Summary
s.1The Buddha is approached by the young merchant Śrīvasu, who requests instruction on how to live his life as a novice bodhisattva. The Buddha is pleased and offers some pithy advice regarding the bodhisattva path that encapsulates the main altruistic aims and practices of the Great Vehicle. He states that foremost among the bodhisattva’s daily practices are taking refuge in the Three Jewels, practicing the six perfections, and dedicating all resulting merit to the attainment of awakening for oneself and others.
s.1年輕商人吉祥世來到佛陀面前，請求佛陀指導他如何作為初學菩薩而生活。佛陀感到欣悅，提供了一些精妙的教導，說明菩薩道的要旨，總結了大乘的主要利他目標和修行方法。佛陀開示，菩薩日常修行中最重要的是皈依三寶、修習六度，以及將由此所獲的一切功德迴向給自己和他人證得菩提。