菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.23

6.23

爾時，座上有菩薩，名曰根蓮花，惠施無礙行四等心堅固難沮，進止行來不失威儀禮節，從無數劫來常修梵行禪定不亂，分別善惡觀察眾生，有婬、怒、癡心，無婬、怒、癡心，若多若少皆悉知之；遊諸佛國供養承事諸佛世尊，善權方便示現無常、無我、無身、無命、無人，可行知行可住知住慈愍一切。時根蓮花菩薩即從坐起，偏露右臂右膝著地，叉手合掌前白佛言：「善哉，世尊！四道所趣意何所在？為有意耶？為無意耶？意是果耶？為非果耶？意是有對無對耶？意可見不可見耶？意是過去、未來、現在耶？非過去、未來、現在耶？意是仙人法，非仙人法耶？意是有為法耶？無為法耶？意是有漏法無漏法耶？於三法報意何所在耶？意在黑黑報耶？意在白白報耶？意在不黑不白不白不黑報耶？意在不麁行法細行法耶？」

At that time, there was a bodhisattva in the assembly named Mūlapadma, whose generous giving was unimpeded and whose practice of the four immeasurable minds was steadfast and hard to undermine. In advancing, stopping, walking, and coming, he never lost his deportment and propriety. For countless kalpas he had constantly cultivated pure conduct and his dhyāna meditation was undistracted. Distinguishing good and evil, he observed sentient beings, fully knowing whether their minds had lust, anger, and delusion or lacked lust, anger, and delusion, whether in great measure or small. He roamed through Buddha lands, making offerings to and serving Buddhas and Bhagavats. Through skillful means he manifested impermanence, non-self, the absence of a body, the absence of life, and the absence of a person; knowing when to act when action was appropriate, and knowing when to abide when abiding was appropriate, he took pity on all beings. At that time, Bodhisattva Mūlapadma rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, joined his palms, and said to the Buddha: "Excellent, Bhagavat! Where does the mind reside when tending toward the four paths? Is there mind, or is there no mind? Is the mind a fruit, or is it not a fruit? Is the mind resistant or non-resistant? Is the mind visible or invisible? Is the mind past, future, or present, or is it not past, future, or present? Is the mind a dharma of the ṛṣis, or is it not a dharma of the ṛṣis? Is the mind a conditioned dharma, or is it an unconditioned dharma? Is the mind a contaminated dharma or an uncontaminated dharma? In the retribution of the three dharmas, where does the mind reside? Does the mind reside in black-black retribution? Does the mind reside in white-white retribution? Does the mind reside in neither-black-nor-white, neither-white-nor-black retribution? Does the mind reside in the dharmas of non-coarse practice or in the dharmas of fine practice?"