The Buddha said to Kasyapa: "Do not say that if the Tathagata has long since crossed the great sea of illusion, there would be no reason for him take Yashodara [as his wife], bring forth Rahula and that, consequently, the Tathagata would not have yet severed himself from the bonds of illusion and crossed the great sea of illusion. Oh, good man! This Great Nirvana evokes a thing of great significance. Hear me with your best attention. I will speak for all the world. Do not become surprised or entertain doubts. If the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva reaches the Great Nirvana, such high and wide things as Mount Sumeru could indeed be placed inside a mustard seed. If [at that time] beings are standing on Mount Sumeru, they will not feel narrowed down nor oppressed. There will be no sensation of coming or going to anywhere. Everything will be just as before, without any difference. Only one who has crossed the ocean [of illusion] will be able to see that this Bodhisattva has put the three thousand great-thousand worlds system into a mustard seed and is back to his own abode again. Oh, good man! Also, the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva may enter into Great Nirvana and put the three thousand great-thousand worlds system into a pore of his skin, and yet the original place remain as always was [unchanged]. Oh, good man! Also, the Bodhisattva-Mahasattva may enter into Nirvana, cut off the Buddha-lands of the three thousand great-thousand worlds system, puts them on the tip of a needle and push them through other Buddha-lands as though passing them through a jujube leaf, and even thus, the living beings therein would not entertain any feeling of coming or going. Only one who is emancipated could see it and also the original place. Such is the case.”
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