Summary
s.1The Dharma Council is a Great Vehicle sūtra in which the path of a bodhisattva is taught initially by the Buddha, but principally by a host of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas. Among them, the bodhisattva Nirārambha takes center stage, delivering long discourses and engaging in dialogues and debates on the key points of Great Vehicle Buddhism. Following Nirārambha’s example, a number of the Buddha’s disciples express their own understanding of the path, and they win praise and confirmation from the Buddha for their eloquent expositions of the Dharma. As a Great Vehicle sūtra, The Dharma Council is grounded in the themes of emptiness, nonconceptuality, and skillful compassionate conduct; from these doctrinal touchstones spring a profound and wide-ranging presentation of the Dharma.
s.1《法集經》是一部大乘經典，其中菩薩道的教法最初由佛陀傳授，但主要是由眾多菩薩和聲聞弟子所宣說。其中，無戲論菩薩備受推崇，他發表了冗長的論述，並就大乘佛教的關鍵要點進行了對話和辯論。無戲論菩薩以身作則，佛陀的許多弟子隨之表達了他們對菩提道的理解，並因其流暢的法義闡述而獲得了佛陀的讚歎和印可。作為一部大乘經典，《法集經》以空性、無分別和智慧慈悲行為等主題為基礎；從這些教理的基石出發，呈現了深遠而廣泛的法義。