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# 請觀音經疏闡義鈔 1.44

請觀音經疏闡義鈔 1.44

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.44)

「菩薩皆具眾德」者，圓證實理故具眾德。文殊，具云文殊師利，此翻妙德，以見三德佛性不縱不橫，故稱妙德。《大經》云「了了見佛性，猶如妙德等。」彌勒，此云慈氏，一體三慈無所不攝，故以為名。

> "Bodhisattvas all possess manifold virtues": because they perfectly realize the real principle, they possess manifold virtues. Mañjuśrī, fully named Mañjuśrī, is translated here as Wondrous Virtue; because he perceives that the Buddha-nature of the three virtues is neither vertical nor horizontal, he is called Wondrous Virtue. The Great Sūtra says: "Clearly perceiving Buddha-nature is like Wondrous Virtue..." Maitreya is translated here as The Compassionate One; the three compassions of a single essence leave nothing unencompassed, hence it serves as his name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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