CONTEMPLATING
THE ONENESS OF EVERYTHING, EIGHTEEN
" Subhuti, what do you think, does the Thus Come One have the Flesh Eye?"
"So it is World Honored One. The Thus Come One has the Flesh Eye." "Subhuti,
what do you think, does the Thus Come One have the Heavenly Eye?" "So
it is World Honored One. The Thus Come One has the Heavenly Eye." "Subhuti,
what do you think, does the Thus Come One have the Wisdom Eye?" "So it
is World Honored One. The Thus Come One has the Wisdom Eye." "Subhuti,
what do you think, does the Thus Come One have the Dharma Eye?" "So it
is World Honored One. The Thus Come One has the Dharma Eye." "Subhuti,
what do you think, does the Thus Come One have the Buddha Eye?" "So it
is World Honored One. The Thus Come One has the Buddha Eye." "Subhuti,
what do you think, has the Thus Come One said that all the sand of the
Ganges River is sand?" "So it is World Honored One. The Thus Come One
has said that all that sand is sand." "Subhuti, what do you think, if
there were as many Ganges rivers as there are grains of sand in one Ganges
River, and there were as many Buddhalands as there were grains of sand
in all those Ganges rivers, would that be many Buddhalands?" "Very many,
World Honored One." The Buddha told Subhuti, "The Thus Come One thoroughly
knows all the various thoughts that occur to every living being in each
of those Buddhalands. Why? The Thus Come One says that all thoughts are
not thoughts. Therefore they are called thoughts. For what reason? Subhuti,
you cannot recover past thoughts, you cannot hold on to present thoughts,
and you cannot obtain future thoughts."
