ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཁམས་དང་བདག་གི་ཁམས་དེ་ནི་མཚུངས་སོ། ། འདོད་པའི་ཁམས་དང་། གཟུགས་ཀྱི་ཁམས་དང་། གཟུགས་མེད་པའི་ཁམས་ནི་མཚུངས་སོ། ། འཁོར་བའི་ཁམས་དང་། མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པའི་ཁམས་དེ་མཚུངས་སོ། །
“What does it mean, then, to have a skilled approach to the elements? The element of phenomena is the earth element, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of firmness. The element of phenomena is the water element, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of fluidity. The element of phenomena is the fire element, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of heat. The element of phenomena is the wind element, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of movement. The element of phenomena is the element of eye consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of visibility. The element of phenomena is the element of the ear consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of hearing. The element of phenomena is the element of the nose consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of smelling. The element of phenomena is the element of the tongue consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of tasting. The element of phenomena is the element of the physical consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of touching. The element of phenomena is the element of the mental consciousness, but the element of phenomena does not have the essential characteristic of experiencing.
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