The Changeless Nature

76 The Changeless Nature170 That which has been described by'its nature is lucid clarity'is like the sun and the sky,obscured by the thick veilsof those multitudes of 'clouds' —defilements and cognitive impediments— which are but accidents.Buddhahood has no stain,is endowed with buddha-qualities,is permanent, everlasting and without change.Its achievement depends uponnon-conceptual and analytical jnanaregarding all phenomena.171 Buddhahood is indivisible yet one can categoriseaccording to its qualities of purity;the two qualities of jnana and freedom —comparable to the sun and to the sky.172 This lucid clarity is uncreate.It is that which pervadeswithout any differentiation,having all buddhahood's qualities,far greater in number thanthe sand grains in the river Ganges.173 The defilement and cognitive veilsare said to be like covering cloudssince they are, by nature, non-existent,they spread everywhere and are but accidents.