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SANSKRIT LESSON deriving from his perfection of precepts, samadhi, and wisdom. Sariputra is then also explained as meaning "pearl-son."3
Of the three kinds of Elder
discussed in VBS #39, Sariputra was a Dharma Nature Elder. At the age of eight he had mastered the entire
Buddhadharma, and could
out-debate any Indian philosopher. Sariputra
was at the head of the assembly when Sakyamuni Buddha spoke the Amitabha
Sutra because only his kind of wisdom could comprehend the subtle
principles of the Pure Land Dharma Door. C.f.VBS#12p.24 |
