འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 12

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Still others, with doubting minds and indecisive thoughts, asked: 'Among those bodhisattvas who say that the character of saṃskāras and the character of the ultimate are different, and those who say that the character of saṃskāras and the character of the ultimate are not different, which of them speak non-existent things? Which speak falsehoods? Which have entered properly? Which have entered improperly?' Seeing this, Bhagavān, I thought: 'All these noble sons do not know the subtle character of the ultimate, which completely transcends being different or not different from saṃskāras; they are foolish, confused, unclear, inexpert, and exclusively entered improperly.'" When this had been said, the Bhagavān spoke to the bodhisattva Viśuddhamati: "Viśuddhamati, it is so. It is just so. All those noble sons do not know the subtle character of the ultimate, which completely transcends being different or not different from saṃskāras; they are foolish, confused, unclear, inexpert, and exclusively entered improperly. Why is that? Viśuddhamati, it is because those who examine saṃskāras in that manner do not realize the ultimate nor do they directly perceive the ultimate. Why is that? Viśuddhamati, if the character of saṃskāras and the character of the ultimate were not different, then all foolish ordinary beings would see the truth. While remaining ordinary beings, they would attain perfection and