Summary
s.1This short commentary, ascribed to Vasubandhu, explains The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Four Factors (Āryacaturdharmakanāmamahāyānasūtra, Toh 251), a discourse on a set of four factors of the path of a bodhisattva: the thought of awakening, the spiritual friend, the twin qualities of tolerance and lenience, and dwelling in the forest. The commentary proposes various reasons for the sūtra’s composition and explains why it refers to bodhisattvas as followers of the Great Vehicle. It also specifies the four factors, which obstructive elements these factors overcome, which beneficial elements they support, and why śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas are not called bodhisattvas.
s.1這部被認為是世親著作的短篇註疏，解釋了《聖四法大乘經》（藏文：Āryacaturdharmakamāhāyānasūtra，編號251），這是一部關於菩薩道上四個因素的論述：菩提心、善知識、忍辱和柔和這兩種品質，以及居林。該註疏提出了經典成立的各種原因，並解釋了為什麼它將菩薩稱為大乘的追隨者。它還詳細說明了四個因素、這些因素克服哪些障礙元素、它們支持哪些有益元素，以及為什麼聲聞和辟支佛不被稱為菩薩。