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維摩義記 4.93

維摩義記 4.93

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Classical Chinese

4.93

自下第二彌勒傳通。於中有二:一、對佛向前舉過告示,驚嘆未有,自誓捨離。彌勒久無,今為此言,欲使諸人同也捨遠。二、「奉持」下,對佛向前舉法付囑,自誓弘通。於中初先對佛向前「所集菩提付囑於汝」,雜己奉持。「若未來」下,對佛向前「於佛滅後汝等當以神力流布」,彰己傳通。於中三句:一、明未來男子女人求大乘者,當令普得如是等經。二、與其念力,使堪受持,為他廣說。三、明未來受持說者悉是己力。由佛前勸,當以神力廣宣流布,故明未來有受學者,悉是己力之所建立。

From here below is the second [subdivision], Maitreya's transmission. Therein are two [parts]: First, facing the Buddha, in response to his previous adducing of faults and instructions, he marvels and gasps that it is unprecedented, and vows of himself to abandon and keep away from them. Maitreya had long been free of them, but now speaks these words desiring to cause all persons likewise to abandon and stay far from them. Second, from "Receive and uphold..." downwards, in response to the Buddha's previous adducing of the Dharma and entrustment, he vows of himself to widely propagate it. Therein, first, in response to the Buddha's previous "I entrust to you the gathered bodhi", he expresses his own receiving and upholding. From "If in the future..." downwards, in response to the Buddha's previous "After the Buddha's nirvāṇa, you should propagate it with supernatural powers", he reveals his own transmission and propagation. Therein are three clauses: first, clarifying that when men and women of the future seek the Mahāyāna, he will cause them everywhere to obtain sūtras of this sort; second, giving them the power of mindfulness to make them capable of receiving, upholding, and preaching extensively for others; third, clarifying that those in the future who receive, uphold, and preach will all do so by his own power. Because of the Buddha's prior encouragement that they should widely broadcast and propagate it with supernatural powers, he clarifies that when there are those in the future who receive and study it, it is all established by his own power.

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