Summary
s.1The Teaching on the Great Compassion of the Tathāgata opens with the Buddha presiding over a large congregation of disciples at Vulture Peak. Entering a special state of meditative absorption, he magically displays a pavilion in the sky, attracting a vast audience of divine and human Dharma followers. At the request of the bodhisattva Dhāraṇīśvararāja, the Buddha gives a discourse on the qualities of bodhisattvas, which are specified as bodhisattva ornaments, illuminations, compassion, and activities. He also teaches about the compassionate awakening of tathāgatas and the scope of a tathāgata’s activities. At the request of a bodhisattva named Siṃhaketu, Dhāraṇīśvararāja then gives a discourse on eight dhāraṇīs , following which the Buddha explains the sources and functions of a dhāraṇī known as the jewel lamp . As the text concludes, various deities and Dharma protectors praise the sūtra’s qualities and vow to preserve and protect it in the future, and the Buddha entrusts the sūtra and its propagation to Dhāraṇīśvararāja. The sūtra is a particularly rich source of detail on the qualities of bodhisattvas and buddhas.
s.1《如來大悲經》以佛陀在靈鷲山主持大眾弟子集會開始。佛陀進入特殊的定境，神奇地在空中顯現一座亭閣，吸引了眾多天人和人類法的追隨者。應菩薩陀羅尼主王菩薩的請求，佛陀開示了菩薩的功德，這些功德被指定為菩薩的莊嚴、照耀、大悲和事業。他也教導了如來的悲願和如來事業的範圍。應名為獅子幢的菩薩的請求，陀羅尼主王菩薩隨後開示了八種陀羅尼，之後佛陀解釋了名為寶燈的陀羅尼的來源和功用。當經文結束時，各種天神和護法讚歎經文的功德，並發願在未來守護和保護它，佛陀將經文及其弘傳托付給陀羅尼主王菩薩。這部經是有關菩薩和佛陀功德的特別豐富的詳細資料來源。