淨名經集解關中疏 2.494

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爾時釋提桓因於大眾中白佛言。世尊。我雖從佛及文殊師利聞百千經。未曾聞此不可思議自在神通決定實相經典。品文二。初天帝發誓弘經。二如來述可。初中又三。初歎法勝。次歎人益。三覩益誓傳。此初也。百千經方便教也。決定實相修證理自在神通所證用。肇曰。此經意雖簡約而義包群典。坐不踰日而備覩通變。大乘微遠之言。神通應感之力。一時所遇理無不盡。

At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra addressed the Buddha among the great assembly, saying: 'World-Honoured One, although I have heard hundreds of thousands of sūtras from the Buddha and Mañjuśrī, I have never before heard such a scripture of inconceivable, sovereign spiritual powers and definitive true mark.' The text of the chapter has two parts: first, the Lord of Devas vows to propagate the sūtra; second, the Tathāgata assents. The first part also has three: first, praising the supremacy of the Dharma; next, praising the benefit to persons; third, beholding the benefit and vowing to transmit it. This is the first. 'Hundreds of thousands of sūtras' refers to expedient teachings; 'definitive true mark' is the principle cultivated and realized; 'sovereign spiritual powers' are the function of what is realized. Sengzhao says: 'Although the phrasing of this sūtra is concise, its meaning encompasses a multitude of scriptures. Without exceeding a single day in one's seat, one fully witnesses its spiritual transformations. The subtle and profound words of the Mahāyāna, and the power of spiritual powers responding to needs, were encountered at once, leaving no principle unexhausted.'