འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 27

27

"Guṇākara, what is the thoroughly established characteristic of dharmas? It is the tathatā of dharmas, which bodhisattvas realize through the causes of exertion and proper manaskāra, and by thoroughly establishing familiarity with that realization, it is thoroughly established up to unsurpassed, perfect bodhi.

"Guṇākara, it is like this: for example, just as a cataract defect appears in the eye of a person with cataracts, so should the imagined characteristic be regarded.

"Guṇākara, it is like this: for example, just as the appearance of the signs of cataracts—such as tangled hair, flies, sesame seeds, or signs of blue, yellow, red, or white—appears to that person, so should the dependent characteristic be regarded.

"Guṇākara, it is like this: for example, when the eye of that very person becomes completely purified and free from the cataract defect, that which is the natural domain of the eye, its unerroneous domain, should be regarded as the thoroughly established characteristic.

"Guṇākara, it is like this: for example, when a very clear crystal comes into contact with blue color, it appears as an indranīla or mahānīla jewel, and by apprehending it mistakenly as an indranīla or mahānīla jewel, sentient beings are deluded. When it comes into contact with red color, it appears as a ruby jewel, and by apprehending it mistakenly as a ruby jewel, sentient beings are deluded. When it comes into contact with green color, it appears as an emerald jewel, and by apprehending it mistakenly as an emerald jewel, sentient