Part 16-3
“Subhuti, if I were to fully expound the merit attained by good men and good women who accept and hold and read and recite this Sutra in the final age, people who hear it would become mentally disturbed and would not believe.” “Subhuti, you should know that the principle of this Sutra is inconceivable, and its reward is also inconceivable.”
Commentary:
None but one who can see and hear everything as it is, that is, only people who are enlightened, can comprehend the Buddha’s words. People who are mentally disturbed, those who cannot see and hear things as they are, and who are deluded by words, cannot understand the Buddha’s words.
The principle of this Sutra is to realise that everything is empty and that we ourselves are none other than the true-Self. The reward of this Sutra is to realise that we are the Buddha. In short, only people who attain enlightenment can make sense of the reward of this Sutra since the principle of this Sutra is the same as the reward of this Sutra.
This is why those who are disturbed and distracted when seeing, or hearing this Sutra, would not believe the merit that the Buddha says would be attained by good men and good women who accept and hold and read and recite this Sutra in the final age.
Student: “What is the principle of this Sutra that is inconceivable?”
Master: “A rooster lays an unbreakable egg.”
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