“Oh, good man! You ask: ‘With what eye does the Bodhisattva of the ten stages sees the Buddha Nature, but not quite clearly, and with what eye does the World-Honoured One see the Buddha Nature clearly?’ Oh, good man! With the Eye of Wisdom one sees it not quite clearly; with the Buddha Eye, one sees it clearly. When one is in Bodhi practice, there is no clearness; with nothing to practice, one sees all clearly. When one has nothing more to practice, one sees clearly. When one abides in ten stages, one does not see quite clearly. When one does not need to stand or move about, clearness comes about. Because of the causal relations of Wisdom, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva can not see clearly. The All-Buddha-World-Honored One is out of the causal relations realm. It is due to this that he sees clearly. One awakened to all things is the Buddha Nature. The Bodhisattva of the ten stages can not be called awakened to all things. Because of this, although he sees, does not see clearly.
Oh, good man! There are two types of seeing. One is seeing with the eye; the other is hearing and seeing. The All-Buddha-World-Honored One sees the Buddha Nature with the eye, in the [same] way in which one sees a mango that is in one's own hand. The Bodhisattva of the ten stages sees the Buddha-nature by hearing (i.e., through faith). Hence, not quite clearly. The Bodhisattva of the ten stages knows well that he definitely will attain unsurpassed Enlightenment. And yet, he does not know that all beings possess the Buddha Nature.”
Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 33, on the Bodhisattva Lion's Roar 1.
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