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...Suchness. If there is a Bodhisattva Mahasattva, is there the Suchness of the Stage of the Dharma Realm, and is there a Bodhisattva Mahasattva?
Furthermore, Subhuti, what meaning do you observe in saying that the Suchness of the five eyes is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, and that the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? How could the Suchness of the five eyes not be the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, and be different from the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions, and not be the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Within the Suchness of the five eyes, there is no Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions, there is no Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is no Suchness of the five eyes. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is no Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions. Is it not that apart from the Suchness of the five eyes, there is a Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Is it not that apart from the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions, there is a Bodhisattva Mahasattva? The Venerable Subhuti said, "World-Honored One, whether it is the five eyes or the six supernatural perceptions, because their nature is ultimately ungraspable and non-existent, how much less could there be the Suchness of the five eyes, or even the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions? Since their Suchness does not exist, how can one say that the Suchness of the five eyes is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, or that the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? How can they be different from the Suchness of the five eyes and be the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? How can they be different from the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions and be the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Within the Suchness of the five eyes, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is the Suchness of the five eyes. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions. Apart from the Suchness of the five eyes, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Apart from the Suchness of the six supernatural perceptions, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva.
Furthermore, Subhuti, what meaning do you observe in saying that the Suchness of the Buddha's ten powers is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Is it the Suchness of the four fearlessnesses, the four analytical insights, and the eighteen exclusive qualities of a Buddha original: "十八佛不共法" that is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Is it the Suchness of the Buddha's ten powers that is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, and the Suchness of the four fearlessnesses, four analytical insights, and eighteen exclusive qualities of a Buddha that is not the Bodhisattva Mahasattva? Within the Suchness of the Buddha's ten powers, there is no Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Suchness of the four fearlessnesses, four analytical insights, and eighteen exclusive qualities of a Buddha, there is no Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is no Suchness of the Buddha's ten powers. Within the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, there is no Suchness of the four fearlessnesses, four analytical insights, and eighteen exclusive qualities of a Buddha. Apart from the Suchness of the Buddha's ten powers, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva. Apart from the Suchness of the four fearlessnesses, four analytical insights, and eighteen exclusive qualities of a Buddha, there is the Bodhisattva Mahasattva.