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title: "淨土十要 · 四菩薩生三界外者"
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### 四菩薩生三界外者

> Four Bodhisattvas Born Outside the Three Realms

二乘三種菩薩折伏現行煩惱。捨分段而生界外。悲智狹劣。若不迴心行六度等行。畢竟不入大乘智海。此非所論。般若經。有菩薩摩訶薩得六神通。不生欲界色無色界。從一佛國至一佛國。供養恭敬尊重讚歎。諸佛所至處無聲聞。辟支乃至無二乘之名。其壽無量。龍樹釋曰。生身菩薩不斷結使。或離欲得五神通。法身菩薩斷結使得六通。不生三界。所至世界皆一乘清淨。壽無量阿僧祇劫。菩薩生彼為樂集諸佛功德故。當知六通得生甚為希有。凡夫往生者以佛力故。又念力不可思議。以念念中具六神通故。

> The two vehicles and the three types of bodhisattvas suppress and overcome manifest afflictions, shedding the realm of birth-and-death to be born beyond the three realms. But their compassion and wisdom are limited. If they do not turn their minds to practice the six perfections and other deeds, they will ultimately never enter the great ocean of Mahayana wisdom. This is not our present concern. According to the \*Prajna Sutra\*, there are great bodhisattvas who attain the six supernatural powers. They are not born in the desire realm, the form realm, or the formless realm. They travel from one buddha-land to another, making offerings, honoring, respecting, and praising the buddhas. In the lands they visit, there are no disciples or solitary buddhas—not even the names of the two vehicles. Their lifespans are immeasurable. Nagarjuna explains: Bodhisattvas still in the body of birth do not cut off their afflictions; some may abandon desire and attain the five supernatural powers. Bodhisattvas in the dharma-body cut off all afflictions and attain the six powers. They are not born in the three realms. The worlds they visit are purely of the one vehicle, pure and immaculate. Their lifespans last for immeasurable eons. Bodhisattvas are born there joyfully to accumulate the virtues of all buddhas. Thus we should know: attaining the six powers and being born there is extremely rare. Ordinary beings who are reborn there do so through the power of the buddhas. Moreover, the power of mindfulness is inconceivable—because in each moment of thought, they are endowed with the six supernatural powers.