"Subhūti, what do you think? If a good son or good daughter were to take all the worlds contained in three thousand galaxies and crush them into tiny particles, would these particles not be numerous?"
"Extremely numerous, World Honored One. And why? If these numerous tiny particles had real existence, the Buddha would not call them numerous tiny particles. What does this mean? Those things that the Buddha calls 'numerous tiny particles' are not numerous tiny particles. Therefore they are called numerous tiny particles. World Honored One. That which the Tathāgata calls 'all the worlds in three thousand galaxies' are actually not worlds. Therefore they are called worlds. Why? To the extent that these worlds really exist, they do so as a composite. The Tathāgata teaches that composites are not composites. Therefore they are called composites."
"Subhūti, a composite is something that is ineffable. Only immature beings attach to such phenomena."
No comments:
Post a Comment