“Subhuti! Do you think that if someone gave gifts of tremendous value, the volume of which filled a trillion universes, to those awakened individuals who capably help all beings, that it would create an outrageous accumulation of goodness?”
“Yes, World-Honored One. There would be an outrageous amount of good created by doing that, which you would say is not really any good.”
“If, Subhuti, instead anybody learned a few lines from what I’m telling you, thought about them and shared them with others, the goodness thus created would be vastly greater.
“And the reason it would be so much greater is this; that to even begin to familiarize yourself with this information is synonymous to making a connection with the Source out of which arises every awakened individual. In fact, this teaching, at-one with the Source of all awakened individuals, is not really a teaching, nor are there awakened individuals! Do this then, so that you too may be acquainted with the Source out of which arises all enlightened beings!”
The Vajracchedika Prajna Paramita Sutra--on the essence of wisdom
The Lotus Version by permission
Featuring the Buddha in a discussion with his disciple, Subhuti
Recorded by the disciple Ananda