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如是我聞：一時佛在(至)文殊師利而為上首。
Thus have I heard: At one time, the Buddha was present, with Manjushri as the foremost among them.
通敘。祗園結集之會，舍利弗智慧第一，目犍連神通第一，拘絺羅博學第一，富樓那說法第一，須菩提解空第一，優波尼了悟色空第一。
General Introduction. At the assembly held in the Jeta Grove, Shariputra was foremost in wisdom, Maudgalyayana foremost in supernatural powers, Katyayana foremost in extensive learning, Purna foremost in expounding the Dharma, Subhuti foremost in understanding emptiness, and Upali foremost in comprehending the nature of form and emptiness.
時波斯匿王為其父王(至)及摩登伽歸來佛所。
At that time, King Prasenajit, for the sake of his father, brought the Mātanga woman to the Buddha.
通敘阿難誤墮婬室之由。波斯匿，舍衛國王也。剎地利，王族也。旃陀羅，屠膾婬酒之家。
This passage recounts how Ānanda mistakenly entered a house of prostitution. King Prasenajit was the ruler of the kingdom of Śrāvastī. Kṣatriya refers to the royal caste. Caṇḍāla denotes families engaged in butchering, prostitution, and alcohol.
阿難見佛頂禮悲泣，恨無始來一向多聞未全道力，殷懃啟請十方如來，得成菩提妙奢摩他、三摩、禪那最初方便。於時復有恒沙菩薩，及諸十方大阿羅漢、辟支佛等，俱願樂聞，退坐默然承受聖旨。佛告阿難：汝我同氣情均天倫，當初發心於我法中見何勝相，頓捨世間深重恩愛？阿難白佛：我見如來三十二相勝妙殊絕，形體暎徹猶如琉璃，常自思惟：此相非是欲愛所生。何以故？欲氣麤濁腥臊交遘膿血雜亂，不能發生勝淨妙明紫金光聚，是以渴仰從佛剃落。佛言：善哉！阿難！汝等當知，一切眾生從無始來生死相續，皆由不知常住真心性淨明體用諸妄想，此想不真故有輪轉。汝今欲研無上菩提真發明性，應當直心酬我所問。十方如來同一道故，出離生死皆以直心，心言直故，如是乃至終始地位，中間永無諸委曲相。阿難！我今問汝，當汝發心緣於如來三十二相，將何所見？誰為愛樂？阿難白佛言：世尊！如是愛樂用我心目，觀見如來勝相心生愛樂，故我發心願捨生死。佛告阿難：如汝所證，真所愛樂因於心目，若不識知心目所在，則不能得降伏塵勞。譬如國王為賊所侵發兵討除，是兵要當知賊所在，使汝流轉心目為咎。吾今問汝，唯心與目今何所在？