སངས་རྒྱས་ཕལ་པ་ཆ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཤན་ཏ་རྒྱས་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 31.17

31.17

“The path of the great sages is subtle, difficult to understand,
Inconceivable,⁹⁵ beyond concepts, and difficult to reach.
It is clearly known by those with expert knowledge.
Its nature is peace; it is without cessation or origination.

“Its nature is empty, tranquil,⁹⁶ nondual, and unending.⁹⁷
It is liberation from existences, the attainment of equality.⁹⁸
It has no middle or end; it cannot be described in words.
It is liberated from the three times and is the same as space.

“It is peace, extreme peace, and is known by the sugatas.
It is indescribable in any form of words.
If the bhūmis and conducts are like this
And difficult to speak of, how can they be heard?

“It is beyond thought, beyond the path of the mind.
It is the attainment of wisdom that is known by the lord of munis.
It cannot be produced by the skandhas, sensory elements, or sensory bases.
It is inaccessible to the mind and cannot be investigated by the intellect.

“Just as the wise can neither describe nor show⁹⁹
The track of a bird in the sky,
None of the bodhisattva bhūmis
Can be described, so how can they be heard?¹⁰⁰

“However, through love, compassion, and prayer
I shall give just an indication of them.
Though their succession is not within the scope of the mind,
That which is thought is fulfilled by wisdom.

“That range of conduct is difficult to see.
I cannot describe what is in my mind.
However, through the power of the jinas, I shall teach it;
Therefore, you should all respectfully listen.

“I could not describe in eons¹⁰¹
This wisdom that is to be entered,
But listen to this summary that I shall give
Of the entire true meaning of the Dharma.

“Be prepared with complete respect,
For I shall teach well through the power of the jinas.
I shall speak the words of the sublime Dharma
With appropriate examples and in even meter.

“It is very difficult to teach this in words,
But the immeasurable power of the sugatas