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W hen you behold the body of the Buddha born from a hundred thousand of Kotis of merit, with all the marks adorned, the splendor of its radiance covering the whole of the great assembly.


Buddhism quote 7947 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese

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Y ou again behold all these great Bodhisattvas of marvelous appearance, dignified and pure. All this comes into being entirely through the merit of cultivating wholesome actions. Again all the powerful ones like the eight classes of devas and dragons, and such like they also come into being because of the merits of wholesome actions.


Buddhism quote 7948 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese

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Y ou should know that these ten wholesome actions can lead up to the completion of the Ten Powers (of the Tathagata), of the (Four Kinds of) Fearlessness, of the Eighteen Dharmas that distinguish (the Buddha) and of all Buddhadharmas. You should therefore practice and train with diligence.


Buddhism quote 7949 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese

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I t is like the towns and villages, they all depend on the great ground where they stand. All the herbs, grasses, flowers, trees, and woods also depend on the ground for their growth. With these ten wholesome ways of actions it is the same. All men and devas are established (in their human and deva nature) depending on them. The illumination of all the Shravakas, of all the Pratyekas, the way of the Bodhisattva, all Buddhadharmas they all are attained and come to fruition due to these ten wholesome great grounds.


Buddhism quote 7950 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese

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F in the midst of this, one controls one’s thoughts with single- mindedness, does worthy deeds with proper demeanor, commits no evil, and performs only good, then with the merit and virtue acquired one reaches emancipation and is able to escape from this world, be reborn in heavenly realms, and finally reach Nirvana.


Buddhism quote 7951 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese

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A s I52 understand what the Buddha has said, there is no predetermined Dharma called Anuttara-samyaksambodhi, and there are not any predetermined Dharmas which the Thus Come One could speak.


Buddhism quote 7952 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

51 此句的「我」指釋迦牟尼佛座下解空第一的須菩提尊者。
52 “I” here refers to Venerable Subhuti, one of Sakyamuni Buddha’s great disciples and foremost in the understanding of emptiness.

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A ll the Dharma which the Thus Come One has spoken can neither be clung to nor spoken of. It is neither Dharma nor non-dharma.


Buddhism quote 7953 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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O ne who looks for me in forms, or seeks me in sounds, practices a deviant path and will never see the Thus Come One.


Buddhism quote 7955 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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T hus Come One does not come from anywhere nor does he go anywhere. Therefore he is called the Thus Come One.


Buddhism quote 7956 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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O ne who obtains Bodhi is like a person who awakens to tell of the events in a dream; since his mind will remain awake and clear, why would he want to hold onto the things in a dream?


Buddhism quote 7957 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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Y et the mind is formless it cannot be grasped or perceived, but it is the unreal accumulation and arising of all dharmas which are ultimately without owner53, without I and mine54.


Buddhism quote 7958 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese

53 Owner, or master.
54 Mine, or my possession.

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O ur Essence of Mind which is the seed or kernel of enlightenment (Bodhi) is pure by nature, and by making use of this mind alone we can reach Buddhahood directly.


Buddhism quote 7959 |  The Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra,ch.1, translated by A. F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam.   See original Chinese

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I f within the true and eternal nature one seeks coming and going, confusion and enlightenment, or birth and death, one will never find them.


Buddhism quote 7960 |  Book 2, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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Y ou should know that from beginningless time all beings are continually born and continually die, simply because they do not know the everlasting true mind with its pure nature and bright substance. Instead they engage in false thinking. These thoughts are not true, and so they lead to further transmigration.


Buddhism quote 7961 |  Book 1, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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H ow unexpected! The selfnature is originally pure in itself. How unexpected! The self-nature is originally neither produced nor destroyed55. How unexpected! The self-nature is originally complete in itself. How unexpected! The self-nature is originally without movement. How unexpected! The self-nature can produce the ten thousand dharmas.


Buddhism quote 7962 |  The Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra,ch.1, translated by A. F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam.   See original Chinese

55 Non-arising and non-ceasing.

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A ll mundane phenomena became the wonderfully bright primal mind of Bodhi. The essence of the mind became completely pervasive, containing the ten directions.


Buddhism quote 7963 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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A ll Dharmas are empty of characteristics. They are not produced, not destroyed56, not defiled, not pure; and they neither increase nor diminish.


Buddhism quote 7964 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

56 Non-arising, non-ceasing.

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A s to that foremost, rare, and hard - to - understand Dharma accomplished by the Buddha— only the Buddhas and the Buddha can exhaust the Real Mark of all dharmas. That is to say with regard to all dharmas: the suchness of the marks, the suchness of the nature, the suchness of the substance, the suchness of the power, the suchness of the function, the suchness of the causes , the suchness of the conditions, the suchness of the effects , the suchness of the retributions, and the suchness of the ultimate equality from beginning to end.


Buddhism quote 7965 |  Ch.2, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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E ach person regarded his physical body as being like a particle of dust blown about in the emptiness of the ten directions; sometimes visible, sometimes not, or as being like a single bubble floating on the clear, vast sea, appearing from nowhere and disappearing into oblivion.


Buddhism quote 7966 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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A wareness arises because of defiling objects. Phenomena exist because of the sense organs. The phenomena and the perception are both devoid of their own natures. They support each other like intertwining reeds.


Buddhism quote 7967 |  Book 5, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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T he truly wonderful enlightened brightness is the same way. You recognize space , and space appears. Recognizing earth, water, fire, and wind, each will appear. If all are recognized, all will appear.


Buddhism quote 7968 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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B ased on wonderful understanding that neither ceases to be nor comes into being, I unite with the Treasury of the Tathagata. Thus the Treasury of the Tathagata is the unique and wonderful enlightened brightness which completely illumines the Dharma Realm. That is why, within it, the one is limitless; the limitless is one. In the small appears the great; in the great appears the small.


Buddhism quote 7969 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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T herefore, creating knowledge within enlightened perception is fundamental ignorance. To be devoid of perception within enlightened perception is the non outflow true purity of Nirvana.


Buddhism quote 7970 |  Book 5, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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A ll appearances are empty and false. If one sees all appearances as no appearances, then one sees the Thus Come One.


Buddhism quote 7971 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese

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