འཕགས་པ་ཀན་རྫབ་དང་དན་དམ་པའ་བདན་པ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.4

2.4

The god said, “Mañjuśrī, those acts of immediate consequence that cause ordinary childish beings to be born in hell are the very acts that cause a bodhisattva great being to awaken to unexcelled and completely perfect buddhahood without perfectly awakening. Is that correct?”

Mañjuśrī said, “Yes, divine son, it is. And why? Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utter emptiness. Divine son, understanding this utter emptiness is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utter signlessness. Divine son, understanding this utter signlessness is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utter wishlessness. Divine son, understanding this utter wishlessness is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena do not exist as something that can be apprehended whatsoever. Divine son, understanding this state of being beyond something to apprehend whatsoever is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utterly beyond formation. Divine son, understanding this state where phenomena are utterly beyond formation is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utterly unconditioned. Divine son, understanding this utterly unconditioned state is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utterly unseen. Divine son, understanding this state of being utterly unseen is awakening. Yet, ultimately, awakening is not the way that it is expressed through words.

“Divine son, ultimately all phenomena are utterly unborn.