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have the
human eye."
The Buddha asked, "Subhuti, what do you think? Does the Tathagata
have the divine eye?"
Subhuti said, "Yes, World-Honored One, the Tathagata does have the
divine eye."
"Subhuti, what do you think? Does the Tathagata have the eye of

insight?"
Subhuti replied,"Yes, World-Honored One, the Tathagata does have the
eye of insight."
"Subhuti, what do you think? Does theTathagata have the eye of
transcendent wisdom?"
"Yes, World-Honored One, the Tathagata does have the eye of
transcendent wisdom."
The Buddha asked, "Does the Tathagata have the Buddha eye?"
"Yes, World-Honored One, the Tathagata does have the Buddha eye."
"Subhuti, what do you think? Does the Buddha see the sand in the
Ganges as sand?"
Subhuti said, "World-Honored One, the Tathagata also calls it sand."
"Subhuti, if there were as many Ganges Rivers as the number of grains
of sand of the Ganges and there was a Buddha land for each grain of
sand in all those Ganges Rivers, would those Buddha lands be many?"
"Yes, World-Honored One, very many."
The Buddha said, "Subhuti, however many living beings there are in all
these Buddha lands, though they each have a different mentality, the
Tathagata understands them all. Why is that? Subhuti, what the
Tathagata calls different mentalities are not in fact different mentalities.
That is why they are called different mentalities."
"Why? Subhuti, the past mind cannot be grasped, neither can the
present mind or the future mind."
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"What do you think, Subhuti? If someone were to fill the 3,000
chiliocosms with precious treasures as an act of generosity, would that

person bring great happiness by his virtuous act?" "Yes, very much,
World-Honored One."
"Subhuti, if such happiness were conceived as an entity separate from
everything else, the Tathagata would not have said it to be great, but
because it is ungraspable, the Tathagata has said that the virtuous act of
that person brought about great happiness."
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"Subhuti, what do you think? Can the Tathagata be perceived by his
perfectly formed body?"
"No, World-Honored One. What the Tathagata calls a perfectly formed
body is not in fact a perfectly formed body. That is why it is called a
perfectly formed body."
"What do you think, Subhuti? Can the Tathagata be perceived by his
perfectly formed physiognomy?"
"No, World-Honored One. It is impossible to perceive the Tathagata by
any perfectly formed physiognomy. Why? Because what the Tathagata
calls perfectly formed physiognomy is not in fact perfectly formed
physiognomy. That is why it is called perfectly formed physiognomy."
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"Subhuti, do not say that the Tathagata conceives the idea 'I will give a
teaching'. Do not think that way. Why? If anyone says that the
Tathagata has something to teach, that person slanders the Buddha
because he does not understand what I say. Subhuti, giving a Dharma
talk in fact means that no talk is given. This is truly a Dharma talk."
Then, Insight-Life Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One,
in the future, will there be living beings who will feel complete
confidence when they hear these words?"
The Buddha said, "Subhuti, those living beings are neither living beings

nor non-living beings. Why is that? Subhuti, what the Tathagata calls
non-living beings are truly living beings."
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Subhuti asked the Buddha, "World-Honored One, is the highest, most
fulfilled, awakened mind that the Buddha attained the unattainable?"
The Buddha said, "That is right, Subhuti. Regarding the highest, most
fulfilled, awakened mind, I have not attained anything. That is why it is
called the highest, most fulfilled, awakened mind."
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"Furthermore, Subhuti, that mind is everywhere equally. Because it is
neither high nor low, it is called the highest, most fulfilled, awakened
mind. The fruit of the highest, most fulfilled, awakened mind is
realized through the practice of all wholesome actions in the spirit of
non-self, nonperson, non-living being, and non-life span. Subhuti, what
are called wholesome actions are in fact not wholesome actions. That is
why they are called wholesome actions."
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"Subhuti, if someone were to fill the 3,000 chiliocosms with piles of the
seven precious treasures as high as Mount Sumeru as an act of
generosity, the happiness resulting from this is much less than that of
another person who knows how to accept, practice, and explain the
Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra to others. The happiness resulting
from the virtue of a person who practices this sutra, even if it is only a
gatha of four lines, cannot be described by using examples or
mathematics."
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"Subhuti, do not say that the Tathagata has the idea, 'I will bring living
beings to the shore of liberation.' Do not think that way, Subhuti. Why?
In truth there is not one single being for the Tathagata to bring to the

other shore. If the Tathagata were to think there was, he would be