Innumerable Names to One Thing

"Oh good man! The Tathagata, on account of the land, on account of the season, on account of other languages, on account of beings, for the qualities of the roots of beings, relative to one thing, it speaks in a double way. In the case of one name, he uses innumerable names; for one meaning, he displays innumerable names; with respect to innumerable meanings, he speaks of innumerable names.

How does he speak of the innumerable names when referring to one thing? This is as in the case of Nirvana, which is called Nirvana, non-birth, no- appearance, non-doing, non-created; also [is called] refuge, vihara [place of residence], Emancipation, light, a lamp, the other shore, fearlessness, non-retrogression, the abode of peace, quietude, formlessness; also, the non-dual, the one action, cool, non-gloom, the unhindered, non-disputation, the non-defiled, wide and great; also, amrta [Immortality] and happiness. The things are thus. This is how we say one thing possesses innumerable names. "

Read more on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 40, on Bodhisattva Kasyapa 1.

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