Profound, peaceful, free from elaboration, luminous, uncompounded: Like deathless nectar is this Dharma that I have found. Yet whoever I reveal it to, they will not understand, and so Without speaking, in this very jungle I should remain.-Shakyamuni Buddha, after attaining enlightenment
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The Medium-Sized Far-Reaching Perfection of Sublime Knowing states:
Subhuti! Those who wish to attain the state of all-knowingness, omniscience itself, should rely on virtuous spiritual teachers.
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The Sūtra Requested by Ratnachūda states:
Devaputra! If you rely on and venerate a virtuous spiritual teacher, you will come to see everything as an innately pure buddha-realm. You will come to attain the sacred absorption of great compassion. You will never be separate from the far-reaching perfection of sublime knowing. You will come to accomplish the full ripening of all sentient beings. You will come to attain the utter fulfillment of all your hopes.
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In The Going for Mindfulness of the Dharma Sutra, it states:
By relying on a virtuous spiritual friend, mindfulness and alterness will be completely pure, and the roots of virtue will be wholly consummated.
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