楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.14

1.14

此通序分也。如是者，指所聞之法，亦信順之辭。我聞者，阿難從佛聞持是法也。一時者，教主徒眾嘉會之時也。佛者，覺也，謂覺道既成，乘機說法，導利群生也。住南海濱楞伽山頂者，說法之處也。寶華莊嚴者，是其處勝也。大比丘菩薩眾者，列同聞之眾也。從彼異佛剎來者，舉遠知近以顯眾多也。無量三昧等者，讚菩薩之德也。自大慧下，別讚大慧之德。諸佛手灌其頂者，明其位居等覺，當授佛位，故為灌頂。自心現境界者，一切善惡境界皆由自心發現，大慧善解，其智超勝也。種種眾生心色者，謂一切有情五蘊種種不同，大慧以無量度門而普應之，則法門深廣也。五法者，曰名、曰相、曰妄想、曰正智、曰如如也；三自性者，曰妄想、曰緣起、曰成也；識即八識也；二無我者，即人無我、法無我也。已上諸法大慧皆能究竟通達，為眾作發起之人，此佛所以深讚之也。

This is the general prologue section. 'Thus' indicates the Dharma heard, and is also an expression of faith and compliance. 'Have I heard' means that Ānanda heard and retained this Dharma from the Buddha. 'At one time' is the time of the auspicious gathering between the teacher and his disciples. 'The Buddha' means the Awakened One, signifying that, having accomplished the path of awakening, he availed himself of the opportunity to preach the Dharma to guide and benefit the multitude of living beings. 'Dwelling on the summit of Mount Laṅkā by the shore of the southern sea' is the location where the Dharma was spoken. 'Adorned with jewelled flowers' indicates the excellence of the place. 'A great bhikṣu [saṅgha] and an assembly of bodhisattvas' enumerates the assembly who heard it together. 'Had come from different buddha-kṣetras': mentioning the distant implies the near, so as to reveal their great numbers. 'Immeasurable samādhis' and so forth praises the virtues of the bodhisattvas. From 'Mahāmati' onward, the virtues of Mahāmati are praised individually. 'All the Buddhas consecrated his head with their hands' clarifies that his stage resides at equal awakening and that he is about to be conferred the Buddha stage; therefore they perform abhiṣeka on him. 'The realms appearing from one's own mind': all good and bad realms arise from one's own mind; Mahāmati understands this well, so his wisdom is supremely transcendent. 'The various minds and forms of sentient beings' means that the five aggregates of all sentient beings are of many different kinds; Mahāmati universally responds to them through immeasurable gates of deliverance, which shows the depth and breadth of his Dharma gates. 'The five dharmas' are nāma, lakṣaṇa, vikalpa, samyagjñāna, and tathatā. 'The three svabhāvas' are vikalpa, paratantra, and pariniṣpanna. 'Consciousness' refers to the eight consciousnesses. 'The two kinds of selflessness' are the selflessness of persons and the selflessness of dharmas. Mahāmati is able to completely and thoroughly penetrate all the above dharmas and serve as the initiator for the assembly; this is why the Buddha profoundly praised him.