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1OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 25 Tathagata as no-Paramita. Therefore it is called the Praf^/)a-paramita. ' Then, what do you think, O Subhuti, is there anything (dharma) that was preached by the Tathagata ? ' Subhuti said : ' Not indeed, O Bhagavat, there is not anything that was preached by the Tathagata.' Bhagavat said : ' What do you think then, O Subhuti,— the dust of the earth which is found in this •sphere of a million millions of worlds, is that much? ' Subhuti said : ' Yes, O Bhagavat, yes, O Sugata, that dust of the earth would be much. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, what was preached by the Tathagata as the dust of the earth, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-dust. Therefore it is called the dust of the earth. And what was preached by the Tathagata as the sphere of worlds, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-sphere. Therefore it is called the sphere of worlds.' Bhagavat said : ' What do you think, O Subhuti, is a holy and fully enlightened Tathagata to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero? ' Subhuti said : ' No indeed, O Bhagavat ; a holy and fully enlightened Tathagata is not to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero. And why ? Because what was preached by the Tathagata as the thirtytwo signs of a hero, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-signs. Therefore they are called the thirty-two signs of a hero.' Bhagavat said : ' If, O Subhuti, a woman or man should day by day sacrifice his life (selfhood ') as * Atmabhava seems to refer here to the living body, not to the spiritual Atman, which, according to Buddha, can be got rid of by
2126 TFiE VAGRA^AT/fEDIKA many times as there are grains of sand in the river Gahga. and if he should thus sacrifice his life for as many kalpas as there are grains of sand in the river Gahga, and if another man, after taking from this treatise of the Law one Gatha of four lines only, should fully teach others and explain it, he indeed would on the strength of this produce a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innumerable.' (13) XIV. At that time, the venerable SubhOti was moved by the power of the Law, shed tears, and having wiped his tears, he thus spoke to Bhagavat : ' It is wonderful, O Bhagavat, it is exceedingly wonderful, O Sugata, how fully this teaching of the Law has been preached by the Tathagata for the benefit of those beings who entered on the foremost path (the path that leads to Nirvdwa), and who entered on the best path, from whence, O Bhagavat, knowledge has been produced in me. Never indeed, O Bhagavat, has such a teaching of the Law been heard by me before. Those Bodhisattvas, O Bhagavat, will be endowed with the highest wonder \ who when this Siltra is being preached hear it and will frame to themselves a true idea. And why ? Because what is a true idea is not a true idea. Therefore the Tathagata preaches : " A true idea, a true idea indeed ! " * It is no wonder to me, O Bhagavat, that I accept and believe this treatise of the Law, which has been preached. And those beings also, O Bhagavat, kno\vli(lf,'c only. Buddha himself sacrificed his life again and again, and a willingness to die would probably be accepted for the deed. * Will possess miraculous powers, and will be admired.
3OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 27 who will exist in the future, in the last time, in the last moment, in the last 500 )ears, durino^ the time of the decay of the good Law, who will learn this treatise of the Law, O Bhagavat, remember it, recite it, understand it, and fully explain it to others, they will indeed be endowed with the highest wonder. ' But, O Bhagavat, there will not arise in them any idea of a self, any idea of a being, of a living being, or a person, nor does there exist for them any idea or no-idea. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, the idea of a self is no-idea, and the idea of a being, or a living being, or a person is no-idea. And why.'' Because the blessed Buddhas are freed from all ideas. After these words, Bhagavat thus spoke to the venerable Subhuti : ' So it is, O Subhuti, so it is. Those beings, O Subhuti, who when this Sutra was being recited here will not be disturbed or frightened or become alarmed, will be endowed with the highest wonder. And why ? Because, O Subhuti, this was preached by the Tathagata, as the Paramaparamita, which is no-Paramita. And, O Subhuti, what the Tathagata preaches as the Paramaparamita, that was preached also by immeasurable blessed Buddhas. Therefore it is called the Paramaparamita. 'And, O Subhuti, the Paramita or the highest perfection of endurance (kshanti) belonging to a Tathagata, that also is no-Paramita. And why ? Because, O Subhuti, at the time when the king of Kalinga ^ cut my flesh from every limb, I had no idea of a self, of a being, of a living being, or of * The Chinese text points to Kalira^a. On this Kalira^a or Kalinr/pa see Lalita-vistara, p. 191.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 25 Tathagata as no-Paramita. Therefore it is called the Praf^/)a-paramita. ' Then, what do you think, O Subhuti, is there anything (dharma) that was preached by the Tathagata ? ' Subhuti said : ' Not indeed, O Bhagavat, there is not anything that was preached by the Tathagata.' Bhagavat said : ' What do you think then, O Subhuti,— the dust of the earth which is found in this •sphere of a million millions of worlds, is that much? ' Subhuti said : ' Yes, O Bhagavat, yes, O Sugata, that dust of the earth would be much. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, what was preached by the Tathagata as the dust of the earth, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-dust. Therefore it is called the dust of the earth. And what was preached by the Tathagata as the sphere of worlds, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-sphere. Therefore it is called the sphere of worlds.' Bhagavat said : ' What do you think, O Subhuti, is a holy and fully enlightened Tathagata to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero? ' Subhuti said : ' No indeed, O Bhagavat ; a holy and fully enlightened Tathagata is not to be seen (known) by the thirty-two signs of a hero. And why ? Because what was preached by the Tathagata as the thirtytwo signs of a hero, that was preached by the Tathagata as no-signs. Therefore they are called the thirty-two signs of a hero.' Bhagavat said : ' If, O Subhuti, a woman or man should day by day sacrifice his life (selfhood ') as * Atmabhava seems to refer here to the living body, not to the spiritual Atman, which, according to Buddha, can be got rid of by
2126 TFiE VAGRA^AT/fEDIKA many times as there are grains of sand in the river Gahga. and if he should thus sacrifice his life for as many kalpas as there are grains of sand in the river Gahga, and if another man, after taking from this treatise of the Law one Gatha of four lines only, should fully teach others and explain it, he indeed would on the strength of this produce a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innumerable.' (13) XIV. At that time, the venerable SubhOti was moved by the power of the Law, shed tears, and having wiped his tears, he thus spoke to Bhagavat : ' It is wonderful, O Bhagavat, it is exceedingly wonderful, O Sugata, how fully this teaching of the Law has been preached by the Tathagata for the benefit of those beings who entered on the foremost path (the path that leads to Nirvdwa), and who entered on the best path, from whence, O Bhagavat, knowledge has been produced in me. Never indeed, O Bhagavat, has such a teaching of the Law been heard by me before. Those Bodhisattvas, O Bhagavat, will be endowed with the highest wonder \ who when this Siltra is being preached hear it and will frame to themselves a true idea. And why ? Because what is a true idea is not a true idea. Therefore the Tathagata preaches : " A true idea, a true idea indeed ! " * It is no wonder to me, O Bhagavat, that I accept and believe this treatise of the Law, which has been preached. And those beings also, O Bhagavat, kno\vli(lf,'c only. Buddha himself sacrificed his life again and again, and a willingness to die would probably be accepted for the deed. * Will possess miraculous powers, and will be admired.
3OR DIAMOND-CUTTER. I 27 who will exist in the future, in the last time, in the last moment, in the last 500 )ears, durino^ the time of the decay of the good Law, who will learn this treatise of the Law, O Bhagavat, remember it, recite it, understand it, and fully explain it to others, they will indeed be endowed with the highest wonder. ' But, O Bhagavat, there will not arise in them any idea of a self, any idea of a being, of a living being, or a person, nor does there exist for them any idea or no-idea. And why ? Because, O Bhagavat, the idea of a self is no-idea, and the idea of a being, or a living being, or a person is no-idea. And why.'' Because the blessed Buddhas are freed from all ideas. After these words, Bhagavat thus spoke to the venerable Subhuti : ' So it is, O Subhuti, so it is. Those beings, O Subhuti, who when this Sutra was being recited here will not be disturbed or frightened or become alarmed, will be endowed with the highest wonder. And why ? Because, O Subhuti, this was preached by the Tathagata, as the Paramaparamita, which is no-Paramita. And, O Subhuti, what the Tathagata preaches as the Paramaparamita, that was preached also by immeasurable blessed Buddhas. Therefore it is called the Paramaparamita. 'And, O Subhuti, the Paramita or the highest perfection of endurance (kshanti) belonging to a Tathagata, that also is no-Paramita. And why ? Because, O Subhuti, at the time when the king of Kalinga ^ cut my flesh from every limb, I had no idea of a self, of a being, of a living being, or of * The Chinese text points to Kalira^a. On this Kalira^a or Kalinr/pa see Lalita-vistara, p. 191.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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