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淨名經集解關中疏 2.303

淨名經集解關中疏 2.303

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2.303

彼諸大士見化菩薩歎未曾有。今此上人從何所來。娑婆世界為在何許。云何名為樂小法者。即以問佛 此下三明彼大士驚異。文四。此初歎問。問中有三。一問從何焉來。應言誰所化來。淨名化作也。二問娑婆處。娑婆此云雜會。雜惡眾生共會一處。又云。堪忍。唯佛釋迦堪忍住故。三問何名樂小法者。肇曰。其土純一大乘不聞樂小法之名故此問也。

When those mahāsattvas saw the emanation bodhisattva, they marveled, having never seen such before: “From where has this superior person come? Where is the Sahā world located? What is meant by ‘those who delight in lesser dharmas’?” They immediately asked the Buddha about this.
Below this is the third [part], clarifying that those mahāsattvas were astonished. The text has four parts. This is the first, praising and questioning. Within the questions are three: first, asking where he came from—it should say who emanated him to come, namely that Jingming emanated him; second, asking the location of Sahā—Sahā is rendered here as ‘mixed assembly,’ because defiled and evil sentient beings gather together in one place; it is also rendered as ‘endurance,’ because only the Buddha Śākyamuni is able to endure dwelling there; third, asking what is meant by ‘those who delight in lesser dharmas.’ Zhao says: “That land is purely Mahāyāna, and they have not heard the name of delighting in lesser dharmas; hence this question.”

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