The Buddha said to Kasyapa: “As
an example, there is a man here who, as he sees that the moon is not out yet, says
that the moon was gone, and entertains the thought that the moon succumbed. But this moon, by its nature, never
succumbs. When it appears on the other side of the world, the people on the
other side say that the moon was born. Why? Since Mount Sumeru obstructs [vision], the moon cannot reveal itself. The moon is always there. She,
by nature, is not born or succumbs. The same is the case with the Tathagata,
the Alms-Deserving, the All-Enlightened One. He
manifests himself in the three thousand great systems of thousand worlds, or suggests
that has parents in the Jambudvipa (is born), or enters Nirvana in the
Jambudvipa (dies). The Tathagata, by nature, does not enter Nirvana. But all beings say that he truly enters Parinirvana. The case is analogous to the
sinking of the moon. Oh good man! The Tathagata, by
nature, does not possess the nature
of birth and death. To succor the beings, he manifests himself being born and
dying.”
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