Summary

s.1In The Questions of Guṇaratnasaṅkusumita, the sūtra’s interlocutor, Guṇaratnasaṅkusumita, asks the Buddha Śākyamuni whether there might be other buddhas in other realms whose names carry the power to produce awakening. The Buddha responds that there are, in fact, buddhas whose names are so efficacious that simply by remembering them, the disciple will be awakened. The Buddha then names the buddhas of the ten directions, their worlds and eons, and the specific effects that knowing each of their names will have on disciples with faith.

s.1在《功德寶香積菩薩所問經》中,經文的提問者功德寶香積菩薩向佛陀釋迦牟尼提問,是否存在其他佛陀住在其他淨土,他們的名號具有引發覺悟的力量。佛陀回答說確實存在這樣的佛陀,他們的名號具有如此強大的效力,只要弟子們憶念他們,就會獲得覺悟。接著,佛陀講述十方的諸佛、他們所住的世界及劫數,以及對具有信心的弟子們來說,認識每位佛陀名號所會產生的特定利益。