Summary

s.1In The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva, the Buddha describes in detail the views and practices that are to be followed by the bodhisatva, the ideal Mahāyāna practitioner. Through his interactions with human and nonhuman interlocutors, and through stories of various past buddhas, we are led step by step through the topics of renunciation, the mind of awakening, the four immeasurables, and the six perfections. Among the many accounts of past buddhas included in the sūtra, we find the story of the prophecy made by the Buddha Dīpaṅkara to the brahmin Megha about his future attainment of awakening as the Buddha Śākyamuni.

s.1在《菩薩藏經》中,佛陀詳細描述了菩薩應該遵循的見解和修行,菩薩是大乘修行的理想人格。通過與人類和非人的對話者的互動,以及各種過去佛陀的故事,我們逐步引導經過出離、菩提心、四無量心和六度等主題。在經中包含的眾多過去佛陀的記述中,我們發現了燃燈佛對婆羅門妙吉祥所作的預言故事,預言他未來將作為釋迦牟尼佛而證得覺悟。