大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.45

1.45

This is what is meant by the bodhisattva who has entered the higher stages according with the nature of enlightenment.

“Son of good family, all obstructions are identical with ultimate enlightenment. Whether one maintains concentration or loses it, there is nothing that is not liberated. Fulfilling the Dharma and violating the Dharma are both termed nirvana. Wisdom and delusion are permeated by prajñā. The Dharma that is realized by bodhisattvas and the heterodox is equally bodhi. Ignorance and suchness do not belong to different realms. Cultivating the precepts (śīla), meditation (samādhi), and wisdom (prajñā), as well as indulging in lust, anger, and foolishness, are altogether the practice of purity. Sentient beings and their lands are the same as the one Dharma-nature. The dungeons of hell and the palaces of heaven are wholly the Pure Land. Whether one has the nature or lacks the nature one equally realizes the Buddha Way. All defilements are in the end liberation. When the oceanlike wisdom of the dharmadhātu fully illumines the various characteristics, they are seen to be like empty space. This is what is meant by the Tathāgata’s according with the nature of enlightenment.

“Son of good family, bodhisattvas as well as sentient beings in the final age should never give rise to delusive thought. Nor should they put a stop to delusive mental activity. Abiding in the objects of delusive thought they do not increase their clear understanding, and without clear understanding they do not discern true reality. Sentient beings’ hearing this teaching, believing it, understanding it, and upholding it without generating alarm is what is meant by according with the nature of enlightenment.

“Son of good family, you should know that such sentient beings have already made offerings to hundreds of thousands of myriads of millions of buddhas and bodhisattvas more numerous than the sands of the Ganges River and have planted virtuous roots. The Buddha explains that these people are said to have completely realized the wisdom embracing all modes.”21

At that time the World-honored One, wishing to restate his meaning, uttered this verse:

Pure Wisdom, you should know that

The nature of perfectly consummated bodhi

Has neither attainment nor realization,

Neither bodhisattvas nor sentient beings.

Yet between enlightenment and non-enlightenment There are distinctions in the gradual stages. Sentient beings are obstructed by understanding, And bodhisattvas have not yet freed themselves from that awareness. Entering the higher stages, they are eternally quiescent And no longer abide in forms. The perfect consummation of great enlightenment Is called pervasive accordance. When sentient beings in the final age Do not give rise to unreality in their minds, The Buddha says that such people Appear in the world as bodhisattvas. Having made offerings to infinite buddhas, Their merit is perfectly consummated. Even though they employ many expedients, They are all said to accord with wisdom.

Chapter VII

Mastery of Majestic Virtue

Bodhisattva

Then Mastery of Majestic Virtue 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, you have fully distinguished for us the ways in which the different natures