"Whosoever comprehendeth the truth will see the Blessed One, for the truth has been preached by the Blessed One."10
LV.
ONE ESSENCE, ONE LAW, ONE AIM.
And the Tathāgata addressed the venerable Kassapa, to dispel the uncertainty and doubt of his mind, and he said:1
"All things are made of one essence, yet things are different according to the forms which they assume under different impressions. As they form themselves so they act, and as they act so they are.2
"It is, Kassapa, as if a potter made different vessels out of the same clay. Some of these pots are to contain sugar, others rice, others curds and milk; others still are vessels of impurity. There is no diversity in the clay used; the diversity of the pots is only due to the moulding hands of the potter who shapes them for the various uses that circumstances may require.3
"And as all things originate from one essence, so they are developing according to one law and they are destined to one aim which is Nirvāna.4
"Nirvāna comes to thee, Kassapa, when thou understandest thoroughly, and when thou livest according to thy understanding, that all things are of one essence and that there is but one law. Hence, there is but one Nirvāna as there is but one truth, not two or three.5
"And the Tathāgata is the same unto all beings, differing in his attitude only in so far as all beings are different.6