..续本文上一页who does not return,” but actually he is without not returning. Therefore he is called an Anagamin." "Subhuti, what do you think, can an Arhat have the thought, ”Have I attained the Way of the Arhat

　　”" Subhuti said, "No World Honored One. Why

　　 Actually there is no dharma called ”Arhat.” World Honored One, if an Arhat had the thought, ”I have attained the Way of the Arhat,” that would be an attachment to self, others, living beings and to a life. World Honored One, the Buddha has said that I am foremost in the attainment of the No Strife Samadhi, and I am the foremost Arhat free from desire. Yet, World Honored One, I do not have the thought, ”I am an Arhat free from desire.” If I had the thought, ”I have attained the Way of the Arhat,” then the World Honored One would not say, ”Subhuti is foremost of those who delight in practicing Aranya.” Since Subhuti actually does not practice anything, he is called, ”Subhuti who delights in practicing Aranya.”"

　　ADORNING PURE LANDS, TEN

　　The Buddha said to Subhuti, "What do you think

　　 Did the Thus Come One obtain any Dharma when he was with Burning Lamp Buddha in the past

　　" "No World Honored One, the Thus Come One did not actually obtain any Dharma when he was with Burning Lamp Buddha." "Subhuti what do you think

　　 Does a Bodhisattva adorn Buddhalands

　　" "No World Honored One. Why

　　 One who adorns Buddhalands does not adorn anything. Therefore it is called adorning." "Therefore Subhuti, all Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas should thus produce a pure mind which does not rely on forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tangible objects or dharmas. He should produce a mind which does not rely on anything. Subhuti, suppose a person had a body like Sumeru, king of mountains. What do you think

　　 Would that body be big

　　" Subhuti addressed the Buddha, "Very big World Honored One. Why

　　 The Buddha says it is not a body. Therefore it is called a big body."

　　THE SUPREMACY OF UNCONDITIONED BLESSINGS, ELEVEN

　　"Subhuti, suppose there were as many Ganges Rivers as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River. What do you think, would the grains of sand in all those Ganges Rivers be many

　　" Subhuti said, "Very many World Honored One. That many Ganges rivers alone would be uncountable, how much the more so the grains of sands contained in them. "Subhuti, I am speaking truthfully. Suppose a good man or good woman had filled with the Seven Kinds of Precious Gems as many Threefold Great Thousand World Systems as there are grains of sand in all those Ganges Rivers and gave them as an offering. Would that person obtain many blessings

　　" Subhuti said, "Very many World Honored One." The Buddha told Subhuti, "If a good man or good woman were to accept and uphold even so few as four lines of verse from this Sutra and speak them for others, those blessings and virtues would surpass the previous blessings and virtues."

　　REVERING THE PROPER TEACHING, TWELVE

　　"Moreover, Subhuti, know that all the gods, humans and asuras of the world should make offerings to any place where even as few as four lines of verse from this Sutra have been spoken, just as they would make offerings to a Buddha, a stupa or a temple. How much the more should they make offerings to any place where there are people who can completely accept, uphold, read and recite this Sutra. Subhuti you should know that such people accomplish the supreme, foremost and most rare of dharmas. Wherever this Sutra is found, there is a Buddha or reverent disciple."

　　ACCEPTING AND UPHOLDING THE DHARMA OF "THUSNESS", THIRTEEN

　　Then Subhuti addressed the Buddha, "World Honored One, what name should we give this Sutra, and how should we uphold it

　　" The Buddha told Subhuti, "The name of this Sutra is Vajra Prajna Paramita. You should uphold it by that name. Why

　　 The Buddha said that Prajna Paramita is not…

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