འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 43

43

extremely rare.
For those who are liberated, their untainted realm / Is subtle, inconceivable, equal, and without distinction; / It accomplishes all aims, has eliminated suffering and defilements, / Is inexpressible as dual, and is blissful and stable."
Then, at that time, the bodhisattva Paramārthasamudgata addressed the Bhagavān with these words: "Bhagavān, how subtle, exceedingly subtle, profound, exceedingly profound, difficult to realize, and exceedingly difficult to realize is the intended meaning spoken by the Buddhas, the Bhagavāns! It is wonderful and marvelous! Bhagavān, I understand the meaning spoken by the Bhagavān in this way: that which is the designation of names and conventions—as the characteristic of an intrinsic nature or the characteristic of a particularity—such as 'the aggregate of form,' on the conditioned marks that are the basis of the imputed characteristic, which is the domain of conceptual construction; and that which is the designation of names and conventions—as the characteristic of an intrinsic nature or the characteristic of a particularity—such as 'the aggregate of form arises,' 'it ceases,' 'the aggregate of form is abandoned,' or 'it is fully known'—that is the imputed characteristic. Relying upon that, the Bhagavān designates the intrinsic naturelessness of characteristics of phenomena. That which is the conditioned mark that is the basis of the imputed characteristic, the domain of conceptual construction, is the other-dependent characteristic. Relying upon that, the Bhagavān designates the intrinsic naturelessness of arising of phenomena, and also designates one among those very intrinsic naturelessnesses of the ultimate. Bhagavān, I understand the meaning spoken by the Bhagavān in this way: that very conditioned mark, the basis of the imputed characteristic, the domain of conceptual construction, is not fully established as that imputed characteristic, and lacks an intrinsic nature. That