“Gods, this Dharma is profound because physical forms are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because perceptions are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because formative predispositions are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the eyes are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the ears are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the nose is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the tongue is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the body is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the mental faculty is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound sights are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because sounds are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because odors are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because tastes are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because tangibles are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because mental phenomena are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because visual consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because auditory consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because olfactory consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because gustatory consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because tactile consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because mental consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because visually compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because aurally compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because nasally compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because lingually compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because corporeally compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because mentally compounded sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the earth element is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the water element is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the fire element is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the wind element is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the space element is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the consciousness element are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because ignorance is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because formative predispositions are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because consciousness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because name and form are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the six sense fields are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because sensory contact is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because sensation is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because craving is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because grasping is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the rebirth process is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because birth is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because aging and death are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of generosity is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of ethical discipline is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of tolerance is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of perseverance is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of meditative concentration is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the perfection of wisdom is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of internal phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of external phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of external and internal phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of emptiness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of great extent is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of ultimate reality is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of conditioned phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of the unlimited is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of nonexclusion is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of inherent nature is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of all phenomena is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of nonentities is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of essential nature is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the applications of mindfulness are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the correct exertions are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the supports for miraculous ability are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the faculties are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the powers are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the branches of enlightenment are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the noble eightfold path is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound the truths of the noble ones are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the meditative concentrations are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the immeasurable attitudes are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the formless absorptions are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the liberations are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the serial steps of meditative absorption are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the extrasensory powers are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the meditative stabilities are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the dhāraṇī gateways are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the powers of the tathāgatas are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the fearlessnesses are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the kinds of exact knowledge are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because great loving kindness is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because great compassion is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the distinct qualities of the buddhas are profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound the fruit of having entered the stream is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the fruit of once-returner is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the fruit of non-returner is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because arhatship is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because individual enlightenment is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because the knowledge of the aspects of the path is profound. Gods, this Dharma is profound because all-aspect omniscience is profound.”
“Blessed Lord,” said the gods, “it is wonderful that you have taught this Dharma in which it is difficult for all mundane beings to feel conviction. If you ask why, Blessed Lord, it is because this Dharma has not been taught so that physical forms might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that perceptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the eyes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the ears might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the nose might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the tongue might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the body might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the mental faculty might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sights might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sounds might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that odors might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tastes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tangibles might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mental phenomena might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that visual consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that auditory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that olfactory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that gustatory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tactile consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mental consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the earth element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the water element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fire element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the wind element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the space element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the consciousness element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that ignorance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that name and form might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the six sense fields might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sensation might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that craving might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that grasping might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the rebirth process might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that birth might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that aging and death might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of generosity might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of ethical discipline might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of tolerance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of perseverance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of meditative concentration might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of wisdom might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of external phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of external and internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of emptiness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of great extent might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of ultimate reality might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of conditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of the unlimited might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of nonexclusion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of inherent nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of all phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of essential nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the applications of mindfulness might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the correct exertions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the supports for miraculous ability might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the faculties might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the branches of enlightenment might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the noble eightfold path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the truths of the noble ones might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the meditative concentrations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the immeasurable attitudes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the formless absorptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the liberations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the serial steps of meditative absorption might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the extrasensory powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the meditative stabilities might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the dhāraṇī gateways might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the powers of the tathāgatas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fearlessnesses might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the kinds of exact knowledge might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that great loving kindness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that great compassion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the distinct qualities of the buddhas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of having entered the stream might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of once-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of non-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that arhatship might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that individual enlightenment might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the knowledge of the aspects of the path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that all-aspect omniscience might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped.
“The world indulges in grasping with the thoughts, ‘The physical form is mine. I have a physical form. The feelings are mine. I will feel. The perceptions are mine. I perceive. The formative predispositions are mine. I will form predispositions. The consciousness is mine. I will be conscious.
“ ‘The eyes are mine. I will see. The ears are mine. I will hear. The nose is mine. I will smell. The tongue is mine. I will taste. The body is mine. I will touch. The mental faculty is mine. I will think.
“ ‘The sights are mine. I will see things. The sounds are mine. I will hear things. The odors are mine. I will smell things. The tastes are mine. I will taste things. The tangibles are mine. I will feel things. The mental phenomena are mine. I will be conscious of things.
“ ‘The visual consciousness is mine. I have visual consciousness. The auditory consciousness is mine. I have auditory consciousness. The olfactory consciousness is mine. I have olfactory consciousness. The gustatory consciousness is mine. I have gustatory consciousness. The tactile consciousness is mine. I have tactile consciousness. The mental consciousness is mine. I have mental consciousness.
“ ‘The visually compounded sensory contact is mine. I have visually compounded sensory contact. The aurally compounded sensory contact is mine. I have aurally compounded sensory contact. The nasally compounded sensory contact is mine. I have nasally compounded sensory contact. The lingually compounded sensory contact is mine. I have lingually compounded sensory contact. The corporeally compounded sensory contact is mine. I have corporeally compounded sensory contact. The mentally compounded sensory contact is mine. I have mentally compounded sensory contact.
“ ‘The feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact. The feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact. The feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact. The feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact. The feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact. The feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are mine. I have feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact.
“ ‘The earth element is mine. I do not pass beyond956 the earth element. The water element is mine. I do not pass beyond the water element. The fire element is mine. I do not pass beyond the fire element. The wind element is mine. I do not pass beyond the wind element. The space element is mine. I do not pass beyond the space element. The consciousness element is mine. I do not pass beyond the consciousness element.
“ ‘The ignorance is mine. I am ignorant. The formative predispositions are mine. I make formative predispositions. The consciousness is mine. I have consciousness. The name and form are mine. I have name and form. The six sense fields are mine. I have six sense fields. The sensory contact is mine. I have sensory contact. The sensation is mine. I feel sensation. The craving is mine. I crave. The grasping is mine. I grasp. The rebirth process is mine. I have a rebirth process. Birth is mine. I am born. Aging and death are mine. I age and die.
“ ‘The perfection of generosity is mine. I will perfect the perfection of generosity. The perfection of ethical discipline is mine. I will perfect the perfection of ethical discipline. The perfection of tolerance is mine. I will perfect the perfection of tolerance. The perfection of perseverance is mine. I will perfect the perfection of perseverance. The perfection of meditative concentration is mine. I will perfect the perfection of meditative concentration. The perfection of wisdom is mine. I will perfect the perfection of wisdom.
“ ‘The emptiness of internal phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of internal phenomena. The emptiness of external phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of external phenomena. The emptiness of external and internal phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of external and internal phenomena. The emptiness of emptiness is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of emptiness. The emptiness of great extent is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of great extent. The emptiness of ultimate reality is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of ultimate reality. The emptiness of conditioned phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of conditioned phenomena. The emptiness of unconditioned phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena. The emptiness of the unlimited is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of the unlimited. The emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end. The emptiness of nonexclusion is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of nonexclusion. The emptiness of inherent nature is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of inherent nature. The emptiness of all phenomena is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of all phenomena. The emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics. The emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended. The emptiness of nonentities is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of nonentities. The emptiness of essential nature is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of essential nature. The emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities is mine. I will cultivate the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities.
“ ‘The applications of mindfulness are mine. I will practice the applications of mindfulness. The correct exertions are mine. I will practice the correct exertions. The supports for miraculous ability are mine. I will practice the supports for miraculous ability. The faculties are mine. I will practice the faculties. The powers are mine. I will practice the powers. The branches of enlightenment are mine. I will practice the branches of enlightenment. The noble eightfold path is mine. I will practice the noble eightfold path.
“ ‘The truths of the noble ones are mine. I will practice the truths of the noble ones. The meditative concentrations are mine. I will practice the meditative concentrations. The immeasurable attitudes are mine. I will practice the immeasurable attitudes. The formless absorptions are mine. I will practice the formless absorptions. The liberations are mine. I will practice the liberations. The serial steps of meditative absorption are mine. I will practice the serial steps of meditative absorption. The emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation are mine. I will practice the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation. The extrasensory powers are mine. I will practice the extrasensory powers. The meditative stabilities are mine. I will practice the meditative stabilities. The dhāraṇī gateways are mine. I will practice the dhāraṇī gateways.
“ ‘The powers of the tathāgatas are mine. I will practice the powers of the tathāgatas. The fearlessnesses are mine. I will practice the fearlessnesses. The kinds of exact knowledge are mine. I will practice the kinds of exact knowledge. Great loving kindness is mine. I will practice great loving kindness. Great compassion is mine. I will practice great compassion. The distinct qualities of the buddhas are mine. I will practice the distinct qualities of the buddhas.
“ ‘The fruit of having entered the stream is mine. I will become one who has entered the stream. The fruit of once-returner is mine. I will become a once-returner. The fruit of non-returner is mine. I will become a non-returner. Arhatship is mine. I will become an arhat. Individual enlightenment is mine. I will become a pratyekabuddha. The knowledge of the aspects of the path is mine. I will become a knower of the aspects of the path. All-aspect omniscience is mine. I will become an all-aspect omniscient one.’ ”
The Blessed One then said, “It is so, gods, it is so! This doctrine has not been taught so that physical forms might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that perceptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the eyes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the ears might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the nose might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the tongue might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the body might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the mental faculty might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sights might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sounds might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that odors might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tastes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tangibles might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mental phenomena might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that visual consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that auditory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that olfactory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that gustatory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that tactile consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mental consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the earth element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the water element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fire element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the wind element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the space element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the consciousness element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that ignorance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that name and form might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the six sense fields might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that sensation might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that craving might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that grasping might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the rebirth process might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that birth might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that aging and death might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of generosity might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of ethical discipline might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of tolerance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of perseverance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of meditative concentration might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the perfection of wisdom might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of external phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of external and internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of emptiness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of great extent might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of ultimate reality might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of conditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of the unlimited might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of nonexclusion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of inherent nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of all phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of essential nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the applications of mindfulness might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the correct exertions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the supports for miraculous ability might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the faculties might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the branches of enlightenment might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the noble eightfold path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the truths of the noble ones might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the meditative concentrations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the immeasurable attitudes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the formless absorptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the liberations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the serial steps of meditative absorption might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the extrasensory powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the meditative stabilities might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the dhāraṇī gateways might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the powers of the tathāgatas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fearlessnesses might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the kinds of exact knowledge might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that great loving kindness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that great compassion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the distinct qualities of the buddhas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of having entered the stream might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of once-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the fruit of non-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that arhatship might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that individual enlightenment might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that the knowledge of the aspects of the path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped. It has not been taught so that all-aspect omniscience might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped.
“Gods, those who practice so that physical forms might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that feelings might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that perceptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, and so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that the eyes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the ears might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the nose might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the tongue might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the body might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that the mental faculty might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that sights might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that sounds might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that odors might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that tastes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that tangibles might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, and so that mental phenomena might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped; so that visual consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that auditory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that olfactory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that gustatory consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that tactile consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that mental consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, and so that feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped; so that the earth element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the water element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the fire element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the wind element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the space element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that the consciousness element might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that ignorance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that formative predispositions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that consciousness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that name and form might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the six sense fields might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that sensory contact might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that sensation might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that craving might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that grasping might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the rebirth process might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that birth might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that aging and death might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped; so that the perfection of generosity might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the perfection of ethical discipline might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the perfection of tolerance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the perfection of perseverance might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the perfection of meditative concentration might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that the perfection of wisdom might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that the emptiness of internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of external phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of external and internal phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of emptiness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of great extent might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of ultimate reality might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of conditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of the unlimited might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of nonexclusion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of inherent nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of all phenomena might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the emptiness of essential nature might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that the applications of mindfulness might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the correct exertions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the supports for miraculous ability might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the faculties might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the branches of enlightenment might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, and so that the noble eightfold path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped; so that the truths of the noble ones might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the meditative concentrations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the immeasurable attitudes might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the formless absorptions might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the liberations might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the serial steps of meditative absorption might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the extrasensory powers might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the meditative stabilities might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, and so that the dhāraṇī gateways might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped; so that the powers of the tathāgatas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the fearlessnesses might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that the kinds of exact knowledge might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped, so that great loving kindness might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that great compassion might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that the distinct qualities of the buddhas might be grasped or so that they might not be grasped; and so that the fruit of having entered the stream might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the fruit of once-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the fruit of non-returner might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that arhatship might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that individual enlightenment might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, so that the knowledge of the aspects of the path might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped, and so that all-aspect omniscience might be grasped or so that it might not be grasped––they cannot cultivate the perfection of generosity, cannot cultivate the perfection of ethical discipline, cannot cultivate the perfection of tolerance, cannot cultivate the perfection of perseverance, cannot cultivate the perfection of meditative concentration, and cannot cultivate the perfection of wisdom; cannot cultivate the emptiness of internal phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of external phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of external and internal phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of emptiness, cannot cultivate the emptiness of great extent, cannot cultivate the emptiness of ultimate reality, cannot cultivate the emptiness of conditioned phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of the unlimited, cannot cultivate the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end, cannot cultivate the emptiness of nonexclusion, cannot cultivate the emptiness of inherent nature, cannot cultivate the emptiness of all phenomena, cannot cultivate the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics, cannot cultivate the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended, cannot cultivate the emptiness of nonentities, cannot cultivate the emptiness of essential nature, and cannot cultivate the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities; cannot cultivate the applications of mindfulness, cannot cultivate the correct exertions, cannot cultivate the supports for miraculous ability, cannot cultivate the faculties, cannot cultivate the powers, cannot cultivate the branches of enlightenment, and cannot cultivate the noble eightfold path; cannot cultivate the truths of the noble ones, cannot cultivate the meditative concentrations, cannot cultivate the immeasurable attitudes, cannot cultivate the formless absorptions, cannot cultivate the liberations, cannot cultivate the serial steps of meditative absorption, cannot cultivate the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation, cannot cultivate the extrasensory powers, cannot cultivate the meditative stabilities, and cannot cultivate the dhāraṇī gateways; cannot cultivate the powers of the tathāgatas, cannot cultivate the fearlessnesses, cannot cultivate the kinds of exact knowledge, cannot cultivate great loving kindness, cannot cultivate great compassion, and cannot cultivate the distinct qualities of the buddhas; and cannot cultivate the fruit of having entered the stream, cannot cultivate the fruit of once-returner, cannot cultivate the fruit of non-returner, cannot cultivate arhatship, cannot cultivate individual enlightenment, cannot cultivate omniscience, cannot cultivate knowledge of the aspects of the path, and cannot cultivate all-aspect omniscience.”