妙法蓮華經文句 1.40

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1.40

As for "I have heard" (我聞)—or "heard thus" (聞如是)—it is merely because sūtra manuscripts differ and state them in reverse order. Now following the pattern, it is given four explanations. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "When the auditory faculty is intact, sound is in a hearable place, one arouses the intention to hear, and the assembly of conditions coalesces, therefore one says 'I have heard.'"

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