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    It is not the case that The Vajradhvaja Sūtra passage refers to the dedication of the virtuous actions (karma) of all beings, not the dedication of the Dharmadhātu.

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    • 1.In Yogācāra-Madhyamaka synthesis, the Dharmadhātu functions as the ground of merit-dedication, not merely its object, collapsing the distinction the claim presupposes.
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    • 2.Nāgārjuna's Dharmadhātustava treats the Dharmadhātu as immanent within conventional karmic activity, making it a coherent referent for dedication passages.
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    • 1.The Vajradhvaja Sūtra's own framing of 'as many beings as exist' employs the exhaustive totality characteristic of Dharmadhātu descriptions, not merely karmic enumeration.
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    • 2.Mipham Rinpoche and the Rimé commentators argue that conflating the dedicating subject with virtuous karma commits a category error that only Dharmadhātu-referent readings avoid.
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    • 1.The Vajradhvaja Sūtra passage cannot refer to the Dharmadhātu, since the Dharmadhātu is beyond number and beyond existence/non-existence.
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    • 2.The passage must refer to something within conventional, changing, illusory reality.
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    • 3.The virtuous actions (karma) of beings belong to conventional, changing, illusory reality.
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