1. Thus have I heard. Un jour, le Bouddha s'était retiré à Anâthapindada dans le bosquet de Jeta près de Srâvastî, avec un groupe de 1250 moines. That day, the World Honored One put on his robe and took his begging bowl to beg in the great city of Sravasti. At the heart of the city, he asked everyone he then returned to his residence for lunch. Having removed his robe and put his bowl, he washed his feet, took out his pad and sat down.
2. In that time, the venerable Subhuti participated in the great congregation. He then got up, adjusted his clothes, and laid his right knee on the ground. Having joined his palms in a sign of respect, he addressed the Buddha: "World Honored One, is the extraordinary attention the Tathagata perfect [1] to the Bodhisattvas but also perfect your trust in the Bodhisattvas. World Honored One, how good kids could engender the place of supreme and unparalleled awake? How could they control their minds?
The Buddha replied: "Excellent! Excellent ! Subhuti, as you said, the Tathagata is fully attentive to the Bodhisattvas and perfect is his confidence in the bodhisattvas. If you listen carefully, I will explain how good children, son and daughters, can cause wakefulness and reside there, and how well they can control their mind. "
" Yes, World Honored One, I'll listen gladly. "
3. The Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: "The Bodhisattva-mahasattvas proficient as their minds: Where there is any sentient being, whether born of an egg or a womb, generated in water or by mutation, whether fit or not, whether gifted or not thinking, he had a conscience or not, I will help everyone to be free to enter into Nirvana . Thus, while freeing sentient beings without action, without calculations and without limits, in reality, there are no sentient beings to attain liberation. What does this mean? Subhuti, if a bodhisattva has the image of himself, the image of a person, the image of a person or an image of a soul, then it is not a Bodhisattva.
4. Of Moreover, Subhuti, a bodhisattva who follows the Dharma will not move to the practice of charity. That is to say it does not install itself in the forms of charity. Not even in the sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations or ideas of charity. Subhuti, a bodhisattva would be charitable without having to take such pictures. Why? If a Bodhisattva does not identify the images of charity, his real virtue is immeasurable.
What do you think Subhuti? Towards the east, the distance can be measured or not? "
" No, Honore World. "
"-Subhuti, to the South, West, North, Central, Zenith and Nadir, the distance can be measured or not? "
" - No, World Honored One. "
'- Subhuti, the holy virtue of a Bodhisattva does not settle in representations of charity is also similar. It can not be measured. Subhuti, bodhisattvas can only rely on this teaching. "
5. "Subhuti, what do you think? One can recognize the Tathagata by thirty-two signs of the Buddha, right? "
" No, World Honored One. We can not recognize the Tathagata by his bodily signs. And why? The Tathagata has explained that the signs of the Tathagata were not bodily signs. "
The Buddha addressed Subhuti said:" The signs that have the ordinary people are all empty and false. If we can perceive that these signs are not signs, then one recognizes the Tathagata. "
6. Subhuti said to Buddha: "World Honored One, there is no doubt that the sentient beings hearing this speech reach the perfect faith? "The Buddha
Subhuti answered: "Do not say that. During the five centuries following the death of the Tathagata, those who observe the precepts and cultivate the sacred will be able to reach the spirit of faith from the teaching because it is authentic. Surely they could not approach a Buddha, two Buddhas, three, four, or five Buddha to plant good roots. They have planted good roots near countless hundreds of thousands of Buddha. By listening to these teachings, even as a mere recitation, they will attain pure faith. Subhuti, the Tathagata knows and Seer that these sentient beings attain such virtue and boundless. Why? These beings endowed with sense will not return to the images of me, images of personalities, images of a being endowed with sensation or image of a soul. They had no image of Dharma nor non-dharma. Why? If the spirit of these sentient beings were caught on such images, they attach themselves to a self, a personality, sense and soul. If they cling to images of Dharma, they will focus on a self, a personality, to the senses and soul. Why? If they cling to images of non-dharma, they will focus on an ego, a personality, sense and soul. Therefore we can not cling to the Dharma or non-dharma. It is for this reason that the Tathagata always says, "Monks! Know that my oral teaching of the Dharma is like a bamboo raft. Dharma are honored to be abandoned. So, how much more that does not belong to the Dharma? "
7. "Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassable enlightenment, right? The Tathagata has a teaching the Dharma, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" If I understood the meaning of the sermon of Buddha, no Dharma might be called "the supreme and unsurpassable awakening." Also, is there no reliable than the Tathagata Dharma could teach. Why? Dharmas explained by the Tathagata are intangible and inexpressible. There is neither dharmas nor non-dharma. Why? All the sages are of discrimination from unconditioned Dharma [2]. "
8. "Subhuti, what do you think? If someone filled the trisahasra-mahàsahasra-lokadhàtu [3] with the seven treasures [4] in order to give charity so meritorious virtue of that person would be complete, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" Absolutely full, World Honored One. Why? This meritorious virtue then would not be a meritorious nature. That is why the Tathagata has said that his meritorious virtue would be complete. "
" If, again, there is a person who receives and complies with only four lines of verse of this Sutra and explains to another person, that person deserves to surpass that of anyone else. Why? Subhuti, the Buddha Dharmas of all who attained enlightenment and unsurpassed supreme Buddha comes from this sutra. Subhuti, then the dharmas of the Buddha are the Buddha Dharma. "
9. "Subhuti, what do you think? Whoever enters the flow [5] is likely to think: "I managed to get into the flow". Is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" No, World Honored One. Why? The stream-entry is the name for the action to enter into the current and nowhere else. It is not going into shapes, sounds, smells, tastes, touch or ideas. This is called the stream-entry. "
"Subhuti, what do you think? He who once came back [6] is likely to think: "I reached the state of one who once returned, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" No, World Honored One. Why? Once income is the name of an influx of more and in fact, no other future arrival. It's called Once income. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? Without the-back [7] is likely to think: "I reached the state of no return. "Is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" No, World Honored One. Why? Toll-Back means that we arrived in a place beyond which there is nothing and has, in fact, none otherwise. That's why it's called Without return. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Sage [8] is likely to think: "I reached enlightenment of sages, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" No, World Honored One. And why? There is nothing really that could be called a sage. "
"World Honored One, if a wise man would think:" I have attained enlightenment! "Then it would be because of attachment to the ego, the personality, the senses and the soul. World Honored One, the Buddha said that I reached the samadhi of non-discrimination among all, is the best. This is the best because I am free from the desire to be a Sage. I do not think: "I am free from the desire to be a Sage! . World Honored One, if I was thinking: "I achieved enlightenment of a Sage! "Then the World Honored One could longer say that Subhuti is a wonderful practitioner of the forest, because in reality Subhuti not practice in any place. And so it is called "Subhuti, the practitioner of the enchanted forest [9].
10. The Buddha thus addressed Subhuti: "What do you think? When the Tathagata previously met the Buddha Dipamkara [10], it had reached the Dharma that Buddha had, is not it? "
" No, World Honored One. When the Tathagata Buddha Dipamkara met in reality he had not reached this Dharma. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? Bodhisattvas grace the land of Buddha, is not it? "
" No, World Honored One. And why? Adorn the land of Buddha is not an ornament. Ornamentation is only a name. "
" Therefore, Subhuti, the bodhisattvas-mahasattvas rise up and get pure spirit. It will not remain in the universe forms when it reaches this spirit, nor lie in the sounds, smells, tastes, touch or ideas when it will rise to that spirit. Those who rise up to this spirit can not remain in any residence. Subhuti, it is as a person whose body is like Mount Sumeru. What do you think? His body would be immense, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" Rather gigantic, World Honored One. Why? The Buddha said that no body can say that huge. "
11. "Subhuti, suppose there are as numerous as Ganges all the sand content in the Ganges itself. What do you think? All that sand content across the Ganges would make a great mass of sand, is not it? "
" Indeed, Honore World. Simply, all these gangs are so many that could not count them. So how to assess the quantity of sand? "
" Subhuti, I will tell you frankly, if there was a good offspring as numerous as the sands of Ganges and all those that filled the universe with the seven treasures in charitable, they would get a lot of merit , is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" Very many, World Honored One. "
The Buddha addressed Subhuti:" If a good son or good daughter received and watched only a few lines of the teaching of this sutra and he says to another, under its blessed blessed virtue would surpass anyone.
12. Furthermore, Subhuti, as stated, where this sutra is considered, even if only four lines of his teaching, he is assured that the gods, men and minds of all worlds offer their Support for this place as if it were a temple or a Buddhist pagoda. How much more if anyone can receive, keep, read and recite it in full? Subhuti, it is said that this person saw the supreme, the best and most extraordinary Dharma. If this sutra resides in his home, then it is as if the Buddha was living there, honored by his disciples. "
13. Then Subhuti said to Buddha: "World Honored One, what is the name of this sutra? How will we transmit and observe her teaching? "
The Buddha addressed Subhuti:" The name of this sutra is Wisdom as a perfect diamond. [11] With this title you will transmit and observe. Why? Subhuti, the Buddha said it is the perfection of wisdom [12], so it's not the perfection of wisdom.
Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata has an interpretation of the Dharma, is not it? "
Subhuti said to Buddha:" World Honored One, the Tathagata has no interpretation. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The particles that make up the universe are many, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" Very much, Honored world. "
" Subhuti, the Tathagata has said that atoms are not atoms. They are called "atoms". The Tathagata has explained that the words are not words. They are called "words". Subhuti, what do you think? One can recognize Tathagata by 32 signs, is not it? "
No, World Honored One. We can not recognize the Tathagata by 32 signs. And why? The Tathagata has explained that the 32 signs are not signs. They are called the "32 signs."
"Subhuti, suppose there is a good son and good girls who do charity and are as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges. And suppose also that there is a person who receives and retains four lines of this Sutra and explains to another person. Its merit is even greater.
14. Then Subhuti after hearing the explanation Sutra, had a deep understanding of its meaning. He wept bitterly and bewailed then addressed the Buddha, saying: "It's an extraordinary thing, World Honored One, the Buddha presents a Sutra as deep as this one. Since the time I purchased the eye of wisdom, I had never heard such Sutra. World Honored One, if there is another person who hears this Sutra with a mind filled with pure faith, then it will rise a sign of reality. You might say that this person got the best, most extraordinary virtue. World Honored One, the sign of reality is Definitely not a sign. That is why the Tathagata has said that he was called the "sign of reality." World Honored One, and having heard this Sutra and even with having faith, and receiving respect, it seems to me now without any difficulty. If the sentient beings who were born five hundred years hear this Sutra with a full understanding of faith, and receive respect, then they will be transformed dramatically. Why? They will not have pictures of me, images of a personality, a consciousness of images or images of a soul. And why? The images of me are no signs. The images of the personality, the images of consciousness, and the images are of a mind no sign. And why? Being free of any image is therefore called a Buddha. The Buddha addressing Subhuti said: "Thus, it is. If anyone hears this Sutra is neither surprised nor worried and without fear, we know that this person is most extraordinary. And why? Subhuti, the Tathagata exposure of the first perfection [13] is the first perfection. It is called the first perfection. Subhuti, the perfection of tolerance [14], that the Tathagata has explained is not the perfection of tolerance. And why? Subhuti, I had in the past, my body cut into pieces by King Kalinga and this time, I had no image of an ego, image of a personality, image of an image of consciousness or a soul. And why? In the past I have been dismembered piece by piece. If I had the image of an ego, a person with a conscience or a soul, I'd become angry and rebellious. Furthermore, Subhuti, I remember that in my last five hundred incarnations, I was an ascetic practice of tolerance. In this incarnation, I had no image of an ego, a personality, a conscience or a soul. Therefore, Subhuti, the Bodhisattva must be free of any image when it creates the supreme and unsurpassable Bodhicitta. It must not reside in forms when developing this spirit. It must not reside in the sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations, where ideas when that spirit rises. It should settle here and now. If he has a residence in his mind, he should change it to non-residence. That is why the Buddha said that the spirit of a bodhisattva does not reside in the forms of charity. Subhuti, the bodhisattva who gives his blessings on all living beings will thus be charitable. The Tathagata speaks truly, truly, without cheating and without contradictions. Subhuti, if the mind of a bodhisattva residing in the Dharma while practicing charity, it's like a person entering the dark and failing to distinguish anything. If the mind of a bodhisattva does not reside in the Dharma when practicing charity it's like a person who has eyes to see the sunlight that illuminates the variety of forms. Subhuti, in the future, there will be a good son and good girls can receive, observe, read and recite what is in this Sutra. Because the Tathagata fully knows and sees all beings fully with the wisdom of Buddha. I can say that they all reach the perfection of this virtue without measure and without limit.
15. "Subhuti, suppose there is a good son and good girls in the morning, as numerous as grains of sand of the Ganges, engage in charity, which, in the afternoon, also numerous than the sands of the Ganges, engage in charity, which in the evening, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, engage in charity, and so for a huge number of trillions of aeons engaged in charity. Suppose, again, there is a person who hears this Sutra with a mind full of faith without compulsion, his happiness will surpass their own. How many more copies if it receives, observe, read and recite the sutra, and explains it to others? Subhuti, to go to the essentials, this Sutra has a meaning that is inconceivable, inexpressible and virtue without limit. The Tathagata exposes it to those who follow the Way of the Great Vehicle and also for those who follow the Way of the Supreme Vehicle. If someone set that can receive, observe, read and recite this Sutra and largely explain to another person, the Tathagata sees and knows completely that such a person reaches the perfection of an unfathomable inexpressible, inconceivable and unlimited virtue. Thus such a person therefore pursues the supreme and unsurpassed bodhi of the Tathagata [15]. And why? Subhuti, if one feels satisfaction in every Dharma is a dedication to the image of me, the image of a person, the image of living beings, and the image of a soul. Also, there is no possibility to receive, observe, recite or explain to another person what is in this Sutra. Subhuti, wherever he is and whatever the place, so there is this Sutra, the gods, humans and asuras all worlds offer the gifts. We know that this site is now a pagoda. All show him respect by circumambulation, by scattering flowers and burning incense around.
16. "Moreover, Subhuti, if good son and good girls who receive, observe, read and recite this Sutra are scorned or insulted, they have committed bad deeds in previous lives and because of this, will have fallen in the trails unpleasant. Because of this they are despised and insulted in this life by others. When the evil deeds of their past lives have been eradicated, they will attain the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Subhuti, I remember that in the past, an immeasurable asaïkhya eons ago, before I was joined by Buddha Dipamkara I met eighty four quintillion [16] of Buddha, I told them all I made offerings and performed all tasks without any fault. Suppose again that there is someone next era that is able to receive, observe, read and recite this Sutra and profit. The merit of my offerings to Buddha all these can not be compared to one-hundredth of its merits. Even a trillionth of its merits can not be compared. Subhuti, if I were to articulate fully the extension of merit attained by these good son or his good girls in the next era will, observe, read and recite this sutra, some minds in this assembly would become confused, incredulous and could not believe it. Subhuti, you should know that the meaning of this Sutra is inconceivable. The fruit of his reward is also high.
17. At that time, Subhuti said to Buddha, "World Honored One, where reside the good son and good girls when they generate the supreme and unsurpassable Bodhicitta? How they have mastered their minds? [17]
The Buddha replied to Subhuti: "The good son and good daughters-producing unparalleled supreme bodhicitta day to give this thought:" I will liberate all beings alive. Having freed all sentient beings, there will be no living beings are liberated. " Why? Subhuti, if a bodhisattva has the image of an ego, image of a person, the image of a living being or image of a soul, then it is not a Bodhisattva. Why? Subhuti, really there is nobody who has the supreme and unsurpassable Bodhicitta. Subhuti, what do you think? When the Tathagata was with Dipamkara Buddha, the Dharma he possessed and could attain supreme and unsurpassable bodhi, is not it? "
"No, World Honored One. As I understood the teachings of Buddha, when he was with the Buddha Dipamkara, he lacked the Dharma that sought to establish the supreme and unsurpassable bodhi. "
The Buddha replied:" So, there it is. Subhuti, actually there is no existing Dharma that the Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Subhuti, if there was a Dharma that the Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi, the Buddha Dipamkara, then, would not give a prediction, saying: "You will appear in a future life as Buddha Sakyamuni called. " Since in reality there is currently no Dharma to attain the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi, the Buddha Dipamkara granted me a prediction saying: "You appear in a future life as Buddha Sakyamuni whose name will be" Why ? Tathagata [18] is actually the essence of things. Suppose there is a person who says that the Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Subhuti, actually there is no Dharma in the Buddha's acquisition of supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Subhuti, in the acquisition Tathagata of the supreme and unsurpassed bodhi, there is neither truth nor lie. That is why the Tathagata says that all dharmas are the Buddha Dharma. Subhuti, what is called "all dharmas," then are not all dharmas. That's why we call them "all dharmas". Subhuti, for example, take a person whose body is huge. "
Subhuti replied: "World Honored One, the Tathagata has said that the person who has a giant body, then, has not a great body. They say he has a great body. "
" Subhuti, the bodhisattva is. If someone said: "I will liberate the immeasurable number of sentient beings" then it can not be called a bodhisattva. Why? Subhuti, actually there no matter what is called Bodhisattva? That is why the Buddha said that everything is free of me, without one, devoid of living beings and soulless. Subhuti, if a bodhisattva said, "I embellish the land of Buddha." It can not be called a bodhisattva. Why? The Tathagata has said that the ornamentation of the land of Buddha is not ornamentation. It is called ornamentation. Subhuti, if a bodhisattva enters in the emptiness of things, says that the Tathagata declares an authentic bodhisattva. "
18. "Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata possesses the eye of the pulpit, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata possesses the eye of flesh. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata possesses the eye of heaven, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata possesses the eye of heaven. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata possesses the eye of wisdom, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata possesses the eye of wisdom. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata possesses the eye of the Dharma, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata possesses the eye of the Dharma. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Tathagata possesses the eye of Buddha, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata possesses the eye Buddha. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? About the sands of the Ganges, the Buddha spoke, is not it? "
" So Honored World. The Tathagata has spoken of these grains of sand. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? As these grains of sand in the Ganges, imagine there are as many Ganges than grains of sand and there are so many people of the Buddha than grains of sand in these rivers. That would make a lot of worlds, is not it? "
" enormously, World Honored One. "The Buddha addressed
still Subhuti said: "On this land, there are people living with various forms of mind, that the Tathagata knows. Why? The Tathagata has said that the spirits were not spirits but were so named. And why? Subhuti, the past mind is unattainable, this spirit is elusive and the future mind is unattainable. "
19. "Subhuti, what do you think? Suppose that a person fills the cosmos with the seven treasures for the sake of charity. That person by these causes and conditions would get many merits, is not it? "
"So Honored World. That person by these causes and conditions get really many merits. "
" Subhuti, if such shares were blessed real, the Tathagata would not say that this person had got a lot of merit. Blessed because the shares do not exist, the Tathagata says that the person would get a lot of merit. "
20. "Subhuti, what do you think? The Buddha can be recognized in the perfect shape of her body, is not it? "
" No, World Honored One. The Tathagata can not be recognized in perfect shape of his body. And why? The Tathagata has said that the perfect shape of her body is not perfectly shaped body. It's called a perfect body shape. "
" Subhuti, what do you think? The Buddha can be recognized by the perfect signs, is not it? "
" No, World Honored One. The Tathagata can not be recognized by the perfect signs. And why? The Tathagata has said that the signs were not perfect perfection. They are called signs of perfection.
21. "Subhuti, do not say that the Tathagata as this thought:" I have a vision of the Dharma ". Do not form the thought. And why? If people say that the Tathagata has a vision of the Dharma, then they have slandered the Buddha because they are unable to understand why I say this. Subhuti, the Dharma is said that the lack of Dharma to speak. It is called the Dharma spoken. "
Then the Venerable Subhuti said to Buddha:" World Honored One, it is no doubt that there are living beings in the coming future eras that will give rise to minds full of faith because they have heard this Dharma? "
The Buddha replied:" Subhuti, the living being of a being living, the Tathagata has said, is not a living being. It is so called. "
22. Subhuti said to Buddha: "World Honored One, the procurement by the Buddha Supreme and incomparable bodhi Is getting nothing? "
The Buddha replied:" So, there it is. Subhuti, in my supreme and unsurpassed bodhi, there is not the thinnest thing that can be obtained. This is called the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. "
23. "Moreover, Subhuti, the Dharma is equanimity, without top or bottom. It This is called the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Having neither I nor anyone, nor sensitive, nor soul and cultivating all that is good and we reached this supreme and incomparable bodhi. Subhuti, the words "what is good," the Tathagata has said, are not good things. They are called just that.
24. "Subhuti, suppose a person has accumulated mountains such as Mount Sumeru or an immeasurable amount of the seven treasures of this size and in numbers similar to Mount Sumeru in a charitable purpose. If a person receives, notes, reads and recites verses of four lines only Sutra Perfection of Wisdom, and explains to others the merit of the first will reach the hundredth of second. Trillionth the party itself, it could be compared.
25. "Subhuti, what do you think? Would you say that the Tathagata has this thought: "I will save living beings." Subhuti, it could not have that thought. Why? In reality, the Tathagata, there are no living beings to save. If there were, then the Tathagata would have an ego, a personality and a sensitive soul. Subhuti, the Tathagata has said that owning not have an ego a me. While men in the illusion see different things and are forced to cling to me. Subhuti, the Tathagata has explained that men are not ordinary mortals. They are called "ordinary men".
26. "Subhuti, what do you think? It recognizes the Tathagata to 32 signs, is not it? "
Subhuti replied:" So, there it is. It recognizes the Tathagata to the 32 signs. "
The Buddha said: Subhuti, if one accepts the Tathagata to the 32 signs and then the noble Royal spinning wheel is the Tathagata. [19]
Subhuti said to Buddha: "World Honored One, if I understand the meaning of the words of Buddha, the Tathagata can not be recognized by its 32 signs. "
Then the World Honored recited these verses:
" If it looks like the Tathagata
the shape or the sound of the voice, I was looking for,
this person walks on the wrong path
and is unable to recognize the Tathagata "
27. Subhuti, suppose you formulate this thought: "This is not because of the perfect signs Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassed Bodhi. Subhuti, do not express this thought: "It's not perfect by signs that the Tathagata has attained the supreme and unsurpassed bodhi." Subhuti, suppose you had this thought: "Engendering the supreme and unsurpassable Bodhicitta is called the Dharma of the termination." Do not make this thought. And why? Produce and unsurpassable supreme bodhicitta can be called the dharma of cessation.
28. Subhuti, a bodhisattva assumes meets of worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges with the seven treasures in a goal charity. Suppose again that a person knows everything and is so selfless and reaches the complete tolerance for all. This will surpass the first bodhisattva virtues. Because a bodhisattva does not receive blessed virtue. "
Subhuti addressed the Buddha:" World Honored One, how the Bodhisattvas can they receive blessed virtue? "
" Subhuti, Bodhisattvas bless acts can not be subjects of desire or attachment. That's why I say they do not receive blessed virtue. "
29. "Subhuti, if someone says the Tathagata comes, goes, sits or lies down. This person does not understand the meaning of my words. Why? A Tathagata is no place where he could come but no place where he can get. That is why it is called a Tathagata. "
30. "Subhuti, suppose a good son or good daughter trying to grind an immeasurable number of atoms. What do you think? These atoms are very numerous, is not it? "
" Very many, World Honored One. Why? If these atoms really existed, the Buddha does not speak of myriads of atoms. Why? The Buddha said that atoms were not atoms. They are called atoms. World Honored One, the Tathagata has said that the number of worlds was not incommensurate worlds. Why? If the worlds actually existed, they would appear as a single entity. The Tathagata has said that the appearance of a single entity is not the appearance of a single entity. The worlds are not objects per se but a collection of components which are given the label world. "
" Subhuti, the appearance of an entity is untranslatable. Only the ordinary man seeks his own actions. "
31. "Subhuti, suppose someone saying that the Buddha spoke of a vision of the ego, a person, a sentient being or a soul. Subhuti, what do you think? This person understands the meaning of my words, is not it? "
" No, World Honored One, this person does not understand the meaning of the words of the Tathagata. Why? The World Honored One said that the vision of the ego, the personality, be sensitive or soul are not visions of the ego, the personality, be sensitive or the soul. "
"Subhuti, in the supreme and unsurpassable bodhi, everything will be known, will be seen and understood as fervently as signs of a Dharma unfulfilled. Subhuti, the Tathagata has used the words "sign of the Dharma." These are not signs of Dharma. They just call it that. "
32. "Subhuti, suppose a person to fill an immeasurable number of people with the seven treasures for the sake of charity. And suppose there is a good son or good daughter who generates bodhicitta, studied only four lines of verse Sutra, receives them, respects them, read them and express to others. This virtue blessed exceed any other. And how will she explain them to others? By not adopting the images of the absolute, of good behavior. Why?
"All conditioned things
are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows;
Like dew and like lightning.
Thus we must consider them. "
When the Buddha had explained this Sutra, the venerable Subhuti, monks, nuns, lay men and women, gods, humans, asuras all the worlds that had listened to the words of the Buddha were all excited. With faith, they adopted the practice and handed Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom of the diamond.
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[2] Nirvana.
[3] system with millions of cosmic universe nested.
[4] Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal, agate, carnelian and ruby.
[5] àpanna
rotation [6] sakçdàgàmin
[7] Anagamin
[8] or Arhat Luohan
[9] In general, known as one who practices an ascetic retreat in a wilderness area.
[10] According Jatakas, this Buddha Gautama met during one of his previous lives and revealed her future as a future Buddha.
[11] The perfection of wisdom is like the size of a diamond.
[12] Prajnaparamita.
[13] That is charity.
[14] Kuatsu-Paramita
[15] The awakening of the Tathagata.
[16] 10 "
[17] The Sutra in Sanskrit then resumed the same words from the beginning. The translator of Chinese, Kumarajiva rambled slightly, which enriches the original text.
[18] Xuan Cang, "Tathagata" is an expression of absolute reality.
[19] The physical body of the Tathagata.
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