འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.5

intro.5

The Buddha is pleased with this request and praises Padmaśrīgarbha for asking such a meaningful question. He then proceeds to explain that there is one quality that underlies all attainments of awakened qualities and the state of awakening itself. When in possession of this one quality, a bodhisattva will naturally proceed along the path until finally gaining perfect buddhahood. The Buddha reveals that this crucial and indispensable quality is not to abide anywhere in the three realms, whether internally in the mental sphere or externally in the outer world.