འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 65

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The Bhagavān replied: "Maitreya, it is for the sake of three kinds of examination by the mind: examination by the mind born of hearing, examination by the mind born of contemplation, and examination by the mind born of cultivation. It was taught with reference to the tathatā of vijñapti." "Bhagavān, how many are the nimittas spoken of for a bodhisattva thus engaged in correctly cognizing dharmas and meanings and dispelling nimittas, and by what are they dispelled?" "Maitreya, there are ten, and they are dispelled by śūnyatā. What are the ten? Whatever are the manifold nimittas of words and syllables that correctly cognize the meaning of dharmas are dispelled by the śūnyatā of all dharmas. Whatever is the nimitta that follows the continuum of arising, cessation, abiding, and alteration, which correctly cognizes the meaning through the tathatā of abiding, is dispelled by the lakṣaṇa-śūnyatā and the anavarāgra-śūnyatā. Whatever are the nimitta of the view of individuality and the nimitta of the conceit of 'I', which correctly cognize the meaning of the grasper, are dispelled by internal śūnyatā and unapprehended śūnyatā. Whatever is the nimitta of viewing possessions, which correctly cognizes the meaning of the grasped, is dispelled by external śūnyatā. Whatever are the internal nimitta of pleasure and external nimitta of attractiveness, which correctly cognize having the honor and requisites of men and women for the purpose of enjoyment, are dispelled by external śūnyatā and own-