Summary
s.1Teaching the Five Perfections is a compilation of five short sūtras that each present the practice of one of the five perfections in which bodhisattvas train on the path of the Great Vehicle: generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, and concentration. These five perfections embody the skillful methods of the bodhisattva path, and, as these sūtras show, they should always be combined with an understanding of the state of omniscience, the sixth perfection of insight that is supposed to permeate the practice of the first five perfections. The teachings are delivered by the Buddha as well as two of his close disciples, Śāradvatīputra and Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇīputra, who both teach the five perfections inspired by the Buddha’s blessing.
s.1《五波羅蜜多經》是由五部短經組成的彙編，每部經都呈現菩薩在大乘道路上修行的五波羅蜜多之一的實踐：布施、戒、忍辱、精進和禪定。這五波羅蜜多體現了菩薩道的善巧方便，如這些經典所示，它們應當始終與一切智的境界相結合，即應當遍滿前五波羅蜜多修行的第六波羅蜜多——般若波羅蜜多。這些教法由佛陀及其兩位親近弟子舍利弗和富樓那彌多羅尼子傳授，他們都在佛陀加持的啟發下教導五波羅蜜多。