འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 60

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and intrinsically at peace. Friends, this is what is meant by transcendent faith. Friends, the arising of transcendent faith is known as the arising of a buddha.

“Friends, the arising of a buddha refers to the nonarising of all phenomena. Friends, the nonarising of all phenomena is a designation for sameness. Why? Because the arising of form is not the arising of a buddha, but the arising of a buddha is also not characterized by the nonarising of form. The arising of feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by the nonarising of consciousness and so forth. The arising of the aggregates, elements, and sense sources is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by the nonarising of the aggregates, elements, and sense sources. The arising of knowledge and ignorance is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by the nonarising of knowledge and ignorance. The arising of the links of dependent origination up to old age and death is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by the nonarising of the links of dependent origination up to old age and death. The arising of birth and the arising of nonbirth are not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by birth and nonbirth. The arising of the applications of mindfulness is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha characterized by the absence of mindfulness and mental engagement. In short, the arising of the thirty-seven factors of awakening, up to the path, is not the arising of a buddha, nor is the arising of a buddha