[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) › [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842) › 1.49 # 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.49 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.49) 於是威德自在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！廣為我等分別如是隨順覺性，令諸菩薩覺心光明承佛圓音，不因修習而得善利。世尊！譬如大城外有四門，隨方來者非止一路，一切菩薩莊嚴佛國及成菩提非一方便。唯願世尊！廣為我等宣說一切方便漸次，并修行人總有幾種？令此會菩薩及末世眾生求大乘者，速得開悟，遊戲如來大寂滅海。」作是語已五體投地，如是三請終而復始。 > Thereupon Tejovāśitā Bodhisattva rose from his seat in the great assembly, bowed his head to the Buddha's feet, circumambulated him three times to the right, knelt on both knees with his palms joined, and addressed the Buddha, saying: "O Bhagavat of great compassion! You have broadly analyzed for us such accordance with the nature of enlightenment, causing the luminous minds of the bodhisattvas to receive the Buddha's perfect voice and attain excellent benefits without relying on practice. Bhagavat, for example, just as a great city has four gates on the outside, and those who come from various directions do not take only one road, so too the adornment of Buddha-lands and the attainment of bodhi by all bodhisattvas do not rely on a single upāya. May the Bhagavat broadly proclaim for us all the stages of upāyas, and altogether how many kinds of practitioners there are, so that the bodhisattvas in this assembly and sentient beings of the latter age who seek the Mahāyāna may quickly attain awakening and disport in the Tathāgata's great ocean of quiescence." Having spoken these words, he cast his five limbs to the ground; in this manner he made three requests, ending and beginning again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.48) - [Next: 1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.50) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842~en-mt.1.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.2.387) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.842.1.49) · Pramāṇa