འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9

9

They deliberated, weighed, investigated, and thoroughly sought the ultimate lakṣaṇa of dharmas, but failing to realize it, with discordant intellects, doubtful minds, and corrupted intellects, they engaged in quarreling and dispute. They overwhelmed one another with forceful speech, hurled abuse, spoke evasively, suppressed each other, and refuted each other, and then parted ways. Having seen this, Bhagavān, I thought: 'Alas! That Tathāgatas arise in the world, and that by their appearance such a lakṣaṇa of the ultimate truth, completely transcending all dialectical reasoning, is realized and directly manifested, is marvelous and astonishing!' When he had spoken thus, the Bhagavān said to the bodhisattva Dharmodgata: 'Dharmodgata, it is so! It is just so! I have fully awakened to the lakṣaṇa of the ultimate truth that completely transcends all dialectical reasoning; and having fully awakened to it, I have declared it, clarified it, analyzed it, established it, and taught it. Why is that? Because I have explained that the ultimate truth is the personal realization of the noble ones, whereas mutual communication among ordinary beings belongs to the domain of dialectical reasoning. Therefore, Dharmodgata, by this line of reasoning you should understand that whatever lakṣaṇa completely transcends all dialectical reasoning is the ultimate truth. Furthermore, Dharmodgata, I have explained that the ultimate truth belongs to the domain of the animitta, whereas dialectical reasoning belongs to the domain of nimitta. Therefore, Dharmodgata, by this line of reasoning as well, you should know that the lakṣaṇa which completely transcends all dialectical reasoning...