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A section of a handscroll containing a Buddhist sutra, specifically from the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra (大般若波羅蜜多經). The text is written in formal vertical columns of Classical Chinese on light brown paper. Visible vertical seams indicate where separate sheets of paper have been joined to form the scroll. A scale is present at the bottom of the image.
feeling, perception, formation, or consciousness as unobtainable a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One.
Further, Subhuti, what is your thought regarding the claim that the Bodhisattva Mahasattva is a designation for the eye? Is the eye a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as constant a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as constant a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as impermanent a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as impermanent a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as pleasure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as pleasure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as suffering a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as suffering a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as a self a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as a self a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as non-self a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as non-self a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as pure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as pure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as impure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as impure a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as empty a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as empty a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as non-empty a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as non-empty a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the eye as having characteristics a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No, World-Honored One. Is the ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind as having characteristics a designation for this Bodhisattva Mahasattva? No,