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    Reality as it is, which is the intentional object of a pure consciousness, is the definition of the perfect nature (pariniṣpanna)

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    • 1.The Victorious Buddha attributed all phenomena as natureless, ultimately, with respect to reality as it is
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    • 2.The intentional object of a pure consciousness is reality as it is
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    • 1.Candrakīrti's Prāsaṅgika critique holds that positing a 'pure consciousness' as a privileged epistemic access point reifies consciousness itself as substantially real.
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    • 2.The Yogācāra move of grounding perfect nature in pure consciousness smuggles in a foundational subject, which Madhyamaka analysis deconstructs as empty like all phenomena.
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    • 3.A definition of ultimate reality that depends on a privileged cognitive mode contradicts the Madhyamaka thesis that ultimate reality is not an object of any consciousness, pure or otherwise.
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    • 1.Dignāga and Dharmakīrti argue that pure perception (nirvikalpaka pratyakṣa) is pre-conceptual and thus lacks intentional structure entirely.
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    • 2.If pure consciousness has no intentionality, it cannot have an intentional object, undermining the definition of pariniṣpanna via intentional content.
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    In the Commentary on the Sūtra of Intent (Ārya-saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra, Mdo sde ca 1b–55b) it is stated that “Reality as it is, which is the intentional object of a pure consciousness, is the definition of the perfect nature. This must be so because it is with respect to this that the Victorious Buddha attributed all phenomena as natureless, ultimately.” (Mdo sde ca 35b) Vasubandhu’s [TSN] defines “the perfect nature (pariniṣpanna) as the eternal nonexistence of ‘as it appears’ of ‘what appears’ b
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