འཕགས་པ་ཀན་རྫབ་དང་དན་དམ་པའ་བདན་པ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.1

2.1

On the relative level, the perfection of knowledge is a gateway to nirvāṇa.

“On the ultimate level, the unarisen is a gateway to all dharmas.”

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, what is the gateway to the utterly unborn?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, on the ultimate level, the utterly unarisen is a gateway in every way.”

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, what is the nature of the utterly unarisen?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, on the ultimate level, the utterly unreal is the nature of the utterly unarisen.”

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, does the utterly unarisen have any divisions?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, what do you think? Does the sky have any divisions?”

The god answered, “No, Mañjuśrī, it does not.”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, in the same way, just as the sky does not have any divisions, so, divine son, does the utterly unborn also not have any divisions.”

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, do you comprehend the utterly unarisen on the ultimate level?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, the utterly unarisen does not comprehend the utterly unarisen. And why? Because, divine son, all phenomena are utterly unborn, utterly unarisen, and utterly unreal.”

The god asked, “Mañjuśrī, are you this eloquent because you know and understand any phenomenon whatsoever?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, what do you think? Does an echo make a sound because it knows phenomena?”

The god replied, “Mañjuśrī, of course an echo does not know any phenomena. Instead, on the relative level, the sound appears from circumstances.”

Mañjuśrī said, “Divine son, in the same way, based on the circumstance of observing all beings, on the relative level a bodhisattva