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The source of this statement seems to have its roots in ''The Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace Sūtra'' (Skt. ''Praśāntaviniścayaprātihāryasamādhisūtra''), where it states: | The source of this statement seems to have its roots in ''The Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace Sūtra'' (Skt. ''Praśāntaviniścayaprātihāryasamādhisūtra''), where it states: | ||
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|quote-text=Mañjuśrī, suppose some noble son or daughter was to kill all the beings in Jambudvīpa and rob them of all their possessions. Mañjuśrī, if you compare that act to the act of another noble son or daughter who created obstacles for a bodhisattva's single virtuous intention, be it no more than blocking the roots of virtue of giving a single morsel of food to an animal, then this latter act would create immeasurably more negativity than the former. And why? Because it would create obstacles for the roots of virtue that cause a buddha to appear.<ref>Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans., ''The Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace'', ''Praśāntaviniścayaprātihāryasamādhisūtra'', Toh 129 (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023), | |quote-text=Mañjuśrī, suppose some noble son or daughter was to kill all the beings in Jambudvīpa and rob them of all their possessions. Mañjuśrī, if you compare that act to the act of another noble son or daughter who created obstacles for a bodhisattva's single virtuous intention, be it no more than blocking the roots of virtue of giving a single morsel of food to an animal, then this latter act would create immeasurably more negativity than the former. And why? Because it would create obstacles for the roots of virtue that cause a buddha to appear.<ref>Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans., ''The Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace'', ''Praśāntaviniścayaprātihāryasamādhisūtra'', Toh 129 (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023), https://read.84000.co/translation/toh129.html?#UT22084-055-003-135.</ref> | ||
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Gyaltsab Je then raises a very important question in relation to this sūtra quotation. | Gyaltsab Je then raises a very important question in relation to this sūtra quotation. | ||
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