陀羅尼雜集 3.57

3.57

得大勢菩薩復欲樂說，誰能於釋迦牟尼佛遺法中作佛事者，我等八人常當擁護。略說有四事。何等為四？一者億無量苦，見眾生苦如我無異；二者我等所持戒功德，悉捨施與眾生，共用迴向無上菩提；三者能忍苦事，荷負一切眾生到於彼岸；四者發舉一切眾生心，猶如慈父念子無異。是為菩薩自利利人清淨妙行。

Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva further wished to explain: "If anyone can perform Buddha-work within the bequeathed Dharma of Śākyamuni Buddha, we eight will always protect him. In brief, there are four matters. What are the four? First, remembering immeasurable suffering, he sees the suffering of sentient beings as no different from his own. Second, all the merit of the precepts that we maintain is entirely relinquished and given to sentient beings, jointly dedicated toward unsurpassed bodhi. Third, he can endure painful matters, shouldering all sentient beings to the other shore. Fourth, he inspires the minds of all sentient beings, no differently than an affectionate father caring for his son. These are the bodhisattva's pure, wondrous practices of self-benefit and benefiting others."