淨名經集解關中疏 2.304
淨名經集解關中疏 2.304
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佛告之曰。下方度如四十二恒河沙佛土。有世界名娑婆。佛號釋迦牟尼。今現在於五濁惡世。為樂小法眾生敷演道教。彼有菩薩名維摩詰。住不可思議解脫。為諸菩薩說法。故遣化來稱揚我名并讚此土。令彼菩薩增益功德 此二答三問。四十二恒訶沙超答第二問。來處今現在五濁等答第三問。說小所由有菩薩名維摩詰却答第一。能化者釋迦。此云能性也。牟尼此云寂名也。
The Buddha told them, “In the lower region, past Buddha lands as numerous as forty-two Ganges sands, there is a world named Sahā. The Buddha is called Śākyamuni, and is present right now in the evil world of the five turbidities, expounding the teachings of the Way for sentient beings who delight in lesser dharmas. There is a bodhisattva named Vimalakīrti who abides in inconceivable liberation and preaches the Dharma for the bodhisattvas. Therefore he sent an emanation to come, praising my name and extolling this land, in order to cause those bodhisattvas to increase their merit.”
This is the second, answering the three questions. “Forty-two Ganges sands” skips ahead to answer the second question regarding the place from which he came. “Present right now in the five turbidities” and so forth answers the third question regarding the reason for preaching the lesser [dharma]. “There is a bodhisattva named Vimalakīrti” answers back to the first question regarding the one capable of emanating. Śākya is translated here as ‘capable of nature’; Muni is translated here as ‘silent fame.’
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- 維摩義記 — Classical Chinese
- 維摩詰所說經 — Classical Chinese
- 維摩經疏卷第三.第六 — Classical Chinese