大般若波羅蜜多經

LVII. CHAPTER PRAISING THE NATURE OF TRUE REALITY

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Why is this so? O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, sentient beings are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye ayatana is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the form ayatana is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible object, and dharma ayatanas are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye dhatu is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind dhatus are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the form dhatu is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible object, and dharma dhatus are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is separate, sentient beings are separate; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the feelings arising with eye-contact as condition are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the feelings arising with ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact as condition are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the earth dhatu is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because ignorance is separate, sentient beings are separate; because formations, consciousness, name-and-form, the six ayatanas, contact, feeling, craving, clinging, becoming, birth, and aging-and-death are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the perfection of generosity is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the perfections of pure morality, patience, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the emptiness of the internal is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the emptiness of the external, the emptiness of the internal and external, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of that which has no boundaries, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of nonchange, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are separate,

sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because suchness is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature free from falsity, the unchanging nature, the nature of equality, the nature beyond arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the reality-limit, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the Noble Truth of suffering is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the Noble Truths of its origin, cessation, and the path are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the four meditative absorptions are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the four immeasurables and the four formless concentrations are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eight liberations are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive concentrations, and the ten totalities are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the four foundations of mindfulness are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening, and the eight factors of the Noble Path are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the Dharma gateway of liberation through emptiness is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the Dharma gateways of liberation through signlessness and wishlessness are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the stage of Utmost Joy is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the stages of Stainlessness, Luminosity, Blazing Wisdom, Hard to Conquer, Manifest Presence, Far-Going, Immovability, Excellent Wisdom, and Dharma Cloud are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the five kinds of eyes are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the six superknowledges are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the ten powers of a Buddha are separate, sentient beings are separate; because the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed knowledges, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the Dharma of never losing mindfulness is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the nature of constant equanimity is separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the knowledge of all things is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the knowledge of the aspects of the paths and the knowledge of all aspects are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because all dharani Dharma gateways are separate, sentient beings are separate; because all samadhi Dharma gateways are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the fruit of stream-entry is separate, sentient beings are separate; because the fruits of once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the realization of a pratyekabuddha is separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because all the practices of great bodhisattvas are separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the unsurpassed awakening of the Buddhas is separate, sentient beings are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the knowledge of all-knowledge is separate, sentient beings are separate.

Furthermore, O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the perfections of generosity, pure morality, patience, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the perfections of generosity, pure morality, patience, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the emptiness of the internal, the emptiness of the external, the emptiness of the internal and external, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of that which has no boundaries, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of nonchange, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are separate;

because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the emptiness of the internal through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature free from falsity, the unchanging nature, the nature of equality, the nature beyond arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the reality-limit, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, suchness through the inconceivable realm are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, cessation, and the path are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, cessation, and the path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless concentrations are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless concentrations are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive concentrations, and the ten totalities are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive concentrations, and the ten totalities are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening, and the eight factors of the Noble Path are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eight factors of the Noble Path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the Dharma gateways of liberation through emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the Dharma gateways of liberation through emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the stages of Utmost Joy, Stainlessness, Luminosity, Blazing Wisdom, Hard to Conquer, Manifest Presence, Far-Going, Immovability, Excellent Wisdom, and Dharma Cloud are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the stage of Utmost Joy through the stage of Dharma Cloud are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because form is separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate; because feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness are separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the quality of never forgetting and the nature of perpetual equanimity; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the quality of never forgetting and the nature of perpetual equanimity.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the fruit of a pratyekabuddha; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the fruit of a pratyekabuddha.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from all the practices of great bodhisattvas; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from all the practices of great bodhisattvas.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the supreme enlightenment of the Buddhas; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the supreme enlightenment of the Buddhas.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from form, one is detached from the knowledge of all-knowing knowledge; through detachment from feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness, one is detached from the knowledge of all-knowing knowledge.

Furthermore, O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from internal emptiness, external emptiness, internal-and-external emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, boundless emptiness, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of non-change, the emptiness of essential nature, the emptiness of intrinsic characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, and the emptiness of the nonexistence of intrinsic nature;

through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from internal emptiness through the emptiness of the nonexistence of intrinsic nature.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature free from falsity, the nature free from change, the nature of equality, the nature of freedom from arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from suchness through the inconceivable realm.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten totality spheres; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten totality spheres.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold noble path; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold noble path.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the grounds of Great Joy, Stainlessness, Radiance, Blazing Wisdom, Difficult to Conquer, Manifest Presence, Far-Reaching, Immovability, Excellent Wisdom, and Dharma Cloud; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the ground of Great Joy through the ground of Dharma Cloud.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the quality of never forgetting and the nature of perpetual equanimity; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the quality of never forgetting and the nature of perpetual equanimity.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the fruit of a pratyekabuddha; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the fruit of a pratyekabuddha.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from all the practices of great bodhisattvas; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from all the practices of great bodhisattvas.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the supreme enlightenment of the Buddhas; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the supreme enlightenment of the Buddhas.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the eye ayatana, one is detached from the knowledge of all-knowing knowledge; through detachment from the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind ayatanas, one is detached from the knowledge of all-knowing knowledge.

Furthermore, O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the form ayatana, one is detached from generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita; through detachment from the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and dharma ayatanas, one is detached from generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditation, and prajnaparamita.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the form ayatana, one is detached from internal emptiness, external emptiness, internal-and-external emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, boundless emptiness, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of non-change, the emptiness of essential nature, the emptiness of intrinsic characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, and the emptiness of the nonexistence of intrinsic nature;

through detachment from the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and dharma ayatanas, one is detached from internal emptiness through the emptiness of the nonexistence of intrinsic nature.

O sons of the devas! Through detachment from the form ayatana, one is detached from suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature free from falsity, the nature free from change, the nature of equality, the nature of freedom from arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm; through detachment from the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and dharma ayatanas, one is detached from suchness through the inconceivable realm.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive meditative attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive meditative attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold noble path are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold noble path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the ground of Great Joy, the ground of Stainlessness, the ground of Luminousness, the ground of Blazing Wisdom, the ground Difficult to Conquer, the ground of the Manifest, the ground of Far-Reaching, the ground of Immovability, the ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the ground of the Dharma Cloud are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the ground of Great Joy through the ground of the Dharma Cloud are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed knowledges, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the knowledge of all phenomena, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the knowledge of all phenomena, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhatship are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhatship are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, all the practices of great bodhisattvas are separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, all the practices of great bodhisattvas are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the unsurpassed enlightenment of the Buddhas is separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the unsurpassed enlightenment of the Buddhas is separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the visible-form base is separate, the knowledge of all-knowledge is separate; because the sound, odor, taste, tangible-object, and mental-object bases are separate, the knowledge of all-knowledge is separate.

Furthermore, O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, generosity, pure morality, patient acceptance, diligence, dhyana, and prajnaparamita are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, generosity, pure morality, patient acceptance, diligence, dhyana, and prajnaparamita are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, internal emptiness, external emptiness, internal-and-external emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, emptiness of the ultimate meaning, emptiness of the conditioned, emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, boundless emptiness, emptiness of dispersion, emptiness of non-change, emptiness of intrinsic nature, emptiness of individual characteristics, emptiness of common characteristics, emptiness of all phenomena, emptiness of the unapprehensible, emptiness of nonexistence, emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are separate;

because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, internal emptiness through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of phenomena, the nature free from falsity, the unchanging nature, the nature of equality, the nature free from arising, the certainty of Dharma, the abiding of Dharma, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, suchness through the inconceivable realm are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive meditative attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive meditative attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold noble path are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold noble path are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the ground of Great Joy, the ground of Stainlessness, the ground of Luminousness, the ground of Blazing Wisdom, the ground Difficult to Conquer, the ground of the Manifest, the ground of Far-Reaching, the ground of Immovability, the ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the ground of the Dharma Cloud are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the ground of Great Joy through the ground of the Dharma Cloud are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed knowledges, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the knowledge of all phenomena, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the knowledge of all phenomena, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhatship are separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhatship are separate.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye element is separate, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is separate; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind elements are separate, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is separate.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye dhatu is free from attachment, all practices of the great bodhisattvas are free from attachment; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind dhatus are free from attachment, all practices of the great bodhisattvas are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye dhatu is free from attachment, the supreme enlightenment of all Buddhas is free from attachment; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind dhatus are free from attachment, the supreme enlightenment of all Buddhas is free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye dhatu is free from attachment, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is free from attachment; because the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind dhatus are free from attachment, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is free from attachment.

Furthermore, O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, generosity, pure moral discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, generosity, pure moral discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the emptiness of the internal, the emptiness of the external, the emptiness of the internal and external, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of that which has no bounds, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of that which is immutable, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the unapprehensible, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are free from attachment;

because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the emptiness of the internal through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature that is not false, the immutable nature, the nature of equality, the nature transcending arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, suchness through the inconceivable realm are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totality spheres are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totality spheres are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of miraculous power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold Noble Path are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold Noble Path are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the Ground of Great Joy, the Ground of Stainlessness, the Ground of Radiance, the Ground of Blazing Wisdom, the Ground Difficult to Conquer, the Ground of Manifest Presence, the Far-Going Ground, the Immovable Ground, the Ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the Ground of the Dharma Cloud are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the Ground of Great Joy through the Ground of the Dharma Cloud are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the quality of never forgetting and the nature of constant equanimity are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhat are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhat are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, all practices of the great bodhisattvas are free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, all practices of the great bodhisattvas are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the supreme enlightenment of all Buddhas is free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the supreme enlightenment of all Buddhas is free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the form dhatu is free from attachment, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is free from attachment; because the sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental-object dhatus are free from attachment, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is free from attachment.

Furthermore, O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, generosity, pure moral discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, generosity, pure moral discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, the emptiness of the internal, the emptiness of the external, the emptiness of the internal and external, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of that which has no bounds, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of that which is immutable, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the unapprehensible, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are free from attachment;

because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, the emptiness of the internal through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature that is not false, the immutable nature, the nature of equality, the nature transcending arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, suchness through the inconceivable realm are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totality spheres are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totality spheres are free from attachment.

O sons of the gods! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is free from attachment, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of miraculous power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold Noble Path are free from attachment; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are free from attachment, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold Noble Path are free from attachment.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the Ground of Great Joy, the Ground of Stainlessness, the Ground of Radiance, the Ground of Blazing Wisdom, the Ground Difficult to Conquer, the Ground of Manifest Presence, the Far-Going Ground, the Immovable Ground, the Ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the Dharma Cloud Ground are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the Ground of Great Joy through the Dharma Cloud Ground are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the Dharma of non-forgetfulness and the nature of perpetual equanimity are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the Dharma of non-forgetfulness and the nature of perpetual equanimity are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, all practices of great bodhisattvas are transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, all practices of great bodhisattvas are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the unsurpassed awakening of all Buddhas is transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the unsurpassed awakening of all Buddhas is transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because the eye-consciousness dhatu is transcended, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is transcended; because the ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-consciousness dhatus are transcended, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is transcended.

Furthermore, O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, generosity, pure ethical discipline, patient acceptance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, inner emptiness, outer emptiness, inner-and-outer emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, the emptiness of ultimate meaning, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, ultimate emptiness, boundless emptiness, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of nonchange, the emptiness of essential nature, the emptiness of intrinsic characteristics, the emptiness of shared characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonexistence, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are transcended;

because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, inner emptiness through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonexistence are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature free from falsity, the nature free from change, the nature of equality, the nature of freedom from arising, the fixed order of Dharma, the abiding order of Dharma, the limit of reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, suchness through the inconceivable realm are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the Noble Truths of suffering, origin, cessation, and the path are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the Noble Truths of suffering, origin, cessation, and the path are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten universal spheres are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten universal spheres are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening, and the eight factors of the Noble Path are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eight factors of the Noble Path are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the Ground of Great Joy, the Ground of Stainlessness, the Ground of Radiance, the Ground of Blazing Wisdom, the Ground Difficult to Conquer, the Ground of Manifest Presence, the Far-Going Ground, the Immovable Ground, the Ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the Dharma Cloud Ground are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the Ground of Great Joy through the Dharma Cloud Ground are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the Dharma of non-forgetfulness and the nature of perpetual equanimity are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the Dharma of non-forgetfulness and the nature of perpetual equanimity are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the fruits of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the fruit of a pratyekabuddha is transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, all practices of great bodhisattvas are transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, all practices of great bodhisattvas are transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the unsurpassed awakening of all Buddhas is transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the unsurpassed awakening of all Buddhas is transcended.

O sons of the devas! Because eye-contact is transcended, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is transcended; because ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are transcended, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is transcended.

Furthermore, O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, generosity, pure morality, patient endurance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, generosity, pure morality, patient endurance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, internal emptiness, external emptiness, internal-and-external emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, absolute emptiness, boundless emptiness, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of nonchange, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonbeing, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonbeing are relinquished;

because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, internal emptiness through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonbeing are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature of nonfalsity, the nature of immutability, the nature of equality, the nature of freedom from arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the ultimate reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, suchness through the inconceivable realm are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the four meditative absorptions, the four immeasurables, and the four formless attainments are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive attainments, and the ten spheres of totality are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening, and the eightfold Noble Path are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold Noble Path are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the gateways to liberation of emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the ground of Great Joy, the ground of Stainlessness, the ground of Radiance, the ground of Blazing Wisdom, the ground of Utmost Difficulty to Conquer, the ground of Manifest Presence, the ground of Far-Reaching, the ground of Immovability, the ground of Excellent Wisdom, and the ground of Dharma Cloud are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the ground of Great Joy through the ground of Dharma Cloud are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the five kinds of eyes and the six superknowledges are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the ten powers of a Buddha, the four fearlessnesses, the four unobstructed understandings, great loving-kindness, great compassion, great sympathetic joy, great equanimity, and the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the ten powers of a Buddha through the eighteen distinctive qualities of a Buddha are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the quality of never losing mindfulness and the nature of constant equanimity are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the quality of never losing mindfulness and the nature of constant equanimity are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the knowledge of all things, the knowledge of the aspects of the paths, and the knowledge of all aspects are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, all dharani gateways and samadhi gateways are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhat are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the fruits of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhat are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the fruition of a pratyekabuddha is relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the fruition of a pratyekabuddha is relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, all the practices of great bodhisattvas are relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, all the practices of great bodhisattvas are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the fruit of the supreme awakening of the Buddhas is relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the fruit of the supreme awakening of the Buddhas is relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the feelings that arise conditioned by eye-contact are relinquished, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is relinquished; because the feelings that arise conditioned by ear-, nose-, tongue-, body-, and mind-contact are relinquished, the knowledge of all-knowing wisdom is relinquished.

Furthermore, O heavenly beings! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, generosity, pure morality, patient endurance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, generosity, pure morality, patient endurance, diligence, meditative concentration, and prajnaparamita are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, internal emptiness, external emptiness, internal-and-external emptiness, the emptiness of emptiness, great emptiness, ultimate emptiness, the emptiness of the conditioned, the emptiness of the unconditioned, absolute emptiness, boundless emptiness, the emptiness of dispersion, the emptiness of nonchange, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of individual characteristics, the emptiness of common characteristics, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of the ungraspable, the emptiness of nonbeing, the emptiness of self-nature, and the emptiness of the self-nature of nonbeing are relinquished;

because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, internal emptiness through the emptiness of the self-nature of nonbeing are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, suchness, the dharma-dhatu, the nature of dharmas, the nature of nonfalsity, the nature of immutability, the nature of equality, the nature of freedom from arising, the certainty of dharmas, the abiding of dharmas, the ultimate reality, the realm of space, and the inconceivable realm are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, suchness through the inconceivable realm are relinquished.

O heavenly beings! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, the Noble Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path are relinquished.

O sons of the devas! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, the four dhyanas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions are relinquished.

O sons of the devas! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totalities are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, the eight liberations, the eight spheres of mastery, the nine successive absorptions, and the ten totalities are relinquished.

O sons of the devas! Because the earth dhatu is relinquished, the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right efforts, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold noble path are relinquished; because the water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness dhatus are relinquished, the four foundations of mindfulness through the eightfold noble path are relinquished.

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