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Maitreya Sutra Exposition (彌勒經遊意)

About 彌勒經遊意

Sui · by 吉藏撰

13,391 · about 45 min

The Commentary on the Maitreya Sutra is a Buddhist exegetical work composed by the eminent monk Jizang of the Sui Dynasty. Jizang, a leading figure of the Sanlun (Three Treatises) school who lived during the transition from the Sui to the Tang period, is renowned for his writings elucidating Madhyamaka thought. This work primarily offers a profound interpretation of the Maitreya Sutra, exploring the faith in Bodhisattva Maitreya and the doctrine of his future attainment of Buddhahood, systematically analyzing the core ideas and practices within the scripture. As a significant Buddhist text of the Sui Dynasty, The Commentary on the Maitreya Sutra not only reflects the developmental level of Buddhist doctrinal studies at that time but also provides an important foundation for later research on Maitreya belief. With his profound Buddhist scholarship, Jizang endowed this work with considerable academic stature within Chinese Buddhism, making it an essential reference for the study of the history of Chinese Buddhist thought.


第二釋名
此經若存胡音,應言佛陀般遮阿那羅彌勒菩薩耨多羅修摩兜率陀提婆修多羅,漢言覺者說觀慈氏大心眾生上生知足天經也。今簡異名不同。一名毘留,亦名闍那迦,此云成。佛陀,此云覺者、知者、見者等也。三藏云:清淨覺也。修多羅,亦云修妬路、修吒羅、修林嵐,異名有四。三藏云:修多、闌多含五異名之。今上下生兩經,舉胡漢兩音與人法二種因,經明以爾者,修行之人皆是前生後生人,得成佛故也。次簡阿逸多與彌勒。阿逸多,此云無能勝,故淨土經云莫能勝也。彌勒者,亦彌帝禮,或名彌帝隸迦也。《婆修密經》亦言「《和修密經》云阿羅彌勒」也,皆云觀慈氏。但相傳或云阿逸多是名,彌勒是性;或云阿逸多是性,彌勒是名。兩釋未詳取捨也。皆人曩劫行慈,久習慈因,修慈以立為名,舉德標人,故言慈氏。故《釋論》云「阿難問佛:何因緣故,得彌勒字?佛答:過去久遠,於閻浮提中有一佛出世,名曰弗沙佛。彼時有國王,名曇摩留枝,往佛所時,見一比丘入慈心三昧,形身安靜、放大光明。王見則問佛:此比丘入何三昧,光明乃爾?佛答王云:此比丘入慈心三昧。王聞此語,信增欽仰,言:此慈心定魏魏乃爾,我亦修習此慈心三昧。爾時曇摩留枝王,今彌勒是。於世則發此慈心,自此以來,常字彌勒,久習性故,至成佛時,猶名慈氏。」如然燈佛生時,一切身邊如燈,故名然燈佛。初本乞油供養諸比丘因緣,名為目然燈,亦名錠光佛。如聲類書云「有足名錠,無足目鐙」也。《賢愚經》十二卷云「彌勒生在波羅捺國劫波利村輔相之家,初生有三十二相,身紫磨黃金色,姿容挺特。輔相歡喜,召相師相之。相師善因爾立名,則問:『兒生時凡有何相?』答言:『其母素性不能良善,懷兒以來慈矜苦見。』相師喜言:『是兒者,必慈心。』因此為立名,號曰彌勒。父母愛重,心無有量,其殊勝名相相稱,令國土宣傳聞名。波羅捺國王名梵摩達,聞之心懷懼,恐奪王位,意欲未長大時方便除之。其父母知之,遣人遂與其舅。舅名波婆利,領五百弟子,在異國學道。舅得彌勒已,教學問學,未□歲時,則通經書。其舅後時聞有佛出世,則遣彌勒等十六人往至佛所,思念為四句:一、問幾相;二、問年壽;三、問弟子;四、問經性。彌勒問已,如來歡喜,答佛更開化說法。其十五人則得法眼淨,各從坐起,則索出家。佛言:善來!便髻自墮。重以方便為其說法,十五人成阿羅漢,彌勒七歲發心而已。彌勒後時,從佛還迦維羅國。大愛道比丘尼為佛自手紡績,作一端金色縷之疊袈裟,繫心積想,以奉世尊。世尊不受之,還令供養眾僧。逐語則供養眾僧。眾僧之中行之,無有欲取者,彌勒前則取著之也。時佛過波離捺國,身紫摩黃金色,又被金縷織袈裟,表裏相稱,行乞食至大陷上,擎鉢住止。人民見之,視者無有足,雖皆敬重之,而無有人與食者。時有一穿珠師將還家供養,其婦怒言,失穿珠師之利益,彌勒則將此師還眾僧。眾僧廣說法,供養利重:佛為其人利,阿那律過去世一氈,生生世世無貧,亦為說施彌勒未來果報事也。」

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