..续本文上一页hed as no-possession of signs by the Tathâgata, and therefore it is called the possession of signs.” (20)

　　XXI.

　　 Bhagavat said: ”What do you think, O Subhûti, does the Tathâgata think in this wise: The Law has been taught by me

　　” Subhûti said: ”Not indeed, O Bhagavat, does the Tathâgata think in this wise: The Law has been taught by me.” Bhagavat said: ”If a man should say that the Law has been taught by the Tathâgata, he would say what is not true; he

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　　would slander me with untruth which he has learned. And why

　　 Because, O Subhûti, it is said the teaching of the Law, the teaching of the Law indeed. O Subhûti, there is nothing that can be perceived by the name of the teaching of the Law.”

　　 After this, the venerable Subhûti spoke thus to the Bhagavat: ”Forsooth, O Bhagavat, will there be any beings in the future, in the last time, in the last moment, in the last 500 years, during the time of the decay of the good Law, who, when they have heard these very Laws, will believe

　　” Bhagavat said: ”These, O Subhûti, are neither beings nor no-beings. And why

　　 Because, O Subhûti, those who were preached as beings, beings indeed, they were preached as no-beings by the Tathâgata, and therefore they are called beings.” (2 1)

　　XXII.

　　 ”What do you think then, O Subhûti, is there anything which has been known by the Tathâgata in the form of the highest perfect knowledge

　　” The venerable Subhûti said: ”Not indeed, O Bhagavat, there is nothing, O Bhagavat, that has been known by the Tathâgata in the form of the highest perfect knowledge.” Bhagavat said: ”So it is, Subhûti, so it is. Even the smallest thing is not known or perceived there, therefore it is called the highest perfect knowledge.” (22)

　　XXIII.

　　 ”Also, Subhûti, all is the same there, there is no difference there, and therefore it is called the highest perfect knowledge. Free from self, free from being, free from life, free from personality, that

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　　highest perfect knowledge is always the same, and thus known with all good things. And why

　　 Because, what were preached as good things, good things indeed, O Subhûti, they were preached as no-things by the Tathâgata, and therefore they are called good things.” (23)

　　XXIV.

　　 ”And if, O Subhûti, a woman or man, putting together as many heaps of the seven treasures as there are Sumerus, kings of mountains, in the sphere of a million millions of worlds, should give them as a gift to holy and fully enlightened Tathâgatas; and, if a son or a daughter of a good family, after taking from this treatise of the Law, this Pragñâpâramitâ, one Gâthâ of four lines only, should teach it to others, then, O Subhûti, compared with his stock of merit, the former stock of merit would not come to the one hundredth part,” &c.[1], till ”it will not bear an approach.” (24)

　　XXV.

　　 ”What do you think then, O Subhûti, does a Tathâgatas think in this wise: Beings have been delivered by me

　　 You should not think so, O Subhûti. And why

　　 Because there is no being, O Subhûti, that has been delivered by the Tathâgata. And, if there were a being, O Subhûti, that has been delivered by the Tathâgatas, then the Tathâgata would believe in self, believe in a being, believe in a living being, and believe in a person. And what is called a belief in self, O Subhûti, that is preached

　　[1. As before, in chap. xvi.]

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　　as no-belief by the Tathâgata. And this is learned by children and ignorant persons; and they who were preached as children and ignorant persons, O Subhûti, were preached as no-persons by the T…

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