The Changeless Nature

128 The Changeless Nature312 Like this, the all-pervading is without effort and so on,yet his buddha-speech permeates all beings without exception,teaching the noble doctrine to those of good fortune.313 Just as the divine drum's throb sounds for devas, through their karma,so also the sage's dharma speech arises in the world due to karma.Just as its sound, without effort, source, form or mind, brings peace,so also, without effort and the others, is peace procured by dharma.314 The sound of the drum in the celestial citadel is the causewhich both bestows fearlessness, to vanquish Asura armieswhen through defilement wars occur, and ends divine playfulness.Like this, that arising from the likes of formless meditationproclaims, in the worlds, the way of the insurpassable path of peace,to totally defeat sentient beings' defilements and suffering.315 Universal, joyously beneficial and having threefold miracles,the sages' melody is superior to the celestial cymbals.316 The mighty sound of the divine drum earthlings' ears cannot reach.Yet samsara's subterraneans can hear the throb of buddha-speech.317 In the heavens, tens of millions of celestial cymbals resound toreinforce desire's fires.Yet those whose identity is compassion effect a single melody toextinguish sufferings' fires totally.