"Subhuti, if you entertain the thought that the Realized One does not attain unexcelled complete perfect enlightenment on account of perfect manifestation, you should not think this way. Subhuti, if you entertain the thought that those who aspire to unexcelled complete perfect enlightenment speak of all things as being annihilated, you should not think this way. Why? Those who aspire to unexcelled complete perfect enlightenment do not speak pf things as being annihilated." [Thomas Cleary]
The Buddha said: "No one should say, 'Those who set out upon the Bodhisattva Path presume the annihilation of a dharma,' for it is not so, Subhuti. Those who tread the Bodhisattva Path do not presume the annihilation of any dharma. [Joshua Pritikin]
"Subhuti, what do you think? Was it due to the possession of attributes that the Tathagata realized unexcelled, perfect enlightenment? Subhuti, you should hold no such view. And why not? Subhuti, it could not have been due to the possession of attributes that the Tathagata realized unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
"Furthermore, Subhuti, someone may claim, `Those who set forth on the bodhisattva path announce the destruction or the end of some dharma.' Subhuti, you should hold no such view. And why not? Those who set forth on the bodhisattva path do not announce the destruction or the end of any dharma." [Red Pine]
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