Summary
s.1In this very brief sūtra, Venerable Ānanda asks the Buddha about the nature of the mind of awakening, the aspiration to attain the awakening of a buddha for the benefit of all beings. The Buddha explains that the mind of awakening is like gold because it is pure. He also teaches the analogy that just as a smith shapes gold into various forms, yet the nature of the gold itself does not change, so too the mind of awakening manifests in various unique ways, yet the nature of the mind of awakening itself does not change.
s.1在這部極為簡短的經典中，尊者阿難請問佛陀關於菩提心的本質——即為了利益一切眾生而發願證得佛陀之覺悟的願心。佛陀解釋說，菩提心如同黃金一樣是純淨的。他還教授了一個比喻：正如鍛冶匠將黃金塑造成各種不同的形狀，但黃金本身的性質並不改變，同樣地，菩提心以各種獨特的方式展現，但菩提心本身的性質並不改變。