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Tao-sheng: Being Made to Know

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LS32, LS45, Tao-Sheng Commentary

He was a very rich man.
He had many storehouses.
He made many large carts
Adorned with treasures,
Such as gold, silver,
Lapis lazuli, shell and agate.

The li of the Greater Vehicle is not “made.” But the sons did not know about it earlier; [the Buddha] made them know of it: therefore it was “made.”

Tao-sheng Commentary on the Lotus Sutra, p216

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