འཕགས་པ་ཟ་མ་ཏག་བཀད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.10

3.10

Even though they have this beauty, they are not afflicted by the suffering of desire, they are not afflicted by the suffering of anger, and they are not afflicted by the suffering of stupidity. Their bodies do not experience the sufferings that humans do.

“Those gandharva maidens remember the name of Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara. Whenever in the three periods they remember it, all valuable things appear for them.”

Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkambhin said to the Bhagavat, “Bhagavat, I will go to those pores because I want to see them.”

The Bhagavat said, “Noble son, those pores cannot be perceived, just as the element of space cannot be perceived. Noble son, those pores cannot be perceived, and they cannot be touched.

“Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Samantabhadra spent twelve years wandering in search of those pores, but he never saw them. He did not even see the hundred buddhas who live in each of those pores, let alone any bodhisattvas.”²⁰⁵

Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkambhin asked the Bhagavat, “Bhagavat, if Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Samantabhadra did not see them in twelve years of wandering, if he did not see those pores and did not even see the hundred buddhas who are in each of those pores,²⁰⁶ why should I go?”

The Bhagavat answered, “Noble son, I also searched and looked for one of his pores but did not see one.

“Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkambhin, noble son, this bodhisattva is taught to be illusory, unattainable, and subtle.²⁰⁷ This bodhisattva is described as being unstained;²⁰⁸ as being with form,²⁰⁹ a vast form, a hundred thousand arms, a trillion eyes, and eleven heads; as being a great yogin, a sublime yogin; as residing on the level of nirvāṇa; as having an excellent mind;²¹⁰ as having great wisdom; as liberated from existence; as being from the good family;²¹¹ as being imperceptible; and as being wise; and therefore he casts no shadow in the midst of all phenomena.²¹²

“Thus, noble son, no one can see or hear²¹³ Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara.