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The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

Chapter 33 · continued 4

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“Subhūti, physical forms are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, perceptions are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, formative predispositions are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the eyes are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the ears are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the nose is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the tongue is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the body is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the mental faculty is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, sights are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, sounds are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, odors are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, tastes are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, tangibles are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, mental phenomena are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, visual consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, auditory consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, olfactory consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, gustatory consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, tactile consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, mental consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, visually compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, aurally compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, nasally compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, lingually compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, corporeally compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, mentally compounded sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the earth element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the water element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the fire element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the wind element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the space element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the consciousness element is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, ignorance is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, formative predispositions are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, consciousness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, name and form are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the six sense fields are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, sensory contact is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, sensation is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, craving is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, grasping is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the rebirth process is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, birth is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, aging and death are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled.

“Subhūti, the perfection of generosity is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the perfection of ethical discipline is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the perfection of tolerance is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the perfection of perseverance is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the perfection of meditative concentration is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the perfection of wisdom is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of internal phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of external phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of external and internal phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of emptiness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of great extent is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of ultimate reality is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of conditioned phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of the unlimited is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of nonexclusion is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of inherent nature is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of all phenomena is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of nonentities is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of essential nature is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the applications of mindfulness are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the correct exertions are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the supports for miraculous ability are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the faculties are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the powers are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the branches of enlightenment are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the noble eightfold path is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the truths of the noble ones are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the meditative concentrations are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the immeasurable attitudes are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the formless absorptions are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the eight liberations are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the nine serial steps of meditative absorption are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the extrasensory powers are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the meditative stabilities are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the dhāraṇī gateways are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the powers of the tathāgatas are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the fearlessnesses are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the kinds of exact knowledge are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, great loving kindness is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, great compassion is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the distinct qualities of the buddhas are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the fruit of having entered the stream is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the fruit of once-returner is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the fruit of non-returner is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, arhatship is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, individual enlightenment is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, the knowledge of the aspects of the path is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled. Subhūti, all-aspect omniscience is also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled.

“Subhūti, all phenomena are also inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled.

“Subhūti, in the reality of phenomena as it pertains to all phenomena, neither a mind nor the mental factors are apprehended.

“Subhūti, physical forms that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, perceptions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, formative predispositions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the eyes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the ears that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the nose that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the tongue that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the body that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the mental faculty that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, sights that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, sounds that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, odors that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, tastes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, tangibles that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, mental phenomena that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, visual consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, auditory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, olfactory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, gustatory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, tactile consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, mental consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, visually compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, aurally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, nasally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, lingually compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, corporeally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, mentally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the earth element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the water element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the fire element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the wind element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the space element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the consciousness element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, ignorance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, formative predispositions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, name and form that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the six sense fields that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, sensation that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, craving that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, grasping that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the rebirth process that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, birth that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, aging and death that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended.

“Subhūti, the perfection of generosity that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the perfection of ethical discipline that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the perfection of tolerance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the perfection of perseverance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the perfection of meditative concentration that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the perfection of wisdom that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of internal phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of external phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of external and internal phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of emptiness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of great extent that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of ultimate reality that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of conditioned phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of the unlimited that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of nonexclusion that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of inherent nature that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of all phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of nonentities that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of essential nature is that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the applications of mindfulness that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the correct exertions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the supports for miraculous ability that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the faculties that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the powers that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the branches of enlightenment that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the noble eightfold path that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the truths of the noble ones that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the meditative concentrations that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the immeasurable attitudes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the formless absorptions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the eight liberations that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the nine serial steps of meditative absorption that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the extrasensory powers that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the meditative stabilities that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the dhāraṇī gateways that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the powers of the tathāgatas that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the fearlessnesses that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the kinds of exact knowledge that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, great loving kindness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, great compassion that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled are also not apprehended. Subhūti, the fruit of having entered the stream that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the fruit of once-returner that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the fruit of non-returner that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, arhatship that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, individual enlightenment that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, the knowledge of the aspects of the path that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended. Subhūti, all-aspect omniscience that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled is also not apprehended.”

“Blessed Lord,” asked Subhūti, “why are physical forms that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are perceptions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are formative predispositions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the eyes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the ears that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the nose that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the tongue that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the body that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the mental faculty that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are sights that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are sounds that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are odors that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are tastes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are tangibles that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are mental phenomena that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is visual consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is auditory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is olfactory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is gustatory consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is tactile consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is mental consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is visually compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is aurally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is nasally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is lingually compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is corporeally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is mentally compounded sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the earth element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the water element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the fire element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the wind element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the space element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the consciousness element that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is ignorance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are formative predispositions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is consciousness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are name and form that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the six sense fields that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is sensory contact that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is sensation that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is craving that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is grasping that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the rebirth process that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is birth that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are aging and death that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of generosity that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of ethical discipline that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of tolerance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of perseverance that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of meditative concentration that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the perfection of wisdom that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of internal phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of external phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of external and internal phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of emptiness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of great extent that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of ultimate reality that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of conditioned phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of the unlimited that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of nonexclusion that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of inherent nature that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of all phenomena that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of nonentities that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of essential nature is that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the applications of mindfulness that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the correct exertions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the supports for miraculous ability that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the faculties that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the powers that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the branches of enlightenment that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the noble eightfold path that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the truths of the noble ones that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the meditative concentrations that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the immeasurable attitudes that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the formless absorptions that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the eight liberations that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the nine serial steps of meditative absorption that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the extrasensory powers that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the meditative stabilities that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the dhāraṇī gateways that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the ten powers of the tathāgatas that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the four fearlessnesses that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the four kinds of exact knowledge that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is great loving kindness that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is great compassion that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why are the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas that are inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the fruit of having entered the stream that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the fruit of once-returner that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the fruit of non-returner that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is arhatship that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is individual enlightenment that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is the knowledge of the aspects of the path that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended? Why is all-aspect omniscience that is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled not apprehended?”

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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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