The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines

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'The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines' is the earliest text of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom texts) The following is a less strict interpretation of the 'Eight Thousand Lines' in its original verse form only. ** Many thanks to Reverend Neil Christopher for his hard work on this translation and granting permissing for this c...

Simile of the King and His Ministers

86. Whoever understands this, understands all dharmas. When the ministers do their jobs properly, the king is free to concentrate on ruling properly. Whatever Buddha-like actions there are, whatever dharmas, it is the perfection of wisdom which affects them all. A king does not scurry around to village after village to meet others; but in his palace is the meeting place where they all assemble before him. Just so, the bodhisattva does not move from dharmic-nature to dharmic-nature, but finds the qualities off them all in the assemblies of the perfection of wisdom.

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