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enter, just like a moth flying into a flame. For example, all the sons of merchants gather somewhere in the spring season and bathe in a large pool of water. One of them loses a precious jewel called "Possessing All Light." The brilliance of that precious jewel makes the water in the pool, the bones, the gravel, the tiles, and the stones all become very beautiful, so much so that the light of the moon and the sun are dimmed. Then, many people dig in order to find that jewel. They pick up anything at random, thinking they have found the jewel, and are very happy. Then, those beings sit by the pool, each becoming arrogant and conceited, thinking: Have we not found it? Then, those beings all fail to find the jewel, but fall into the consciousness and thought of not having found the jewel, lamenting that they have not found the jewel. Among them, one who is skilled in methods and open-minded seeks and finds that jewel. Similarly, for the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas who do not understand the subtle words of all the Sutras and Samadhis, they meditate on the concepts of impermanence, emptiness, and no sentient beings. Because they have not attained the permanence of the Tathagata, all sentient beings revolve like a wheel. But a son or daughter of good family who abides in this Samadhi will find the subtle words of the Tathagata like finding a jewel. Great Cloud Heart, therefore, those who wish to truly see the excellence of the Tathagatas should generate the concepts of permanence, self, and sentient beings towards the Bodhisattva who abides in this Samadhi, and generate the concept of liberation. The Noble Great Cloud Sutra, Volume Ten, the last. Son of good family, furthermore, the Bodhisattva who abides in this Samadhi should be regarded as being like the shade of a tree. Why is that? Because the tree