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From Buddha-Nature
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Ordinary beings are mistaken,<br>Those who see reality are the opposite,<br>And tathāgatas are most exactly unmistaken<br>And free from reference points. +
pṛthagjanā viparyastā dṛṣṭasatyā viparyayāt<br>yathāvadaviparyastā niṣprapañcāstathāgatāḥ +
Its being impure, its being both impure and pure,<br>And its being completely pure, in due order,<br>Are expressed as "the basic element of sentient beings,"<br>"Bodhisattva," and "tathāgata." +
aśuddho'śuddhaśuddho'tha suviśuddho yathākramam<br>sattvadhāturiti prokto bodhisattvastathāgataḥ +
svabhāvādibhirityebhiḥ ṣaḍbhirartheḥ samāsataḥ<br>dhātustisṛṣvavasthāsu vidito nāmabhistribhiḥ +
The basic element that consists of these<br>Six topics, such as [its] nature,<br>Is taught through three names<br>In its three phases. +
Just as space with its character<br>Of nonconceptuality is present everywhere,<br>So the stainless basic element that is<br>The nature of the mind is omnipresent. +
sarvatrānugataṃ yadvannirvikalpātmakaṃ nabhaḥ<br>cittaprakṛtivaimalyadhātuḥ sarvatragastathā +
Being unconditioned, effortless,<br>Not being produced through other conditions,<br>And possessing wisdom, compassion, and power,<br>Buddhahood is endowed with the two welfares. +
asaṃskṛtamanābhogamaparapratyayoditam<br>buddhatvaṃ jñānakāruṇyaśaktyupetaṃ dvayārthavat +
[Its] general characteristic is that it pervades<br>Flaws, qualities, and perfection,<br>Just as space [pervades] inferior, middling,<br>And supreme kinds of forms. +
taddoṣaguṇaniṣṭhāsu vyāpi sāmānyalakṣaṇam<br>hīnamadhyaviśiṣṭeṣu vyoma rūpagateṣviva +
Since it is adventitiously associated with flaws<br>And since it is naturally endowed with qualities,<br>Its true nature of being changeless<br>Is the same before as after. +
doṣāgantukatāyogād guṇaprakṛtiyogataḥ<br>yathā pūrvaṃ tathā paścādavikāritvadharmatā +
Just as all-pervasive space<br>Is untainted due to its subtlety,<br>So this [basic element] that abides everywhere<br>In sentient beings is untainted. +
yathā-sarvagataṃ saukṣmyādākāśaṃ nopalipyate<br>sarvatrāvasthitaḥ sattve tathāyaṃ nopalipyate +
Just as the worlds everywhere<br>Are born and perish in space,<br>So the faculties arise and perish<br>In the unconditioned basic element. +
yathā sarvatra lokānāmākāśa ubayavyayaḥ<br>tathaivāsaṃskṛte dhātāvindriyāṇāṃ vyayodayaḥ +
Just as space was never<br>Burned before by any fires,<br>So this [basic element] is not consumed<br>By the fires of death, sickness, and aging. +
yathā nāgnibhirākāśaṃ dagdhapūrvaṃ kadācana<br>tathā na pradahatyenaṃ mṛtyuvyādhijarāgnayaḥ +
