法苑珠林 8.185

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8.185

He also asked Maitreya: 'When the mind has a thought, how many thoughts and how many marks of consciousness are there?' Maitreya said: 'In the time of raising a hand and snapping the fingers, there are thirty-two hundred million hundred-thousand thoughts; in each thought, a form is produced; in each form, there is consciousness. The consciousness and thoughts are extremely subtle and cannot be grasped. The majestic spiritual power of the Buddha enters those subtle consciousnesses, enabling all to attain deliverance; this consciousness is taught and converted, and is not without consciousness.'

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese