འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.9

2.9

“Noble one, it is difficult to evaluate this body’s cause, condition, field of experience, location, result, and basis, and therefore it is comprehended that this body itself is the Mahāyāna. It is the nature of the tathāgatas. It is the essence of the tathāgatas. On the basis of this body, the first development of the aspiration for enlightenment is attained. There is also the appearance of the mind that practices meditation on the bhūmis. There is the appearance of the irreversible mind, the mind with one life remaining, and there appears the vajra mind¹⁷³ and even the mind of a tathāgata. In the same way, there appear all the measureless, endless sublime qualities of the tathāgatas. On the basis of the Dharma body there also appear countless great samādhis. Also, all great wisdom arises on the basis of this Dharma body. Therefore, the two bodies appear on the basis of samādhi and wisdom.

“This Dharma body depends upon its own nature, and so it is called eternal. It is also called self.¹⁷⁴ As it depends upon great samādhi, it is called bliss. As it depends upon great wisdom, it is called purity. Therefore, a tathāgata remains permanently, has attained power, is blissful and happy, and has become completely pure.

“On the basis of great samādhi, there manifest all samādhis,¹⁷⁵ such as the heroic samādhi; all mindfulness, such as the great mindfulness of phenomena; all the qualities of the buddhas, such as great love and great compassion; and all retentions, all higher cognitions, all powers,