ABSTRACT
To this the Buddha replies: “Have I not before said that the Buddhas, the World-honoured Ones, with a variety of
reasonings, parables and terms, preach the Law as may be expedient, with the aim of final Perfect Enlightenment? All their teachings are for the purpose of transforming (their disciples into) bodhisattvas. But, Śariputra! Let me again in a parable make this meaning still more clear, for intelligent people, through a parable, reach understanding.”
