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 | | After these words, the venerable Subhuti spoke thus to Bhagavat: 'As I, O Bhagavat, understand the meaning of the preaching of the Bhagavat, there is nothing that was known by the Tathagata under the name of the highest perfect knowledge, nor is there anything that is taught by the Tathagata. |
 | | Because, O Subhuti, if a Bodhisattva had any idea of beings, he could not be called a Bodhisattva, and so on from the idea of a living being to the idea of a person; if he had any such idea, he could not be called a Bodhisattva. |
 | | Because, O Subhuti, if a man were to say that belief in self, belief in a being, belief in life, belief in personality had been preached by the Tathagata, would he be speaking truly?' Subhuti said: 'Not indeed, Bhagavat, not indeed, Sugata; he would not be speaking truly. |
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