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nor is it easy to designate it as a different lakṣaṇa. The fragrance of black agaru is also not a different lakṣaṇa from the black agaru, nor is it easy to designate it as a different lakṣaṇa. The spiciness of black pepper is also not a different lakṣaṇa from the black pepper, nor is it easy to designate it as a different lakṣaṇa. Just as it is with the spiciness of black pepper, so it is with the astringency of myrobalan. It is like this, for example: the softness of cotton cloth is also not a different lakṣaṇa from the cotton cloth, nor is it easy to designate it as a different lakṣaṇa. It is like this, for example: the clarified butter in butter is also not a different lakṣaṇa from the butter, nor is it easy to designate it as a different lakṣaṇa. It is like this, for example: the impermanence in all saṃskāras, the suffering in all that is accompanied by contamination, and the selflessness in all dharmas are also not different lakṣaṇas from them, nor are they easy to designate as different lakṣaṇas. Viśuddhamati, it is like this, for example: the unpeaceful lakṣaṇa and the afflicted lakṣaṇa of desire are also not different lakṣaṇas from desire, nor are they easy to designate as different lakṣaṇas; and just as it is with desire, so it should be known with hatred and delusion. Viśuddhamati, in the same way, the lakṣaṇa of saṃskāras and the lakṣaṇa of the ultimate are not different lakṣaṇas, nor do they admit of being designated as different lakṣaṇas. Viśuddhamati, in this way I have fully awakened to the ultimate lakṣaṇa that is subtle, exceedingly subtle, supremely deep, difficult to realize, exceedingly difficult [to realize], and completely transcends being different or not different; and having fully awakened, I have explained, clarified, distinguished, designated, and