འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.19

3.19

This is what is known as knowledge of the path.

“What is knowledge of the phenomena associated with suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path? A bodhisattva thinks, ‘Anything associated with suffering, its origin, its cessation of suffering, and the path is nothing more than a conventional phenomenon.’ This is what is known as knowledge of the phenomena associated with suffering; this is what is known as knowledge of the phenomena associated with its origin, its cessation, and the path.

“What is knowledge of the aggregates? It is knowing the aggregates to be like an illusion and a dream. It is knowing them as conglomerates, as aggregations, and knowing them to be something amassed. This is known as knowledge of the aggregates. Furthermore, the aggregate of form is known to be like foam, the aggregate of sensation is known to be like a water bubble, the aggregate of perception is known to be like a mirage, the aggregate of formations is known to be like a plantain tree, and the aggregate of consciousness is known to be like an illusion. This is known as knowledge of the aggregates.

“What is knowledge of the elements? The element of earth is the expanse of phenomena, and the expanse of phenomena is not solid. Similarly, the element of water is the expanse of phenomena, and the expanse of phenomena is not wet. The element of fire is the expanse of phenomena, and the expanse of phenomena is not hot. The element of wind is the expanse of phenomena, and the expanse of phenomena does not move. This kind of knowledge is known as knowledge of the elements.

“Furthermore, knowledge of the subtle, knowledge of the coarse, knowledge of small, and knowledge of the root of all phenomena are known as knowledge of the elements.

“Furthermore, knowledge of suffering, knowledge of its origin, knowledge of its cessation, and knowledge of the path are known as knowledge of the elements.

“Furthermore, there are two types of elements, compounded elements and uncompounded elements. Knowing the compounded and uncompounded is knowledge of the elements.

“Furthermore, the elements of the eye, form, and visual consciousness are the expanse of phenomena,