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English version: Birth is also like this. This Dharma (law, teaching) is equal and universally applicable to all. Within it, there is no Dharma that comes or goes. Because there is no coming or going, all Dharmas appear before us. One who understands this meaning comprehends the Buddha's teachings. There is no attachment to any arising Dharma. Apart from this, there is no other Dharma. This is the essential path of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Dharmas, the most supreme and profound, turning in accordance with reality. Because the mind of consciousness is pure, there is no attachment to anything, and it does not contradict the principles of all Dharmas. Therefore, it should be known that where all clinging minds cease, there is Dharma. That Dharma is very profound, not observable by ordinary wisdom, nor fully knowable. The two positions of existence and non-existence cannot both be established. Because of this meaning, no one can attain the Bodhi (enlightenment) of all Buddhas, and there is no place to be attained. Within the Bodhi Dharma, there is nothing to establish. If one can truly realize one's own Buddha-nature, one will naturally correspond with all Dharmas. All Dharmas have no cause and no creator. Those who are foolish think and discriminate. If one clings to the idea of no cause, one will not be able to accumulate meritorious deeds, and arising with defiled minds, one will experience the retribution of evil realms. Therefore, wise people, with regard to this profound and subtle Dharma, truly believe, understand, respect, and revere it, and will obtain immeasurable supreme accumulations of merit. This is called truly practicing the Mahayana. Therefore, if a person awakens to this path, this is the path of reality, the path of non-attachment, the most supreme and excellent. If one can generate pure faith, all Buddhas will praise them. There are some ignorant, heretical outsiders who cannot relinquish their clinging minds. This profound Dharma should not be spoken to them. If it is spoken to them, it will not be in accordance with the truth. The supreme Dharma that I praise, Is good in the beginning, middle, and end, and corresponds with the truth. It encompasses the most supreme and true words, Profound, subtle, and inconceivable. It accumulates all kinds of merits, immeasurable in quantity, Universally bestowing them upon all realms of sentient beings. Collected Dharma Treasures, Treatise on the Supreme Meaning, Volume Two --------------------------------------------------------------------------------