འཕགས་པ་ཚངས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 13

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they do not apprehend life, they do not apprehend hollowness, they do not apprehend people, they do not apprehend persons, they do not apprehend humankind, and they do not apprehend humanity.

“Nevertheless, they do not fall into the view of nihilism about everything. They carefully study imputed designations. With correct wisdom, they analyze the inner earth element and the outer earth element¹⁷ as being one. With correct wisdom, they likewise analyze the inner water element, fire element, wind element, and their outer counterparts, as being one. They see both kinds of elements as worthless and hollow. They see them as inanimate, essenceless, and as emptiness. Because they see them as such, just as they are not attached to the external elements, they are also not attached to the internal elements.

“With wisdom, they analyze visual consciousness and physical forms as being one. With wisdom, they analyze auditory consciousness and sounds, olfactory consciousness and smells, gustatory consciousness and tastes, and tactile consciousness and tangible objects as being one.

“Regarding the earth element, they recognize its solidity but also recognize its wetness, heat, and insubstantiality. Regarding the water element, they recognize its wetness but also recognize its solidity, heat, and insubstantiality. Regarding the fire element, they recognize its heat but also recognize its solidity, wetness, and insubstantiality. Regarding the wind element, they recognize its motility and they also recognize its buoyant motility. Regarding the space element, they recognize its insubstantiality and they recognize that it pervades everything. They recognize the consciousness element as being like an illusion;