釋摩訶衍論 4.39

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4.39

The treatise says: Fundamental avidyā cannot be fully known even by bodhisattvas of the ten grounds, how much less could ordinary beings and Hinayānists know it well? Only the greatly awakened one completely comprehends it without remainder, and therefore it is called the stage of complete comprehension. As is stated in the Ratnakūṭa-sūtra: It is exclusively the Buddha's sphere, not knowable by others—[such is] the avidyā of complete comprehension. As for the stage of the receptacle of seeds, what are its characteristics according to the distinct meanings of the characters? The verse says:

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