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3
(Assembly)
22
o^w (request)
(Teaching of the Great vehicle)
(practice of the perfections)
24
26 29
32
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2500
bog
&&>sy&?
38
42 45
(dweller in peace)
50
53 57 59
(transcendent wisdom)
62
65 70
73
rjn
81
(no -heap)
(Beings)
'
(sameness)
96
98
(characteristics)
1OO
103
106
108
HO
_
o
(bubble)
112
114
12O
121
500
(teachings)
(discipline)
council)
TboSo^o 3^&>.
S&P&3-OI
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(first
SSoosp^s
18
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(collection)
la
o$o
literal
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is
s^a^eSb^
O^
o$o
meaning
group chanting.
lagS)
*&*&
40
(the
way
across)
Edward Conze
7T5o Buddhist
.
Wisdom Books
Unwin Brothers
Ltd,
London
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&SS S^a^ag w3
cutter sutra
/
IsCo li&gCo.
^o^p^
<y>
laCd
^>^^&>
(emptiness)
3^5
spo
(wisdom)
= adding
= minus
;3c&>2oOG*)
&a
feiooTP CipelMo
i"
(skill)
(perfection of wisdom)
(transcendent)
864
S5
^o^o
(uttered by a sage)
#J
32
(introduction)
e*
3*#e$oS*
(skill
dSos
A^JSao^*
(parables)
(637-713)
literary
device
ag
ag SftS^jT
o3S
sSa07P>
S6oo S^^dSa.
"^SSacSSa,
aSS
socdodo
2000
2000
(foolish fellows)
&$& addls.
?55^5o6S
53
/^o
(tastes
(falsehood)
(skill in
means)
(
(trainees)
(suitable)
300 &5S
58^
(contented).
^fodSdaj^dl)
>
(elated).
^^^^.dScxlP^
11
(joyful).
(overjoyed).
QtT S5o!S^|85Clbd*cS3jdS5
(jubilant).
(skill
in means)
(manager)
(freeman)
e*
IbdS
#$83ovP>3.
(parable)
"0^30
a>SoT>
-CPCO
^S?A
ftpqPQ
w^zSP^O
(spritual
aristocracy)
*****
1942^
40
(6th patriarch)
(heart to
heart
transmission)
u ^6o^5^
28^5
,3
(seed of enlightenmen
s^
(esoteric)
0<J
jg^jofi*
^^S^cCi^S^
^CP^o
(mind-objects)
1WW&
(perfectly pure
(barbarian)
sS)
(p-ure
awareness)
Soo^o.
g&g^
Sto
(unobstructed, unobscured)
(stanza)
SP^ KPSo
fc>&>
-CSp^bod.
(obg
(insight) SbCS
cOS$dk>
(deliberation)
SSa.
3i>au
cDoQ
S5o^
esqp&dSa
lTv
ejci^^ 7?$
14
(worldHng)
StodS
15
(all
11
16
3o& S^e &&SP& a,g ^SfceS&go (novice) to S3 &o^ ^31 uS5o CSp^&. ts 7P$&>
(real nature of mind) 38fc
&&&>.
barbarian),
"&&!
(you
17
latgSa.
"^
<X^S3
fi&fe&o
tbOSS)
(essence of the
mind =
18
!b
SO!D
S$tfo \
15
&
S6
^^ 3%
S^5o
?)&>
q&-iJagoK
O^^eoSo^^
(preacher of
Dharma) ^oi^SPdl).
ej%^2 $Q
2-2
3
(venerable
sir),
iodooofi
CP!
20
I)
(lay disciple).
(ordination)
Note:
o7T
^bS IbdS
(repetition)
(information)
1.
eSS&O
(Assembly)
(lay disciple)
1250
22
23
(cloak)
2.
(request)
(assembly)
(shoulders)
(daughter
of a good family)
cto
>>-Sdfo3Oi3;5e3&>? (es^S55odlD7P
= nonback-sliderTP
24
Note:-
(teacher)
3*
-
&
&gfp&*
(suffering in
change),
&
&xy>O
won*
(liable to get
pain).
&
realm,
1>
(j&l?
&>gO&
SP&GPt&jfr ~ desire
realm) &
SX^p^eO^ - form
realm,
&&J*)Q9&o$) = formless
26
27
(resolution)
&fo
= compassion),
(idea of an ego entity,
2.
/25|2 (insight).
"&*
qP^og^^
6
(triple universe)
(sentient beings)
es)
SiiO^SSSSioaDTP^)
^)
(egg-born),
(moisture-born),
ftP^ewooTT^
^)
(with
(with
es^O^^OOTT ^)
(without perception)
^^O^^P^O^SSDOOTP^)
28
neither perception nor non-perception)
o)oj)
*<b^o
(Nirvana
(notion of a being) o/
g
self),
(notion of a
^i^^iOg
(notionofabeing),
2o5^Og
(notion of a person)
^S^558
6i>^ SP.S3
4.
(stage /ground)
b coo&oo<3.
(immaculate),
(unconquerable),
6.
1.
&&x9#"
(Joyous), 2.
3.
fiqpgQ (luminous),
&>djZge$ (radiant), 5.
7.
Ab^JfcCb
8.
&>$)&$)
(directly facing),
&>i3o (immovable), 9.
&>&>&>& (unerring
intellect),
$g>%o
(cloud of
Dharma).
1.
&*c&
^V<^- &>&&><&
(skill in
means),
2.
3.
ion of knowledge)
(indicating)
(material
help), 2.
&gfc>CF <$O
>
(giving of protection),
3.
(gift
of Dharma).
29
30
(guidance!) 3&>Oi%So.
0s&
(energy)
(gain),
(honMir),
(worship)
(transfering)
(settling,
cHngiag,
abiding)
(mind-objects)
SO
.,
(unattached)
(measure)
21
(unattached)
sticky trap
&,
es
trapS)
e*
traps
5.
oDoJcOcCt ^ff^CO
(marks)
<&o<3
(marks) cJq3
&>&OZrve!3>j*
18
(minor marks)
*32
1.
-^(jS^oJe^^Pcf ^Pde^OeJ^
He has, stamped on the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands, lines depicting
32
33
i
wheel
i.e.
there grow wheels with a thousand spokes, with rims and naves,
The Lord's feet are well-placed, i.e. he places the entire soles of his feet
the ground. Just as the hottom of a basket,
evenly on
2JDOT20O20CJ
C)
oA'o^Pel^Pd5e^oe?
1B
i.e.
feet
his
softer
than those
of others.
He has seven prominences i.e. two below on the soles of his feet, two on the hands *
two on his shoulder blades and one behind on his neck and they are
attractive
all handsome,
His toes and fingers are long i.e. they are longer than those of others
7.
his
is
well-grown,
tall
it
is
34
well-grown in all ways:
accordingly.
is height is seven cubits, and every thing proportioned
it's
9.
i.e.
The
hairs
i.e.
such a way that they are turned upwards; they are blue-black,
His shanks are like those of the black antelope i.e. because his shanks are gradually
tapering away, like those of the black antelope, king of deer.
12.
^beo^eJ^P^CT
His arms reach to his knees i.e. when he stands up, he can without bending down,
palms of his
His
is
or horse.
14.
tbotftfiStfO* r n
attractive
i.e.
his
body
15.
i.e.
to his body.
The hairs on
single hair,
i.e.
which
soft, curls
in rings
17.
He
has a
tuft of
i.e.
eyebrows .which
soft,
touch with bis,eyebrows~the hairs turning to the right and curling in rings.
18.
that of the
lion,
19.
<
to3 )
)
fy.o<$r>
i.e.
20.
-S)eJ15
O^CPO'ioero
The interval between his shoulders is well filled i.e. his chest is wide and elevated.
21.
He
taste,
i.e.
the taste
bloodless; since his nerves are so well endowed, his body is supremely
36
22.
is like
i.e.
as great as he
is
in
he in width; as great as he
23.
There
is
i.e.
his
head
is
well rounded
24.
fi$j*&&&$sr*
is
His tongue
long
i.e.
when he
desires to do so he touches
ears.,
this
25.
oo"MoJT
i.e.
his
of the lion.
#boJ*
C5
i.e.
ft&Dd$o*r>
size,
His voice
is like
that of Brahma
i.e.
heard as
clear in a large
is as
29.
teeth,
i.e.
30.
He has
31.
i.e.
i.e.
is
fi^fc^ido* C*X
v.
i.e.
like
(fraud),
(not fraud).
6.
2500
&>!<$
&Joo (roots)
,
1.
2.
3.
4.
500
500
(good law)
greed,
j^SSoo
hate,
delusion,
conceit,
dograaticism, S)-S3l^
= doubt,
mental laziness,
= restlessness,
= shamelessness,
38
2500
(roots-of merit)
^>t:o (plaawbuig)
.faith)
(immeasurable),
twcalculable)
(perception of
being),
self)
(perception of a
(perception of a person)
&tt)O
(perception of a soul),
gcJ5ip (perception
ofadharma),
(perception of a
no-dharma) SeaPlfi
(perception of a
dharma)
(perception of
no-dharma)
40
= emptiness)
Skg^S
ePdU^Sb.
g&gii
^QPfleSbdla
>oe?
epP^jfT
(twilight
on dharma),
(raft)
Note:(raft
=is), e$b
(^^
= is not) es^
fijcdbo (duality)
Sco^o.
2500
-ail
956)
41
(illusion)
""
(negate
U.
)>
&CPCO
(meaningless words)
(emptiness)
views) ^ej?\o-C5do
jffp (view)
(diseases of false
7.
JeSoSOSjO.O
made)
&ft
J$fyS$x>en
l}c&J
no-nature). Jj
.&f>g)&a3J* ,&
(&)&
(no mark)
(mark)
ft
cDa?<ax>.
<&^^>
(two natures)
(true nature)
^cEU*
?,c3
(all points
of attachments)
*****
(empty of
own
being)
<>
42
43
(causeless)
ee&iZ)
iJefynfa.
GPtD&ojO (not
&<&)
i3oty<&.
e0&e$o
*
(not fictitious)
* *
(suchness)
(not apprehended)
(the
(cannot be grapsed),
DodS5e)S^?P
es5<5X>ex)
(Holy persons)
44
(unconditioned Reality)
Note:(worldlings), 2.5&><jOO (noble persons).
(four noble truths) e^iS^ C3^t7
(doubt),
^oe^ ^CP^CJo
(fetters)
8.
(merit)
galactic
45
46
$p?Ao>;5
(non-heap)!
^ea^otf&a
(heap of merit)
(discourse on
dharma)
SSc&^c&otfoS6
(immeasurable),
(incalculable).
Note:-
(From the night when the Tathagata knew full enlightenment, to the day when he
jyfo &qpfi&b<;
2. JT
3.
JSoDeSS)
^cO o&^d&^)&P = He
cP^g^o*SjlP^-u)^S)
JPcO
4.
5.
fcPfPe&OZS
47
6.
c3 -0
^(ebQft5O8(P^^J o55^
ation.
7.
8.
9.
SJ?o
10. JsFfo
11.
12.
^P?o
fails.
PrO
deliverance never
fails.
13.
^CSj^dSoSfi^zgSSS^CjO^SSi^^SbtbQSSjSs
= All
to cognition
S^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^)^
preceded by cognition,
15.
&8^&^ 8Z|[$^83OKS$D2^;3*&&5S$)$8
r
of his
mind
are
&&&^&$fooftofo&&oJ &?^&ty($oX)
s>
= His
cognition
and freely.
e5^^el2_^^^Orto5^obSftP^2^c6C5^?5(i
\&&&y^2-$$jfioft^&&^ti&fy$O
= His
cognition
and vision
re-
^PJJo^P^Oij = He knows as it really is, what can be as what can be, and what P P
cannot be as what cannot be.
48
2.
g^SJ^S^woSi
future
of past,
and present
3.
^^po&sg&ooS) =He knows, as they really are, the various elements in the
world.
4.
and persons.
5.
fc3
acCfcau^e23e&
= He knows,
and
SS^TP&^aaQqjJSaoS)
everywhere.
= He knows, as
it
really is the
7.
deliverances,
concen-
trations
8.
9.
10.
is
without
and which he
"Birth
life
well
He knows
is
exhausted
for
has been
lived. I
have done what had to be done. After this becoming there will be
none
further".
49
eS-jP^dSs &OQO (four
1.
S&^U^^&O^^^SC^O
about
all
is fully
enlightened
natures.
i
2.
3.
^O^U'o^S^U'^^JjP^S^jelSP^dEraS^C^O
explains exactly
= The
confidence that
he
4.
^U'^r3S|obQcbC3' 5|S5ra3?n
<
J$dS^(So
all
Note:connection)
&C3oo7?
(logical
1.
Law of identity: A is A
2.
not B.
3.
9.
^S&^oDoJ
(dweller in peace)
(unoriginated)
)
&&ti*3S &&&
6
^c&j^cCb^^b
(cause of mise
(completely extinct)
(completely empty)
deo3o3* &&&
(meditation)
(thoughts)
&*>7pi
gp&)&iss&&
e
Zj5%>jv (adding)
6e.o/P
(removing) dcCCxSx
(unoriginated),
atbjt&o
&
j*d>7P, z,g
S&OTP,
z*g
(echo)
(stream
(fruit of a
winner)
stream winner)
50
(sight-objects)
^OdS
(objects of mind)
(seizing
on a self)
2^7?XT'SSi37J
(once-Returner),
aS)C37?Sto
(a separate entity)
(never-Returner)
(separate entity)
(foe-destroyer =
(individual)
52
(foremoatof
tho ae who
dweU in peace)
SS
g&gS
65Sg533e8
ese338
Note:.
OnJto = =
o =
?>
10.
Sl<5
o^J^oiP
o6oOOO
(harmonies of Buddha
fields)
(aeons)
(altruistic
mind)
f)oo
13
^^Qp^a^oo
(universes)
8-S
SqPeb^
(universe)
6^8.
(universes) oDSj
^^63jf
SSbjfio
|tb?pS5o
^2 ^qp^o^)
SStfl
(aeons)
53
54
(vows) 3fc)
^a-SteP^ f>$ge^<>.
(universe)
48
3&>srSo.
eseso
Note:-
esqp^oTV
"3odk
^dewcocxo.
1.
2 dSo^l (self-power),
(other-power).
(Array of Happy
Land Sutra).
SSssf
iSo^SSo
&*
&*o
z-S
neutral.
55
(harmonious
(create)"
3'o^5S5pS es?b^.
Ood5oo2J5rp,
(no-harmonies)
-iS'e
fl
clinging)
(mind-objects) -)
(body)
(a
huge body)
&&
dSS
eso^
(body/
personal existence).
oio^oSJSrP
(no-existence).
56
Note:-2jP;5o,
&O^cSo&CPe.
goftSp^
existents.
6SS
SS^O
(definition)
functioning thing)
functioning thing.
ed
3sfyfi.
2<3o
Sotfeg &ocl
6
O>O&>* &Jk
activity
E&fo&i^S 3^3^30
activity
6odSS
activity
esOo.
foopg
(non-xistents)
(non-functioning).
(space)
(presence of pot)
63oD%
(absence of pot)
e&tp&Sw
(own-being
11
(imageries)
57
58
(discourse on
dharma)
(immeasurable)
(incalculable)
"W QJ C O
(object of worship
veneration)
(scholarship)^
(show of intellect or conceit of inteUect)
a 36 6&&.
escxbS
500
^SSw &O&P&
8-2
400
N.
dod^oiSo^o sdSa
3dgO7P
(object of worship)
59
60
(discourse
on dharma)
(demi-gods)
3#S&7P
(shrine)
(recite),
(most
wonderfully
blest),
e*
)
S5oi3^dk>
7V^) (sage)
an assembly hall, a
an image.
should be
honoured
with
gifts of flowers,
were something to
reakcon with. Respect for them assured the prosperity of nations and they
inviolate sanctuaries for people in fear for their lives.
were
B.C.Law.
Note:-
(spreads),
6
^S^a
cJ^^ (demonstrates),
^cCaaS6 (repeats)
(ghosts)
(expounds), ^'So-CSsS
-
(explains),
^^dSa^M
^^3500
(beings)
Jk^S^e^Tplb esi$3^Sp|e)^7?S
(shelter),
(refuge),
(place of rest),
(final relief)
Note:-
Hsuan-tsang (600-664)
^S
(Heart Sutra)
1 3,
29S5 e>fPfo3x>
&gb ty&to&e
(repetitions)
-&}
$PKo <o&>.
e$o?
40).
(individuaHty view
zp^S&Jfctba&dfc^
s-S
Note:-
32
^Cb
32
(of
course with
all
62
63
JC
(discourse
on dharma)
J"'*o3syfix
(Great Trichiliocosm
and hells etc) suns, 1,000 million moons, 1000 million heavens
(particles of dust)
(no-particles)
(no-world system)
ID
w5Sel?^
(no-marks)
64
Tbosp^So
(belongings)
(aeons)
14.
COt
(decline of
Dharma)
(scholars)
1956
(historical fact).
&
(&*
&&O-
U*zs*So
g*
(dzong-ka-ba)
65
66
(impact of
Dharma)
j
&0& e^O<5ppOO
(tears of
ID
^^e^ex)
4SPe^OgSS3
(true perception)
(1956) ^
TlljD
(
O^o56
(take
it up),
(bear
it
in mind),
^^O^oS
(recite
it),
study),
^^^oSD
^SSC^T?'
elSd^S^y^S
(iUuminate
it
in full detail)
Sex>d5o.
^^^)Og
(idea of a being),
(idea of a soul),
%}<eog
SP5
(no perception).
67
(most wonderfully
blest).
(highest perfection)
(no perfection).
(perception of ill-will)
$$85>d&
perfect enlightenment)
(utmost, right
and
(mind-objects)
S'U'dSa.
(no-
support).
68
(perception of a being)
w^ZjPSPa
c&Zj385Pa).
(fallen
among things)
(immeasurable)
(incalculable)
Note:-
Buddhist Dictionary
^oog: Perception
is
ts
one of the
five
groups of existence
(^o$) and
one of the
with
all
69
consciousness
objects
^$5)
It is sixfold
It is the
etc). If in
are recognized,
may
<)$$$,
%>$ (pourity),
*# (impurity)
etc.
'Jbo: &o2?<ty.o#
= perception
(^XPca)
of vatious characteristics
etc.
(ultimate reahty)
es^Sb^O
(signless, unrecognizable)
1 5.
&
work uPe^
otfozfa
CJL
?*&>
dsO&&>.
Volume
is
of impersonal
insignificant.
<J.oj_<vi
almost
3Q3&P&
&ofig&o3
impersonal
&oQ.
sS)
centre
&
(afflictions)
(belongings)
70
71
><$
>
(many hundreds
(not reject
it)
(unthinkable),
QJ,
J
(incomparable).
(measureless)
(illimitable)
^5
resolve) (beings of inferior
(enlightenment)
tb
72
Note:-
Sooo
62
62
(false
views)
(dependency originated)
(own-being
16*
"What
is
time? w5/T*5>
Fmr fifteen**
(thing, entity)
(order)
&&*&
s&
I)cr^dw
da^
M&$Q&>
(scale) S*t>Q
(changes)
(relative words).
$& $*&>
&>costi3
&&&O(past).
e?e^^SP^
(existence)
&&J&&&O (products
(non-products)
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73
74
(space)
(non-product)
(mind
boggling 71?)
boggling
Edward Conze
/t is
this
most uncommercial
and even anticornmercial system, should have been responsible for the elaboration of
a
tool
Without the invention of zero, or nought, our shopkeepers, bankers and statisticians
would
circle
still
be
hampered
right
and
left
The
little
which we know as zero, was known to theArbs about 950A.D. as shifr, empty.
we had originally
word sunya.
'cypher' as the name for zero, and, cypher is nothing but the Sanskrit
75
I? footnoted e&<5*
usually symbolised by
an empty
It is
one must not regard the Buddhist emptiness as a mere nought or a blank.
es>#$d&&$
(proper attention) -u)olt3
3do&>5 63jO#
3Sc&><
-OC&oCfoS^
3je3&>>So
wy
\.
-r
Buddhas) e3U^O-u^r5o
(1956)
(study)
76
(1,00,000 millionth
part).
(number),
(counting),
2&>
(fraction),
(comparison),
(resemblance)
(measure)
(become
frantic
and confused).
&*
(unthinkable)
Note:-CP6X5
(Ever Despised)
5^
"Sb
TTSSo
(predict
asag^o
17.
s)$O
risk
&>io<3
(plan)
/
s*a
&Q
(inspired).
(blueprint on spirituality)
&
^ftjjyfifeu
"i5g)
&<>>&* zx>0&*&[
"
ultimate truth
is
noble silence.
77
78
JeP
.
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7Fc9
Budhist
Thought
in India,
Page 263
&O&
O&
zpfto:
existence
be held
is
the
same
to
and non-
said to disappear. This step abolishes the principle of contradiction in the sense that
it is
is
is
empty
amounts
to identifying a
of contradictory opposites,
is essential
to
What
is practice is
(resolution)
35
(formula) 'cDG<S3^SSp
(plan,
^^0
(predict x3 cOC&oo&>):
(true sucliness)
= synonymous
"
).
S"dS3,
(no-dharmas)
80
(no-body)
&>&l
&"D^ScdoS5oo
(huge body)
(a
seperate entity)
(entity)
(harmonies
of
Buddha
fields)
SaoSdSSSa
"
(create)
(no-harmonies)
(without
self),
18.
(colours
and
shapes)
(yellow),
red),
!b&O,
&&O
&>Z3<&O
(white),
>8o,
(even),
re),
(round),
(high),
&>t$t$O
(mist),
(low),
(uneven),
&
(objects),
(supra-mundane).
(divine
eye)
(wisdom
eye)
81
82
(world systems)
3&>
(no-
trends).
(past thought)
(future thought)
(unfindable).
Note:-
S^co
Sj^d
(obSdg iS^coCfj^^o
(dependency originated)
2&S
^&^^SSelji^o
SSfli
S3> 3^ean
19.
e^OO
e^tf^"
(no-heap)
-SbO/f^P &*>o65
arts)
))ob
(self-defensive martial
(Zen school)
ST>#O&S
(space) "%>>
eT"
-CfcixxiJJ
G#
-;d
83
84
esox>;5
(no-heap).
(in it's
own being)
20.
(emptiness therapy)
"/3&&>C>c3.
&F><>$
&>
ZiCSo
(peace) 3<jj
s^3vi^'^ technique
io&
o&rfZ
<*b& e?
altruistric energy
out
(attachment)
&
)o$do-CJ &).
logical
approach &>e$oo)O-)
is
free
from
2.
such as
zfPoS
x &$^>o5 f
e& x
<CP^
B^^yey x ds^jCS.
designation.
StcherbatskyW&>
&>!&a5Qo-iJ
o.
(&&&&)&
3./aO&&g
&&O&PJ&O
/ dependent establishment)
85
86
body)
tc>8
(accomplishment)
(no-accomplishment)
(possession of no-marks).
21. cOSbCO
(Beings)
&?
&o (meaning) S$
(volitional act of the brain)
rejejj
tsucv <*
^"H'^v
syuu (meaning)
87
88
(felse)
(seizing
on
,
what is not)
(unrelated, independent,
self-existent event)
3>dfo23&odo
s-Ca,
22.
(stanza)
tt o
(great flood
- our day
e$&).
to
day miserable
life)
3&3&&Sdd*'i&
iS&
o)
(stepping
out
&3So5o
support)
#&C?$u|>
3*
&&O23<$O (objective
&c&o*
L&o &o&
BteSgKoS
(nothing whatever-anywhere =
(extinction,
of craving)
*****
(some
thi
(analysis)
tod
89
90
Sd5o.
^bc5os>oQ
(establishment as their
own
reality)
ef&x
^^.S^Q
(establishment as their
own suchness)
e3<3o.
^^Po5cPfOi3 (establishment by
way
of their
own
entities) odfo.
idSo5^?oQ
(substantial establishmement)
(establishment from
(synonyms).
own
side)
1.
es?P^^^p^P
2.
al7qp;5gen> (emptiness
3^25 d3
(emptiness of
3oS$<3
^a^
^P^5^
the
e0g^lpqj*Ttfg
^8 Co 6^a.
as^) "tafia,
-&e
#6 Co
emptinessl
9j^
solPCP
&K5,jd
p^P3SSgCP
5.
&S6j^jo
6,
S>^SpP^^
own-being $<&
91
7.
^o^j^-SJ^^CP
(ebdd&&oiSi
So^eSo
eso
"3cofo
8.
&0&|R)$'3J*55P
9.
es^o^&P^CJ
extremes.
9O$&xxo
= middle
path.
1 0.
^t^oSD^i^-^Jo^Cir
is
(ultra real)
11.
w^55sPC-a>^P
S5aSoC5o^eSf\^SD,
qo^^
blameworthy.
blameless.
1 2.
gS&roeJ
92
3*
13.
&Ss$q^2>^eF>
(emptiness of aU things).
(elements).
r
18 qPftkS&G^
e&> sjo^dfo&ieo
(faculties),
"So^5
(contact, interaction)
'o
18
(12 doors
= 6 sense and
14
^oS S>CP
<
(common
characterstics,
15.
ejSb^boo^^P^CJ (emptiness
&55jo
(present)
(past)
(non-existents)
(direct
knowledge I)
16.
111
es^PSS&TB&iC?
es"jS
>d5o
z?S$o
d5a
"Sodlp ^lDl^S5x>^
(relative).
93
>olo
3fc
SPSSSj^g,
2.
w$35*ps$|#,
3.
fc
contents
SO^b^^oa. &P^QP
-u)o^?5
^M
-QoS So^CP^PCT'o^
ES)ek>
Petty
Note:- eii^SiO^^ =
full
all their
23.
(all
(sameness)
phenomena)
&do& (signless), 2. &>og& (characteristicless), (pure from the beginning), 6. (isolated) 5. &>&>
7.
7.
3.
&>sF>e$ (unborn),
fij&o
(beyond words),
(neither accepted
nor
rejected),
&
t
(like
magic, dream
and reflection),
9,
tPS$
(absence
of self)
e>djS5^S5ooe)c5
(no-dharmas)
Note:-S3#e>
(greediness),
(ill-wi
Note:-
S*o
t.g
(products)
^8d5oP
(non-produets)
94
95
eso
S&>.
eso&PCc.
Su^no e$Jo<Q
s^dSi
SSsQ la
303
62>
24.
"3J<$je/'
e>\&3
)&>orp
involve
>5cb
&&O
rules
ew z>&$<& ($)<&
and
regulations etc)
Z&v&er, = clinging
to
mere
3jcVbo
oti
Po)<gIss>e> 3<&
(foolish
common
people)
&<3Zo&* do&>
96
97
(comparison)
25.
(sense of individuality)
SoQZgoQ.
(depending)
(personality)
(substantially existent)
(imputedly existing)
(dependently existing)
98
(set free)"
(seizing
on a sel$
(no-seizing) ^P o\0-S)^e^.
23i^)X)* (fooHsh
common people)
(foolisn
common
people)eso5
^flSf
zs
(fetters)
^Bo^^sp
person).
26.
(characteristics)
(mark)
Brain ff
(rule)
(nerve cells)
(connections)
&*$
>Oj$sx> (perceptions),
(knowledges),
X^e&eu
(memories),
Xj-ex? (dreams)
100
101
&$
(divine vision)
.-
frfr
^^>
102
(form)
(guidance)
(objectrp)
27.
I offer salutation
to
that
it is blissful.
-translation by
Robinson
(dependency originated)
Slb
vfyg
ssdrfa
^^dJO^ &
s
flash eS^JP^"
&,& flash
flash
$o s*o, &odo3&$o
flash
23dfl*z&>
&$&
103
104
(momentary thing)
&>($&
/'<&?
fy$Pe!f&g
2,
GPnlb&^jtfo
ds&^tfo &>O<j
Zff&ggPeSi^iSitfo
gaining existence,
arising,
appearing
3.
&&3jo
&<3o
&>0
vogS-fy
&>&*%<$o,
&><%&o V>06S
3gO
(unchanging)
(unchanging)
not identical with causes.
= not different
7.
from causes.
8.
(cessation of all
105
>
(destruction)
(anmhttation)
Ib&DOdSS
28.
(assembly)
(discourse on dharrna)
(conjured up)
oe$o
&>od
(mind-made)".
(conjured up flowers).
(nominal existence)
(patient acquiescence in
/c
dharmas)
7F>
106
107
Yes, Yes
(world systems)
29.
(suchness)
in India
72$ Ibd&yO
foot note:
Tathagata
like &&*%.cb)l!n
is
fi&&ot
does not reflect the original usage, but the constructions of later grammarians
and
eS^/TdS'co/i
Buddhas have come and gone. But the word may well be a prdkrit, or perhaps even
apre-Aryan term, of which the meaning is now lost. At times it is useful to remember
that Buddhism, according to Buddhists themselves,
is
not so
to the
108
109
30.
23
&p*jcSbo&
7 &g>o
l
do
18
X>j*gjZ>o4'cXj'& &
(subtle doubts)
hammer blows,
to try
and
not going to
irritating,
If it
were all
and clearly,
we might be in danger
of thinking we
hadgrasped
110
&))B8&$e
(particles
6$}S)c3j
e$}j
^g^tb^&i
(no-coUection)
(seizing
on a material object)
(no-seizing)
(unspeakable),
(unuttarable). esft
existent)
wd^C^Sao (non-
S&>.
e>OCOe5ft))65l
common people)
Note:-
e9J5|S5S*bSiX),
es>J5)PS)|^oo^So
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eg^o
is
a matter of
31.
-x
Zoip&o x
(fame)
jc&o
(proud)
Zo*T2c(depress)
flifei/ig)
(disliking)
(liking)
(disliking)
(quarrel)
(dispute)
*****
112
113
(7Pbo&
(no-view)
(be intent
on them)
(perception of
dharma)
(no-perception)
32,
M3do>o
(bubble)
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>&
1. Convocation of the
Assembly.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Rare
is
true faith.
7.
8.
9.
Real designation
is
undesignate.
Pure Lands.
12.
13.
14. Perfect
15.
No one
18. All
modes
21.
Words cannot express truth; that which words express is- not truth.
22. It cannot be said that anything is attainable. 23. Practice of good works purifies the mind.
Attachment
to
rewards of merit.
off.
CP^&o
(how to illuminate
it?)
(conditioned things)
(rejoiced)
1 1
(stanza)
1.
CPSSoo (stars)
(background)
agS)
o (conditioned)
Sbeoo
(insignificant, small)
recoil
2.
(a fault of vision).
So6556 o
S5o
56 23
3|o
(conditioned brain)
nuisance A*
Prigs e^oWdo.
(a self-righteous person,
^pSDol
^0^
(apprentice) 653^5 ^
1 1
sjfi
5.
Fair daffodils
we weep to see
So
1.
S)d5o
119
8.
ei^o
cloud
(shapes)
Note:conditioned)
3&c>o
jlaOn
(unstable).
(plaster)
x>
(subject to conditions)
(own being)
n*S)eJ7P
(flashes) epr?>
^KoT?
aooo
(hypnotise)
ePO(i33.
(teasing)
8S
(empty fist)
/?
co
(guide to Bodhisattva's
k
'
way
of
life)
8-S
$&>
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(eulogy)
120
&S &o
9
silent
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headings headings
~*)Ue>
S)$t3oS
headings
Conze TF&Lord
-Honoured One
spoo
121
122
in
the
Jeta
the morning the Lord dressed, put on his cloak, took his bowl, and entered
great
When
his
seat arranged for him, crossing his legs, holding his body upright, and mindfully
fixing his attention in front of him.
the
to the right,
side.
5J
123
on the ground, bent forth his folded hands towards the Lord, and said to
'It is
the Lord:
wonderful
Lord,
it is
exceedingly wonderful,
O well
Gone,
how
the great Beings, have been helped with the greatest help
It is wonderful,
Lord,
how much the Bodhisattvas, the great beings, have been favoured with the highest
favour by the Tathagata, the Arhat, the Fully Enlightened One.
How then,
Lord,
who have
After these words the Lord said to the Venerable Subhuti: 'Well said,
it is,
Subhuti, so
it is,
has helped the Bodhisattvas, the great beings with the greatest help, and he has
favoured them with the highest favour.
attentively!
I will
and
teach you
how
those
who have
Lord'
124
SP
esioS
SP
33
SoS
srtooS
SP
SP
with perception, without perception, and with neither perception nor nonperception
all
these
must
Realm
of Nirvana
And
although innumerable beings have thus been led to Nirvana, no being at all
And why?
If in
He is not to
take
whom
125
eJ
by a thing, nor should he be supported anywhere, when he gives gifts he should not
be supported by sight-objects, nor by sounds, smells, tastes, touchables or mindobjects. For, Subhuti, the Bodhisattva, the great being
should give
gifts in
such a
way
measure ?is it
No indeed,
easy to
in.
measure the extent of space in the South, West or North, downwards, upwards,
the intermediate directions, in
all
all
round?-Subhuti replied:
who have
126
No indeed,
Lord.
And
of marks, there
is
oSo
<&>
apoo
no-possession of no-marks
:
127
IP^S?
apoo
doctrine who,
understand
128
their truth? - The Lord replied:
t
when these words of the Sutra are being taught, will understand
are
with virtuous qualities, gifted with wisdom, and gifted with good conduct, gifted
understand their truth. who, when these words of the Sutra are being taught, will
And these Bodhisattvas, Subhuti, will not be such as have honored only one single
Buddha, nor such as have planted their roots of merit under one single Buddha
only.
On the contrary,
Sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene
many hundreds
of thousands of
planted their roots of merit under many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, known
they are, Subhuti, to the Tathagata through his Buddha-cognition, seen they are,
Subhuti, by the Tathagata with his
to the Tathagata.
Buddha- eye,
fully
Subhuti,
and incalculable heap of merit. And why? Because, Subhuti, in these Bodhisattvas:
no perception of a self takes place, no perception of a being, no perception of a soul, no perception of a person. Nor do these Bodhisattvas have a perception
dharma,
or a perception of a no-dharma.
of a
place in them.
And why?
If,
on a being,
on a soul, on a person.
a dharma or a no-dharma. Therefore this saying has been taught by the Tathagata
with a hidden meaning; *By those who know the discourse on dharma as like unto a raft, dharmas should be forsaken,
still
more-so
no-dharmas.
129
IP^S?
The Dharma body as the
result of Gnosis
is
there any
dharma which
the Tathagata has fully known as the utmost, right and perfect enlightenment; or
is
there any
as I
replied:
No, not
And why?
it
This
known or demonstrated
neither a
SP
Soo&&er
SP
130
{So
es^6
IP
son or daughter of
Enlightened Ones, would they on the strength of that beget a great heap of merit?
Lord, great,
And why? Because the Tathagata spoke of the 'heap of merit' as a non-heap.
is
of 'heap of merit'
- The Lord
said:
But if some
else
were to take from this discourse on dharma but one stanza of four lines, and
would demonstrate and illuminate it in full detail to others, then he would on the
strength of that beget a
still
and incalculable.
enlightenment
And why? Because from it has issued the utmost, right and perfect
of the Tathagatas, Arhats, Fully Enlightened Ones,
and from
it
special
to the
Buddhas are just not a Buddha's special dharmas. That is why they
IP
IP
IP^S? ^ IP
132
Subhuti replied:
No
indeed,
is
Lord.
And why?
Because,
Therefore
he called a stream-Winner.
called a
Stream
Winner'.
If,
Lord,
it
would occur
to
a Stream-Winner, 'by
me has
Stream
Winner's fruit been attained', then that would be in him a seizing on a self, seizing
on a being, seizing on a
soul, seizing
Subhuti replied:
No indeed,
And why?
Because there is not any dharma that has won Once Returnership. That is why
he is called a 'Once-Returner'-The Lord asked: What do you think, Subhuti, does
it
me has
Returner
Lord.
won Never -
Returnership. Therefore
he called
Never Returner' The Lord asked: What do you think, Subhuti, does it then occxir
to the Arhat, 'by
And why? Because no dharma is called 'Arhat'. That is why he is called an Arhat.
If,
Lord,
it
'by
self,
that would be in
him a
seizing on a
on a soul,
33
seizing
on a person-And why?
am,
whom the
Tathagata, the
who
And yet,
Lord,
it
Lord,
it
does not
If,
could occur to
me
me
that I have attained Arhatship, then Tathagata would not have declared of
who is
is
who dwell in
why he
dweller in Peace
10
134
(a)
(b)
(c)
there
the Tathagata has learned from Dipankara, the Tathagata, the Arhat, the Fully
Lord, there
is not.
The Lord
Buddhafields', he
fields,
said: If
would speak
And why?
Therefore then, Subhuti the Bodhisattva, the great being, should produce
an
unsupported thought,
i.e.
a thought which
is
nowhere supported,
a thought
a huge body,
had a personal
existence like
Lord
is
is it
called 'personal
existence'.
11
83"'
135
SPOOLS.
"
SP
SP
5o?
SP
What
if
there were as
many
grains of sand in
indeed be many,
TMs is
world systems man had filled with the seven precious things as many
AM
ti
are grains of
rivers,
and would
give
them
MM w^H
<*._**
as a gift to
thatw
manormanonthestrengthofthatbegeta^atheapofexit?^te4
Lord, great
.
replied: Great,
136
3j
an>
it to others,
b^-
12
Moreover, Subhuti, that spot of earth where one has taken from
discourse on
this
dharma but one stanza of four lines, taught or illumined it, that spot
whole world with it's
gods,
What then should we say of those who will bear in mind this discourse on dharma
in
it's
entirety,
study,
and illuminate
it
others!
Most wonderfully blest, Subhuti, they will be! And on that spot of earth, Suhhuti,
either the teacher dwells, or a sage representing him.
;
13
fP&>
br k
the Tathagata
w^
138
Sj
Therefore
is it called
Subhuti
is
there any
Lord, there
The Lord
said:
of
Lord. Because
as particles of dust
by
the
Tathagata, as no-particles that was taught by the Tathagata. Therefore are they
called particles of dust
.
no-
system. Therefore
is it called
The Lord asked: What do you think, Subhuti, can the Tathagata be seen
by means of the thirty-two marks of the superman?- Subhuti replied:
Lord.
No indeed,
And why? Because those thirty-two marks of the superman which were
the
taught by the Tathagata, they are really no-marks. Therefore are they called
thirty- two
marks
of the superman'.
said:
The Lord
renounce
all their
And again,
Subhuti, suppose a
to
belongings as
many
river Ganges;
on
would demonstrate
it
Then tlois
and incalculable.
14
139
ciip
140
SP
SP,
SP
SP
SP
IP^S?
'
o,
55
55
55
CP550
141
(a)
of this teaching
(e)
of beings
(d)
Having shed
tears,
he thus spoke
to
the Lord:
It is wonderful,
Lord,
it is
exceedingly wonderful,
well-Gone,
how
discourse on Dharma. Through it cognition has been produced in me. Not have I
ever
will
be
And
that which is true perception, that is indeed no perception. Thereto the Tathagata
teaches, true perception, true perception
It is
not
difficult for
m
*^
** **
who, O
st\idy
u;
it,
andillumina
142
is
no perception. And why? Because the Buddhas, the Lords, have left all perceptions
behind.
The Lord
said:
So
it is,
Subhuti.
Most wonderfully
beings who, on hearing this Sutra, will not tremble, nor be frightened, or terrified.
perfection
that also
the innumerable (aparimana) Blessed Buddhas do teach. Therefore the highest perfection
is it called
is really
no
And why?
Because, Subhuti,
when
my flesh
soul, or
t
of self, I
would
past I have for five hundred births led the life of a sage devoted to patience. Then
also have I had no perception of a
self,
|
\
t
It is
By
who
is
touchables, or mind-objects.
143
And
should
further, Subhuti,
it is
for the
give gifts
in this manner.
And why?
that is just a non-perception. Those all-beings of whom the Tathagata has spoken,
with
reality,
A Tathagata does
to that
Tathagata has fully known and demonstrated, on account of that there is neither
truth, nor fraud. In darkness a
man
A man with eyes would, when the night becomes light ajad Ae
things, and who, without having fallen
;
.
among
among thing*
;
renounces a gift.
take-up
it
in
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spew
.el.
it's
And
if,
Subhuti, a
woman
or
man
their belongings as
many times
at
Ganges,
this
way they
belongings for
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of milliards of aeons;
this discourse on
Dhanna,
would on the
heap of merit, immeasurable and incalculable. What then should we say of him
who, after writing it, would learn it, bear it in mind,
it
recite,
is
this discourse on
it for the
the best, in the most excellent vehicle. Those who will take up this discourse on
Dharma, bear
it
it
seen them with his Buddha-eye, the Tathagata has fully known them. All thi&se
beings, Subhuti, will be blest with
an immeasurable heap
an equal share
of
enlightenment.
who have not taken theptedfe in view, abeing, a soul, or aperson. Nor can beings
on Dharma, or take of Bodhi-beings either hear this discourse
it
up, bear
it
in
mind,
recite or study
it.
where this Sutra will be revealed, Moreover, Subhuti, the spot of earth
that spot of earth will be worthy of worship by
the whole world with it's Gods,
men
by
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And yet Subhuti, those sons and daughters of good family, who will take
up these very sutras and win bear them in mind, recite and study them, they will
be humbled,- Well humbled they will be! And why?
beings have done in their former lives, and which are liable
states of woe,-in this very life they will, by means of that humiliation, annul those
impure deeds
and they
enlightenment of a
Buddha.-With my super knowledge, Subhuti, I recall that in the past period, long
before Dipankara, the Tathagata, Arhat, Fully Enlightened One, during
incalculable, quite incalculable aeons, I gave satisfaction by loyal service to 84,00
million milliards of Buddhas, without ever becoming again estranged from them.
But the heap of merit, Subhuti, from the satisfaction I gave to those Buddhas and
Lords without again becoming estranged from them - compared with the heap of
merit of those who in the last time:, the last epoch, the last five hundred years,
the time
at
of the collapse of the good doctrine, will take up these very Sutras, bear
them in mind, recite and study them, and illuminate them in full detail for others,
it
part,
were
to
daughters
of good family,
beget and
as unthinkable, so
Just an
it.
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Subhuti, someone
'all
beings
must lead
Realm
of
notion of a 'being' should take place, he could not be called a 'Bodhi-being'. And
likewise
if the
And why? He
of the dharmas.
What do you think Subhuti, is there any dharma by which the Tathagata,
when he was
with Dipankara the Tathagata, has fully known the utmost, right
is
not any
dharma by which
when he was with the Tathagata Dipankara, has fully known the
It is for this
reason that
the Tathagata Dipankara then predicted of me: 'You, young Brahmin will be in a
future period a Tathagata, Arhat, fully Enlightened, by the
name of Shakyamunif
;
And why? 'Tathagata', Subhuti is synonymous with true Suchness (Tathata)- and
who
so ever, Subhuti, were to say, 'The Tathagata has fully
right
and perfect enlightenment.' He would speak falsely. And why? There is not
any dharma by which the Tathagata has fully known the utmost, right and perfect
enlightenment.
And
that
fully
known and
Tathagata teaches,
'all
And
why?
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Therefore
all
dharmas are
called the
Tbe Lord said: So it is, Subhuti. The Bodhisattva who would say,
'l
will
lead beings to Nirvana,' he should not be called a 'Bodhi-being'. And why? Is there,
Subhuti, any dharma named 'Bodhi-being'? Subhuti replied: No indeed,
O Lord
The
Lord
said:
dharmas,
they have not the character of living beings, they are without a living soul, without
personality.
If any Bodhisattva
should say,
'l
will create
harmonious Buddha-fields,
'The harmonies of
he
And why?
as no-harmonies
of 'harmonies
have
he spoke
Buddha
The Bodhisattva, however, Subhuti, who is intent on 'without self are the
the dharmas',
fully
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(b)
What do you
exists?exist
-
Tathagata
Subhuti replied: So
Tathagata does
The Lord asked: What do you think, Subhuti, does the Tathagata's heavenly
eye exist, his wisdom eye, his Dharma-eye, his Buddha-eye ?-Subhuti replied:
So
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it is,
eye, his
The Lord
phrase, as
said:
What you
replied: Sq it is,
well-Gone:
if there
there were as
many world
systems as there are grains of sand in them, would those world systems be many?-
Lord, So it is,
thought, trends of thought,' Subhuti, as no-trends have they been taught by the
Tathagata. Therefore are they called 'trends of thought? And why? Past thought
is not got at; future thought is not got at; present thought is not got
at.
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this world system of 1,000 million worlds with the seven precious things,
and then
gave it as a gift to the Tathagatas, the Arhats, the fully Enlightened Ones, would
they on the strength of that beget a great heap of merit?- Subhuti replied: they
would,
Lord, they would,
so
it is,
Subhuti, so
it is.
On the
strength of that this son or daughter of good family would beget a great
if,
were such a thing as a heap of merit, the Tathagata would not have spoken of a
'heap of merit?'
20
Lord, the
not to be seen by
means
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body?'
is
Subhuti replied:
No indeed,
And why?
21
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el
it
occur to the
Tathagata,
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say, 'the
misrepresent
me by
seizing on
what
is
not there.
of
dharma, demonstration of dharma/ Subhuti, there is not any dharma which could
be got at as a demonstration of dharma.
time, in the last epoch, in the last 500 years, at the time of the collapse of the
good
And Why?
no-beings. Therefore
has he
spoken of
all
beings
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What do you think, Subhuti, is there any dharma by which the Tathagata
has fully known the utmost, right and perfect enlightenment? Subhuti replied:
indeed,
No
Lord, there
is
Subhuti, so
is it
least
dharma
is
at.
Therefore
called
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is
is
'utmost, right
Self-identical through the absence of a self, a being, a soul, or a person, the utmost,
right
and perfect enlightenment is fully known as the totality of all the wholesome
dharmas. Wholesome dharmas, wholesome dharmas/ Subhuti-yet as nodharmas, have they been taught by the Tathagata. Therefore are they called
wholesome dharmas'. 24
And again,
things
iintil their
Subhuti,
if a
158
other hand,
paramita, this discourse onDharma, but one stanza of four lines, and demonstrate
it
to others,
compared with his heap of merit the former heap of merit does not
etc,
until we
come to,
it will
25
What do you
beings been
set free'?
me have
is
Not thus should you see it, Subhuti! And why? There
if
not
there
Tathagata a seizing of a
self,
Seizing of a
self, as
foolish
really
no people have they been taught by the Tathagata. Therefore are they
called foolish
common people'
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26
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The true
nature of Buddha
Subhuti,
is
No
indeed,
Lord
The Lord
said:
If,
Subhuti, the Tathagata could be recognized by his possession of marks, then also
is
not to
Lord,
Subhuti then
is
said:
As
I,
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of it as an object
27
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What do you think, Subhuti, has the Tathagata fully known the utmost,
right
of marks?
Not so should
you see
Subhuti.
And why? Because the Tathagata could surely not have fully
known
who have
set out in
the
it s
28
And again, Subhuti, if a son or daughter of good family had filled with
the
of sand in the seven precious things as many world systems as there are grains
river Ganges, and gave
fully Enlightened
Ones-and if on the other hand a Bodhisattva would gain the patient acquiescence
to be produced, then in dharmas which are nothing of themselves and which fail
of merit, this latter would on the strength of that beget a greater heap
said:
'should acquire.
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one who has not gone anywhere, nor come from any where. Therefore is he
.
30 SP
And
1,000 million worlds, as finely as they can be ground with incalculable vigour,
and
in
fact reduce
them
to
something
like a collection of
atomic quantities,
what do
you think,
Subhuti
replied:
So
it is,
Lord, so
it is
Lord, there
collection of atomic quantities, the Lord would not have called it an 'enormous
as
the
as a no-system. Therefore
have been worlds'. And why? If, OLord, there hadbeenaworld system, that would
object,
'seizing
on a
material
And
also,
is
a matter of linguistic
It is not
a^dharma
nor a
seized upon it. no-dharma. And yet the foolish common people have
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self has
been
taught by the Tathagata, the view of a being, the view of a living soul, the view of
a person, would he, Subhuti, be speaking right ?-Subhuti replied:
Lord, no indeed,
No
indeed,
which has been taught by the Tathagata as View of self ', as a no-view has that
been taught by the Tathagata? Therefore
is it
The Lord
Bodhisattva-Vehicle should
know
all
And he should know, view and be intent on them in such a way that he does not set
up the perception of a dharina.
And why?
'perception of dharma'.
'
32
And
finally,
Subhuti,
if
filled
world-
systems immeasurable and incalculable with the seven precious things, and f aw
them
as a
gift to
if,
and were to bear paramita, this discourse on Dharma, hut one stanza of four lines,
it in
mind, demonstrate,
recite,
and study
it,
and
illuminate
it
others,
on the strength
immeasurable and
reveal. Therefore
incalculable.
illuminate
it'
So as not to
is it said, 'he
would illuminate
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the pious
men and
lay
women, and
Lord's teaching.
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