Summary
s.1While residing in the Jeta’s Grove in Śrāvastī, the Buddha explains to an assembly of monks and bodhisattvas four factors of the path that bodhisattvas must not abandon even at the cost of their lives: (1) the thought of awakening, (2) the spiritual friend, (3) tolerance and lenience (which are here counted as one), and (4) dwelling in the wilderness. The sūtra concludes with two verses in which the Buddha restates the four factors and asserts that those who do not relinquish them will attain complete awakening.
s.1佛陀在舍衛城的祇樹給孤獨園向比丘和菩薩的大眾講述了菩薩道上的四個因素，菩薩即使付出生命的代價也不應該放棄這四個因素：（1）菩提心，（2）善知識，（3）忍辱和溫柔（在此合為一項），以及（4）阿蘭若住。經文以兩首偈頌作為結尾，佛陀在偈頌中重申了這四個因素，並宣稱那些不放棄它們的人將證得圓滿的覺悟。