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"
"So it is, World Honored One. The Tathàgata has spoken of these sands."
"Subhåti, what do you think
As there are sands in a single Ganges River, suppose
there are Ganges Rivers equal in number to those sands, and that there are Buddha
worlds numbering like those sands in each of those rivers. These worlds would be
many, no
"
"Very many, World Honored One."
The Buddha addressed Subhåti, saying, "In those lands there are sentient beings
possessing various kinds of minds, which the Tathàgata fully knows. And why
The
Tathàgata has said that minds are not minds, and so are called ”minds”. And why is
that
Subhåti, the past mind is unobtainable, the present mind is unobtainable, and the
future mind is unobtainable."
19.
"Subhåti, what do you think
Suppose there is a person who filled the trichiliocosm
with the seven treasures for the purpose of charity. This person, with these causes and
conditions, would obtain many merits, no
"
"So it is, World Honored One. This person, with these causes and conditions, would
obtain very many merits."
"Subhåti, if that blessed deed were real, the Tathàgata would not have said that this
person would obtain many merits. Since the blessed deed is non-existent, the Tathàgata
says that the person would obtain many merits."
20.
"Subhåti, what do you think
The Buddha can be seen by the perfect form of his
body, no
"
"No, World Honored One. The Tathàgata should not be seen by the perfect form of
his body. And why
The Tathàgata has said that the perfect form of his body is not a
perfect form of body. It is called a perfect form of body."
"Subhåti, what do you think
The Tathàgata can be seen by the perfect signs, no
"
"No, World Honored One. The Tathàgata should not be seen by the perfect signs.
And why
The Tathàgata has said that the signs” perfection is not perfect. It is called
the signs” perfection."
21.
"Subhåti, do not say that the Tathàgata composes this thought, ”I shall have an
exposition of the Dharma.” Do not compose that thought. And why
If a person says
that the Tathàgata has an exposition of the Dharma, then they have slandered the
Buddha because they are unable to understand the reason for my speaking. Subhåti,
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the spoken Dharma lacks a Dharma which can be spoken. It is called a spoken
Dharma."
At that time, the Venerable Subhåti said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, isn”t it
doubtful that there will be sentient beings in future eras yet to come who will give rise to
the faithful mind upon hearing of this Dharma
"
The Buddha replied, "Subhåti, they are not sentient beings, nor are they not sentient
beings. And why
Subhåti, the ”sentient being” of a sentient being, the Tathàgata has
said, is not a sentient being. It is called a sentient being."
22.
Subhåti said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, the Buddha”s attainment of the
supremely unexcelled bodhi is the attainment of nothing
"
The Buddha replied, "So it is, so it is. Subhåti, in my supremely unexcelled bodhi,
there is not the slightest thing that can be attained. This is called the supremely
unexcelled bodhi."
23.
"Furthermore, Subhåti, the Dharma is equanimous, lacking high or low. This is
called the supremely unexcelled bodhi. By having no self, having no person, having no
sentient beings, and having no soul, and cultivating of all the good things, therefore,
attains the supremely unexcelled bodhi. Subhåti, the words ”good things”, the Tathàgata
has said, are not good things. They are called good things.
24.
"Subhåti, suppose that a person has accumulated mounds like the Mount Sumerus
of the trichiliocosm of the seven treasures of such size and numbers as those Mount
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