འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.11

1.11

Because the limit of reality is unvarying, it is said that the Thus-Gone One has passed into final nirvāṇa. (9) Nonarising is truth; other phenomena, like arising and so forth, are not true,²⁴ mistaken, and deceptive. The Thus-Gone One is neither false nor deceptive. Being the essence of truth, it is said that the Thus-Gone One has passed into final nirvāṇa. (10) That which is contrived is unreal,²⁵ and that which is real is uncontrived. The dharmakāya of the Thus-Gone One is real. Final nirvāṇa is said to be uncontrived. Child of good family, bodhisattvas should understand the great final nirvāṇa of the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect buddhas through these ten approaches to the way of the Dharma.

“Child of good family, bodhisattvas should understand the great final nirvāṇa of the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect buddhas through an additional ten approaches to the way of the Dharma. What are these ten? (1) Giving and the result of giving are devoid of ‘I’ and ‘mine.’ Being unmistaken about the transformation of concepts through understanding giving and the result of giving, it is said that the Thus-Gone One has passed into final nirvāṇa. (2) Discipline and the result of discipline are devoid of ‘I’ and ‘mine.’ Being unmistaken about the transformation of concepts through understanding discipline and the result of discipline, it is said that the Thus-Gone One has passed into final nirvāṇa. (3) Patience and the result of patience are devoid of ‘I’ and ‘mine.’ Being unmistaken about the transformation of concepts through understanding patience and the result of patience, it is said that the Thus-Gone One has passed into final nirvāṇa.