"Shariputra, the bodhisattva treats all things and beings, each one of them, with perfect equality. His deeply searching mind is pure, and because it rests on Buddha wisdom, it can see the purity of this Buddha land."
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BrahmÄ (Buddhism), Chapter I, as translated by , ', 2000, ISBN: 0231106572.
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