Summary
s.1The events recounted in The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities take place outside Rājagṛha, where the Buddha is residing in the Bamboo Grove together with a great assembly of monks, bodhisattvas, and other human and non-human beings. At the request of the bodhisattvas Vajrapāṇi and Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha teaches his audience on a selection of brief but disparate topics belonging to the general Mahāyāna tradition: how to search for a spiritual friend and live in solitude, the benefits of venerating Avalokiteśvara’s name, the obstacles that Māra may create for practitioners, and warnings on how easy it is to lose one’s determination to be free from saṃsāra. The sūtra also includes two dhāraṇīs that the Buddha and Vajrapāṇi teach in turn, along with details of their benefits and Vajrapāṇi’s ritual recitation instructions. Throughout the text, the Buddha repeatedly insists on the importance and benefits of venerating and propagating this teaching as well as those who teach it.
s.1《諸法並行王經》中所講述的事件發生在王舍城外，佛陀與大量僧眾、菩薩以及其他人類和非人類眾生一起住在竹林中。應金剛手菩薩和觀世音菩薩的請求，佛陀向聽眾開示了一系列簡明但內容各異的主題，這些主題都屬於大乘傳統：如何尋找善知識和獨自修行、禮拜觀世音菩薩名號的利益、魔可能為修行者製造的障礙，以及對修行者如何容易喪失出離輪迴決心的警告。經文還包含了佛陀和金剛手菩薩輪流傳授的兩部陀羅尼，以及這些陀羅尼的功德和金剛手菩薩的持誦儀軌說明。在整部經文中，佛陀反覆強調禮拜和弘揚此教法以及教導此法的人們的重要性和利益。