འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 83

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If they were not intrinsically liberated, they would be afflicted by imputed afflictions. These beings are completely, naturally unafflicted. If they were not⁴¹ intrinsically liberated, they would be afflicted by inauthentic concepts. These beings are completely, naturally unafflicted. If they were not⁴² intrinsically liberated, they would be afflicted by perception, the mind, and conceptual activity.’

“Lord of nāgas, bodhisattvas who have reached acceptance of the unborn nature of phenomena reach⁴³ the domain of the buddhas. They do not abide in the domains of ordinary beings, nor of those who are in training, of those who are no longer training, or of solitary buddhas. They have abandoned all domains. They are not driven by attachment toward any domain. They are not driven by aversion toward any domain. They are not confused by delusion concerning any domain, nor have they reached being without attachment to any domain—they abide in the extent of being free of attachment, yet in order to bring beings to maturity, they do not reject any domains, and they experience their domains without affliction. They roam within the domains of Māra, yet they do not discard the characteristic of the essential nature of the buddhas’ domain. They do not disturb the domain of the realm of phenomena, yet they abide in the domain of the realm of beings. They understand that all phenomena are devoid of an object and are beyond domains, yet they engage in the realm of activity. Through their insight, they understand that there are neither actions nor any fruition of actions, yet they engage in formation in the realm of formation. They do not enter the realm of nonformation, nor are they indifferent.⁴⁴ They create virtue and correctly see that all phenomena are unborn,