佛祖統紀 3.63
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Second Assembly: Preached in the Universal Radiance Hall at the Bodhimaṇḍa, six chapters: 1. The Names of the Tathāgata (Mañjuśrī expounded the names of the Buddha in the worlds of the ten directions). 2. The Four Noble Truths (Mañjuśrī expounded the names and meanings of the four truths). 3. Awakening by Light (Mañjuśrī uttered verses praising the Buddha emitting light). 4. Bodhisattvas Inquiring for Clarification (Mañjuśrī questioned Bodhisattva Bodhiśīrṣa and others on the meaning of shattering ignorance. Bodhisattva Dharmaśīrṣa said: 'Like a person counting others' treasures / without half a coin of their own, / one who does not practice the Dharma / is just like this despite wide hearing. / Like a person skilled in medicine and prescriptions / unable to cure their own illness, / like a deaf person playing music / pleasing others without hearing it oneself.' Also, Bhadraśīrṣa said: 'All unobstructed persons / transcend birth and death by a single path'). 5. Pure Conduct (Mañjuśrī answered Jñānaśīrṣa regarding all practices and vows: 'When eating, / one should vow that sentient beings / take the joy of dhyāna as food / and be filled with the bliss of the Dharma'—all such verses come from this chapter). 6. Bhadraśīrṣa (Mañjuśrī questioned Bhadraśīrṣa on the merits of the bodhicitta, and so forth: 'Faith is the source of the Way, the mother of merits').
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