UNDERSTANDING
AND TRANSFORMING THE DHARMA REALM, NINETEEN
" Subhuti, what do you think, would a person because of the causes and
conditions of filling a threefold great thousand world system with the
seven kinds of precious gems and giving them as an offering, obtain many
blessings?" "So it is World Honored One. That person on account of his
giving would obtain very many blessings." "Subhuti, if these blessings
and virtues are real, the Thus Come One would not speak about obtaining
many blessings. But because these blessings and virtues do not exist,
the Thus Come One speaks of obtaining many blessings."
