དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.5

7.5

He should find a companion bhikṣu
Or otherwise should recollect the Buddha. {14}

“I have here taught
The first practice and field of activity
That should be maintained by the wise ones
Who uphold this kind of sūtra. {15}

“When they are not engaged in any phenomenon,
Whether inferior, superior, or middling,
Whether composite or noncomposite,
Whether existent or nonexistent, {16}

“When the stable ones do not entertain the notion of ‘woman,’
And do not have the concept of ‘man,’
Then, because all phenomena are unborn,
Upon seeking them they do not see them. {17}

“This practice that I have described
Is completely that of the bodhisattvas.
Listen to the explanation
Of that which is their field of activity. {18}

“These phenomena are declared nonexistent;
They are all unproduced and unborn.
They remain empty and motionless at all times:
That is what is called the field of activity of the wise. {19}

“Being and not being, existing and not existing:
These are fabrications of erroneous conceptualization.
Unborn phenomena that are also unoriginated
Are misconstrued to be born⁴⁰⁷ and existing. {20}

“With a one-pointed mind, always in meditation,
As completely stable as Mount Sumeru,
Stable in this way, they should view
All these phenomena as being like space. {21}

“They are always the same as space, without an essence,
Motionless and devoid of illusory thoughts.⁴⁰⁸
This is the way phenomena are throughout time.
This is what is called the field of activity of the wise. {22}

“The bhikṣus who after my nirvāṇa
Maintain my way of mendicancy
Should teach this sūtra in the world
And be free of any apprehension. {23}

“The wise ones should at times contemplate,
Enter their room, close the door,
View the nature of phenomena,
Rise up, and teach without apprehension. {24}

“They will be given protection by the kings
And those princes who listen to the Dharma.
Moreover, householders and brahmins
Will all be present as their followers. {25}

“Moreover, Mañjuśrī,