..續本文上一頁t. It cannot be the concern of any worldly persons. Why is that

　　 Because this profound teaching explains the Tathagatagarbha (embryo of the Tathagata). The Tathagatagarbha is the domain of the Tathagata. It is not the domain of any Disciple or Self-Enlightened one. Lord, the Tathagatagarbha is the locus of this explanation of the meaning of the Noble Truths. Because the locus of the Tathagatagarbha is profound, the meaning of the Noble Truths is considered to be profound and subtle, difficult to understand, incapable of being judged, and not in the domain of logic. It takes a wise man to understand it. It cannot be the concern of any worldly persons.

　　"Lord, whoever does not doubt that the Tathagatagarbha is wrapped up in all the defilement-store, also does not doubt that the Dharmakaya of the Tathagata is liberated from all the defilement-store. When anyone”s mind reaches the ultimate purport of the Tathagatagarbha, the Dharmakaya of the Tathagata and inconceivable realm of the Buddha, he has implicit trust and the conviction in two kinds of explanation of the meaning of the Noble Truths. The two kinds of explanation of the meaning of the Noble Truths are difficult to know and difficult to understand.

　　"Lord, what are the two kinds of explanation regarding the meaning of the Noble Truths

　　 The Create and Uncreate explanations regarding the meaning of the Noble Truths. The Create explanations of the meaning of the Noble Truths present the four Noble Truths with intellectual limitation. Why so

　　 Because when one depends on another person, one does not seek out all suffering, eliminate all sources of suffering, directly realize the cessation of all suffering, cultivate all the path leading to the cessation. That being the case, not only are there both the constructed and the unconstructed samsara, but also there are both the constructed and unconstructed Nirvana. Lord, the uncreate explanations of the meaning of the Noble Truths present the Noble Truths without intellectual limitation. Why so

　　 Because in dependence on oneself, one seeks out all deepfelt suffering, eliminates all deepfelt sources of suffering, directly realizes the deepfelt cessation of all suffering, cultivates all the deepfelt path leading to the cessation. That being the case, those explanations by the Tathagata of the four Noble Truths become eight kinds (four Create and four Uncreate) of Noble Truths.

　　"Lord, the Tathagata-Arhat-Samyaksambuddhas perfect these four Uncreate explanations of the meaning of the Noble Truths. The Disciples and the Self-Enlightened ones do not perfect them, for the reason that one cannot understand the realm of Nirvana by understanding natures as superior, middling, and inferior. Then how is it that the Tathagata-Arhat-Samyaksambuddhas perfect the Uncreate explanations of the meaning of the Noble Truths

　　 It is because all the Tathagata-Arhat-Samyaksambuddhas completely know all future suffering, eliminate every source of suffering which incorporates any defilement or secondary defilement, and realize the cessation of all suffering amounting to the cessation of the entire mind aggregate.

　　8-9. The Dharmakaya and the Meaning of Voidness

　　"Lord, the cessation of suffering is not the destruction of Dharma. Why so

　　 Because the Dharmakaya of the Tathagata is named ”cessation of suffering,” and it is beginningless, uncreate, unborn, undying, free from death; permanent, steadfast, calm, eternal; intrinsically pure, free from all the defilement-store; and accompanied by Buddha natures more numerous than the sands of the Ganges, which are nondiscrete, knowing as liberated, and inconceivable. This Dharmakaya of the Tathagata when not free from the store of defilement is referred to as the Tathagatagarbha.

　　"Lord, the knowledge of the Tathaga…

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