ACCEPTING
AND UPHOLDING THE DHARMA OF "THUSNESS", THIRTEEN
Then Subhuti addressed the Buddha, "World Honored One, what name should
we give this Sutra, and how should we uphold it?" The Buddha told Subhuti,
"The name of this Sutra is Vajra Prajna Paramita. You should uphold it
by that name. Why? The Buddha said that Prajna Paramita is not Prajna
Paramita. Therefore it is called Prajna Paramita. "Subhuti, what do you
think, has the Thus Come One spoken any Dharma?" Subhuti addressed the
Buddha, "The Thus Come One has not spoken any Dharma." "Subhuti, what
do you think, are there many particles of dust in a Threefold Great Thousand
World System?" Subhuti said, "Very many World Honored One." "Subhuti,
the Thus Come One says that particles of dust are not particles of dust.
Therefore they are called particles of dust. The Thus Come One says that
world systems are not world systems. Therefore they are called world systems.
"Subhuti, what do you think, is it possible to see the Thus Come One in
his Thirty-two Physical Appearances?" "No World Honored One, it is not
possible see the Thus Come One in his Thirty-two Physical Appearances.
Why? The Thus Come One says that the Thirty-two Physical Appearances are
not physical appearances. Therefore they are called the Thirty-two Physical
Appearances." "Subhuti, a good man or good woman might give away his body
as many times as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River, but if
another person were to accept and uphold even as few as four lines of
verse of this Sutra and explain them for others, that person's blessings
would be greater."
