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

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Mañjuśrī, therein, because the characteristic of observing agreement with what is other than that along with an example possesses the characteristic of observing universal discordance, therefore, because it is not definitively determined in establishing that, it is called the characteristic of being unestablished. Because the characteristic of observing disagreement with what is other than that along with an example also possesses the characteristic of observing universal agreement, therefore, because it is not definitively determined in establishing that, that too is called the characteristic of being unestablished. Because it is unestablished, investigation by logical reasoning is thoroughly impure; because it is thoroughly impure, it should not be taught. The characteristic of teaching completely impure scripture should be understood as thoroughly impure by its very nature.

"Therein, whether Tathāgatas arise or do not arise, the very abiding of the dharmatā-dhātu for the sake of the preservation of dharmas is the logical reasoning of dharmatā. Therein, the concise and extensive refers to summarizing briefly: a dharma taught with a single statement is articulated and brought to completion by subsequent statements. What I have taught as apprehending an objective referent with its aspects, namely the factors harmonious with enlightenment such as the applications of mindfulness, is their characteristic of essential nature. The abandonment of worldly and transcendent afflictions, thereby realizing the result which is worldly and transcendent qualities, is the characteristic of attaining their result. Comprehending that very knowledge of liberation through individual, authentic awareness, and widely proclaiming, explaining, and authentically teaching it to others is the characteristic of narrating that experience. The afflicted dharmas that are sites obstructing the meditation on those very factors harmonious with enlightenment are the characteristic of obstructing dharmas. Those dharmas that cherish