The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
And in Chapter Eight, the Buddha says, “From this [teaching] is born the unexcelled, perfect enlightenment of tathagatas, arhans, and fully-enlightened ones. And from this are born buddhas and bhagavans. And how so? Buddha dharmas, Subhuti, ‘buddha dharmas’ are spoken of by the Tathagata as no buddha dharmas. Thus are they called ‘buddha dharmas.’”
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