Summary
s.1In this sūtra the Buddha Śākyamuni teaches how bodhisattvas proceed to awakening, without ever regressing, by relying on an absorption known as the miraculous ascertainment of peace. He lists the very numerous features of this absorption, describes how to train in it, and explains how through this training bodhisattvas develop all the qualities of buddhahood. The “peace” of the absorption comes from the relinquishment of misconceptions and indeed of all concepts whatsoever, and the sūtra provides a profound and detailed survey of how all the abilities, attainments, and other qualities of the bodhisattva’s path arise as the bodhisattva’s understanding and realization of what is meant by the Thus-Gone One unfold.
s.1在這部經中，釋迦牟尼佛教導菩薩如何依靠一種稱為寂照神變三摩地的三摩地，不退轉地趣向菩提。他列舉了這種三摩地極其眾多的特性，描述了如何修習它，並解釋了菩薩如何通過這種修習開發佛果的一切功德。這種三摩地的「寂靜」來自於舍離顛倒見，乃至舍離一切概念，經文對菩薩如何透過對如來的理解和證悟而逐步展開，進而產生菩薩道上的一切能力、成就和其他功德，做了深入而詳細的闡述。