为何大菩萨也求生净土
[10] Why Great Bodhisattvas Seek Birth In Pure Land Too
丁二、菩萨众
D2: Bodhisattva Assembly
【经】：并诸菩萨摩诃萨：文殊师利（此云妙德）法王子、阿逸多（此云无能胜，弥勒菩萨之名）菩萨、乾陀诃提（此云不休息）菩萨、常精进菩萨，与如是等诸大菩萨。
[Sūtra]: Also, [there were] many Bodhisattva-Mahāsattvas: Mañjuśrī [This (is) called Wonderful Virtues] [the] Dharma Prince, Ajita [This (is) called Unconquerable, (the) name of Maitreya Bodhisattva] Bodhisattva, Gandhahastin [This (is) called Not Resting] Bodhisattva, Constant Diligence Bodhisattva, with such [and] other many Great Bodhisattvas.
【解】：「菩萨摩诃萨」，此云大道心成就有情。乃悲智双运，自他兼利之称。
[Explanation]: [Of] Bodhisattva-Mahāsattvas, this [is to] say [those with the] great path’s mind [to] accomplish sentient [beings]. Thus, [it is the the] title of [those with] compassion [and] wisdom both applying, [to have] self [and] others together benefitted.
佛为法王，文殊绍佛家业，名法王子，菩萨众中，智慧第一。非勇猛实智，不能证解净土法门，故居初。
[As the] Buddha is [the] Dharma King, [and with] Mañjuśrī [Bodhisattva] carrying on [the spiritual] family’s cause, [he is] named [as the] Dharma Prince, within [the] Bodhisattva assembly, [with] wisdom foremost. [If] not bold [and] powerful [with] true wisdom, not able [to] realise [and] understand [the] Pure Land Dharma Door, therefore [is he] positioned first.
弥勒当来成佛，现居等觉，以究竟严净佛国为要务，故次列。
[As] Maitreya [in the] future [will] accomplish Buddhahood, presently abides [as an] Equal Awakening [Bodhisattva, is] with [learning the] ultimate adornment [of a] pure Buddha land as [his] important duty, [he is] therefore listed second.
不休息者，旷劫修行不暂停故。常精进者，自利利他无疲倦故。
That Not Resting [Bodhisattva, since] distant kalpas [i.e. world cycles], [has been] cultivating practices without pause thus. That Constant Diligence [Bodhisattva, has been] self-benefiting [and] benefiting others without exhaustion thus.
此等深位菩萨，必皆求生净土，以不离见佛，不离闻法，不离亲近供养众僧，乃能速疾圆满菩提故。
These kinds [of] Profound Positions’ Bodhisattvas, must all seek birth [in the] Pure Land, with [this] not away [from] seeing Buddhas, not away [from] hearing [the] Dharma, [and] not away [from] getting close [to] all [of the] Saṃgha [for] making offerings, [to] then [be] able [to] swiftly perfect [and] complete [their] Bodhi [path] thus.
[注：既然最大的菩萨都求生净土，初发心菩萨与我们凡夫也应当如此 — 以便最迅速成大菩萨，最迅速利益一切众生，最迅速成佛道。
Note: Since even the greatest of Bodhisattvas all seek birth in the Pure Land, so should beginner Bodhisattvas and we ordinary beings do this — so as to most swiftly accomplish as Great Bodhisattvas, most swiftly benefit all sentient beings, and most swiftly accomplish the Buddha path.]
– 净土宗九祖蕅益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
– Pure Land Tradition’s 9th Patriarch Great Master Ǒuyì
(Essential Explanation [Of The] Sūtra [In Which The] Buddha Speaks [Of] Amitā[bha] Buddha)
Namo Amituofo : Translation & note by Shen Shi’an
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