(28) Srigarbha Bodhisattva said: “When a man thinks that he has taken hold of something there is a duality in his mind; when he has no such consciousness he has no consciousness of attainment, nor of abandonment. This is to enter the doctrine of non-duality. ”

(1) Whatever is to be known is a form of Mind, for mind is to be known. Mind, having become this, helps him.

(30) “ Why is it that the wisdom destitute of the necessary means is bondage ? When a Bodhisattva adorns the land of a Buddha and perfects beings therein, with his mind born of passion, and conquers his mind according to the law of emptiness, no-form and no-work he then is said to have the wisdom destitute of the necessary means which is bondage.

(18) Priyadarsana Bodhisattva said; “Form and emptiness of form make a duality. But form itself is emptiness; and that emptiness is not form extinguished, but the nature of form is in itself emptiness. And the same may be said of the other Skandhas: mind, conception, conformation, and consciousness : for instance; consciousness and the emptiness of consciousness make a duality. But consciousness itself is emptiness; and emptiness is not consciousness extinguished but the nature of consciousness is in itself emptiness. To understand this is to enter the doctrine of non-duality. ”

(6) “Subhuti, five hundred incarnations ago, I recollect that as a recluse practising the ordinances of the Kshanti-Paramita, even then I had no such arbitrary ideas as an entity, a being, a living being, or a personality. Therefore, Subhuti, an enlightened disciple ought to discard as being unreal and illusive, every conceivable form of phenomena. In aspiring to supreme spiritual wisdom, the mind ought to be insensible to every sensuous influence, and independent of everything pertaining to sound, odour, taste, touch, or Law. There ought to be cultivated a condition of complete independence of mind; because, if the mind is depending upon any external aid, it is obviously deluded—there is in reality nothing external to depend upon. Therefore, the Lord Buddha declared that in the exercise of charity, the mind of an enlightened disciple ought not to depend upon any form of phenomena. Subhuti, an enlightened disciple desirous to confer benefits upon the whole realm of being, ought thus to be animated in the exercise of charity.”

(3) “Subhuti, the Lord Buddha by his prescience, is perfectly cognisant of all such potential disciples, and for these also there is reserved an immeasurable merit. And why? Because, the minds of these disciples will not revert to such arbitrary concepts of phenomena as an entity, a being, a living being, a personality, qualities or ideas coincident with Law, or existing apart from the idea of Law. And why? Because, assuming the permanency and reality of phenomena, the minds of these disciples would be involved in such distinctive ideas as an entity, a being, a living being, and a personality. Affirming the permanency and reality of qualities or ideas coincident with Law, their minds would inevitably be involved in resolving these same definitions. Postulating the inviolate nature of qualities or ideas which have an existence apart from the Law, there yet remain to be explained these abstruse distinctions—an entity, a being, a living being, and a personality. Therefore, enlightened disciples ought not to affirm the permanency or reality of qualities or ideas coincident with Law, nor postulate as being of an inviolate nature, qualities or ideas having an existence apart from the concept of Law.”

(17) Vidyuddeva Bodhisattva said: ‘ ‘ Knowledge and ignorance make a duality. But the true nature of ignorance is knowledge ; knowledge is not obtainable as it is beyond all ideas. In this to remain the same and be free from the thought of duality is to enter the doctrine of non-duality.”

(12) Suddhamati Bodhisattva said: ‘ ‘ The created and the uncreated make a duality; when one is separated from all ideas, then his mind becomes like the sky, and, being in possession of pure wisdom, it is not hindered by anything. This is to enter the doctrine of non-duality.”