Bhikkhu at the Parinirvana Temple, Kushinagar

(actually, nothing is attained)

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Subhūti said to the Buddha: “World Honored One. When the buddhas attain peerless perfect enlightenment, is it the case that actually nothing is attained?”

“Exactly right. Subhūti, as far as peerless perfect enlightenment is concerned, I have not attained the slightest thing. This is why it is called peerless perfect enlightenment.”

-the Diamond Sutra

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