大方便佛報恩經 7.23

7.23

"How does a bodhisattva wholeheartedly listen to the Dharma? There are four ways to listen to the Dharma: first, with the utmost mind; second, with a single mind; third, with all one's mind; fourth, with a good mind. This is called the bodhisattva diligently seeking the twelve divisions of scriptures. Why is this? Because he is mindful of the great kindness of the Buddhas, desires to spread the Saddharma of the Buddhas, desires to increase the dharmas of the Buddhas, desires to cause the world to have faith in the Buddha-Dharma, and desires to cause all immeasurable sentient beings to attain the path of unsurpassed bodhi; therefore, because the bodhisattva is mindful of the immeasurable sentient beings in the ten directions, and in order to repay the great kindness of the Buddhas, the bodhisattva diligently seeks the twelve divisions of scriptures.