眾生無邊誓願度
煩惱無盡誓願斷
法門無量誓願學
佛道無上誓願成

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28 Jul 2019    Sunday     3rd Teach Total 1730

What is the 'neither increasing nor decreasing' that neither increases nor decreases?

"Not increasing and not decreasing" has several layers of meaning: the total number of tathāgatagarbhas of all sentient beings in the dharmadhātu neither increases nor decreases; the intrinsic nature of the tathāgatagarbha does not increase in sages nor decrease in ordinary beings; and the number of the seeds of the seven great elements of the tathāgatagarbha neither increases nor decreases.

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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