大方廣佛華嚴經願行觀門骨目 1.30

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爾時文殊說無濁亂清淨行大功德已，欲顯示菩提心功德故，以偈問賢首菩薩曰：「我今已為諸菩薩，說佛往修清淨行。仁亦當於此會中，演暢修行勝功德。」賢首乃說七百一十五行七言偈答。初一句誡云：「善哉仁者應諦聽」。次十五句歎菩提心，自謙云：「彼諸功德不可量，我今隨力說少分，猶如大海一滴水。」次二句標發心因緣云：「菩薩發意求菩提，非是無因無有緣。」次九行正明發心因緣，以三寶、菩提、眾生、國土以為所緣，能信之心以為自因。偈云：「於佛法僧生敬信，以是而生廣大心，不求五欲及王位，富饒自樂大名稱。但為永滅眾生苦，利益世間而發心，常欲利益諸眾生，莊嚴國土供養佛。受持正法修諸智，證菩提故而發心。」次「信為道元」下十四行，歎信心勝妙。次「若常」下，廣歎發心，從始至終諸行相生，以至果用。次廣述因果諸用。

At that time, after Mañjuśrī had spoken of the great merit and virtue of pure conduct free from turbid confusion, wishing to manifest the merit and virtue of bodhicitta, he questioned Bhadraśrī Bodhisattva in verse, saying: / "I have now, for the sake of the bodhisattvas, / Spoken of the pure practices formerly cultivated by the Buddha. / You, Humane One, should also in this assembly / Expound the supreme merits and virtues of cultivation." / Bhadraśrī then spoke 715 seven-character lines of verse in reply. The initial line is an admonition, saying: "Excellent, O Humane One, you should listen attentively!" The next fifteen lines praise bodhicitta, modestly stating: "Those merits and virtues are immeasurable; / I now, according to my ability, speak a small portion, / Just like a single drop of water from the great ocean." The next two lines set forth the causes and conditions of generating the mind, saying: "When a bodhisattva generates the intent to seek bodhi, / It is not without causes and conditions." The next nine lines directly clarify the causes and conditions of generating the mind, taking the Three Jewels, bodhi, sentient beings, and buddha-lands as the objective condition, and the mind capable of faith as the internal cause. The verses say: / "Generating respectful faith toward the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha, / Through this one generates the vast and great mind; / Not seeking the five desires or royal status, / Wealth, self-gratification, or great fame. / Solely to extinguish forever the suffering of sentient beings, / And to benefit the world, does one generate the mind; / Constantly desiring to benefit all sentient beings, / To adorn the lands and make offerings to the Buddha. / Upholding the true Dharma and cultivating all kinds of wisdom, / In order to realize bodhi, one generates the mind." / Next, the fourteen lines starting from "Faith is the source of the Way" praise the supremacy and wondrousness of the mind of faith. Next, the section from "If constantly..." onward extensively praises the generation of the mind, from beginning to end showing the arising of all practices in mutual succession, extending down to the functions of the fruit. Next, it extensively relates the various functions of causes and fruits.