འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7

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and granaries does not exist! Rather, that which gives rise to the perception of a troop of elephants, the perception of designations for a troop of elephants, and the perception of everything up to wealth, grain, storehouses, and granaries, and the perception of designations for them—that illusionary creation exists; this which deceives the eyes exists!' Thinking thus, they do not, exactly as they have seen and heard, obstinately cling to it as supreme, grasp onto it, and subsequently apply conventional designations declaring: 'Only this is true; anything else is false!' Instead, they apply conventional designations solely in order to communicate the meaning. Later, they will not need to examine this closely. In the same way, those sentient beings who have an immature nature, who are ordinary persons, who have not attained noble, supramundane prajñā, and who do not directly know the ineffable dharmatā of all dharmas—when they see or hear of the conditioned and the unconditioned, they think: 'That which appears as the conditioned and the unconditioned exists.' Thinking thus, exactly as they have seen and heard, they obstinately cling to it as supreme, grasp onto it, and subsequently apply conventional designations declaring: 'Only this is true; anything else is false!' Later, they will need to examine this closely. However, those sentient beings who do not have an immature nature, who have seen the truth, who have attained noble, supramundane prajñā, and who directly know the ineffable dharmatā of all dharmas—when they see or hear of the conditioned and the unconditioned, they think: 'That which appears as the conditioned and the unconditioned does not exist. Rather, that in relation to which the perception of the conditioned and the unconditioned arises, and in relation to which the perception of designations for the conditioned and the unconditioned arises—