Here appears
Dipankara. Usually, as you know, Dipankara Bodhisattva is the oldest of all the
Bodhisattvas. But according to this sutra, even before Dipankara there were so
many Bodhisattvas, like Srigarba, whose enlightened name is Vimalanetra, or
like Varaprabha, or Kandrasuryapradipa. And what does this mean? Actually,
there is no first bodhisattva. Actually, everyone is a bodhisattva. This sutra
suggests this kind of teaching. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-02-00-D as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
