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Mahāyāna Ornament Sutra (大乘莊嚴經論)

About 大乘莊嚴經論

Tang · by 無著菩薩造 · Source text translated by 波羅頗蜜多羅

89,751 · about 299 min

The Mahāyānasūtrālaṅkāra is a pivotal treatise of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism, composed by the Bodhisattva Asaṅga in the 4th to 5th century CE and translated into Chinese during the Tang dynasty by the eminent monk Prabhākaramitra. This treatise systematically expounds the stages of practice on the Mahāyāna bodhisattva path, with a primary focus on establishing the doctrines of Vijñapti-mātratā (Consciousness-Only) and Tathāgatagarbha (Buddha-nature). It elaborates in detail on core teachings such as bodhicitta (the mind of awakening) and the six pāramitās (perfections). As a representative work of the Yogācāra school, it synthesizes Madhyamaka and Yogācāra thought, laying the theoretical foundation for Mahāyāna Buddhism. This treatise holds a position of high esteem within East Asian Buddhism, serving as an essential text for the study of the Yogācāra school


緣起品第一
偈曰:
義智作諸義, 言句皆無垢,
救濟苦眾生, 慈悲為性故。
巧說方便法, 所謂最上乘,
為發大心者, 略以五義現。
釋曰:莊嚴大乘經論,誰能莊嚴?答:義智能莊嚴。問:義智云何莊嚴?答:開作諸義。問:以何開作?答:以言及句。問:以何等言?以何等句?答:以無垢言、以無垢句。無垢言者,謂能至涅槃城。無垢句者,謂字句相應。若離無垢言句,則於諸義不能開曉。問:以何義故莊嚴?答:為救濟苦眾生故。問:眾生自苦,何因救濟?答:為菩薩者大悲為體,生憐愍故。問:若救他苦,莊嚴何法?答:莊嚴如來巧說方便法。問:何等方便法?答:所謂最上乘。問:為誰故莊嚴?答:為發大乘心者。問:以幾義莊嚴?答:略以五義示現。問:何者五義?偈曰:
譬如金成器, 譬如花正敷,
譬如食美膳, 譬如解文字,
譬如開寶篋, 是各得歡喜;
五義法莊嚴, 歡喜亦如是。
釋曰:此中五譬,即譬彼五義莊嚴。如其次第,能令發大心者信向故、受教故、思惟故、修習故、證得故。問:其義云何?答:金成譬,為令信向,轉彼心故。華敷譬,為令受教,開示彼故。食膳譬,為令思惟,得法味故。解文譬,為令修習,更不思故。開篋譬,為令證得真實菩提分寶,自覺證故。由此五義分別大乘,能令彼人得生愛樂。問:若彼法自性功德具足,何義更須莊嚴為?答此問,偈曰:
譬如莊美質, 臨鏡生勝喜,
妙法莊嚴已, 得喜更第一。
釋曰:譬如美質加莊像現在於鏡,則生勝喜。何以故?為有悅故。菩薩亦爾,莊嚴妙法義入自心,則生勝喜。何以故?為有聞故。問:彼法有何功德須此莊嚴,強欲令他恭敬信受耶?偈曰:
譬如飲藥苦, 病差則為樂;
住文及解義, 苦樂亦如是。
譬如難事王, 因事得威力;
如是難解義, 因解得法財。
譬如見生寶, 不別則不愛;
如是聞妙法, 不覺亦不喜。
釋曰:此三偈次第顯示妙法有三功德,一顯斷障因功德、二顯自在因功德、三顯妙喜因功德。問:此義云何?答:如飲苦藥,初時則苦,以難服故;後時則樂,以病差故。此法亦爾,住文時苦,味難得故;解義時樂,障病破故。如事嚴王,初時則苦,難得意故;後時則樂,與威力故。此法亦爾,思惟時苦,深難解故;思度時樂,長聖財故。如見生寶,未別時則不愛,謂無用故;識別時則深重,知有用故。此法亦爾,修行時則不喜,謂空無用故;修度時則深悅,知有大用故。緣起品究竟。

大乘莊嚴經論序
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