འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.10

2.10

and the possession of all the qualities of equality.

“On the basis of this great wisdom, there appear the ten strengths,¹⁷⁶ the four confidences, the four discernments, the hundred and eighty unique qualities, and so on—countless wonderful, marvelous qualities.

“As an analogy, on the basis of a precious wish-fulfilling jewel, there appear the various kinds of countless, innumerable jewels. In the same way, on the basis of precious samādhi and precious wisdom, there arise the various countless, innumerable sublime qualities of the buddhas.

“Noble one, that Dharma body, samādhi, and wisdom transcend all characteristics, and there is no attachment to characteristics,¹⁷⁷ so that they cannot be analyzed. They are neither permanent nor nothingness, and that is why they are called the path of the middle way.

“Even though there are thoughts, in the essential nature there are no thoughts. Even though there is a threefold enumeration, in essence there are no three and therefore no increase or decrease. It is like an illusion or a dream, where there is no object and no subject. Therefore, the essential nature of the Dharma body is the state of liberation, which is beyond the scope of Yama’s realm. It has risen above the darkness of saṃsāra. Beings are unable to accomplish it, unable to reach it. It is the state in which the buddhas and bodhisattvas dwell.

“As an analogy, noble one, if there were a man who wanted gold, he would search everywhere for gold ore, and when he found gold ore, he would grind it to powder, extract its essence, smelt it, and obtain pure gold as he wished for.