, just as in suchness there is no action, no ripening, and no existence, so you must understand the existence of the ripening of action. The existence of the ripening of action has no coming and no going—it does not transcend the mode of suchness.”

When this teaching was given, through the power of the Buddha, venerable Śāriputra, venerable Nanda, and the other great hearers heard this teaching in the presence of the blessed Śākyamuni.

Venerable Śāriputra then said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, if reality is indeed wholly singular,