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The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

Chapter 25 · continued 7

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“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the earth element it enhances or diminishes, or the water element it enhances or diminishes, or the fire element it enhances or diminishes, or the wind element it enhances or diminishes, or the space element it enhances or diminishes, or the consciousness element it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, ignorance it enhances or diminishes, or formative predispositions it enhances or diminishes, or consciousness it enhances or diminishes, or name and form it enhances or diminishes, or the six sense fields it enhances or diminishes, or sensory contact it enhances or diminishes, or sensation it enhances or diminishes, or craving it enhances or diminishes, or grasping it enhances or diminishes, or the rebirth process it enhances or diminishes, or birth it enhances or diminishes, or aging and death it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the perfection of generosity it enhances or diminishes, or the perfection of ethical discipline it enhances or diminishes, or the perfection of tolerance it enhances or diminishes, or the perfection of perseverance it enhances or diminishes, or the perfection of meditative concentration it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the emptiness of internal phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of external phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of external and internal phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of emptiness it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of great extent it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of ultimate reality it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of conditioned phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of the unlimited it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of nonexclusion it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of inherent nature it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of all phenomena it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of nonentities it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of essential nature it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the applications of mindfulness it enhances or diminishes, or the correct exertions it enhances or diminishes, or the supports for miraculous ability it enhances or diminishes, or the faculties it enhances or diminishes, or the powers it enhances or diminishes, or the branches of enlightenment it enhances or diminishes, or the noble eightfold path it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the truths of the noble ones it enhances or diminishes, or the meditative concentrations it enhances or diminishes, or the immeasurable attitudes it enhances or diminishes, or the formless absorptions it enhances or diminishes, or the liberations it enhances or diminishes, or the nine serial steps of meditative absorption it enhances or diminishes, or the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the extrasensory powers it enhances or diminishes, or the meditative stabilities it enhances or diminishes, or the dhāraṇī gateways it enhances or diminishes, or the ten powers of the tathāgatas it enhances or diminishes, or the four fearlessnesses it enhances or diminishes, or the four kinds of exact knowledge it enhances or diminishes, or great compassion it enhances or diminishes, or the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the fruit of having entered the stream it enhances or diminishes, or the fruit of once-returner it enhances or diminishes, or the fruit of non-returner it enhances or diminishes, or arhatship it enhances or diminishes, or individual enlightenment it enhances or diminishes, or the knowledge of the aspects of the path it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, enlightenment, the buddhas, and the attributes of the buddhas it enhances or diminishes are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, physical forms it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings it gathers together or scatters apart, or perceptions it gathers together or scatters apart, or formative predispositions it gathers together or scatters apart, or consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eyes it gathers together or scatters apart, or the ears it gathers together or scatters apart, or the nose it gathers together or scatters apart, or the tongue it gathers together or scatters apart, or the body it gathers together or scatters apart, or the mental faculty it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, sights it gathers together or scatters apart, or sounds it gathers together or scatters apart, or odors it gathers together or scatters apart, or tastes it gathers together or scatters apart, or tangibles it gathers together or scatters apart, or mental phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visual consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or auditory consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or olfactory consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or gustatory consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or tactile consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or mental consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visually compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or aurally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or nasally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or lingually compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or corporeally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or mentally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the earth element it gathers together or scatters apart, or the water element it gathers together or scatters apart, or the fire element it gathers together or scatters apart, or the wind element it gathers together or scatters apart, or the space element it gathers together or scatters apart, or the consciousness element it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, ignorance it gathers together or scatters apart, or formative predispositions it gathers together or scatters apart, or consciousness it gathers together or scatters apart, or name and form it gathers together or scatters apart, or the six sense fields it gathers together or scatters apart, or sensory contact it gathers together or scatters apart, or sensation it gathers together or scatters apart, or craving it gathers together or scatters apart, or grasping it gathers together or scatters apart, or the rebirth process it gathers together or scatters apart, or birth it gathers together or scatters apart, or aging and death it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the perfection of generosity it gathers together or scatters apart, or the perfection of ethical discipline it gathers together or scatters apart, or the perfection of tolerance it gathers together or scatters apart, or the perfection of perseverance it gathers together or scatters apart, or the perfection of meditative concentration it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the emptiness of internal phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of external phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of external and internal phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of emptiness it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of great extent it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of ultimate reality it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of conditioned phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of the unlimited it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of nonexclusion it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of inherent nature it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of all phenomena it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of nonentities it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of essential nature it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the applications of mindfulness it gathers together or scatters apart, or the correct exertions it gathers together or scatters apart, or the supports for miraculous ability it gathers together or scatters apart, or the faculties it gathers together or scatters apart, or the powers it gathers together or scatters apart, or the branches of enlightenment it gathers together or scatters apart, or the noble eightfold path it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the truths of the noble ones it gathers together or scatters apart, or the meditative concentrations it gathers together or scatters apart, or the immeasurable attitudes it gathers together or scatters apart, or the formless absorptions it gathers together or scatters apart, or the eight liberations it gathers together or scatters apart, or the nine serial steps of meditative absorption it gathers together or scatters apart, or the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the extrasensory powers it gathers together or scatters apart, or the meditative stabilities it gathers together or scatters apart, or the dhāraṇī gateways it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the ten powers of the tathāgatas it gathers together or scatters apart, or the four fearlessnesses it gathers together or scatters apart, or the four kinds of exact knowledge it gathers together or scatters apart, or great compassion it gathers together or scatters apart, of the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the fruit of having entered the stream it gathers together or scatters apart, or the fruit of once-returner it gathers together or scatters apart, or the fruit of non-returner it gathers together or scatters apart, or arhatship it gathers together or scatters apart, or individual enlightenment it gathers together or scatters apart, or the knowledge of the aspects of the path it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, enlightenment, the buddhas, and the attributes of the buddhas it gathers together or scatters apart are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, physical forms it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or perceptions it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or formative predispositions it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eyes it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the ears it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the nose it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the tongue it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the body it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the mental faculty it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, sights it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or sounds it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or odors it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or tastes it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or tangibles it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or mental phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visual consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or auditory consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or olfactory consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or gustatory consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or tactile consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or mental consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visually compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or aurally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or nasally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or lingually compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or corporeally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or mentally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the earth element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the water element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the fire element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the wind element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the space element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the consciousness element it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, ignorance it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or formative predispositions it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or consciousness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or name and form it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the six sense fields it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or sensory contact it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or sensation it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or craving it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or grasping it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the rebirth process it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or birth it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or aging and death it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the perfection of generosity it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the perfection of ethical discipline it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the perfection of tolerance it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the perfection of perseverance it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the perfection of meditative concentration it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the emptiness of internal phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of external phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of external and internal phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of emptiness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of great extent it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of ultimate reality it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of conditioned phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of the unlimited it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of nonexclusion it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of inherent nature it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of all phenomena it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of nonentities it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of essential nature it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the applications of mindfulness it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the correct exertions it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the supports for miraculous ability it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the faculties it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the powers it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the branches of enlightenment it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the noble eightfold path it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the truths of the noble ones it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the meditative concentrations it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the immeasurable attitudes it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the formless absorptions it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the eight liberations it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the nine serial steps of meditative absorption it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the extrasensory powers it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the meditative stabilities it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the dhāraṇī gateways it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the ten powers of the tathāgatas it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the four fearlessnesses it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the four kinds of exact knowledge it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or great compassion it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the fruit of having entered the stream it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the fruit of once-returner it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the fruit of non-returner it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or arhatship it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or individual enlightenment it makes measurable or makes immeasurable, or the knowledge of the aspects of the path it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, enlightenment, the buddhas, and the attributes of the buddhas it makes measurable or makes immeasurable are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, physical forms it expands or compresses, or feelings it expands or compresses, or perceptions it expands or compresses, or formative predispositions it expands or compresses, or consciousness it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eyes it expands or compresses, or the ears it expands or compresses, or the nose it expands or compresses, or the tongue it expands or compresses, or the body it expands or compresses, or the mental faculty it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, sights it expands or compresses, or sounds it expands or compresses, or odors it expands or compresses, or tastes it expands or compresses, or tangibles it expands or compresses, or mental phenomena it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visual consciousness it expands or compresses, or auditory consciousness it expands or compresses, or olfactory consciousness it expands or compresses, or gustatory consciousness it expands or compresses, or tactile consciousness it expands or compresses, or mental consciousness it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visually compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or aurally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or nasally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or lingually compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or corporeally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or mentally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses, or feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the earth element it expands or compresses, or the water element it expands or compresses, or the fire element it expands or compresses, or the wind element it expands or compresses, or the space element it expands or compresses, or the consciousness element it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, ignorance it expands or compresses, or formative predispositions it expands or compresses, or consciousness it expands or compresses, or name and form it expands or compresses, or the six sense fields it expands or compresses, or sensory contact it expands or compresses, or sensation it expands or compresses, or craving it expands or compresses, or grasping it expands or compresses, or the rebirth process it expands or compresses, or birth it expands or compresses, or aging and death it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the perfection of generosity it expands or compresses, or the perfection of ethical discipline it expands or compresses, or the perfection of tolerance it expands or compresses, or the perfection of perseverance it expands or compresses, or the perfection of meditative concentration it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the emptiness of internal phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of external phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of external and internal phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of emptiness it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of great extent it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of ultimate reality it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of conditioned phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of the unlimited it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of nonexclusion it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of inherent nature it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of all phenomena it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of nonentities it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of essential nature it expands or compresses, or the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the applications of mindfulness it expands or compresses, or the correct exertions it expands or compresses, or the supports for miraculous ability it expands or compresses, or the faculties it expands or compresses, or the powers it expands or compresses, or the branches of enlightenment it expands or compresses, or the noble eightfold path it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the truths of the noble ones it expands or compresses, or the meditative concentrations it expands or compresses, or the immeasurable attitudes it expands or compresses, or the formless absorptions it expands or compresses, or the liberations it expands or compresses, or the nine serial steps of meditative absorption it expands or compresses, or the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the extrasensory powers it expands or compresses, or the meditative stabilities it expands or compresses, or the dhāraṇī gateways it expands or compresses, or the powers of the tathāgatas it expands or compresses, or the fearlessnesses it expands or compresses, or the kinds of exact knowledge it expands or compresses, or great compassion it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas it expands or compresses, or the fruit of having entered the stream it expands or compresses, or the fruit of once-returner it expands or compresses, or the fruit of non-returner it expands or compresses, or arhatship it expands or compresses, or individual enlightenment it expands or compresses, or the knowledge of the aspects of the path it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, enlightenment, the buddhas, and the attributes of the buddhas it expands or compresses are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, physical forms it strengthens or weakens, or feelings it strengthens or weakens, or perceptions it strengthens or weakens, or formative predispositions it strengthens or weakens, or consciousness it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eyes it strengthens or weakens, or the ears it strengthens or weakens, or the nose it strengthens or weakens, or the tongue it strengthens or weakens, or the body it strengthens or weakens, or the mental faculty it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, sights it strengthens or weakens, or sounds it strengthens or weakens, or odors it strengthens or weakens, or tastes it strengthens or weakens, or tangibles it strengthens or weakens, or mental phenomena it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visual consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or auditory consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or olfactory consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or gustatory consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or tactile consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or mental consciousness it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, visually compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or aurally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or nasally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or lingually compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or corporeally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or mentally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the earth element it strengthens or weakens, or the water element it strengthens or weakens, or the fire element it strengthens or weakens, or the wind element it strengthens or weakens, or the space element it strengthens or weakens, or the consciousness element it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, ignorance it strengthens or weakens, or formative predispositions it strengthens or weakens, or consciousness it strengthens or weakens, or name and form it strengthens or weakens, or the six sense fields it strengthens or weakens, or sensory contact it strengthens or weakens, or sensation it strengthens or weakens, or craving it strengthens or weakens, or grasping it strengthens or weakens, or the rebirth process it strengthens or weakens, or birth it strengthens or weakens, or aging and death it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the perfection of generosity it strengthens or weakens, or the perfection of ethical discipline it strengthens or weakens, or the perfection of tolerance it strengthens or weakens, or the perfection of perseverance it strengthens or weakens, or the perfection of meditative concentration it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the emptiness of internal phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of external phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of external and internal phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of emptiness it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of great extent it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of ultimate reality it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of conditioned phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of the unlimited it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of nonexclusion it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of inherent nature it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of all phenomena it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of nonentities it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of essential nature it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the applications of mindfulness it strengthens or weakens, or the correct exertions it strengthens or weakens, or the supports for miraculous ability it strengthens or weakens, or the faculties it strengthens or weakens, or the powers it strengthens or weakens, or the branches of enlightenment it strengthens or weakens, or the noble eightfold path it strengthens or weakens, or the truths of the noble ones it strengthens or weakens, or the meditative concentrations it strengthens or weakens, or the immeasurable attitudes it strengthens or weakens, or the formless absorptions it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the eight liberations it strengthens or weakens, or the nine serial steps of meditative absorption it strengthens or weakens, or the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, the extrasensory powers it strengthens or weakens, or the meditative stabilities it strengthens or weakens, or the dhāraṇī gateways it strengthens or weakens, or the powers of the tathāgatas it strengthens or weakens, or the fearlessnesses it strengthens or weakens, or the kinds of exact knowledge it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, great compassion it strengthens or weakens, or the distinct qualities of the buddhas it strengthens or weakens, or the fruit of having entered the stream it strengthens or weakens, or the fruit of once-returner it strengthens or weakens, or the fruit of non-returner it strengthens or weakens, or arhatship it strengthens or weakens, or individual enlightenment it strengthens or weakens, or the knowledge of the aspects of the path it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

“Blessed Lord, when they practice the perfection of wisdom in that manner, enlightenment, the buddhas, and the attributes of the buddhas it strengthens or weakens are their great apprehending.

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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

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འཕགས་པ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་སྟོང་ཕྲག་བརྒྱ་པ།

’phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag brgya pa

The Noble Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

Ārya­śata­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā

· Toh 8 ·

Degé Kangyur, (’bum, ka), folios 1.b–394.a; (’bum, kha), folios 1.b–402.a; (’bum, ga), folios 1.b–394.a; (’bum, nga), folios 1.b–381.a; (’bum, ca), folios 1.b–395.a; (’bum, cha), folios 1.b–382.a; (’bum, ja), folios 1.b–398.a; (’bum, nya), folios 1.b–399.a; (’bum, ta), folios 1.b–384.a; (’bum, tha), folios 1.b–387.a; (’bum, da), folios 1.b–411.a; and (’bum, a), folios 1.b–395.a (vols. 14–25)
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