འཕགས་པ་དཀན་མཆག་སྤྲན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.15

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Testifying to the richness and diversity of the sūtra’s themes, we may also note another short but equally oft-cited passage: “The mind precedes all phenomena, so knowledge of the mind leads to knowledge of all phenomena” (). Hence, with this declaration, The Jewel Cloud is also frequently invoked in approaches that, rather than subscribing to an elaborate process of combined scriptural learning and rational inquiry, teach awakening through directly recognizing the mind’s fundamental nature.¹⁷ With its detailed descriptions of the bodhisattvas’ intentions and activities, The Jewel Cloud addresses a rich spectrum of topics, such as ethics, metaphysics, soteriology, and more.