Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 "The bodhisattvas roam through the three worlds (trailoka) like the rays of the sun. They understand all dharmas as illusory, as conjured, like shimmering air (yema) or reflections all without real existence, abiding in non-abiding. Although [they} experience samsara, they neither go nor come. When they see color and form, these appear as original non-being (benwu). Although they emerge in multiple rebirths, they are perpetually without arising or cessation. They lead the masses without being attached to the three abodes. They elucidate the wisdom of emptiness but are without conceptualizations or inclinations. They give rise to the three gates of liberation and reach the three penetrating insights, but are without the thought of past, future, or present. They convert the masses and cause them to understand original non-being." Sutra on the Good Law of the White Lotus, Chapter 1. (Dharmarakhsas translation from 286 A.D., Taisho Vol 9, no 263, 63a.20-26 - doesn't exist in any other preserved manuscript) + + + «All conditioned Dharmas (ways to liberation, including Buddhism) are dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dow drops, a flash of lightening. Contemplate such on them.» - Gautama Buddha, Conclusion of the Diamond Sûtra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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