འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.30

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This could be, for example, the Venus-star blossom,⁶⁸ which is white in color, appears to be white, and gives off white light. One who perceives formlessness internally looks at external forms that are white, the color white, something that appears to be white, or gives off white light. They understand after mastering them, see after mastering them. This is the eighth domain of mastery.

“What are the ten objects of meditative immersion? They are earth, water, fire, wind, space, blue, yellow, red, white, and consciousness. These are the ten objects of meditative immersion.

“If bodhisattvas have the conviction that all elements are the earth element, they all become a single element; they become the earth element itself. If they have the conviction that all elements are the water element, they all become a single element; they become the water element itself. If they have the conviction that all elements are the fire element, they all become a single element; they become the fire element itself. If they have the conviction that all elements are the air element, they all become a single element; they become the air element itself. If they have the conviction that all elements are the space element, they all become a single element; they become the space element itself. If they have the conviction everything is blue, then everything becomes blueness. If they have the conviction everything is yellow, then everything becomes yellowness. If they have the conviction everything is red, then everything becomes redness. If they have the conviction everything is white, then everything becomes whiteness. If they have the conviction everything is consciousness, then everything—earth, water, fire, air, space, blue, yellow, red, and white—becomes consciousness itself. For this reason, these are called objects of meditative immersion.