འཕགས་པ་ག་ཆའ་བཀད་པ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.5

2.5

They don the great armor for the beings of immeasurable, countless eons. Therefore, it is said that they don an immeasurably great armor.

“When bodhisattva great beings truly don the armor, they are donning armor that does not abide in any perception of beings. They are donning armor that does not create any perception of beings, that abandons any perception of beings, that eliminates any perception of self, that understands beings’ nature, that understands the nature of self, and that transcends perception and feeling. It is an armor that knows all phenomena to be marked as uncreated, an armor of the mark of emptiness, an armor of the mark of marklessness, and an armor of the mark of wishlessness. It is an armor that understands all phenomena to be marked as unborn, and an armor of the mark of noncessation. It is an armor that understands all phenomena to be marked as possessing different natures, and an armor of the mark of the absence of different natures. It is an armor that understands all phenomena to be marked as entities, and an armor of the mark of the absence of entities.

“Anantamati, if armor is donned while dwelling on entities, this cannot ultimately be said to be donning the great armor. In this fashion, bodhisattva great beings pursue great wisdom without dwelling upon entities. Therefore, it is called donning the great armor.”

The Blessed One then expressed this in verse:

“After donning the great, boundless armor
For countless thousands of eons,
They will liberate all beings,
Without exception, from suffering.

“One who wears such great armor
Will be invisible to
Māras, their forces,
And their henchmen.

“To other beings
Who are lost in the thicket of views,
This inconceivable armor
Is also invisible.

“Formless, colorless,