Summary
s.1The Absorption That Encapsulates All Merit tells the story of Vimalatejā, a strongman renowned for his physical prowess, who visits the Buddha in order to compare abilities and prove that he is the mightier of the two. He receives an unexpected, humbling riposte in the form of a teaching by the Buddha on the inconceivable magnitude of the powers of awakened beings, going well beyond mere physical strength. The discussions that then unfold—largely between the Buddha, Vimalatejā, and the bodhisattva Nārāyaṇa—touch on topics including the importance of creating merit, the centrality of learning and insight, and the question of whether renunciation entails monasticism. Above all, however, Vimalatejā is led to see that the entirety of the Great Vehicle path hinges on the practice that forms the name of the sūtra, which is nothing other than the mind of awakening (bodhicitta).
s.1《集一切福德三昧經》講述了無垢光的故事，他是一位以體力強悍聞名的大力士，來拜訪佛陀，想要比較彼此的能力，證明自己比佛陀更強大。他卻收到了一個出乎意料的謙卑回應，以佛陀關於覺悟眾生不可思議之力的教導作為答覆，這遠遠超越了單純的體力。隨後展開的討論——主要在佛陀、無垢光和菩薩那羅延之間進行——涉及的話題包括積累福德的重要性、聞慧和般若的核心地位，以及出離是否必然要求出家的問題。然而最重要的是，無垢光被引導去領悟大乘道路的全部都取決於構成這部經名稱的修習，那就是菩提心。