Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c11.22

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flash of the light of knowledge (*ekacittakṣaṇasamāyuktayā*),¹ he realised the Bodhi. The thirst for worldly objects, wrong views, impurities, hindrances, self-conceit were all dispelled in him and he now fully realised the sameness of all things (*dharmatathatā*),² the limit of existences (*bhūtakoṭi*),³ the universe (*dharmadhātu*) as also its beings, some of which proceeding along the right path (*samyaktvaniyata*), some along the wrong (*mithyātvaniyata*) and some still wavering between right and wrong (*aniyata*).⁴ Being established in the *Tathāgatagarbha*—the seat of all Tathāgatas, he opened the gates to the haven of *Nirvāṇa*, the city of *Sarvajñatā* (omniscience) for all those who were still in fetters of ignorance and impurities. He became a lotus grown in the tank of knowledge, unaffected by the eight *lokadharmas*.⁵ He was filled with compassion which helped the rapid growth of the seeds of *kuśalamūlas*, the sprouts of *śraddhā* (faith) and lastly he became the distributor of the fruits of *vimukti* (emancipation).⁶