2011-07-28

The Eyes of Common Mortals

"Oh Manjushri! The garuda flies countless yojanas in the sky. He looks down on the great ocean and sees such things of water as fish, sea turtles, snapping turtles, crocodiles, tortoises, nagas, as well as his own shadow reflected in the water. He sees all these things just as one sees all the visible forms in a mirror. The petty wisdom of the common mortals cannot even consider well what comes to his eyes. The same is the case with me and you too. We cannot consider the Wisdom of the Tathagata."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 2 - On Cunda.

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