[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 7.22 # 大方便佛報恩經 7.22 大方便佛報恩經 7.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.22) 佛告阿難：「諸善男子！堅誓師子者，今則我身釋迦文是。菩薩如是親近善友，乃至喪命，終不起惡。何以故？為知恩報恩故。所以者何？菩薩得近善知識故，能速成辦阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。善男子！菩薩常勤求善知識，為聞佛法，乃至一句一偈一義，三界煩惱，皆悉萎悴。菩薩至心求佛語時，渴法情重，不惜身命，設踐熱鐵，猛火之地，不以為患。菩薩為一偈故，尚不惜命，況十二部經？為一偈故，尚不惜身命，況餘財物？聞法利故，身得安樂，深生信心，直心正見。見說法者，如見父母，心無憍慢。為眾生故，至心聽法，不為利養；為眾生故，不為自利；為正法故，不畏王難、飢渴、寒熱、虎狼、惡獸、盜賊等事。先自調伏煩惱諸根，然後聽法，非時不聽。至心聽法，恭敬說者，尊重於法，是名菩薩知恩報恩。 > The Buddha told Ānanda: "Good sons! The lion Firm Resolve was none other than myself, Śākyamuni. The bodhisattva thus drew close to good spiritual friends, even to the point of losing his life, yet never gave rise to evil. Why? Because of knowing kindness and repaying kindness. For what reason? Because the bodhisattva, by being able to draw close to good spiritual friends, can swiftly accomplish anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi. Good sons! The bodhisattva always diligently seeks good spiritual friends to hear the Buddha-Dharma, even a single phrase, a single verse, or a single meaning, whereby the afflictions of the three realms all wither away. When the bodhisattva wholeheartedly seeks the Buddha's words, his thirst for the Dharma is so profound that he does not begrudge his body or life; even if he must tread upon red-hot iron or ground of raging fire, he does not consider it a hardship. If the bodhisattva does not begrudge his life for the sake of a single verse, how much less for the twelve divisions of scriptures? If he does not begrudge his body and life for the sake of a single verse, how much less any other wealth and possessions? Because of the benefit of hearing the Dharma, his body attains peace and joy, and he gives rise to deep faith, an upright mind, and right views. When he sees one who preaches the Dharma, it is as though he sees his parents, his mind free of pride and arrogance. For the sake of sentient beings, he wholeheartedly listens to the Dharma, not for gain; for the sake of sentient beings, not for self-benefit; for the sake of the Saddharma, he does not fear the wrath of kings, hunger and thirst, cold and heat, tigers and wolves, vicious beasts, bandits, and the like. Having first subdued his own afflictions and faculties, he only then listens to the Dharma, never listening at improper times. Listening to the Dharma wholeheartedly, revering the preacher, and honoring the Dharma—this is called the bodhisattva's knowing kindness and repaying kindness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.21) - [Next: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.23) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.7.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.173) — Classical Chinese - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.7.12) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.7.22) · Pramāṇa