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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 8: The Buddha Path (14)
“ He causes a world conflagration and reduces the universe into nothing; this is to make all beings realise transiency of things, as they are possessed by the idea of permanency. ‘ When countless millions of beings come to invite the Bodhisattva, he goes even simultaneously to all their houses and make them walk in the way of Buddha. “All the books of spells and all kinds of arts he produces, making use of all these things in order to benefit all beings. “ He mixes himself among all the heretics of the world becoming himself one of the mendicants and helps others to be freed from errors, while he himself never falls into any of these heresies. “ He manifests himself as the sun or moon or Sakra. or Brahman who is the lord of this world, or sometimes even as earth or water, or again as fire or wind. ‘ When there is a plague in this kalpa, he shows himself as a medicinal herb; those who use it will be cured of disease and all poisonous [effects] will be nullified. “When there is a famine in this kalpa, he shows himself as food; and delivering people from hunger and thirst, he preaches the law to them. “
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