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淨名經集解關中疏 2.138

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2.138

"Śāriputra, I have been in this room for twelve years, and from the beginning I have never heard the Dharma of the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas taught, but have only heard the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddhas—the great benevolence and great compassion of the bodhisattvas." (Third, clarifying that the room contains no lesser dharmas. [Seng]zhao says: "The teachings of the Great Vehicle are all inconceivable. Earlier, when asked about the duration of her stay in the room, wishing to open the debate, she replied in terms of liberation. Now she speaks of the actual years to clarify that what she has heard is unmixed." [Dao]sheng says: "The devas, nāgas, and spirits, briefly entering this room, never fail to generate the great aspiration before departing—how much more so for me, who have long heard the wondrous Dharma! Thus, it is not that I am able to act as the great, but that I cannot but act as the great.")

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