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佛言：人有二十难。贫穷布施难，豪贵学道难，弃命必死难，得睹佛经难，生值佛世难，忍色忍欲难，见好不求难，被辱不嗔难，有势不临难，触事无心难，广学博究难，除灭我慢难，不轻未学难，心行平等难，不说是非难，会善知识难，见性学道难，随化度人难，睹境不动难，善解方便难。
Section 13
Questions about the Way and Past Lives
A Shramana asked the Buddha, "What causes and conditions can I know my past lives and understand the ultimate Way
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The Buddha said, "Purifying your mind and preserving your resolve, you can understand the ultimate Way. Just as when you polish a mirror, the dust vanishes and brightness remains, so too, if you cut off desire and do not seek, you then can know past lives. "
沙门问佛：以何因缘，得知宿命，会其至道？佛言：净心守志，可会至道。譬如磨镜，垢去明存；断欲无求，当得宿命。
Section 14
Asking about Goodness and Greatness
A Shramana asked the Buddha, "What is goodness
What is the foremost greatness
" The Buddha said, o
practice the Way and uphold the truth is goodness. To unite your will with the Way is greatness. "
沙门问佛：何者为善？何者最大？佛言：行道守真者善，志与道合者大。
Section 15
Asking about Strength and Brilliance
A Shramana asked the Buddha, "What is the greatest strength
What is the utmost brilliance
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The Buddha said, "Patience under insult is the greatest strength, because people who are patient do not harbor hatred, and they gradually grow more peaceful and strong. Patient people, since they are not evil, will surely gain the respect of others. Then the mind defilements are gone completely, so that it is pure and untainted, that is the utmost brilliance. When there is nothing, from before the formation of the heavens and the earth until now, in any of the ten directions that you do not see, know, or hear; when you have attained omniscience, that may be called brilliance. "
沙门问佛：何者多力？何者最明？佛言：忍辱多力，不怀恶故，兼加安健。忍者无恶，必为人尊。心垢灭尽，净无瑕秽，是为最明。未有天地，逮于今日；十方所有，无有不见，无有不知，无有不闻，得一切智，可谓明矣！
Section 16
Casting Aside Love and Attaining the Way
The Buddha said, "People who cherish love and desire do not see the Way. Just as when you stir clear water with your hand, those who stand beside it cannot see their reflections, so, too, people who are entangled in love and desire have turbidity in their minds, and therefore they cannot see the Way. You Shramanas should cast aside love and desire. When the stains of love and desire disappear, you will be able to see the Way. "
佛言：人怀爱欲，不见道者，譬如澄水，致手搅之，众人共临，无有睹其影者。人以爱欲交错，心中浊兴，故不见道。汝等沙门，当舍爱欲。爱欲垢尽，道可见矣！
Section 17
When Light Arrives, Darkness Departs
The Buddha said, "Those who see the Way are like someone holding a torch who enters a dark room, dispelling the darkness so that only light remains. When you study the Way and see the truth, ignorance vanishes and light remains forever. "
佛言：夫见道者，譬如持炬，入冥室中，其冥即灭，而明独存；学道见谛，无明即灭，而明常存矣！
Section 18
Thoughts and So Forth Are Basically Empty
The Buddha said, y Dharma is the mindfulness that is both mindfulness and non-mindfulness. It is the practice that is both practice and non-practice. It is words that are words and non-words, and cultivation that is cultivation and non-cultivation. Those who understand are near to it; those who are confused are far away, indeed. It is not accessible by the path of language. It is not hindered by physical objects. If you are off by a hairsbreadth, you will lose it in an instant. "
佛言：吾法念无念念、行无行行、言无言言、修无修修，会者近尔，迷者远乎！言语道断，非物所拘，差之毫厘，失之须臾。
Section 19
Contemplating Both the False and the True
The Buddha said, "Contemplate heaven and earth, and be mindful of their impermanence. Contemplate the world, and be mindful of its impermanence. Contem-plate the efficacious, enlightened nature: it is the Bodhi nature. With this awareness, one quickly attains the Way. "
佛言：观天地，念非常。观世界，念非常。观灵觉，即菩提。如是知识，
得道疾矣！
Section 20
Realize that the Self Is Trul…
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