Summary
s.1While the Buddha is residing in the Akaniṣṭha realm, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Ākāśagarbha asks him how a bodhisattva should view the mind at the point of dying. The Buddha replies that when death comes a bodhisattva should develop the wisdom at the hour of death. He explains that a bodhisattva should cultivate a clear understanding of the nonexistence of entities, great compassion, nonapprehension, nonattachment, and a clear understanding that, since wisdom is the realization of one’s own mind, the Buddha should not be sought elsewhere. After these points have been repeated in verse form, the assembly praises the Buddha’s words, concluding the sūtra.
s.1當佛陀住在阿迦尼吒天時，菩薩摩訶薩虛空藏菩薩詢問他，菩薩應該如何觀待自己在臨終時刻的心。佛陀回答說，當死亡來臨時，菩薩應該培養臨終智。他解釋說，菩薩應該培養對諸法無自性的清楚認識、大悲心、無所得、無執著，以及清楚認識到既然智慧是對自己心的現證，就不應該在其他地方尋求佛陀。在這些要點以詩文形式重複之後，大眾讚歎佛陀的言教，經文由此結束。