Innumerable Meanings Sutra
The Innumerable Meanings Sutra (Sanskrit: अनन्त निर्देश सूत्र, Ananta Nirdeśa Sūtra; Chinese: 無量義經; Wúliángyì Jīng) is a Mahayana Buddhist text.
Quotes
- Kubo, Tsugunari; Logan, Joseph M. (2013). "The Infinite Meanings Sutra". Tiantai Lotus texts. Berkeley, California: Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai America, Inc. ISBN 978-1-886439-45-0.
- You have forever cast away delusive ideas, reflections, and thoughts—
- No more to become entangled in all the facets of existence.
- What you embody is not existing,
- and yet not nonexistent;
- Is neither direct nor indirect cause;
- has no sense of self or other;
- Is neither square nor round;
- is not brief or long;
- Neither appears nor disappears;
- is without origination or cessation;
- Is neither created nor self-arisen,
- nor is it produced;
- Neither sits nor lies down;
- does not walk or stand;
- Neither moves nor turns;
- is not static or idle;
- Neither advances nor retreats;
- is not imperiled or secure;
- Neither is, nor is not;
- has no gain or loss;
- Is neither here nor there;
- does not come or go;
- Is neither blue nor yellow;
- is not red or white;
- Is not crimson,
- is not purple or multicolored;
- pp. 12-13
- is not purple or multicolored;
See also
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
- Apophatic theology (negative theology)
- Nothingness