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[Kumāra]jīva says: Because Prabhāvyūha's mind delighted in the place of enlightenment, he said he came from the place of enlightenment to awaken his mind. Although Prabhāvyūha wished to attain the place of enlightenment, he did not yet know how to attain it. Attainment must depend on causes; therefore he broadly explained the myriad practices for him. The myriad practices are the causes of the place of enlightenment, and speaking of the place of enlightenment is explaining the fruit within the cause. Furthermore, the place where the Buddha sits and achieves the Way within is called the place of enlightenment. The place of enlightenment of a wholesome mind is also like this: by broadly accumulating myriad wholesome deeds, the Buddha Way is achieved; thus, taking myriad wholesome deeds as the ground of all-knowledge is the true place of enlightenment. [Seng]zhao says: A quiet retreat where one cultivates the Way is called a place of enlightenment. Prabhāvyūha by disposition loved leisure and solitude, always taking quiet places to heart; hence he left Vaiśālī to seek a place of enlightenment. Spotless Fame had profound insight, and so manifested coming from outside; about to show him the true place to open up his rigid attachments, he responded beforehand, saying, 'I come from the place of enlightenment.' Saying he comes from the place of enlightenment clarifies that there is nowhere the Way does not go, and nowhere the place is not present. If one can harbor the place of enlightenment in one's breast and leave myriad burdens outside the body, then even if one's form dwells in noise and turmoil and one's traces neighbor worldly affairs, wherever one moves and roams will be nothing other than the place of enlightenment. [Dao]sheng says: It is the place where one attains buddhahood.

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