Summary
s.1Inspiring Determination is directed at reforming the conduct of sixty bodhisattvas who have lost their sense of purpose and confidence in their ability to practice the Dharma. The bodhisattva Maitreya leads them to seek counsel from the Buddha, who explains the causes these bodhisattvas created in former lives that resulted in their current circumstance. They make a commitment to change their ways, which pleases the Buddha, and this leads him to engage in a dialog with the bodhisattva Maitreya on how bodhisattvas, including those in the future age of final degeneration, the final half-millennium, should avoid faults and uphold conduct that accords with the Dharma.
s.1《增上意樂促進經》是為了改造六十位菩薩的行為而說的。這些菩薩已經失去了修行的目的感和對自己實踐法的能力的信心。菩薩彌勒引領他們去向佛求教，佛為他們講解了這些菩薩在前世所造的業因，導致了他們目前的處境。他們承諾要改正自己的錯誤，這使佛歡喜，於是佛與菩薩彌勒展開對話，討論菩薩，包括未來末法時代最後五百年中的菩薩，應該如何避免過失，堅持符合法的行為。