The Seventh Abode
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7. The Abode of Non-Regression
The Flower Garland Sutra says:
"The Bodhisattvas hearts are strong and firm and do not turn and retreat upon hearing that:
- There is or is not a Buddha
- There is or is not a Dharma
- There are or are not Bodhisattvas
- There are or are not Bodhisattva practices
- Bodhisattvas do or do not attain liberation by the cultivation of practice
- There were or were not Buddhas in the past
- There will be or will not be Buddhas in the future
- There are or are not Buddhas in the present
- The Buddha’s wisdom is finite or not
- The past, present and future are uniform (of one aspect) or not
These Bodhisattvas should encourage the study of these ten things:
- With there being one there are many
- With there being many there is one
- Words are in accord with meaning
- Meaning is in accord with words
- With there being nonexistence there is existence
- With there being existence there is nonexistence
- With there being aspects there is that beyond aspects
- With there being that beyond aspects there are aspects
- With there being that without a nature there is that with a nature
- With there being that with a nature there is that without a nature
This is to make Bodhisattvas progress in attaining equanimity in all things so that they grasp what they hear without having to depend upon others to explain it."