..續本文上一頁tagarbha is the voidness knowledge of the Tathagatas. The Tathagatagarbha is something not seen before or understood before by any Disciple or Self-Enlightened one. It has been seen directly and understood by the Lord. The voidness knowledge of the Tathagatagarbha is of two kinds. These two are as follows:

　　"Lord, the Tathagatagarbha is void of all the defilement-stores, which are discrete and knowing as not liberated.

　　"Lord, the Tathagatagarbha is not void of the Buddha dharmas which are nondiscrete, inconceivable, more numerous than the sands of the Ganges, and knowing as liberated.

　　"Lord, these two kinds of voidness knowledge of the Tathagatagarbha arouse trusting faith in the Lord, even by the great Disciples. Lord, the voidness knowledge of all the Disciples and Self-Enlightened ones involves the four wayward objects. That being so, none of the Disciples or Self-Enlightened ones have ever seen before or understood before the cessation of all suffering. The Lord has experienced it directly and understood it. Also he has overcome all the defilement-store and cultivated the path leading to the cessation of suffering.

　　10. The One Truth

　　"Lord, among those four Noble Truths, three Truths are impermanent and one Truth is permanent. Why so

　　 Because the three Truths belong to the characteristic of the constructed, and anything belonging to the characteristic of the constructed is impermanent. Anything impermanent has an illusory nature. Everything with illusory nature is untrue, impermanent, and not a refuge. Therefore, the Noble Truths of Suffering, Source of Suffering, and Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering are actually untrue, impermanent, and not a refuge. Lord, among those [four], the one Truth -- Cessation of Suffering -- excludes the realm with the characteristic of the constructed. Anything excluding the realm with the characteristic of the constructed is permanent. Whatever is permanent lacks an illusory nature. Anything that lacks an illusory nature is true, permanent, and a refuge. Therefore, the Truth -- Cessation of Suffering -- is in reality true, permanent, and a refuge.

　　11-12. The One Refuge and Wayward Stage

　　"Lord, the Truth -- Cessation of Suffering, being beyond the object of perception of all sentient beings, is inconceivable and is not the domain of knowledge of any Disciple or Self-Enlightened one. For example, just as a blind person cannot see forms, or as a seven-day-old infant cannot see the sun, so also the Truth, Cessation of Suffering, is neither the perceptual object of any immature ordinary person, nor the knowledge domain of any Disciple or Self-Enlightened one. Lord, ”perception of any immature ordinary person” is terminology for the wayward views of the two extremes. ”Knowledge of any Disciple or Self-Enlightened one” is terminology for pure knowledge. ”Views of the two extremes” is terminology for the reasonings of the immature ordinary persons with egoistic attachment to the [five] grasping personality aggregates. Lord, his ”extreme views” are two; and what are the two

　　 The nihilistic view and the eternalistic view. If he would observe, ”The constructions are impermanent,” that would be his nihilistic view; that would not be his right view. If he would observe, ”Nirvana is permanent,” that would be his eternalistic view; that would not be his right view. Why is that

　　 Lord, when someone observes that body, sense organs, feelings, and volitions deteriorate in the present life, and he cannot understand or find their transmigration, then his viewpoint with such reasons, being a confused view, is the nihilistic view. Lord, when someone is confused regarding the stream of consciousness and cannot understand the momentary perishing of consciousness, his viewpoint with such reasons, bein…

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