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Passages similar to: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra — Chapter 7: Looking at Living Beings
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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 7: Looking at Living Beings (50)
I know not what to change, being transformed into the form of a woman.” She said : “O Sariputra, if thou couldst change this thy form of woman then all women could be changed ; just as thou appearest in the form of a woman without being a woman, even so all women only appear to be women; though they appear to be so yet they are not. Therefore Buddha has spoken, ‘all things are neither male nor female.’”
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 17 (2)
The Lord Buddha replied, saying: “A good disciple, whether man or woman, ought thus to habituate his mind: ‘I must become oblivious to every idea of...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 5 (1)
The Lord Buddha interrogated Subhuti, saying: “What think you? Is it possible that by means of his physical body, the Lord Buddha may be clearly...
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Chapter 13 (5)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “What think you? Can the Lord Buddha be perceived by means of his thirty-two bodily distinctions?” Subhuti...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 17 (1)
Upon that occasion, the venerable Subhuti addressed the Lord Buddha, saying: “Honoured of the Worlds! if a good disciple, whether man or woman,...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 30 (1)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “If a good disciple, whether man or woman, were to take infinite worlds and ‘reduce’ them to minute...
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Chapter 20 (1)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “What think you? Can the Lord Buddha be perceived by means of his perfect material body?” Subhuti replied,...
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Chapter 27 (1)
The Lord Buddha said unto Subhuti: “If you think thus within yourself ‘The Lord Buddha did not, by means of his perfect bodily distinctions, obtain...
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Chapter 2 (2)
The Lord Buddha replied to Subhuti, saying: “Truly a most excellent theme! As you affirmed, I preserve in the faith, and instruct in the Law, this...
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Chapter 26 (2)
The Lord Buddha, continuing, said unto Subhuti: “If by means of his thirty-two bodily distinctions it were possible to perceive the Lord Buddha, then...
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Chapter 18 (8)
The Lord Buddha, continuing, addressed Subhuti, saying: “Within these innumerable worlds, every form of sentient life, with their various mental...
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Chapter 20 (2)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “What think you? Can the Lord Buddha be perceived by means of any physical phenomena?” Subhuti replied,...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 17 (5)
The Lord Buddha enquired of Subhuti, saying: “Can you imagine a man having a great physical body?” Subhuti replied, saying: “The Lord Buddha,...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 2 (1)
Upon that occasion, the venerable Subhuti occupied a place in the midst of the assembly. Rising from his seat, with cloak arranged in such manner...