What is the crown?

Therefore, among the four foundations of mindfulness, the mindfulness of dharmas is the summit. Among the four right efforts, the ability to give rise to wholesome dharmas that have not yet arisen is called the summit. Among the four bases of miraculous power, the tranquility of body and mind is called the summit. Among the five faculties and five powers, the faculty of wisdom and the power of wisdom are called the summit. Among the seven factors of enlightenment, the investigation of dharmas is the summit. Among the eightfold noble path, right view is the summit. All the śamatha and vipaśyanā of the non-Buddhist paths are called the summit. Among the four noble truths, the truth of cessation is the summit. Among the four reliances, reliance on the meaning is the summit. Among the four unobstructed knowledges, the unobstructed knowledge of meaning is called the summit. Among the six supernatural powers, the exhaustion of outflows is the summit. Among the four immeasurable minds, the mind of compassion is the summit. Among the practices of the pure life, wisdom is the summit. Among all the pāramitās, prajñā is the summit. Among all skillful means, knowing the minds of sentient beings is called the summit. Among all the powers, the power of knowing what is and is not the case is called the summit. Among the various fearlessnesses, the first is called the summit. Among the unshared dharmas, the unobstructed is the summit. Among the thirty-two marks, the invisible crown-mark (ūrṇā) is called the summit. Among the eighty minor marks, the never-emptying of the Dharma in teaching is called the summit. In the adornment of the mouth, understanding all forms of speech is called the summit. In the adornment of the mind, breaking pride is the summit. Among all dharmas, wisdom is the summit.

Explanation: What is the summit? The summit is the best, the highest, the most wondrous, the most supreme among its kind—there is nothing that surpasses it. Before attaining the fruits of the Small Vehicle, there is a summit; after attaining the fruits, there is also a summit, which is the great arhat liberated in both ways (ubhayato-bhāga-vimutta). In the Great Vehicle, before seeing one's true mind there is a summit, and after seeing one's true mind there is also a summit; the summit after seeing one's true mind is the Tathāgata.

Dharmas have a summit, people have a summit, precepts have a summit, meditation has a summit, and wisdom also has a summit. The Saṅgha also has a summit. Who is the summit of the Saṅgha? It is the Buddha, and the Buddha too is counted among the Saṅgha.