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    Challenges→The Dharmadhātu (Realm of Reality) is neither wholesome nor unwholesome.

    A ground that structurally enables unwholesome karma cannot be categorically neutral without collapsing the distinction between purity and defilement central to Buddhist soteriology.

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    Categorically neutral(as used in Buddhist metaphysics)
    Something that belongs to a category that is completely impartial or without moral quality—neither good nor bad, neither pure nor impure.
    Purity and defilement(as used in Buddhist soteriology)
    In Buddhism, purity refers to a spiritually clean or enlightened state, while defilement refers to spiritual corruption caused by unwholesome actions and mental states.
    Soteriology(The main subject of the statement; refers to Christian teachings about salvation)
    The study of salvation—specifically, what it means to be saved and how that salvation happens in a religion.
    Unwholesome karma(as used in Buddhist ethics)
    Actions driven by greed, hatred, or delusion that are believed to create negative consequences and spiritual harm, according to Buddhist teaching.

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    ground(Contrasted with mere necessary conditions for rightness)
    That which makes an act right; the basis of rightness or obligation
    karma(Yogācāra Buddhist philosophy)
    Collective mental actions of all beings that produce and shape the experienced world.

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