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3.29

Yet the various sūtras, adapting to circumstances, single out one dharma to indicate the outset of the principle. For example, the Śūraṅgama[-samādhi-sūtra] singles out the aspect of calming; calming contains all dharmas without diminution, and is also called the secret storehouse. The [Dà]zhìdù [lùn] and the Lotus [Sūtra] single out the aspect of contemplation; contemplation contains all dharmas without diminution. The [Mahāpari]nirvāṇa[-sūtra] presents the completion of the three dharmas, yet the dharmas are not manifold, and it is also called the secret storehouse. Calming and contemplation are likewise: whether opened or combined, when opened they are not manifold, and when combined they are not diminished; each and every one is the dharmadhātu, embracing all dharmas, and all are named the secret storehouse. If singling out one aspect is already like this, how much more so when presenting them completely? Since calming and contemplation connecting to the three virtues are like this, their connection to the various different names, such as aloofness, knowing and seeing, and so forth, is also like this. Furthermore, connecting to the various threefold designations, namely the three bodhis, the three Buddha-natures, the three jewels, and so forth, all threefold dharmas are also like this.

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