[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332) › 4.7 # 七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.7 七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.7) 大勢至菩薩復欲樂說：「菩薩有四事利益眾生心無疲惓。何等為四？一者菩薩摩訶薩自捨己樂施與眾生，見他受苦如己無異，慈心流惻痛徹骨髓；二者菩薩摩訶薩於沒溺處設大橋船，運度眾生無有疲厭；三者菩薩摩訶薩於生死海中眾生洄澓，自手牢捉令達彼岸；四者知諸眾生往古來今猶如幻化，雖達此理度人無厭。是為菩薩四事利益拯濟群生。」 > Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva further wished to expound: "A bodhisattva has four matters for benefiting sentient beings without weariness of mind. What are the four? First, the bodhisattva-mahāsattva relinquishes his own joy and gives it to sentient beings, seeing others suffer pain as no different from himself, his compassionate mind aching with distress piercing to the marrow; second, the bodhisattva-mahāsattva establishes a great bridge and ferry where beings are drowning, conveying sentient beings across without weariness; third, amid the ocean of birth and death where sentient beings whirl in whirlpools, the bodhisattva-mahāsattva grasps them firmly with his own hands to make them reach the other shore; fourth, knowing that all sentient beings, past, present, and future, are like illusions and transformations, though he realizes this principle, he crosses people over untiringly. Such are the four matters by which a bodhisattva benefits and rescues the multitude of beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.6) - [Next: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.8) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332~en-mt.4.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [陀羅尼雜集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.56) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.7) · Pramāṇa