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Subhūti said to the Buddha: “World-Honored One, is it possible that there are sentient beings who, upon hearing words and phrases such as these, will give rise to true faith?” The Buddha told Subhūti: “Do not say such a thing. Five hundred years after the Tathāgata’s passing, there will be those who observe the precepts and cultivate blessings, and who will be able to give rise to faith in these words and phrases, taking them as true. You should know that such a person has not planted wholesome roots in the presence of just one, two, three, four, or five Buddhas, but has already planted all kinds of wholesome roots in the presence of immeasurable millions of Buddhas. Upon hearing these words and phrases, they may even give rise to pure faith for a single thought-moment. Subhūti, the Tathāgata completely knows and completely sees that these sentient beings will attain such immeasurable merit. Why? These sentient beings will no longer have the notions of self, person, sentient being, or life span, nor the notion of phenomena, nor the notion of non-phenomena. Why? If these sentient beings grasp at notions in their minds, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. If they grasp at the notion of phenomena, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. Why? If they grasp at the notion of non-phenomena, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. Therefore, one should neither grasp at phenomena nor grasp at non-phenomena. For this reason, the Tathāgata always says: ‘You monks, know that my teaching is like a raft. Even the Dharma should be abandoned; how much more so what is not the Dharma?’”
Subhūti said to the Buddha: “World-Honored One, is it possible that there are sentient beings who, upon hearing words and phrases such as these, will give rise to true faith?” The Buddha told Subhūti: “Do not say such a thing. Five hundred years after the Tathāgata’s passing, there will be those who observe the precepts and cultivate blessings, and who will be able to give rise to faith in these words and phrases, taking them as true. You should know that such a person has not planted wholesome roots in the presence of just one, two, three, four, or five Buddhas, but has already planted all kinds of wholesome roots in the presence of immeasurable millions of Buddhas. Upon hearing these words and phrases, they may even give rise to pure faith for a single thought-moment. Subhūti, the Tathāgata completely knows and completely sees that these sentient beings will attain such immeasurable merit. Why? These sentient beings will no longer have the notions of self, person, sentient being, or life span, nor the notion of phenomena, nor the notion of non-phenomena. Why? If these sentient beings grasp at notions in their minds, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. If they grasp at the notion of phenomena, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. Why? If they grasp at the notion of non-phenomena, they will become attached to self, person, sentient being, and life span. Therefore, one should neither grasp at phenomena nor grasp at non-phenomena. For this reason, the Tathāgata always says: ‘You monks, know that my teaching is like a raft. Even the Dharma should be abandoned; how much more so what is not the Dharma?’”