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The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

Chapter 53 · continued 9

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“One should know that those bodhisattva great beings who abide in the perfection of wisdom as it has been taught are irreversible. One should know that those bodhisattva great beings who possess this skill in means are watched over by the tathāgatas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have been devoted to many quintillions of buddhas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have generated the roots of virtue. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have been assisted by spiritual mentors. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have practiced the six perfections. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the fourteen emptinesses. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the four applications of mindfulness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the four correct exertions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the four supports for miraculous ability. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the faculties. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the branches of enlightenment. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the noble eightfold path. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the truths of the noble ones. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the meditative concentrations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the immeasurable attitudes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the formless absorptions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the liberations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the serial steps of meditative absorption. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the extrasensory powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the meditative stabilities. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the dhāraṇī gateways. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the ten powers of the tathāgatas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the four fearlessnesses. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have cultivated the four kinds of exact knowledge. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings possess the six extrasensory powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are the crown princes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have fulfilled their intentions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are inseparable from gazing on the buddhas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are inseparable from the roots of virtue. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are inseparable from a buddhafield. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings possess an uninterrupted flow of inspired eloquence. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have acquired the dhāraṇīs. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have a perfected physical form. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are perfectly endowed with the prophecy. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings have voluntarily wished for the rebirth process. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the aspects1098 that are to be realized. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in giving explanations.1099 One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in syllables and the absence of syllables that are to be realized.1100 One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the conduct of a bodhisattva. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in verbal expression. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the inexpressible. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in singular designations.1101 One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in dual designations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in plural designations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feminine designations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in masculine designations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in neuter designations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the past, the future, and the present.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in physical forms. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in perceptions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in formative predispositions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in consciousness.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the eyes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the ears. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the nose. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the tongue. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the body. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the mental faculty. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in sights. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in sounds. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in odors. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in tastes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in tangibles. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in mental phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in visual consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in auditory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in olfactory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in gustatory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in tactile consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in mental consciousness.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in visually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in aurally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in nasally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in lingually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in corporeally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in mentally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the earth element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the water element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the fire element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the wind element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the space element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the consciousness element.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ignorance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in formative predispositions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in name and form. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the six sense fields. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in sensation. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in craving. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in grasping. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the rebirth process. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in birth. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in aging and death.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of generosity. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of ethical discipline. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of tolerance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of perseverance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of meditative concentration. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the perfection of wisdom.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of internal phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of external phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of external and internal phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of emptiness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of great extent. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of ultimate reality. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of conditioned phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of the unlimited. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of nonexclusion. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of inherent nature. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of all phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of nonentities. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of essential nature. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the applications of mindfulness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the correct exertions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the supports for miraculous ability. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the faculties. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the branches of enlightenment. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the noble eightfold path.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the truths of the noble ones. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the meditative concentrations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the immeasurable attitudes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the formless absorptions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the eight liberations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the nine serial steps of meditative absorption. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the extrasensory powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the meditative stabilities. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the dhāraṇī gateways.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the ten powers of the tathāgatas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the four fearlessnesses. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the four kinds of exact knowledge. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in great loving kindness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in great compassion. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the distinct qualities of the buddhas.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the fruit of having entered the stream. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the fruit of once-returner. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the fruit of non-returner. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in arhatship. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in individual enlightenment. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in the knowledge of the aspects of the path. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in all-aspect omniscience.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert up to nirvāṇa. One should know that they are expert in the defining characteristic of the realm of phenomena. One should know that they are expert in the defining characteristic of conditioned phenomena. One should know that they are expert in the defining characteristic of unconditioned phenomena. One should know that they are expert in entities. One should know that they are expert in nonentities. One should know that they are expert in essential entities in themselves. One should know that they are expert in dependent entities.1102 One should know that they are expert in conjunction.1103 One should know that they are expert in disjunction. One should know that they are expert in the conjoined.1104 One should know that they are expert in the disjoined. One should know that they are expert in the conjoined and disjoined. One should know that they are expert in the neither conjoined nor disjoined. One should know that they are expert in the real nature. One should know that they are expert in the unmistaken real nature. One should know that they are expert in the one and only nature. One should know that they are expert in the reality of phenomena. One should know that they are expert in the realm of phenomena. One should know that they are expert in the abiding nature of reality. One should know that they are expert in the maturity of phenomena. One should know that they are expert in the very limit of reality. One should know that they are expert in the realm of the inconceivable. One should know that they are expert in causes and conditions. One should know that they are expert in the absence of conditions. One should know that they are expert in the realm of the conditioned. One should know that they are expert in the realm of the unconditioned. One should know that they are expert in the realms. One should know that they are expert in the absence of realms.1105

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to physical forms. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to perceptions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to formative predispositions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to consciousness.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the eyes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the ears. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the nose. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the tongue. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the body. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the mental faculty. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to sights. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to sounds. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to odors. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to tastes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to tangibles. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to mental phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to visual consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to auditory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to olfactory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to gustatory consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to tactile consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to mental consciousness.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to visually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to aurally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to nasally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to lingually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to corporeally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to mentally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the earth element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the water element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the fire element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the wind element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the space element. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the consciousness element.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to ignorance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to formative predispositions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to consciousness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to name and form. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the six sense fields. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to sensory contact. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to sensation. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to craving. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to grasping. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the rebirth process. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to birth. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to aging and death.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of generosity. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of ethical discipline. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of tolerance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of perseverance. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of meditative concentration. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the perfection of wisdom.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of internal phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of external phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of external and internal phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of emptiness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of great extent. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of ultimate reality. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of conditioned phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of the unlimited. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of nonexclusion. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of inherent nature. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of all phenomena. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of nonentities. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of essential nature. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the applications of mindfulness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the correct exertions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the supports for miraculous ability. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the faculties. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the branches of enlightenment. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the noble eightfold path.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the truths of the noble ones. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the meditative concentrations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the immeasurable attitudes. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the formless absorptions. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the eight liberations. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the nine serial steps of meditative absorption. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the extrasensory powers. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the meditative stabilities. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the dhāraṇī gateways.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the powers of the tathāgatas. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the fearlessnesses. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the kinds of exact knowledge. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to great loving kindness. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to great compassion. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the distinct qualities of the buddhas.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the fruit of having entered the stream. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the fruit of once-returner. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the fruit of non-returner. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to arhatship. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to individual enlightenment. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to the knowledge of the aspects of the path. One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in not paying attention to all-aspect omniscience.

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘physical forms are empty of physical forms.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings are empty of feelings.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘perceptions are empty of perceptions.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘formative predispositions are empty of formative predispositions.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘consciousness is empty of consciousness.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the eyes are empty of the eyes.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the ears are empty of the ears.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the nose is empty of the nose.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the tongue is empty of the tongue.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the body is empty of the body.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the mental faculty empty of the mental faculty.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘sights are empty of sights.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘sounds are empty of sounds.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘odors are empty of odors.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘tastes are empty of tastes.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘tangibles are empty of tangibles.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘mental phenomena are empty of mental phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘visual consciousness is empty of visual consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘auditory consciousness is empty of auditory consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘olfactory consciousness is empty of olfactory consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘gustatory consciousness is empty of gustatory consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘tactile consciousness is empty of tactile consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘mental consciousness is empty of mental consciousness.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘visually compounded sensory contact is empty of visually compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘aurally compounded sensory contact is empty of aurally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘nasally compounded sensory contact is empty of nasally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘lingually compounded sensory contact is empty of lingually compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘corporeally compounded sensory contact is empty of corporeally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘mentally compounded sensory contact is empty of mentally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by visually compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by aurally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by nasally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by lingually compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by corporeally compounded sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact are empty of feelings conditioned by mentally compounded sensory contact.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the earth element is empty of the earth element.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the water element is empty of the water element.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the fire element is empty of the fire element.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the wind element is empty of the wind element.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the space element is empty of the space element.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the consciousness element is empty of the consciousness element.’

One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘ignorance is empty of ignorance.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘formative predispositions are empty of formative predispositions.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘consciousness is empty of consciousness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘name and form are empty of name and form.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the six sense fields are empty of the six sense fields.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘sensory contact is empty of sensory contact.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘sensation is empty of sensation.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘craving is empty of craving.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘grasping is empty of grasping.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the rebirth process is empty of the rebirth process.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘birth is empty of birth.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘aging and death are empty of aging and death.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of generosity is empty of the perfection of generosity’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of ethical discipline is empty of the perfection of ethical discipline.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of tolerance is empty of the perfection of tolerance.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of perseverance is empty of the perfection of perseverance.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of meditative concentration is empty of the perfection of meditative concentration.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the perfection of wisdom is empty of the perfection of wisdom.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of internal phenomena is empty of the emptiness of internal phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of external phenomena is empty of the emptiness of external phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of external and internal phenomena is empty of the emptiness of external and internal phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of emptiness is empty of the emptiness of emptiness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of great extent is empty of the emptiness of great extent.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of ultimate reality is empty of the emptiness of ultimate reality.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of conditioned phenomena is empty of the emptiness of conditioned phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena is empty of the emptiness of unconditioned phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of the unlimited is empty of the emptiness of the unlimited.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end is empty of the emptiness of that which has neither beginning nor end.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of nonexclusion is empty of the emptiness of nonexclusion.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of inherent existence is empty of the emptiness of inherent existence.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of all phenomena is empty of the emptiness of all phenomena.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics is empty of the emptiness of intrinsic defining characteristics.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended is empty of the emptiness of that which cannot be apprehended.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of nonentities is empty of the emptiness of nonentities.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of essential nature is empty of the emptiness of essential nature.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities is empty of the emptiness of an essential nature of nonentities.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the applications of mindfulness are empty of the applications of mindfulness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the correct exertions are empty of the correct exertions.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the supports for miraculous ability are empty of the supports for miraculous ability.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the faculties are empty of the faculties.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the powers are empty of the powers.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the branches of enlightenment are empty of the branches of enlightenment.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the noble eightfold path is empty of the noble eightfold path.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the truths of the noble ones are empty of the truths of the noble ones.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the meditative concentrations are empty of the meditative concentrations.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the immeasurable attitudes are empty of the immeasurable attitudes.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the formless absorptions are empty of the formless absorptions.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the eight liberations are empty of the liberations.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the nine serial steps of meditative absorption are empty of the serial steps of meditative absorption.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation are empty of the emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness gateways to liberation.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the extrasensory powers are empty of the extrasensory powers.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the meditative stabilities are empty of the meditative stabilities.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the dhāraṇī gateways are empty of the dhāraṇī gateways.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the ten powers of the tathāgatas are empty of the powers of the tathāgatas.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the four fearlessnesses are empty of the fearlessnesses.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the four kinds of exact knowledge empty of the kinds of exact knowledge.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘great loving kindness is empty of great loving kindness.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘great compassion is empty of great compassion.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas are empty of the distinct qualities of the buddhas.’

“One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the fruit of having entered the stream is empty of the fruit of having entered the stream.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the fruit of once-returner is empty of the fruit of once-returner.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the fruit of non-returner is empty of the fruit of non-returner.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘arhatship is empty of arhatship.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘individual enlightenment is empty of individual enlightenment.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘the knowledge of the aspects of the path is empty of the knowledge of the aspects of the path.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘all-aspect omniscience is empty of all-aspect omniscience.’ One should know that these bodhisattva great beings are expert in ‘unsurpassed, perfect, complete enlightenment is empty of enlightenment.’

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84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

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

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

The Noble Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

Ārya­śata­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā

· Toh 8 ·

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