[They explain] that if there is no need to say that understanding things in this way is necessary for the attainment of buddahood, how much more so that it be a sine qua non for liberation from samsāra.

Interestingly, recent studies have examined alveolar macrophages from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of patients coinfected with Mtb and HIV and demonstrate that Mtb resides within relatively nonacidified compartments in otherwise functionally capable macrophages.

to ransack a house for valuables

I think she is the listmom for the McShep list.