[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777) › 2.540 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.540 淨名經集解關中疏 2.540 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.540](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.540) 於是佛告彌勒菩薩言。彌勒。我今以是無量億阿僧祇劫所集阿耨多羅三藐三菩提付囑於汝。如是輩經於佛滅後末世之中。汝等當以神力廣宣流布於閻浮提無令斷絕　品文三。一付囑彌勒等。二付囑阿難等。三經畢慶聞。前文又二。初付。後受付。文三。此初正付也。肇曰。不思議經即佛無上菩提之道。其道深遠離可剋成。吾無量劫不惜身命。骨施踰須彌血施過江海勤苦積集。今始得就哀彼長迷故垂之竹帛。然群生德薄魔事𭵵熾。吾道多難。非汝不弘嗣正之弟所以重累。又城高衝生道尊。魔盛自非神力無以制持。故勸以神力也。 > "Thereupon the Buddha told the Bodhisattva Maitreya: 'Maitreya, I now entrust to you this \[Dharma of\] anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi accumulated over immeasurable koṭis of asaṃkhyeya kalpas. In the latter age following the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, you and the others should, by supernatural power, widely proclaim and circulate sūtras of this kind in Jambudvīpa, not allowing them to be cut off.'" / The chapter text has three parts: first, entrustment to Maitreya and the others; second, entrustment to Ānanda and the others; third, rejoicing upon hearing as the sūtra concludes. The former text also has two parts: first, the entrustment; later, receiving the entrustment. \[This\] text has three parts; this is the first, the formal entrustment. Sengzhao says: "The inconceivable sūtra is precisely the Buddha's path to unexcelled bodhi. Its path is profound and far-reaching; how could it be achieved easily? For immeasurable kalpas, not begrudging my body and life, my bones given away exceeded Mount Sumeru, my blood shed exceeded the rivers and oceans; laboring and suffering, I accumulated it. Only now has it reached completion. Pitying those long lost in delusion, I bequeath it to bamboo and silk. Yet the merits of sentient beings are shallow, and māra-phenomena are exceedingly blazing. My path has many tribulations; without you, it will not be propagated. This is why it is doubly entrusted to the brother who succeeds to the orthodox line. Furthermore, when the city is high, the battering ram arises; when the path is exalted, māras flourish. Unless by supernatural power, there would be no way to restrain and maintain it. Therefore, he exhorts him with supernatural power." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.539](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.539) - [Next: 2.541](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.541) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777~en-mt.2.540) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.10.166) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.540](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.540) · Pramāṇa