At some point the Buddha was getting back from an extended educating journey. Many monks, nuns and laypeople went to satisfy him. Then, a nun named Lotus-colour was decided to satisfy him forward of the others, together with outdated monastics and so discovered her approach via the congregated individuals by utilizing her divine energy. She was the primary to see the Buddha earlier than the others simply as she had wished. As quickly because the Buddha seen her behave in such an rude approach, he scolded her, “Why do you bounce forward of the outdated monastics to see me sooner than they do? Though you noticed my bodily physique, you didn’t see my Dharma physique. Relatively Subhuti noticed my Dharma physique whereas sitting silently in his cave now.”
Scholar: “What’s the Buddha’s Dharma physique?”
Grasp: “It was within the cave the place Subhuti stayed.”
Commentary:
Though it by no means strikes in any respect, there isn’t a place it doesn’t attain.
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