Summary
s.1This brief sūtra is introduced with the Buddha residing on Vulture Peak Mountain in Rājagṛha, together with a great monastic assembly of 1,250 monks and a multitude of bodhisattva mahāsattvas. The Buddha is approached and asked by the bodhisattva mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara about the qualities that should be cultivated by a bodhisattva who has just generated the altruistic mind set on attaining awakening. The Buddha briefly expounds seven qualities that should be practiced by such a bodhisattva, emphasizing mental purity and cognitive detachment from conceptuality.
s.1這部簡短的經典以佛陀住在王舍城靈鷲山開始，與一千二百五十位比丘的大僧伽眾以及無數菩薩摩訶薩聚集在一起。菩薩摩訶薩觀自在菩薩上前向佛陀提問，詢問剛剛生起菩提心的菩薩應當修習的品質。佛陀簡要闡述了七種品質，強調此等菩薩應當修習心清淨和認知上對概念化的超越。