Subdued by No Demon, Moved by No Doctrine
The true-suchness similes continue through sixteen further comparisons, moving from suchness transcending all measure and number — raising "a vast cloud of Dharma spreading throughout every world" — to its unmoving abidance in the practices of Samantabhadra, and finally to a suchness that can be subdued by no demon and swayed by no heretical, deviant doctrine.
Neither Cultivated Nor Uncultivated
One simile in this Part stands apart from the rest in its structure: "just as true suchness is neither something to be cultivated nor something not to be cultivated, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: relinquishing every deluded thought and attachment, it holds no discrimination at all between cultivating and not cultivating." Where most comparisons affirm a shared quality, this one dissolves a distinction — cultivation itself becomes something the dedication no longer needs to categorize.
譬如真如，超諸數量；善根迴向亦復如是，與超數量一切智乘大力法藏而同止住，興遍十方一切世界廣大法雲。譬如真如，平等安住；善根迴向亦復如是，發生一切諸菩薩行，平等住於一切智道。譬如真如，遍住一切諸眾生界；善根迴向亦復如是，滿足無礙一切種智，於眾生界悉現在前。譬如真如，無有分別，普住一切音聲智中；善根迴向亦復如是，具足一切諸言音智，能普示現種種言音，開示眾生。譬如真如，永離世間；善根迴向亦復如是，普使眾生永出世間。譬如真如，體性廣大；善根迴向亦復如是，悉能受持去、來、今世廣大佛法，恒不忘失，勤修一切菩薩諸行。譬如真如，無有間息；善根迴向亦復如是，為欲安處一切眾生於大智地，於一切劫修菩薩行無有間息。譬如真如，體性寬廣，遍一切法；善根迴向亦復如是，淨念無礙，普攝一切寬廣法門。譬如真如，遍攝群品；善根迴向亦復如是，證得無量品類之智，修諸菩薩真實妙行。譬如真如，無所取著；善根迴向亦復如是，於一切法皆無所取，除滅一切世間取著，普令清淨。譬如真如，體性不動；善根迴向亦復如是，安住普賢圓滿行願，畢竟不動。譬如真如，是佛境界；善根迴向亦復如是，令諸眾生滿足一切大智境界，滅煩惱境悉令清淨。譬如真如，無能制伏；善根迴向亦復如是，不為一切眾魔事業、外道邪論之所制伏。譬如真如，非是可修，非不可修；善根迴向亦復如是，捨離一切妄想取著，於修、不修無所分別。譬如真如，無有退捨；善根迴向亦復如是，常見諸佛，發菩提心，大誓莊嚴，永無退捨。譬如真如，普攝一切世間言音；善根迴向亦復如是，能得一切差別言音神通智慧，普發一切種種言辭。
Just as true suchness transcends every measure and number, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: dwelling together with the great treasury of the vehicle of all-wisdom, which transcends measure and number, it raises up a vast cloud of Dharma spreading throughout every world in the ten directions. Just as true suchness abides equally, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: giving rise to every bodhisattva practice, it abides equally within the path of all-wisdom. Just as true suchness abides pervasively throughout the realm of every sentient being, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: fulfilling unobstructed all-wisdom, it manifests entirely present before the whole realm of sentient beings. Just as true suchness, free of any discrimination, universally abides within the wisdom of every sound, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: fully possessing the wisdom of every kind of speech, it is able to universally manifest every kind of speech, revealing it to sentient beings. Just as true suchness forever leaves the world behind, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: it universally causes sentient beings to forever transcend the world. Just as true suchness's very essence is vast and great, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: it is entirely able to receive and uphold the vast Dharma of the buddhas past, future, and present, forever without forgetting it, diligently cultivating every bodhisattva practice. Just as true suchness knows no interruption or rest, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: wishing to settle every sentient being securely upon the ground of great wisdom, throughout every kalpa it cultivates the practice of a bodhisattva without any interruption or rest. Just as true suchness's very essence is broad and expansive, pervading every dharma, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: its pure mindfulness unobstructed, it universally gathers in every broad and expansive gateway of the Dharma. Just as true suchness pervasively gathers in every kind of being, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: realizing the wisdom of immeasurable kinds and categories, it cultivates every bodhisattva's true and wondrous practice. Just as true suchness grasps at nothing at all, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: grasping at no dharma whatsoever, it extinguishes every worldly grasping and attachment, universally causing purity. Just as true suchness's very essence is unmoving, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: abiding securely in the perfected practices and vows of Samantabhadra, it remains ultimately unmoving. Just as true suchness is the very domain of a buddha, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: it causes sentient beings to fully satisfy every domain of great wisdom, extinguishing the domain of affliction and causing it to become entirely pure. Just as true suchness can be subdued by none, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: it is subdued by no work of any host of demons, nor by any heretical, deviant doctrine. Just as true suchness is neither something to be cultivated nor something not to be cultivated, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: relinquishing every deluded thought and attachment, it holds no discrimination at all between cultivating and not cultivating. Just as true suchness knows no regressing or relinquishing, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: forever beholding every buddha, giving rise to the mind of enlightenment, adorned with great vows, it forever knows no regressing or relinquishing. Just as true suchness universally gathers in every worldly sound, so too is this dedication of wholesome roots: it is able to attain the spiritual wisdom of every kind of distinct sound, universally giving voice to every kind of speech.
"It is subdued by no work of any host of demons, nor by any heretical, deviant doctrine" places the dedication of wholesome roots in direct confrontation with opposition — the only simile in this stretch to name adversaries explicitly. Where most comparisons describe an inward quality shared with suchness, this one describes what that quality withstands from the outside.
Part 352 Complete
This continues the eighth dedication's series of true-suchness similes, approaching the end of this long list. Chapter 25 continues in Part 353 as the comparisons reach their final entries — suchness in which the past has no beginning, the future no end, and the present no difference from either, and finally, in the very last simile of the series, a suchness ultimately pure, never joined with any affliction at all.