法苑珠林 55.45

55.45

夫三達之智。百神無以類其通。十力之尊。千聖莫足儔其大。萬惑盡矣。萬德備矣。梵天仰焉。帝釋師焉。道濟四生化通三界。拔生死於輪迴。示涅槃於常樂。周孔未足擬議。博施廣濟。堯舜其猶病諸。等慈而無棄物。可不謂之仁乎。具智而有妙覺。可不謂之聖乎。

Now, as for the wisdom of the three clear knowledges, the hundred spirits cannot compare with its thoroughness; as for the supremacy of the ten powers, a thousand sages are not sufficient to match its greatness. The myriad delusions are exhausted, and the myriad virtues are complete. Brahmā looks up to him, and Śakra takes him as master. His path rescues the four kinds of born beings, and his transformation pervades the three realms. He uproots them from the cycle of birth and death, and reveals nirvāṇa of constant bliss. The Duke of Zhou and Confucius are not even sufficient to be compared with him. As for ‘widely conferring benefits upon the people and aiding the multitude,’ even Yao and Shun still found it difficult. Extending equal compassion and abandoning no creature—can this not be called benevolence? Endowed with wisdom and possessing wondrous enlightenment—can this not be called sagacity?