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... The slow and painstaking pāramitā method is for those with unbridled energy and strength, while the swift and painless mantra method is for the intensely faithful who have already done their work.[20] However, according to Ratnākaraśānti, the efficacy of both of these methods depends on Prajñāpāramitā—a term that he explained as primarily referring to the noble path of bodhisattvas on the bhūmis, not to the fruitional awareness of a buddha as Dignāga and Haribhadra had suggested—since Prajñāpāramitā alone transforms everything else into a path.[21] In this way, Ratnākaraśānti's explanation not only of sūtra but also of tantra revolves around his interpretation of the path implicit in the Prajñāpāramitā scriptures ...

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