The Two Sides and the In-Between

The Brahmacarin (called Kasaya) said: "If this carnal body is based on the defilements and karma, can we extirpate the defilements and karma?"

The Buddha said: "It's so, It's so!"

The Brahmacarin further said: "Oh World Honored One! Please be kind enough to analyze and expound to me, so that I can truly hear and immediately cut the bonds."

The Buddha said: "Oh good man! If a person comes to know that the two sides and the in-between are unimpeded [unobstructed], such a person indeed segregates himself from defilements and karma."

"Oh World Honored One! Now I know and have gained the right Dharma-Eye."

The Buddha said: "In what manner do you know?"

"Oh World Honored One! The two sides are 'material form' and 'emancipation of material form', and the in-between is the 'Noble Eightfold Path'. So it is with feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness."

The Buddha said: "Well spoken, well spoken, Oh good man! Now you come to know of the two sides and cut away the defilements and karma."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 46 - On Bodhisattva Kaundinya 2.

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