The Diamond Sutra ~ 07
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 27 Dec 1977 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 15min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | DIAMON07 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- The lord then said:
- 'Yes, Subhuti, for the Tathagata has taught
- That the dhammas special to the buddhas
- Are just not a buddha's special dhammas.
- That is why they are called
- "The dhammas special to the buddhas".'
- The lord asked:
- 'What do you think, Subhuti,
- Does it occur to the streamwinner,
- "By me has the fruit of a streamwinner
- Been attained"?
- Subhuti replied: 'No indeed, o lord.
- And why?
- Because, o lord, he has not won any dhamma.
- Therefore is he called a streamwinner.
- No sight-object has been won,
- No sounds, smells, tastes, touchables,
- Or objects of mind.
- That is why he is called a "streamwinner".
- If, o lord, it would occur to a streamwinner,
- "By me has a streamwinner's fruit been attained,"
- Then that would be in him a seizing on a self,
- Seizing on a being,
- Seizing on a soul,
- Seizing on a person.'
- The lord asked:
- 'What do you think, Subhuti,
- Does it then occur to the arhat,
- "By me has arhatship been attained"?'
- Subhuti: 'No indeed, o lord.
- And why?
- Because no dhamma is called "arhat".
- That is why he is called an arhat.
- And why?
- I am, o lord, the one whom the Tathagata
- Has pointed out as the foremost of those
- Who dwell in peace.
- I am o lord, an arhat free from greed.
- And yet, o lord, it does not occur to me,
- "An arhat am I and free from greed."
- If, o lord, it could occur to me
- That I have attained arhatship,
- Then the Tathagata would not have declared of me
- That "Subhuti, this son of good family,
- Who is the foremost of those
- Who dwell in peace,
- Does not dwell anywhere;
- That is why he is called
- A dweller in peace, a dweller in peace".'
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