Goddess and Shariputra
Vimalakirti from chpt7 Goddess and Shariputra A little Bit about distinctions :) At that time there was a heavenly being, a goddess, in Vimalakirti's room who, seeing these great men and hearing them expound the Law, proceeded to make herself visible and, taking heavenly flowers, scattered them over the bodhisattvas and major disciples. When the flowers touched the bodhisattvas, they all fell to the floor at once, but when they touched the major disciples, they stuck to them and did not fall off. The disciples all tried to shake off the flowers through their supernatural powers, but they could not do so. At that time the goddess said to Shariputra, "Why try to brush off the flowers?" "Such flowers are not in accordance with the Law," he replied. "That's why I try to brush them off."3 The goddess said, "Don't say these flowers are not in accordance with the Law. Why? Because the flowers make no such distinctions.
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