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DTG081 0015.Second, the stage of understanding the path..Second, the stage of understanding the path..g2.0f

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The aggregates, etc., the realms, etc., the Great Vehicle, the immeasurable, the innumerable, the unfathomable, because of the absence of these, it awakens the understanding of sentient beings. Why is that? Because they have no object. Also, self, etc., eye, etc., space, the Great Vehicle, the immeasurable, the innumerable, the unfathomable, because of the absence of these, it awakens the understanding of sentient beings. Why is that? Because they have no object. Also, self, etc., the perfections such as giving, etc., space, the Great Vehicle, the immeasurable, the innumerable, the inconceivable, the absence of all dharmas, because of the absence of these, it awakens the understanding of sentient beings. Why is that? Because they have no object. Also, self, etc., the emptiness of sentient beings, likewise the aspects of enlightenment, etc., up to the unmixed, lineage, stream-enterer, etc., the Hearers, the Solitary Buddhas' Vehicle, the Tathagata's omniscience, space, the Great Vehicle, the absence of all dharmas, because of the absence of these, it awakens the understanding of sentient beings. Why is that? Because they have no object. Nirvana, space, examples, the Great Vehicle as previously shown, awakens the understanding of sentient beings. As it is said in the sutra: Subhuti, it is also like this, the realm of Nirvana, the immeasurable, the innumerable, the inconceivable, awakens the understanding of sentient beings. If that is the case, then in this Great Vehicle sutra, etc., there is no fault of repeating many other examples. Because of the difference in understanding this and that, the benefit of sentient beings increases more and more, in order to understand the meaning of gradual entry, it is shown in this way. As it is said in other sutras: Peaceful Intelligence, these names should be understood in this way, the closer one gets to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment,