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    It is not the case that If awakening potential is intrinsic to beings, no external bridging act by Buddhas is logically necessary for dharma comprehension.

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    • 1.Intrinsic potential without activation remains unrealized; seeds require soil, water, sunlight to germinate into actual growth.
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    • 2.Beings demonstrate systematic ignorance obscuring their nature; scaffolding (teachings, transmission) logically bridges perception to reality.
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    • 3.Logical necessity differs from causal efficacy; even if intrinsic, potential may require catalytic conditions external to itself to manifest.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Beings possess Buddha-nature; awakening is uncovering inherent capacity, not acquiring external properties.
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    • 2.If dharma comprehension requires external intervention, awakening becomes dependent on contingent factors, undermining liberation's universality.
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    • 3.Direct insight into emptiness and interdependence needs no mediator—these truths are logically self-evident upon investigation.
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