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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::'Because a bodhisattva | |||
::Who gives a gift | |||
::Should not be supported by a thing, | |||
::Nor should he be supported anywhere.' | |||
::'The great being should give gifts | |||
::In such a way | |||
::That he is not supported by the notion of a sign. | |||
::And why? | |||
::Because the heap of merit of that bodhi-being, | |||
::Who unsupported gives a gift, | |||
::Is not easy to measure.' | |||
::The lord continued: | |||
::'What do you think, Subhuti, can the tathagata | |||
::Be seen by the possession of his marks?' | |||
::Subhuti replied: | |||
::'No indeed, o lord. And why? | |||
::What has been taught by the tathagata | |||
::As the possession of marks, | |||
::That is truly a no-possession of no-marks.' | |||
::The lord said: | |||
::'Wherever there is possession of marks, | |||
::There is fraud; | |||
::Wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, | |||
::There is no fraud. | |||
::Hence the tathagata is to be seen | |||
::From no-marks as marks.' | |||
::Subhuti asked: | |||
::'Will there be any beings in the future period, in the last time, in the last epoch, in the last five hundred years, at the time of the collapse of the good doctrine who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth?' | |||
::The lord replied: | |||
::'Do not speak thus, Subhuti! | |||
::Yes, even then there will be beings who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth. For even at that time, Subhuti, there will be bodhisattvas. | |||
::And these bodhisattvas, Subhuti, will not be such as have honored only one single buddha, nor such as have planted their roots of merit under one single buddha only. | |||
::On the contrary, Subhuti, those bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, be such as have honored many hundreds of thousands of buddhas, such as have planted their roots of merit under many hundreds of thousands of buddhas. | |||
::Known they are, Subhuti, to the tathagata through his buddha-cognition. | |||
::Seen they are, Subhuti, by the tathagata with his buddha-eye. | |||
::Fully-known they are, subhuti, to the tathagata. And they all, Subhuti will beget and acquire an immeasurable and incalculable heap of merit.' | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = The Diamond Sutra ~ 02 | | prevevent = The Diamond Sutra ~ 02 | | ||
nextevent = The Open Door ~ 23 | | nextevent = The Open Door ~ 23 | |
Revision as of 04:44, 7 March 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 23 Dec 1977 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 9min. Quality: good, but questions barely audible. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | DIAMON03 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- 'Because a bodhisattva
- Who gives a gift
- Should not be supported by a thing,
- Nor should he be supported anywhere.'
- 'The great being should give gifts
- In such a way
- That he is not supported by the notion of a sign.
- And why?
- Because the heap of merit of that bodhi-being,
- Who unsupported gives a gift,
- Is not easy to measure.'
- The lord continued:
- 'What do you think, Subhuti, can the tathagata
- Be seen by the possession of his marks?'
- Subhuti replied:
- 'No indeed, o lord. And why?
- What has been taught by the tathagata
- As the possession of marks,
- That is truly a no-possession of no-marks.'
- The lord said:
- 'Wherever there is possession of marks,
- There is fraud;
- Wherever there is no-possession of no-marks,
- There is no fraud.
- Hence the tathagata is to be seen
- From no-marks as marks.'
- Subhuti asked:
- 'Will there be any beings in the future period, in the last time, in the last epoch, in the last five hundred years, at the time of the collapse of the good doctrine who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth?'
- The lord replied:
- 'Do not speak thus, Subhuti!
- Yes, even then there will be beings who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will understand their truth. For even at that time, Subhuti, there will be bodhisattvas.
- And these bodhisattvas, Subhuti, will not be such as have honored only one single buddha, nor such as have planted their roots of merit under one single buddha only.
- On the contrary, Subhuti, those bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, be such as have honored many hundreds of thousands of buddhas, such as have planted their roots of merit under many hundreds of thousands of buddhas.
- Known they are, Subhuti, to the tathagata through his buddha-cognition.
- Seen they are, Subhuti, by the tathagata with his buddha-eye.
- Fully-known they are, subhuti, to the tathagata. And they all, Subhuti will beget and acquire an immeasurable and incalculable heap of merit.'
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