Summary
s.1Eliminating Ajātaśatru’s Remorse narrates how the teachings of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī help King Ajātaśatru overcome the severe negative action of having killed his father, King Bimbisāra. Through instruction, pointed questioning, and a display of miracles, Mañjuśrī and his retinue of bodhisattvas show King Ajātaśatru that the remorse he feels for his crime is in fact unreal, just as all phenomena are unreal. The sūtra thus demonstrates Mañjuśrī’s superiority in wisdom and the profound purification that comes from realizing emptiness.
s.1《阿闍世懺悔經》敘述菩薩文殊如何通過教導，幫助阿闍世王克服殺害其父親頻婆娑羅王這一嚴重惡業所帶來的痛苦。文殊與他的菩薩眷屬通過教導、尖銳的提問和展現神蹟，向阿闍世王開示他對自己罪行所感到的懺悔實際上是虛幻的，就如同諸法都是虛幻的一樣。本經由此展現了文殊在智慧上的殊勝，以及通過證悟空性所得到的深刻淨化。