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Passages similar to: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra — Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva Conduct
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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva Conduct (24)
O Ananda, if I should explain fully the meaning of these three words, it would be impossible for thee to comprehend even though thou shouldst live for a kalpa; it would be impossible to comprehend it even for all beings in the three great Chiliocosms, who may obtain the excellent memory like Ananda himself, and who may be endowed with the life of a kalpa. Thus, O Ananda, the Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi of Buddha is infinite and his wisdom and eloquence are inconceivable.”
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 16 (3)
“Again, Subhuti, in future ages, if a good disciple, whether man or woman, be enabled to rigorously observe and to study consecutively the texts of...
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Chapter 4 (2)
Is it possible to estimate the distance comprising the illimitable universe of space?” Subhuti replied, saying: “Honoured of the Worlds! It is impossi...
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Chapter 7 (2)
Subhuti replied, saying: “As I understand the meaning of the Lord Buddha’s discourse, he has no system of doctrine which can be specifically...
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Chapter 14 (8)
His utterances are neither extravagant nor chimerical. Subhuti, the plane of thought to which the Lord Buddha attained, cannot be explained in terms s...
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Chapter 9 (3)
The Lord Buddha once again enquired of Subhuti, saying: “What think you? May an Anagami (having entire immunity from reincarnation) thus reflect...
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Chapter 14 (3)
The Lord Buddha, assenting, said unto Subhuti: “If, in future ages, disciples destined to hear this Scripture, neither become perturbed by its...
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Chapter 6 (3)
“Subhuti, the Lord Buddha by his prescience, is perfectly cognisant of all such potential disciples, and for these also there is reserved an...
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Chapter 17 (7)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “If an enlightened disciple were to speak in this wise, ‘I shall create numerous Buddhist kingdoms,’ he...
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Chapter 17 (6)
The Lord Buddha, thereupon, addressed Subhuti, saying: “Thus it is with an enlightened disciple: if he were to expatiate after this manner, ‘I must...
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Chapter 31 (1)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “If a disciple affirmed that the Lord Buddha enunciated a belief that the mind can comprehend the idea of...
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Chapter 14 (1)
Upon that occasion, the venerable Subhuti, hearing the text of this scripture proclaimed, and profoundly realising its meaning, was moved to tears....
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Chapter 24 (1)
The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying: “If within this universe of universes, the seven treasures were heaped together, forming as many great...
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Chapter 30 (2)
Subhuti continuing, addressed the Lord Buddha, saying: “Honoured of the Worlds! what the Lord Buddha discoursed upon as ‘infinite worlds,’ these are...
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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 3 (1)
Every species of life, whether hatched in the egg, formed in the womb, evolved from spawn, produced by metamorphosis, with or without form or intellig...
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Chapter 17 (4)
The Lord Buddha endorsed these words, saying: “Truly there is no Law by means of which the Lord Buddha obtained supreme spiritual wisdom. Subhuti, if...
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Chapter 30 (3)
The Lord Buddha thereupon declared unto Subhuti, “Belief in the unity or eternity of matter is incomprehensible; and only common, worldly-minded...
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Chapter 16 (2)
“Furthermore, Subhuti, numberless ages ago, I recollect that before the advent of Dipankara Buddha, there were myriad Buddhas before whom I served...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 14 (10)
“Subhuti, in future ages, if a good disciple, whether man or woman, rigorously studies and observes the text of this Scripture; the Lord Buddha, by...