What is Anutpattika-dharma-ksanti?

The unproduced dharma encompasses not only the selflessness of persons in the five aggregates but also the more subtle and profound selflessness of dharmas. The acceptance and conviction in the selflessness of dharmas is a great wisdom known as the "patience with the unproduced dharma" (anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti). The patience with the unproduced dharma is the wisdom state realizing the consciousness-only nature and the suchness nature of all dharmas. It is also the state of suchness samādhi, transcending the three virtuous stages, partially realizing the one true dharma realm, attaining the wisdom of consciousness-only seeds, and entering the stages of consciousness-only from the first bodhisattva ground (prathamabhūmi) and above.

During the three virtuous stages of the Mahayana, the three barriers of Chan (Zen) must be passed, and wisdom states such as the contemplation of mirages and the contemplation of dreams must be realized. The experiential realization of the principles of prajñā gradually deepens and becomes more subtle, with the level of wisdom progressively deepening. When it deepens to a certain degree, one will possess a portion of the wisdom of consciousness-only seeds, thereby entering the first ground and attaining a portion of the patience with the unproduced dharma. What is realized at this time? What is realized is suchness. It is the realization that all dharmas possess a portion of suchness nature. This stage is called "partial realization" (分证). Partial realization is buddhahood; it is the partial realization of the dharmakāya, also known as the partial realization of the patience with the unproduced dharma.

We already know the meanings of "unproduced" (anutpattika) and "patience" (kṣānti). There is also the meaning of "dharma" (法). The scope of this "dharma" is more profound, subtle, and extensive than the scope of the five aggregates. It includes all worldly phenomena and principles, concepts and notions—in general, it refers to material dharmas (rūpa-dharma) and mental dharmas (citta-dharma). The five aggregates also contain material and mental dharmas, but their scope is narrower and their level shallower. The wisdom attained regarding them is inferior to the wisdom of the patience with the unproduced dharma, which realizes the unproduced nature of all dharmas. The wisdom of the patience with the unproduced dharma is also called the wisdom of all seeds (sarvathā-jñāna) or the wisdom of consciousness-only seeds. When the wisdom of all seeds is perfected, it becomes the all-knowing wisdom (sarvajñā) of a buddha.