འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 103

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“Mañjuśrī, the logical proof characterized by a perception that does not conform with anything³⁵¹ is comprised by the logical proof characterized by a perception that conforms with something other than the thing to be established³⁵² and similar instances. This proof is therefore inconclusive with respect to the thing to establish.³⁵³ This is called an unestablished logical proof.³⁵⁴

“Moreover, the logical proof characterized by a perception that conforms with all things³⁵⁵ is comprised by the logical proof characterized by a perception that does not conform with anything other than the thing to establish³⁵⁶ and similar instances. This proof is therefore inconclusive with respect to the thing to establish. This is also called an unestablished logical proof.³⁵⁷

“Because these logical proofs are not established, the analysis is invalid according to the principle of reason based on logical proof. Since this analysis is invalid, you should not rely on it. You should know that the logical proof characterized by a citation from an invalid scripture is invalid by nature.

d. “Whether tathāgatas manifest or not, the constancy of the domain of truth, the nature of phenomena, on account of the constancy of phenomena, constitutes the principle of reason based on the nature of phenomena.³⁵⁸

viii. “The condensed and the extensive presentation of cognitive objects consists of first summarizing, then analyzing words and sections of the teaching, and finally concluding the explanation.

5. “The defining characteristic of the nature of awakening factors consists in the apprehension of a referential object together with its aspects, as I have taught, such as the awakening factors, the four applications of mindfulness, and so on.

6. “The defining characteristic of their result is the accomplishment of their result, the mundane and supramundane positive qualities, by abandoning the defilements associated with the mundane or the supramundane phenomena.

7. “The defining characteristic of accounts telling how one experiences them as one proclaims them, explains them, and correctly teach them to others is the analytical knowledge of the gnosis³⁵⁹ that liberates within true reality.

8. “The defining characteristic of the factors disrupting them is the afflicted phenomenon in the form of an obstacle to the practice of these very awakening factors.