淨名經集解關中疏 2.540

2.540

"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."