法苑珠林 85.12

85.12

又華嚴經云。菩薩如是方便求法。所有珍寶無貴惜者。於此物中不生難想。若得一句未曾聞法。勝得三千大千世界滿中珍寶。得聞一偈勝得轉輪聖王釋提桓因梵天王處。菩薩作是念言。我受一句法。設令三千大千世界大火滿中。上從梵天而自投下。何況小火。我尚盡受一切諸地獄苦。猶應求法。何況人中諸小苦惱。為求法故發如是心。如所聞法心常喜樂。悉能正觀。未曾有經云。昔毘摩國徙陀山有一野干。為師子所逐墮一丘井。已經三日。開心分死。自說偈言。

Furthermore, the Avataṃsaka-sūtra states: When a bodhisattva employs such expedient means to seek the Dharma, of all his precious treasures there are none he values or begrudges, conceiving no thought of difficulty regarding these things. If he obtains a single phrase of the Dharma not heard before, it surpasses obtaining a three-thousand-great-thousandfold world full of precious gems. To get to hear a single verse surpasses attaining the station of a wheel-turning sage king, of Śakra Devānām Indra, or of a Brahmā king. The bodhisattva reflects: 'To receive a single phrase of the Dharma, even if the three-thousand-great-thousandfold world were filled with great fires, I would throw myself down into it from the Brahmā heaven, how much more so for a small fire? I should still seek the Dharma even if I had to undergo all the sufferings of all the hells, how much more so for the minor distresses among humans!' For the sake of seeking the Dharma, he arouses such a resolve. In accord with the Dharma he has heard, his mind always rejoices and he is fully able to contemplate it correctly. The Adbhutadharma-sūtra states: Formerly, at Mount Xituo in the state of Bima, there was a jackal that was pursued by a lion and fell into a deserted well. After three days had passed, his heart cleared and he resigned himself to death, speaking these verses of his own accord: