གླང་པའ་རྩལ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3

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As soon as he sat there, thoughts arose in his mind, such as: “How marvelous are the Tathāgata’s perfectly peaceful behavior, happiness, and bliss! Happy are the beings who realize that all phenomena naturally rest in the state of absorption!”

The Blessed One, perceiving and understanding this, emerged from his concentration and made the sound of clearing his throat. Hearing the Blessed One clear his throat, the venerable Śāradvatīputra became filled with joy and inspiration, and walked toward where the Blessed One was sitting. When he arrived in the Blessed One’s presence, he prostrated to him in amazement and uttered the following verses:

“In the way I accept that phenomena are empty,
Those who neither conceptualize beings
Nor ever conceptualize phenomena
Remain in the world in absorption.

“Never ever looking at the confusion of beings,
And considering phenomena to be just like space,
Happy are those who believe in the illusory nature
And do not hold the view of a self.

“Happy are those who do not focus on any conception,
Such as ‘these are beings’ or ‘these are not beings,’
Who have no conception of any being,
And do not hold the view that there are beings.

“Happy are those who are not attached to any conception of a substantial whole,
Who are without the deluded conception of a substantial thing,
Who neither cause things to arise nor to remain,
And who are without the view of a soul.

“Happy are the wise ones who do not differentiate among beings,
Who do not contradict the domain of truth,
Who eliminate all conceptions of personhood,
And who do not think in terms of dichotomies.

“Happy are those who always maintain generosity and discipline,
Neither forming the concept of miserliness
Nor fixating on the notion of accumulation,
And who remain free of moral conceit.