[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) › [Mañjuśrīvihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara) › [འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གནས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo) › [The Dwelling Place of Manjushri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000) › 9 # འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གནས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9 The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī 9 - **Language:** English ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000.9) , nor does it increase. The realm of sentient beings does not diminish, nor does it increase. They are not defiled, nor are they purified.⁴⁴ Why is this? Because these things do not exist and cannot be apprehended. They are nothing at all, as they amount to nothing but mere conventions. They are not caused by anything at all. They do not dwell anywhere at all and are without dwelling place. Honorable Śāriputra, that which is uncurtailed in this way is awakening. Awakening is liberation. Liberation is nonconceptual. The nonconceptual is unfabricated and immutable. The unfabricated and immutable is wholly beyond suffering.” Thereupon, the Bhagavān said to the elder Śāriputra, “Śāriputra, it is just as the youthful Mañjuśrī has taught. True nature does not diminish, nor does it increase. The realm of reality also does not diminish, nor does it increase. The realm of sentient beings does not diminish, nor does it increase. It is not defiled, nor is it purified.⁴⁵ Why is this? Because these things do not exist and cannot be apprehended. They are nothing at all, as they amount to nothing more than mere conventions. They are not caused by anything at all. They do not dwell anywhere at all and are without dwelling place.” At that time, the Bhagavān uttered these verses:⁴⁶ “We⁴⁷ speak of dharmas Of the past, present, and future. They are actually not so, for these are mere conventions. They do not have the characteristics of being one or many. {1} “What is conceptualized as being without characteristics Will itself become a characteristic. What is without characteristics is nonconceptual; Conceptuality is not a characteristic either. {2} “That which is conceptualized as conditioned⁴⁸ And that which is conceptualized as nirvāṇa Are both explained by the wise As the workings of Māra. {3} “All of the aggregates, sensory media, and elements Are formulated by name. The names and the unproduced⁴⁹ Are both of a single characteristic. {4} - [Previous: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000.8) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000.10) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གནས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo.9) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.manjusrivihara*bo~en-84000.9) · Pramāṇa