Part 3d.2h - How these are not seen even by the pure ones of the tenth bhumi

These appearances are obscured even for the tenth bhumi:

But even pure students do not have the power to see
These pleasant buddha fields that are everywhere arrayed.

Even the bodhisattvas from the first through the tenth bhumi do not see the sambhogakaya self- appearances of buddhahood. This is because they are still not free of all obscurations. They are not able to see these realms, nor the buddha qualities and buddha activity and so forth, limitlessly filling the whole of space. This is because, except for the qualities of their own bhumi, they have not attained the pure mental eye that sees all good qualities. The Uttaratantra says:

The realm of buddhahood and the buddhas' enlightenment,
The buddha qualities and buddha activities,
Are unthinkable even to the purest sentient beings.
This is a realm belonging only to the leaders.

Also:

Since it is not the pure realm, it is part of the absolute.^[1]
Since it is not conceptual, it is beyond example.
Since it is not within mind, it is not in samsara or peace.
Even the noble ones cannot conceive of the conquerors’ objects.

Also:

With qualities like the highest wisdom and great compassion,
The victorious ones’ perfect qualities are unthinkable.
The ultimate way it is with these self-arising ones
By even empowered great rishis cannot be understood.