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　　The Lord Buddha replied: "In attaining supreme spiritual wisdom, not a vestiage of dharma nor doctrine was obtained, that is why it is called ”supreme spiritual wisdom.” Prajna Paramita is universal, coherent, inpisible; it is neither above nor below; it excludes all such arbitrary ideas as an entity, a being, a living being, a personality, discrimination, ideation; but it includes every dharma pertaining to the cultivation of wisdom and compassion. And even these,

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　　when defined and thought about, are not in reality ”dharmas of wisdom and compassion”; they are only termed ”dharmas of wisdom and compassion.”

　　"Do not think that the Tathagatas consider within themselves: ”I ought to promulgate a system of Dharma.” Have no such irrelevant thought, Subhuti. and why

　　 because by so thinking the disciple would expose his ignorance and defame the Tathagatas. In reality there is no ”system of Dharma” to promulgate; it is only termed ”a system of Dharma.”

　　"What think you

　　 Can the Tathagatas be perceived by their perfect material bodies, or by any physical phenomena

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　　Subhuti replied: "It is improbable that a Lord Buddha can be perceived by his perfect material body, or by any physical phenomena; because, in reality, there is no such thing as a material body, nor physical phenomena; they are only terms that are in common use."

　　Then the Lord Buddha said: "Why is the Tathagata so named

　　 It is because he manifests the essential nature of reality. ”He who thus comes,” comes from nowhere. He symbolises the emptiness of qualities, the egolessness, the imagelessness, of ultimate reality. He symbolises the un-born, the un-originate, the truly eternal because the ultimate. And yet, Subhuti, if any one should affirm that by the Tathagata ultimate Wisdom is manifested, he would speak an untruth, he would slander me by his limited knowledge. That which is manifested by the Tathagatas is neither truth nor falsehood: it is no-thing-ness; and yet it is inconceivable Oneness, because it is Prajna Paramita, because it is the essence nature of Buddahood.

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　　"Subhuti, the plane of thought to which the Buddhas attain and which the Tathagatas manifest, cannot be expressed in terms of reality or in terms of non-reality. Their utterances are neither extravagant nor chimerical; they are true, credible, immutable, but can never be expressed in the limits of words and doctrines.

　　Then the Lord Buddha enquired of Subhuti, saying: "Are Tathagatas to be recognised by the works they do and the effects they produce

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　　Subhuti replied: "No, Blessed One; a Buddha is not to be known by his works, else would a great world-conquering King be a Buddha."

　　The Lord Buddha said: "Just so, Subhuti. It is not by a great show of erudition, nor by the building of anything, nor by the destruction of anything, that the Tathagatas are to be known. It is only within the deepest consciousness of Bodhisattvas through the self-realisation of the Prajna Paramita, that the Tathagatas are to be realised.

　　The Lord Buddha continued: "What think you, Subhuti

　　 Does the Tathagata possess a physical eye

　　" Subhuti assented, saying: "The Blessed One truly possesses a physical eye."

　　"What think you, Subhuti

　　 Does the Tathagata possess the eye of enlightenment

　　" Subhuti assented, saying: "The Blessed One truly possesses the eye of enlightenment."

　　"What think you, Subhuti

　　 Does the Tathagata possess the eye of Wisdom

　　" Subhuti assented, saying: "The Blessed One truly possesses the eye of Wisdom."

　　"What think you, Subhuti

　　 Does the Tathagata

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　　possess the eye of Compassion

　　" Subhuti assented, saying: "The Blessed One truly possesses the Buddha eye of Compassion."

　　The Lord Buddha continued: "If there were as many river Ganges as there are grains of…

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