..續本文上一頁o: the One Thus Gone does possess
the eyes of a god.
And the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, what do you think
Does the One Thus Gone possess the
eyes of wisdom
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is indeed so: the One Thus Gone does possess the
eyes of wisdom.
And the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, what do you think
Does the One Thus Gone possess the
eyes of all things
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is indeed so: the One Thus Gone does possess the
eyes of all things.
And then the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, what do you think
Does the One Thus Gone
possess the eyes of an Enlightened Being
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is indeed so: the One Thus Gone does possess the
eyes of an Enlightened Being.
Then the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, what do you think
Suppose you had a quantity of
Ganges Rivers equal themselves in number to the number of
drops of water in the Ganges River. And suppose that every
one of the drops of water in all these rivers became a separate
planet. Would this be very many planets
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is indeed so: that would be a great many planets.
Diamond Cutter Sutra
And the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, I know, perfectly, the separate mindstreams—each
of the thoughts—that each of the total number of living beings
in each of these planets possesses.
Why is it so
Because, o Subhuti, that thing we call a
"mindstream" is a mindstream that the One Thus Gone has
said does not even exist. And this is precisely why we can call
it a "mindstream."
And why is it so
Because, o Subhuti, a mind which is past is
non-existent. And a mind in the future is non-existent. And a
mind that is going on at the present is non-existent as well.
O Subhuti, what do you think
Suppose someone were to take
all the planets of this great world system, a system with a
thousand of a thousand of a thousand planets, and cover them
all with the seven kinds of precious substances, and offer them
to someone. Would that son or daughter of noble family
create many great mountains of merit from such a deed
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, many would it be. O You who have Gone to Bliss, it
would be many.
The Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, thus it is, and thus is it. That son or daughter of
noble family would indeed create many great mountains of
merit from such a deed. And yet, o Subhuti, if these great
mountains of merit were in fact great mountains of merit, then
the One Thus Gone would never call these great mountains of
merit "great mountains of merit."
O Subhuti, what do you think
Should we ever consider
someone One Gone Thus simply because they have attained
the physical form of an Enlightened Being
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is not so: we should never consider someone
One Gone Thus simply because they have attained the physical
form of an Enlightened Being. And why is it so
Because, o
Conqueror, the attainment of the physical form of an
Enlightened Being—this thing we call the "attainment of the
physical form of an Enlightened Being"—is an attainment that
the One Thus Gone has said could never exist. And this is
precisely why we can even call it the "attainment of the
physical form of an Enlightened Being."
Then the Conqueror said,
O Subhuti, what do you think
Should we ever consider
someone One Gone Thus simply because they possess the
exquisite marks of an Enlightened Being
And Subhuti respectfully replied,
O Conqueror, it is not so: we should never consider someone
One Gone Thus simply because they possess the exquisite
marks of an Enlightened Being. And why is it so
Because
the marks of an Enlightened Being which have been described
by the One Gone Thus are marks of an Enlightened Being that…
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