“The mind is not positioned in the sense faculties, nor in form or the other aggregates, nor in the…”
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“The mind is not positioned in the sense faculties, nor in form or the other aggregates, nor in the space in between. The mind is found neither internally nor externally, nor anywhere else either. What is not in the body nor elsewhere, neither intermingled nor separate anywhere, that is nothing. Therefore living beings are inherently liberated.”

Śāntideva, Bodhicaryāvatāra, Crosby & Skilton tr. (9:102-103)

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