Summary
s.1The Dhāraṇī of the Jewel Torch starts with a profound conversation between the Buddha and the bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Mañjuśrī on the nature of the dharmadhātu , buddhahood, and emptiness. The bodhisattva Dharmamati then enters the meditative absorption called the infinite application of the bodhisattva’s jewel torch and, at the behest of the millions of buddhas who have blessed him, emerges from it to teach how bodhisattvas arise from the presence of a tathāgata and progress to the state of omniscience. Following Dharmamati’s detailed exposition of the “ten categories” or progressive stages of a bodhisattva, the Buddha briefly teaches the mantra of the dhāraṇī and then, for most of the remainder of the text, encourages bodhisattvas in a long versified passage in which he recounts teachings by a bodhisattva called Bhadraśrī on the qualities of bodhisattvas and buddhas. Some verses from this passage on the virtues of faith have been widely quoted in both India and Tibet.
s.1《寶燈明陀羅尼》以佛與普賢、文殊師利兩位菩薩之間的深刻對話開篇，討論法界、佛果和空性的本質。隨後，法慧菩薩進入名為「菩薩寶燈無盡應用」的禪定三昧，在無數獲得諸佛加持的佛陀的囑託下，從定中出來，教導菩薩如何在如來的加持下產生，並進步到一切智的境界。在法慧菩薩詳細闡述菩薩的「十種分類」或漸進階段之後，佛簡要地傳授了陀羅尼的咒語。在文本的大部分篇幅中，佛以一段長的韻文勸勉菩薩，其中講述了名為賢德的菩薩所說的關於菩薩和佛陀品質的教導。這段文字中關於信德的一些偈頌在印度和西藏都被廣泛引用。