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knows this just as it is completely abandons the body of coarse negativity and obtains a body that is not a site of all afflictions, completely purified, free of conceptual proliferation, unconditioned, and devoid of volitional formation. Mañjuśrī, that should be known as the meaning of the dhāraṇī without exception."

Then, on that occasion, the Bhagavān spoke these verses:

"Afflicted dharmas and purified dharmas
Are all without an agent and devoid of a person;
Therefore, I have taught that they are without an agent.
They are not purified or afflicted before or after.

Relying on the dormant view
Regarding the body of coarse negativity, they grasp at a self and what is mine;
Thus the notions arise: 'I see, I eat, I act,'
And 'I am afflicted, I will become purified.'

Whoever thoroughly knows this just as it truly is
Completely abandons the body of coarse negativity
And will obtain a completely pure body, not a site of afflictions,
Devoid of conceptual proliferation and unconditioned."

"Bhagavān, how should the characteristic of the arising of the mind of a Tathāgata be understood?"

"Mañjuśrī, Tathāgatas are indeed not differentiated by mind, intellect, or consciousness; nevertheless, the mind of a Tathāgata arises without volitional formation, and should be understood like an emanation."

"Bhagavān, if the dharmakāya of Tathāgatas is free from all volitional formation, then how does mind arise without volitional formation?"

"Mañjuśrī, it is because of having previously conditioned the cultivation of skillful means and prajñā. Mañjuśrī, it is like this: for example, when one has fallen asleep and is without mind, the volitional formation to awaken again