Chapter 22
No Dharma Can Be Attained
无法可得分
Base text: CBETA T235, tr. Kumārajīva. The 32 divisions are a later reading structure, not part of the original translation.
English (Gemmell translation)
Subhuti enquired of the Lord Buddha, saying: “Honoured of the Worlds! did the Lord Buddha, in attaining to supreme spiritual wisdom, obtain nothing of a real or tangible nature?” The Lord Buddha replied, saying: “In attaining to supreme spiritual wisdom, not a vestige of Law or doctrine was obtained, and therefore it is termed ‘supreme spiritual wisdom.’”
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