[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Doctrinal sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma) › [Dharmasaṅgīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti) › [འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo) › [The Dharma Council](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000) › 3.28 # འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.28 The Dharma Council 3.28 - **Language:** English ### [3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3.28) And are described through conceptual constructs. The terms illusion, dream, and the like Are well known to bodhisattvas. “If someone were to wonder, ‘How is this way understood?’ They should know that meditative composure Tames the horses of the senses. “Then there is neither foe nor friend, No purpose or lack of purpose, And no rejecting or clinging— Such is this Dharma discourse. “True words about all phenomena Are called a discourse on phenomena. Words about them that are not true Are called flawed Dharma.¹⁰¹ “The qualities of attachment and nonattachment Are seen as equal by those who are pure. Such is also the case for anger and dullness— This is a discourse on phenomena. “One who, for the benefit of all beings, Has donned the armor of intrinsic compassion Does not see any being Who is not empty of innate nature. “Those who know the basic nature as such, And have reached the state of fearlessness About what is always entirely stainless, Will come to realize buddhahood. “A skilled magician will, for example, Try to release their magical creations. They know them to be magic from the start, And so have no attachment to them. “An awakened wise person Knows the three worlds to be like a magical creation. They don armor to serve beings, Knowing them to be such from the start.¹⁰² “They see the self as imperfect, And beings as empty by nature. Seeing that phenomena are omnipresent, They reach acceptance and remain in that state. “There is nothing at all to accept, And there is nothing at all to reject. A brahmin is one who maintains that state, In which there is no accepting or rejecting.¹⁰³ “When someone rests with an even disposition In the perfect expanse of phenomena, The buddhas will prophesy That they will be a perfect buddha. “When I cast aside The stains of seeing, Just as the buddhas predicted, The victors made their prophesy. “Resting in the unobscured expanse, - [Previous: 3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3.27) - [Next: 3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3.29) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡུད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo.3.28) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmasangiti*bo~en-84000.3.28) · Pramāṇa