Summary
s.1There are two main themes in Distinguishing Phenomena and What Is Meaningful. One is in the narrative structure: The Buddha Śākyamuni tells how, countless eons ago, in a world called Flower Origin, a buddha named Arisen from Flowers gave instructions to a royal family, and prophesied the awakening of the prince Ratnākara. Arisen from Flowers, the Buddha Śākyamuni then relates, has since become the buddha Amitābha, and the prince Ratnākara the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. The other theme is doctrinal, and lies in the content of the teaching given by Arisen from Flowers: it explains the four mistakes made by ordinary beings in the way they perceive the five aggregates, and how bodhisattvas teach them how to clear away these misconceptions, so that they may be free of the sufferings that result.
s.1《區分現象與其義理》這部經典有兩個主要的主題。其一是在敘述結構中：釋迦牟尼佛講述了無數劫之前，在一個名叫花光世界的世界裡，一位名叫花光佛的佛陀給予一個皇族家庭教導，並預言了王子寶藏菩薩的成佛。釋迦牟尼佛接著敘述，花光佛後來成為了阿彌陀佛，而王子寶藏菩薩則成為了觀世音菩薩。另一個主題是教義方面的，它體現在花光佛所傳的法的內容中：它解釋了普通眾生在認識五蘊時所犯的四個錯誤，以及菩薩們如何教導他們消除這些誤解，使他們能夠解脫由此產生的痛苦。