འཕགས་པ་དཀན་མཆག་ཏ་ལ་ལའ་གཟངས་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.8

1.8

Then the bodhisattva Samanta­bhadra said to the Blessed One, “This pure access to the Dharma³⁰ is difficult to appreciate!”

The Blessed One said, “Son of a good family, just as you say, it is.”

Then the bodhisattva Sāgara­mati said to the Blessed One: “This pure access to the Dharma that was taught by the bodhisattva Samanta­bhadra was well expressed.”

The Blessed One said, “Son of a good family, just as you say, it was. Moreover, son of a good family, this is the natural result³¹ of all phenomena. It is a great rain of the Dharma.”

Then a brahmin who was like a great śāla tree³² and who dwelled in sameness said, “Blessed One, awakening is inconceivable sameness. No letters or words are perceived in it.”

The Blessed One said, “Son of a good family, it is so; in the dharmadhātu no words are perceived, nor are any sense objects perceived.”

Then Mañjuśrī Kumāra­bhūta said to the Blessed One, “Blessed One, what is the natural result of emptiness? What is its aspect? What is its sign? What is its phenomenal mark?”

The Blessed One said, “Mañjuśrī, emptiness is inexpressible and ineffable. That which partakes of its inexpressible nature is what is called emptiness. Emptiness is without letters, and thus it is called emptiness. Emptiness is ineffable, and hence it is called emptiness. Son of a good family, all phenomena are empty of their own essential nature.”

Then the venerable Śāradvatī­putra said to the Blessed One: “Blessed One, look at the magical displays of the bodhisattvas who dwell in the inconceivable reality.”

The Blessed One said: