“Subhūti,” replied the Blessed One, “the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency913 of physical forms are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of perceptions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eyes are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the ears are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the nose are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the tongue are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the body are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the mental faculty are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sights are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sounds are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of odors are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tastes are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tangibles are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visual consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of auditory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of olfactory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of gustatory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tactile consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aurally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of nasally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of lingually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of corporeally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mentally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the earth element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the water element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fire element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the wind element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the space element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the consciousness element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of ignorance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of name and form are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the six sense fields are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensation are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of craving are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of grasping are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the rebirth process are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of birth are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aging and death are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of generosity are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of ethical discipline are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of tolerance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of perseverance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of meditative concentration are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of wisdom are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of internal phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external and internal phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of emptiness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of great extent are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of ultimate reality are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of conditioned phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of the unlimited are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonexclusion are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of inherent nature are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of all phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonentities are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of essential nature are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the applications of mindfulness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the correct exertions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the supports for miraculous ability are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the faculties are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the powers are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the branches of enlightenment are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the noble eightfold path are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the truths of the noble ones are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the meditative concentrations are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the immeasurable attitudes are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the formless absorptions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the liberations are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the serial steps of meditative absorption are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the extrasensory powers are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the meditative stabilities are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the dhāraṇī gateways are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the powers of the tathāgatas are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fearlessnesses are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the kinds of exact knowledge are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of great loving kindness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of great compassion are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of having entered the stream are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of once-returner are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of non-returner are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of arhatship are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of individual enlightenment are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the knowledge of the aspects of the path are not apprehended. Subhūti, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of all-aspect omniscience are not apprehended.”
“Blessed Lord,” asked Subhūti, “why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of physical forms not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of perceptions not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness not apprehended. Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eyes not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the ears not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the nose not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the tongue not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the body not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the mental faculty not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sights not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sounds not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of odors not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tastes not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tangibles not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visual consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of auditory consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of olfactory consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of gustatory consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tactile consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visually compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aurally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of nasally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of lingually compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of corporeally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mentally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the earth element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the water element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fire element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the wind element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the space element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the consciousness element not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of ignorance not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of name and form not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the six sense fields not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensory contact not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensation not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of craving not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of grasping not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the rebirth process not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of birth not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aging and death not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of generosity not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of ethical discipline not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of tolerance not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of perseverance not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of meditative concentration not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of wisdom not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of internal phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external and internal phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of emptiness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of great extent not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of ultimate reality not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of conditioned phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of the unlimited not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonexclusion not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of inherent nature not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of all phenomena not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonentities not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of essential nature not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the applications of mindfulness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the correct exertions not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the supports for miraculous ability not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the faculties not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the powers not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the branches of enlightenment not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the noble eightfold path not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the truths of the noble ones not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the meditative concentrations not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the immeasurable attitudes not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the formless absorptions not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eight liberations not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the nine serial steps of meditative absorption not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the extrasensory powers not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the meditative stabilities not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the dhāraṇī gateways not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the powers of the tathāgatas not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fearlessnesses not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the kinds of exact knowledge not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of great loving kindness not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of great compassion not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of having entered the stream not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of once-returner not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fruit of non-returner not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of arhatship not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of individual enlightenment not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the knowledge of the aspects of the path not apprehended? Why are the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of all-aspect omniscience not apprehended?”
“Subhūti,” replied the Blessed One, “the essential nature of physical forms is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of physical forms are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of perceptions is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of perceptions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of formative predispositions is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of the eyes is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the eyes are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the ears is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the ears are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the nose is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the nose are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the tongue is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the tongue are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the body is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the body are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the mental faculty is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the mental faculty are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of sights is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sights are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of sounds is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sounds are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of odors is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of odors are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of tastes is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tastes are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of tangibles is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tangibles are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of mental phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental phenomena are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of visual consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visual consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of auditory consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of auditory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of olfactory consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of olfactory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of gustatory consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of gustatory consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of tactile consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of tactile consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of mental consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mental consciousness are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of visually compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of visually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of aurally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aurally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of nasally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of nasally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of lingually compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of lingually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of corporeally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of corporeally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of mentally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of mentally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of the earth element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the earth element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the water element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the water element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the fire element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the fire element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the wind element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the wind element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the space element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the space element are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the consciousness element is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the consciousness element are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of ignorance is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of ignorance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of formative predispositions is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of formative predispositions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of consciousness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of consciousness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of name and form is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of name and form are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the six sense fields is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the six sense fields are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of sensory contact is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensory contact are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of sensation is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of sensation are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of craving is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of craving are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of grasping is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of grasping are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the rebirth process is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the rebirth process are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of birth is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of birth are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of aging and death is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of aging and death are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of generosity is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of generosity are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of ethical discipline is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of ethical discipline are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of tolerance is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of tolerance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of perseverance is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of perseverance are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of meditative concentration is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of meditative concentration are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the perfection of wisdom is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the perfection of wisdom are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of internal phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of internal phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of external phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external phenomena are not apprehended. The essential nature the emptiness of external and internal phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of external and internal phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of emptiness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of emptiness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of great extent is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of great extent are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of ultimate reality is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of ultimate reality are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of conditioned phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of conditioned phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of the unlimited is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of the unlimited are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of nonexclusion is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonexclusion are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of inherent nature is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of inherent nature are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of all phenomena is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of all phenomena are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of nonentities is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of nonentities are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of essential nature is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of essential nature are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities are not apprehended.
“Subhūti, the essential nature of the applications of mindfulness is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the applications of mindfulness are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the correct exertions is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the correct exertions are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the supports for miraculous ability is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the supports for miraculous ability are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the faculties is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the faculties are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the powers is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the powers are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the branches of enlightenment is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the branches of enlightenment are not apprehended. Subhūti, the essential nature of the noble eightfold path is inconceivable, inestimable, immeasurable, and equal to the unequaled; therefore, the conceiving, estimating, measuring, and deficiency of the noble eightfold path are not apprehended.