འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 23

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“Tenth, the tathāgatas know that the nature of all beings and phenomena is empty, and they know there is nothing that exists that is other than that emptiness, and that the nature of that emptiness is the true Dharma body. Therefore, this is called nirvāṇa.

“Noble one, it is through those ten qualities that there is what is called nirvāṇa.

“Also, noble one, the fact that the tathāgatas do not pass into nirvāṇa is not the only marvel. There are ten other qualities that are called marvelous. They are the conduct of the tathāgatas.

“What are these ten?

“First, saṃsāra has defects; nirvāṇa is peace and withdrawal. Through knowing that saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are the same, they do not remain in saṃsāra and do not dwell in nirvāṇa. Not wearying of benefiting beings is the conduct of the tathāgatas.

“Second, even though the tathāgatas see the incorrect conduct of foolish ordinary beings and that they are overcome by various kleśas, they do not think, ‘I will liberate these beings.’ Instead, through the power of their previous compassion and roots of merit, without thoughts concerning the individual faculties, natures, wishes, or aspirations of beings, they spontaneously benefit and teach them throughout the endless future. That is the conduct of the tathāgatas.

“Third, even though the tathāgatas do not think, ‘I will benefit beings by teaching them extensively through the twelve forms of the teaching,’ through the power of their previous compassion and roots of merit they teach them extensively throughout the endless future. That is the conduct of the tathāgatas.

“Fourth, even though the tathāgatas do not think, ‘I will go to the villages, towns, and outlying areas of towns