法苑珠林 63.31

63.31

Furthermore, the *Nirvāṇa-sūtra* states: It is like the great ocean, which has eight inconceivable qualities. What are the eight? First, it gradually deepens; second, it is deep and difficult to reach the bottom; third, it has the single taste of salt; fourth, its tides do not exceed their limit; fifth, it contains various treasure troves; sixth, beings of great body dwell within it; seventh, it does not harbor dead corpses; eighth, all the myriad streams and great rains poured into it neither increase nor decrease it.