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破地狱偈 [1] 若人欲了知，三世一切佛，应观法界性，一切唯心造。 – 觉林菩萨《华严经》升夜摩天宫品第十九 Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [1]...
The (Mind-Only) Verses By Forest Of...
心如工画师， 造种种五阴， 一切世间中， 无法而不造。 – 如来林菩萨 《华严经》夜摩宮菩萨说偈品第十六：唯心偈 [1] [The] mind [is] like [a]...