[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) › [陀羅尼雜集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336) › 3.56 # 陀羅尼雜集 3.56 陀羅尼雜集 3.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.56) 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已樂施與眾生，見他受苦如已無異，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迴覆，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 explain: "A bodhisattva has four things by which he benefits sentient beings with a tireless mind. What are the four? First, the bodhisattva mahāsattva renounces his own joy to bestow it upon sentient beings, seeing others suffer pain as no different from his own, his compassionate mind aching to the very marrow of his bones. Second, the bodhisattva mahāsattva constructs a great bridge and boat where beings are drowning, carrying sentient beings across without weariness. Third, when sentient beings are capsizing in the ocean of birth and death, the bodhisattva mahāsattva grasps them firmly with his own hands, causing them to reach the other shore. Fourth, he knows that all sentient beings from antiquity to the present are like illusory transformations; yet although he understands this truth, he never tires of delivering people. These are the four things of a bodhisattva that benefit and rescue all beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.55) - [Next: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.57) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336~en-mt.3.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.56) · Pramāṇa