藥師經疏 1.2

1.2

Sūtra: 'In that land...' to '...the treasury of the True Dharma.' Fourth, clarifying the upholding of the Dharma has two [parts]. As for 'bodhisattva mahāsattva', 'bodhisattva' is as before. Explaining 'mahāsattva', it is translated as 'great awakened being'. The second [fascicle] of the Buddhabhūmi[-upadeśa] states that a bodhisattva has three greatnesses, hence being called a mahāsattva: first, greatness of number, because they are immeasurable; second, greatness of virtue, meaning dwelling in the Mahāyāna, traversing the Mahāyāna, and so forth; third, greatness of activity, meaning quenching the various sufferings and afflictions of sentient beings. Benefiting and bringing joy to sentient beings is the activity of a bodhisattva. Due to these three meanings, they are called mahāsattvas. As for 'one named Sūryaprabha, the second named Candraprabha': the Song version says, 'one named Riyao, the second named Yuejing.' The Tang version says, 'one named Sūryaprabhāsa, the second named Candraprabhāsa.' They are the foremost, supreme leaders in that land, just like Maitreya and Mañjuśrī in this […] land.