The Changeless Nature

130 The Changeless Nature318 The beautiful and pleasant music of cymbals in the heavenscreates an increase in their mental agitation.The speech of the tathagatas, whose nature is compassion,turns the mind towards samadhi and stimulates reflection.319 In brief, it is said that the cause of happiness,for those in each and every universe, in heaven or earth,depends entirely upon that very melodywhich in every world is manifest all-pervasively.320 Just as those with no hearing cannot experience subtle soundand even with divine hearing not all sounds can be heard,so also is the subtle dharma, the domain of very finest jnana,to be heard by just those few whose mind is undefiled.321 The rainy season's clouds continually and effortlesslydownpour vast amounts of water onto the earthand are the cause for good and bountiful crops.322 Likewise clouds of compassion, without any conceptualisation,rain down the waters of the victors' noble teachingand cause the harvests of virtue for sentient beings.323 Provided that the world is engaged in virtue's ways,the wind-borne clouds will cause a fall of rain.Likewise compassion's wind causes buddha-clouds to cascadetheir rain of true teachings to increase virtue in beings.324 In the world, due to great compassionate love and knowledge,the lord of all sage's clouds abide amidst a space unblemishedby either that which changes or the changeless.They have, as their unspoilt essence, samadhi and dharani's waters,which for the harvest of virtue there are the very cause.