安樂集 1.9

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第二、據諸部大乘，明說聽方軌者。於中有六：第一、《大集經》云：「於說法者，作醫王想、作拔苦想；所說之法，作甘露想、作醍醐想；其聽法者，作增長勝解想、作愈病想。」若能如是，說者、聽者，皆堪紹隆佛法，常生佛前。第二、《大智度論》云：「聽者端視如渴飲，一心入於語議中，聞法踊躍心悲喜，如是之人應為說。」第三、彼論又云：「有二種人，得福無量無邊。何等為二？一者樂說法人，二者樂聽法人。」是故阿難白佛言：「舍利弗、目連，何以所得智慧、神通，於聖弟子中最為殊勝？」佛告阿難：「此之二人於因中時，為法因緣千里不難，是故今日最為殊勝。」第四、《無量壽大經》云：「若人無善本，不得聞此經，清淨有戒者，乃獲聞正法。」第五、云：「曾更見世尊，則能信此事，奉事億如來，樂聞如是教。」第六、《無量清淨覺經》云：「善男子、善女人，聞說淨土法門，心生悲喜，身毛為竪，如拔出者，當知此人過去宿命，已作佛道也。若復有人，聞開淨土法門，都不生信者，當知此人始從三惡道來，殃咎未盡，為此無信向耳，我說此人未可得解脫也。」是故《無量壽大經》云：「憍慢弊懈怠，難以信此法。」

Second, regarding relying on various Mahāyāna works to show the proper rules for preaching and listening: within this there are six points. First, the *Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra* says: "Toward the preacher of the Dharma, form the thought of a king of physicians and the thought of one who pulls out suffering; toward the Dharma that is preached, form the thought of ambrosia (amṛta) and the thought of ghee; as a listener to the Dharma, form the thought of increasing superior understanding and the thought of curing illness." If one can be like this, both speaker and listener are capable of maintaining and flourishing the Buddhadharma, and will always be born before the Buddha. Second, the *Da zhidu lun* says: / "The listener looks directly forward like one thirsty drinking water, / Enters into the words and explanations with one mind, / And hearing the Dharma leaps with joy, heart filled with sorrow and delight— / To such a person should one preach." / Third, that treatise also says: "There are two kinds of people who obtain immeasurable and boundless merit. What are the two? First, one who delights in preaching the Dharma; second, one who delights in listening to the Dharma." For this reason, Ānanda said to the Buddha: "Why are the wisdom and spiritual superknowledges attained by Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana the most supreme among the holy disciples?" The Buddha told Ānanda: "When these two people were at the stage of causes, for the sake of the Dharma they did not consider a thousand li difficult; therefore today they are the most supreme." Fourth, the *Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra* says: / "If a person has no roots of goodness, / They cannot get to hear this sūtra; / Only those who are pure and possess the precepts / Come to hear the true Dharma." / Fifth, it says: / "If one has previously seen the Bhagavat, / One can believe in this matter; / Having served hundreds of millions of Tathāgatas, / One delights in hearing such a teaching." / Sixth, the *Wuliang qingjing jue jing* says: "If good men and good women, hearing the Pure Land dharma-gate expounded, give rise to sorrow and delight in their hearts, so that the hairs on their bodies stand on end as if pulled out, you should know that this person has already practiced the Buddha Path in past lives. If, moreover, there is a person who, hearing the Pure Land dharma-gate revealed, does not give rise to faith at all, you should know that this person has just come from the three evil destinies, and their lingering offenses are not yet exhausted; it is for this reason that they lack faith and inclination; I say that this person cannot yet attain liberation." Therefore the *Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra* says: / "Those who are arrogant, corrupt, and indolent / Find it difficult to believe in this Dharma."