菩薩戒義疏 1.19

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二、《地持經》，相傳是彌勒說。原本是燈明佛說，蓮華菩薩受持，次第三十餘菩薩傳化。後有伊波勒菩薩，應迹託化，傳來此土。然《地持》是曇無讖所譯，疑讖即是伊波勒。第四〈戒品〉出受戒法。若菩薩發無上菩提願已，於同法菩薩已發願者，有智有力，善義能誦能持。於此人所，先禮足已，作是言：「我某甲，從大德乞受菩薩戒。大德於我，不憚勞苦，哀愍聽許。」（三說。）次起禮十方諸佛，更請師云：「雅願大德，授我某甲菩薩戒。」（三說。）次生念：「不久當得無盡無量大功德聚。」師應問言：「汝是菩薩不？已發菩提願未？」問竟，應言：「法弟聽！汝欲於我受一切菩薩戒，謂律儀戒、攝善法戒、饒益有情戒。此戒是過去、未來、現在一切菩薩所住戒。過去一切菩薩已學，未來一切菩薩當學，現在一切菩薩今學。汝能受不？」（答：「能。」三說。）師應起，自禮佛竟，作是言：「某甲菩薩，於我某甲菩薩前，三說受菩薩戒，我為作證。一切十方無量諸佛第一無上大師，於一切眾生、一切諸法現前見，學者證知。某甲菩薩，於我某甲菩薩前，三說受菩薩戒。」（三說。）然後結撮讚歎，便散席。依經本受法如此。

Second, the Bodhisattvabhūmi is traditionally said to have been spoken by Maitreya. The original text was spoken by the Buddha Dīpaṃkara and received and upheld by the bodhisattva Padmaprabhā, being successively transmitted and propagated through more than thirty bodhisattvas. Later, there was the bodhisattva *Ibhālaka(?), who manifested an apparition and assumed form, transmitting it to this land. However, the Bodhisattvabhūmi was translated by Dharmakṣema; it is suspected that Dharmakṣema was himself *Ibhālaka. The fourth chapter, "Precepts Chapter," presents the ritual for receiving the precepts: If a bodhisattva has already made the vow for unsurpassable bodhi, then in the presence of a fellow bodhisattva who has already made the vow, who is wise and capable, well versed in the meaning, and able to recite and uphold [the text]—in the presence of this person, having first bowed to their feet, they speak thus: "I, named so-and-so, beg to receive the bodhisattva precepts from the Venerable One. May the Venerable One not begrudge toil and hardship on my account, but out of pity grant permission." (Spoken three times.) Next, rising, they bow to the Buddhas of the ten directions, and again invite the master, saying: "It is my earnest wish that the Venerable One confer upon me, so-and-so, the bodhisattva precepts." (Spoken three times.) Next, they generate the thought: "Before long, I shall obtain an inexhaustible, immeasurable great heap of merit." The master should ask: "Are you a bodhisattva? Have you made the vow for bodhi?" Having finished asking, the master should say: "Listen, Dharma brother! You wish to receive from me all the bodhisattva precepts—namely, the precepts of restraint, the precepts of accumulating wholesome dharmas, and the precepts of benefiting sentient beings. These precepts are the precepts in which all bodhisattvas of the past, future, and present abide. All past bodhisattvas have already trained in them; all future bodhisattvas will train in them; all present bodhisattvas are now training in them. Are you able to receive them?" (Answer: "I can." Spoken three times.) The master should rise, and having himself bowed to the Buddha, speak thus: "Bodhisattva so-and-so, before me, bodhisattva so-and-so, has spoken three times and received the bodhisattva precepts; I serve as witness. May the foremost, unsurpassable Great Masters, the immeasurable Buddhas of all ten directions, directly witness before all sentient beings and all dharmas, and testify that this practitioner, bodhisattva so-and-so, before me, bodhisattva so-and-so, has spoken three times and received the bodhisattva precepts." (Spoken three times.) Afterwards, concluding with praise, the assembly disperses. Such is the ritual of receiving according to the text of the sūtra.