འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 82

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And, correctly, they do not observe even the tiniest particle that is other than sameness.

“That patience is momentary.⁴⁰ How is it momentary? From the eye, form, and eye consciousness up through the mind, mental phenomena, and mental consciousness, just as the eye and so forth are momentary, so, too, is acceptance of all of the past momentary, and so are acceptance of all of the future and of the present momentary. Just as acceptance of the three times is momentary, so, too, are all beings are momentary. How are they momentary? The afflictions of desire, aversion, and delusion are momentary. Just as all beings are momentary, so, too, are the afflictions that arise from mistaken views momentary. In this way, a bodhisattva who has wisdom, who has reached acceptance of the unborn, correctly sees all beings as liberated. Why? That bodhisattva thinks, ‘Just as my own afflictions are momentary and unreal, the afflictions of all beings are momentary and unreal. Liberation is beyond the roots of those afflictions and beyond their power. If they are not liberated, then no one would pass beyond suffering. Therefore, they are liberated and abide in the essential nature of liberation.’ This is how bodhisattvas with wisdom do not become disheartened while bringing beings to maturity. Why? Because they correctly see that since all phenomena are unbound, they are intrinsically liberated. They think, ‘These beings are completely, naturally unafflicted.