Summary
s.1At the opening of this sūtra, King Ajātaśatru’s son Siṃha and his five hundred attendants approach the Buddha, who is on Vulture Peak. After paying homage and offering golden parasols, Siṃha asks the Buddha a series of questions about the conduct of bodhisattvas. The Buddha answers each of Siṃha’s questions with a series of verses describing the various karmic causes that result in the qualities and attributes of bodhisattvas. Afterward, when Siṃha and his attendants promise to train in this teaching, the Buddha smiles, causing the three-thousandfold world system to quake. When the bodhisattva Ajita asks the Buddha why he smiled, the Buddha explains that Siṃha and all of his companions will become buddhas and establish buddhafields similar to that of Amitābha.
s.1在這部經的開始，阿闍世王的兒子師子太子與他的五百名隨從來到佛陀面前，佛陀當時在靈鷲山。師子太子禮敬佛陀並獻上金色的傘蓋後，向佛陀提出了一系列關於菩薩行為的問題。佛陀用一系列的偈頌回答了師子太子的每個問題，描述了導致菩薩各種品質與特徵的業因。之後，當師子太子和他的隨從承諾修學這個教法時，佛陀微笑，使得三千大千世界為之震動。當菩薩阿逸多問佛陀為什麼微笑時，佛陀解釋說師子太子和他所有的同伴都將成為佛陀，並建立與阿彌陀佛相似的佛土。