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...for the duration of a day and night, or even for the duration of a snap of the fingers, the merit obtained by such a Bodhisattva is much greater than the former. Why? Because the gift of the Dharma corresponding to the profound Prajnaparamita surpasses all Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. If Bodhisattvas and sattvas sentient beings striving for enlightenment contemplate these roots of virtue, and yet there are some who retreat from supreme, equal, and perfect enlightenment, such a thing cannot be.
Chapter 24: Seeing the Buddha Akshobhya The Immovable Buddha, Fifth Division.
At that time, the Tathagata was surrounded by the assembly, praising the Prajnaparamita. After entrusting it to Ananda, he manifested his supernatural power among all the Bodhisattvas and Great Beings, allowing the assembly to see the Buddha Akshobhya, the Thus-Come-One, the Equal and Perfect Enlightened One. He was surrounded by a great assembly of Sravakas and Bodhisattvas, and like a vast ocean, he was immovable. He preached the Dharma of the mind, and the assembly saw the purity and majesty of his land. His Sravaka disciples were all Arhats whose outflows were exhausted, who had no more defilements, and who had attained true freedom. Their minds were well-liberated, like a well-trained horse and like a great dragon. They had finished what needed to be done, cast off heavy burdens, attained their own benefit, and exhausted all ties of existence, knowing the liberation of the mind, attaining the highest and ultimate freedom. The Bodhisattva assembly were all recognized by the multitude, having attained dharani mnemonic/magical spells and the supreme guidance of the Prajnaparamita, possessing inconceivable, immeasurable, subtle merits, virtues, and divine powers. The Buddha's divine power made these four groups monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen, heavenly beings, dragons, yakshas nature spirits, and gandharvas celestial musicians unable to see the Buddha Akshobhya, his disciples, or his pure land. The purity and majesty of that Buddha-land were not the sort seen by the eyes of this world. Why? Because of the Buddha’s divine power, that distant realm could not be seen. At that time, he said to Ananda: "Ananda, in this assembly, can you see that matter again?" It is not an object of the eye. Then the Buddha told Ananda again: "Just as that assembly and that land are not objects of this eye's perception, you should know that all phenomena dharmas are also like this; they are not objects of the eye-root and other senses."