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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

Subhuti, saying: "Within these innumerable worlds, every form of sentient life, with their various mental dispositions, are entirely known to the Lord Buddha.^[1] And why? Because, what the Lord Buddha referred to as their 'various mental dispositions,' are not in reality

↑ "Bhagavat said, as many beings as there would be in all those worlds, I know the manifold trains of thought of them all. And why? Because, what was preached as the trains of thought, the trains of thought indeed, O Subhuti, that was preached by Tathagata as no train of thoughts, and therefore it is called the train of thoughts. And why? Because, O Subhuti, a past thought is not perceived, a future thought is not perceived, and the present thought is not perceived."—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.
"Gautama himself was very early regarded as omniscient, and absolutely sinless. His perfect wisdom is declared by the ancient epithet of Samma-Sambuddha, 'the completely enlightened one,' found at the commencement of every Pali text; and at the present day in Ceylon, the usual way in which Gautama is styled is Sarwajnan-Wahanse, 'the venerable omniscient one.' From his perfect wisdom, according to Buddhist belief, his sinlessness would follow as a matter of course."—Buddhism. T. W. Rhys Davids.

[1] "Bhagavat said, as many beings as there would be in all those worlds, I know the manifold trains of thought of them all. And why? Because, what was preached as the trains of thought, the trains of thought indeed, O Subhuti, that was preached by Tathagata as no train of thoughts, and therefore it is called the train of thoughts. And why? Because, O Subhuti, a past thought is not perceived, a future thought is not perceived, and the present thought is not perceived."—The Vagrakkhedika. Max Müller.
"Gautama himself was very early regarded as omniscient, and absolutely sinless. His perfect wisdom is declared by the ancient epithet of Samma-Sambuddha, 'the completely enlightened one,' found at the commencement of every Pali text; and at the present day in Ceylon, the usual way in which Gautama is styled is Sarwajnan-Wahanse, 'the venerable omniscient one.' From his perfect wisdom, according to Buddhist belief, his sinlessness would follow as a matter of course."—Buddhism. T. W. Rhys Davids.

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