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　　for those of setting forth the great vehicle and expounds it for those setting forth the

　　supreme vehicle. If there is a person who is able to receive, uphold, read, and recite this

　　Såtra and widely explain it to another person, the Tathàgata fully knows and fully sees

　　that such a person will attain the consummation of an unfathomable, inexpressible,

　　boundless, and inconceivable virtue. Thus such a person therefore carries on the

　　Tathàgata”s supremely unexcelled bodhi. And why

　　 Subhåti, if there is satisfaction

　　found in the lesser Dharma, that is an attachment to the image of a self, the image of a

　　person, the image of sentient beings, and the image of a soul. Therefore, there could not

　　be the ability to receive, uphold, recite, or explain it for another person what is in this

　　Såtra. Subhåti, wherever it resides, in whatever place, if therein is this Såtra, the gods,

　　humans, and asuras of all of the worlds should give offerings there. It should be known

　　that this place then is a pagoda. All should pay respect to it by circumambulating and

　　scattering flowers and incense around it.

　　16.

　　"Furthermore, Subhåti, if good sons and good daughters who receive, uphold, read,

　　and recite this Såtra should be slighted or insulted, they would have committed evil

　　deeds in prior lives and as a result fallen into that unpleasant path. Because of that, they

　　are slighted and insulted in the present life by others. When the prior life”s evil deeds

　　then have been extirpated, they shall attain the supremely unexcelled bodhi. Subhåti, I

　　recall that in the past, a measureless asaïkhya aeons ago, before I was with the Buddha

　　Dãpa§kara, I had met eighty-four quintillions of Buddhas, had given offerings to all of

　　them, and had received their work without needless error. Suppose, again, there is

　　someone in the later superficial era who is able to receive, uphold, read, and recite this

　　Såtra, and attain the merit of it. The merit of my giving offerings to all of those Buddhas

　　would not compare to a hundredth of his merit. Even a trillionth of the his merit could not

　　compare to it. Subhåti, if I were to fully enunciate the extent of the merit attained by that

　　good son or good daughter in the later superficial era who shall receive, uphold, read,

　　and recite this Såtra, some of the people”s minds in this audience would be confounded,

　　become doubtful, and not believe it. Subhåti, it should be known that this Såtra”s

　　meaning is inconceivable. The fruit of its reward is also inconceivable.

　　17.

　　At that time, Subhåti said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, in what should good

　　sons and good daughters dwell when engendering the supremely unexcelled bodhicitta

　　How should they subdue their minds

　　"18

　　The Buddha addressed Subhåti, saying, "Goods sons and good daughters

　　engendering the supremely unexcelled bodhicitta will give rise to this thought, ”I shall

　　liberate all sentient beings. Having liberated all of the sentient beings, there are really no

　　18 At this point, the Såtra repeats the topics found in section 2, etc. According to Conze, large

　　sections of the Sanskrit version of the Såtra is verbatim repetition of earlier sections. Kumàrajãva

　　seems to have dealt with this by glossing the repetitious material so that the latter sections would

　　be more interesting to the Chinese reader.

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　　sentient beings who are liberated.” And why

　　 Subhåti, if a bodhisattva has the image of

　　a self, the image of a person, the image of sentient beings, or the image of a soul, then

　　he is not a bodhisattva. And why is that

　　 Subhåti, really there is no one who has the

　　supremely unexcelled bodhicitta…

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