The Bodhisattva Kasyapa said to the Buddha: "Oh World Honored One! Whydo we say 'holy action'?"(The Buddha said): "Oh good man! 'Holy refers to the Buddha-Tathagata. Hence,we say 'holy action'."(Kashyapa said): "Oh World Honored One! If this refers to the works of allthe Buddhas, then, it is not in the reach of practice of Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhasand Bodhisattvas."(The Buddha said): "Oh good man! The Buddha-World-Honored One abides in Mahaparinirvanaand thus opensout, discriminates and explainsthe meaning. For this reason, we say 'holy action'. Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhas andBodhisattvas, as soon as they hear [the words of the Buddha], will practice accordingly.Hence, (they will practice) 'holy actions. Oh good man! As soon as this Bodhisattva-Mahasattvahas done this work (action), he attains the stage offearlessness. Oh good man! If a Bodhisattva attains the stage of fearlessness, he then has no fear of greed, anger, ignorance,birth, old age, illness and death. Also, he does notfear the unfortunate realms of hell, hungry ghosts and animals.Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 20 - On Holy Actions 2. Also,next, oh good man! For example, all beings take delight in seeing thebrightness of the moon. That is why we call the moon 'that which is pleasing tosee. If beings possess greed, malevolence and ignorance, there can be no pleasure in seeing her. The same goes with the Tathagata.The Nature of the Tathagata is pure, good, clean and undefiled. This is what is most pleasing to behold. The beingswhich are in harmony with the Dharma will not hesitate (and feelpleasure) in seeing; those with evil thoughts will not feel pleasure in seeing.For this reason, we say that the Tathagata is like the brightness of the Moon.Read More on Pearls of Universe - Volume III. CONTENTSTHE MEDICINE OF THE UNIQUE TASTE ..................................... 3THE UNIQUE TASTE OF THE THREE TREASURES ........................... 4THE DILEMMA OF DUALITY AND THE MIDDLE PATH ..................... 5THE BRIGHTNESS AND IGNORANCE .......................................... 8THE BUDDHA NATURE WITHIN US ......................................... 10THE CONSCIENCE OF OWNING THE BUDDHA NATURE ................ 12THE PARABLE OF THE MANDARIN DUCK AND KACALINDIKAKA ...... 13THE PARABLE OF THE MOON ............................................... 14THE ETERNAL FULL MOON .................................................. 14THE TRUE ASPECT OF ORIGINAL KARMA ................................. 15THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SON .......................................... 17THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE MOON ........................................... 18THE WONDERFUL CAUSE OF ENLIGHTENMENT ......................... 18THE DAWN OF THE GREAT NIRVANA ...................................... 19THE GREAT SKILLED DOCTOR ............................................... 20THE MASTER OF THE SUPREME ART ...................................... 21THE KING OF THE WIND ..................................................... 22THE SKIN OF THE SNAKE ..................................................... 23THE WISE MINISTER .......................................................... 24THE GREAT NIRVANA IN THE EVIL AGE ................................... 25 Oh good man! Wherever this All-Wonderful Great Nirvana Sutra goes, that place - you should know - is indestructible. The people who live there are also adamantine. Anyone who hears this sutra will attain unsurpassed Enlightenment, and never draws back from it. Such people will gain whatever they wish to have. Oh, you Bhiksus! Uphold well what I say to you today. Any people who do not hear this sutra are, you should know, much to be pitied. Why is so? Because such people cannot uphold the deep meaning of a Mahayana Sutra like this."Read More