འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.7

5.7

“Blessed One, how does a bodhisattva great being become wise regarding the apprehended object and apprehending subject?”

The Blessed One replied, “When bodhisattvas perfectly know everything, they become wise regarding the apprehended object and apprehending subject.”

“Blessed One, how should everything be known?” asked the bodhisattva Nirārambha.

“Child of good family,” replied the Blessed One, “everything should be regarded as a dream, an illusion, a city of gandharvas, a mirage, the circling of a firebrand, falling hair,¹⁴³ a magical creation, an echo, or a reflection.”

“Blessed One, what is ‘everything’ that should be regarded as a dream, an illusion, a city of gandharvas, a mirage, the circling of a firebrand, falling hair, a magical creation, an echo, or a reflection?” asked the bodhisattva Nirārambha.

“Child of good family,” replied the Blessed One, “ ‘everything’ means the eye and form, the ear and sound, the nose and scent, the tongue and taste, the body and touch, and the mind and phenomena. Child of good family, it is all these modes of knowledge that should be regarded as a dream, an illusion, a city of gandharvas, a mirage, the circling of a firebrand, falling hair, a magical creation, an echo, or a reflection. The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are the apprehending subjects. Form, sound, scent, taste, texture, and phenomena are the apprehended objects. ‘Omniscience’ refers to the capacity to know these phenomena of the apprehended objects and apprehending subjects in all their aspects and modes, to understand them, and to reveal them. One who is omniscient lacks latent impressions, afflictive emotions, and grasping at ‘I’ and ‘mine.’