Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra

The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra is an important Vajrayana Buddhist text composed before 674 CE. Quotes Giebel, Rolf, transl. (2006). The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra. Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. 978-1-886439-32-0. World-honored One, just as, for example, the element of empty space is free from all differentiation, without differentiation and without non-differentiation, so too is the knowledge of an omniscient one free from all differentiation, without differentiation and without non-differentiation. Lord of Mysteries, how is one to know one’s own mind. It cannot, namely, be apprehended by seeking it in distinctions, or colors, or shapes, or external objects; or in form or sensation, ideation, volition, or consciousness; or in ‘I’ or ‘mine’; or in the grasper (i.e., subject) or the grasped (i.e., object); or in the pure; or in the [eighteen] elements [of existence] or [the twelve] sense fields; or in any other distinctions. Lord of Mysteries, next there is a special practice. Following their [friend’s] instructions, they dwell in a special state, whereupon there arises the wisdom that seeks liberation. This is, namely, [the teachings of] permanence, impermanence, and emptiness, and they follow these teachings. Lord of Mysteries, it is not that they understand emptiness and non-emptiness, permanence and annihilation. With regard to both non-existence and non-nothingness, they consider what they differentiate to be without differentiation. How is one to differentiate emptiness. They do not know the varieties of emptiness, and [so] they will never be able to know nirvana. Therefore, one should realize that emptiness is dissociated from annihilation and permanence. See also Dualism Nothingness Diamond Sutra Heart Sutra Innumerable Meanings Sutra External links Category:Mahayana sutras