大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.4

1.4

於是文殊師利菩薩在大眾中即從座起，頂禮佛足右遶三匝，長跪叉手而白佛言：「大悲世尊！願為此會諸來法眾，說於如來本起清淨因地法行，及說菩薩於大乘中發清淨心，遠離諸病，能使未來末世眾生求大乘者不墮邪見。」作是語已五體投地，如是三請終而復始。

tions, and accord with nonduality. From the sphere of nonduality, [the Buddha] manifested various pure lands. He was accompanied by one hundred thousand bodhisattva mahāsattvas, who were led by Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, Universal Worthy Bodhisattva, Universal Eyes Bodhisattva, Diamond Treasury Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Pure Wisdom Bodhisattva, Mastery of Majestic Virtue Bodhisattva, Discerning Sound Bodhisattva, Purifying Karmic Obstructions Bodhisattva, Universal Enlightenment Bodhisattva, Perfect Enlightenment Bodhisattva, and Foremost of Worthies Bodhisattva. Together with their attendants, they all entered samādhi and dwelled together with the Tathāgata in the Dharma assembly of universal equality.

Chapter I

Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva

Then Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva arose from his seat within the great assembly, bowed with his head at the feet of the Buddha, circumambulated him three times, knelt before him with hands clasped at his breast, and addressed the Buddha, saying, “Great Compassionate World-honored One, for the sake of all those who have come to this Dharma assembly, I pray that you will set forth the dharmic practice based on the pure causal ground from which the Tathāgata originally arose, as well as set forth how, within the Great Vehicle, bodhisattvas should give rise to the pure mind in order to remove all illnesses so as to be able to cause future sentient beings during the final age to seek the Great Vehicle and not fall into errant views.” Having spoken these words, he prostrated himself fully. He made his request in this way three times in succession.

At that time the World-honored One addressed Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, saying, “Excellent! How excellent, son of good family, that, for the sake of the various bodhisattvas [gathered here], you are thus able to ask about the dharmic practice of the causal ground of the Tathāgata, as well as for the sake of all sentient beings seeking the Great Vehicle during the final age, you are thus able to cause them correctly to adhere to it and not fall into errant views. Now listen carefully to what I shall expound to you.” Then Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, delighted to receive the teaching, listened silently along with the great assembly.

“Son of good family, the supreme Dharma King has a great dhāraṇī 11 gate called Perfect Enlightenment, from which flows all purity, suchness, enlightenment (bodhi), nirvana, and perfections (pāramitās) to instruct bodhisattvas. The causal ground from which all Tathāgatas originally arise is wholly based on perfectly illuminating the pure character of enlightenment, which is forever cut off from ignorance, and thereupon realizing the Buddha Way.

“What is ignorance?

“Son of good family, all sentient beings, from beginningless time, have

been given over to all kinds of perverted views, like people who are lost

without any sense of direction, delusively mistaking the four great elements

as the attributes of their own body and the six types of sense objects as the

attributes of their own mind. They are like people with an eye disease who,

when they look at the sky, see a flower or a second moon.

“Son of good family, there is really no flower in the sky; the disease is

delusive attachment. Because of delusive attachment, not only are beings

deluded about the nature of empty space itself but they are also deluded about

the place from which the flower really is born. Due to such delusive impu-

tation, beings revolve within the cycle of birth and death. Hence [this con-

dition] is referred to as ignorance.

“Son of good family, this ignorance has no real essence of its own but

is like a person seen in a dream: even though he seems to be present during

the dream, upon awakening he cannot be apprehended anywhere. Or it is