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"World Honored One, if a Worthy were to think, ”I have attained the Worthy”s
enlightenment”, then it would be because of attachment to a self, a person, sentient
beings, and a soul. World Honored One, the Buddha has said that I have attained the
samàdhi of non-dispute that among others is the best. It is the best because I am free of
the desire to be a Worthy. I do not think, ”I am free of the desire to be a Worthy”. World
Honored One, if I were to think, ”I have attained the Worthy”s enlightenment”, then the
World Honored One would not have said that Subhåti is a happy woodland practitioner13,
because Subhåti really practices nowhere. And so he is called ”Subhåti, the happy
woodland practitioner”."
10.
The Buddha addressed Subhåti, saying, "What do you think
When the Tathàgata
11 I.e., one more arrival in Sa§sàra.
12 These are the four levels of spiritual attainment found in the early Buddhist Såtras, such as
those of the modern Theravàda canon.
13 ”Happy woodland practitioner” is another name for an ascetic, as asceticism often involves taking
up residences in the wilderness away from cities and people for extended meditation retreats.
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was formerly staying with the Buddha Dãpa§kara14, he had attained the Dharma that
that Buddha possessed, no
"
"No, World Honored One. When the Tathàgata was staying with the Buddha
Dãpa§kara, really he did not attain that Dharma."
"Subhåti, what do you think
The bodhisattvas adorn the Buddha lands, no
"15
"No, World Honored One. And why
The adorning of the Buddha lands is not an
adornment. It is called an ”adornment”."
"This is why, Subhåti, the bodhisattva-mahàsattva should thus give rise to the pure
mind. He should not dwell in forms when giving rise to that mind; nor should he dwell in
sounds, odors, tastes, tactile sensations, or ideas when giving rise to that mind. They
should dwell in no abode when giving rise to that mind.
"Subhåti, it is just like a person whose body is like Mount Sumeru. What do you
think
This body would be great, no
"
Subhåti replied, "Very great, World Honored One. And why
The Buddha has said
that it is not a body that is called a great body."
11.
"Subhåti, suppose there were Ganges rivers equal in numbers to that of all the
sands in the Ganges river. What do you think
The sands of all those Ganges Rivers
would be many, no
"
"Very many, World Honored One. Merely all of those Ganges Rivers would be so
many as to be countless. How much more so would be their sands
"
"Subhåti, I now will truthfully tell you, if there were good sons and good daughters,
who themselves number like the sands of those Ganges Rivers and who filled the
trichiliocosm with the seven treasures for the purpose of charity, they would attain many
merits, no
"
Subhåti replied, "Very many, World Honored One."
The Buddha addressed Subhåti, "If a good son or good daughter receive and uphold
just four lines of verse from within this Sutra and for explain it another person, their
blessed virtue would surpass the blessed virtue of the others”.
12.
"Furthermore, Subhåti, where what is said in this Såtra is followed, even if it is just
four lines of verse, it should be known that the gods, men, or asuras in all the worlds,
should give offerings of support to that place as though it were a Buddhist pagoda or
temple. How much more so if there is someone who is able to receive, keep, read, and
recite it in its entirety
Subhåti, it should be known that this person consummate the
14 Gautama”s encounter with the Buddha Dãpa§kara, who gave him prediction of his future birth as
a Buddha, is one of the major milestones found in the Jataka literature …
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