འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.17

5.17

Something is dead because it ceases.’ Once they have discerned this, they correctly cannot identify a phenomenon that can be described using the statement, ‘Something is dead because it ceases.’ This is an understanding of the Dharma, and an understanding of deathlessness.¹⁵⁹

“Blessed One, the minds of the blessed buddhas are not attached to anything, and they are gladdened by those who are without mental fixation.¹⁶⁰ Blessed One, the Dharma is unobscured. It is attained by those whose minds are unobscured. Blessed One, the equality of phenomena is awakening. It is realized by those who do not have minds that fail to recognize equality. Blessed One, one is bound to the extent that one seeks. Not seeking is liberation. Therefore, those who seek liberation should not get involved in any seeking. Blessed One, this is a discourse on the Dharma.

“Furthermore, Blessed One, the phrase ‘discourse on the Dharma’ is an expression of equality. It is an expression of the profound, an expression without grasping, an expression without basis, an expression without foundation, an expression without support, an expression of how things are, an expression of suchness, and an expression of unerring suchness. Blessed One, this is a discourse on the Dharma.”

The venerable Śāriputra next addressed the Blessed One: “Blessed One, based on my understanding of what the Blessed One said, I wonder, is there no Dharma discourse for those bodhisattva great beings who heard these instructions by the Thus-Gone One and the bodhisattva great beings, and upon hearing them, felt trust and conviction? Why do I ask? There is no Dharma discourse for the many people who lack interest, nor is there a Dharma discourse for those who do not take up the work.