འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 10

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reality is what should be known as the ultimate. Dharmodgata, furthermore, I have taught that the ultimate is inexpressible, whereas dialectical thought has expression as its domain. Therefore, Dharmodgata, by this explanation too you should know that whatever has a character that completely transcends all dialectical thought is the ultimate. Dharmodgata, furthermore, I have taught that the ultimate completely cuts off all conventional designations, whereas dialectical thought has conventional designations as its domain. Therefore, Dharmodgata, by this explanation too you should know that whatever has a character that completely transcends all dialectical thought is the ultimate. Dharmodgata, furthermore, I have taught that the ultimate completely cuts off all disputes, whereas dialectical thought has dispute as its domain. Therefore, Dharmodgata, by this explanation too you should know that whatever has a character that completely transcends all dialectical thought is the ultimate. Dharmodgata, it is just like, for example, a person who, having relied upon hot and bitter flavors throughout their whole life, cannot imagine, infer, or believe in the taste of honey or sugar. Someone who has long taken pleasure in sensual desire and has been consumed by the torments of desire cannot imagine, infer, or believe in the inner, completely secluded bliss that is devoid of all signs of form, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Someone who has long taken pleasure in talk and delights in talk cannot imagine, infer, or believe in the inner, noble bliss of silence. Someone who has long taken pleasure in the conventional designations of what is seen, heard, distinguished, and cognized, and delights in conventional designations, cannot imagine, infer, or believe in the nirvāṇa that completely cuts off all conventional designations and ceases the transitory collection