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Bodhicaryavatara 3.657

Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā 3.657

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iti svaparobhayajanitamahetujanitaṃ vā tattvato na kiṃcidasti / tasmāt paramārthato 'nutpannāniruddhasvabhāvaṃ māyāmarīcipratibimbapratiśrutkāsamaṃ pratītyasamutpannaṃ svabhāvaśūnyameva sarvaṃ viśvamābhāsate / na tu punaridaṃpratyayatāmātraṃ sāṃvṛtamiha niṣidhyate / yaduktamatra bhagavatā śālistambasūtre-

Thus, in reality there is nothing born from itself, from another, from both, or born without a cause. Therefore, ultimately, having the nature of being unborn and unceasing, equal to an illusion, a mirage, a reflection, and an echo, dependently originated, the entire universe appears as entirely empty of intrinsic nature. But mere conditioned coproduction, which is conventional, is not negated here. As said in this regard by the Blessed One in the Śālistamba Sūtra:

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