Avatamsaka Sutra 2011-05-07




Berkeley Buddhist Monastery show

Summary: Text: "He also makes the following reflection: All living beings live in the prison of the world. They have many sufferings and troubles.They constantly cherish love and hate and thus create worry and fear. Bound by the heavy fetters of greed and desire; they are obstructed by the thick forest of ignorance and cannot extricate themselves from within the three realms. I should pull them from the three existences forever, and establish them in great nirvana that is free from obstruction. He further makes the following reflection: All living beings attach to a view of self. They hide inside in the cave-dwelling of the skandhas, and never think to escape. They rely upon the assemblage of the six places to start the four kinds of inverted actions. The poisonous snakes of the four elements attack them and the vengeful thieves of the five skandhas harm them to death and they undergo limitless suffering.I should set them in the supreme place of non-attachment, that is, in unsurpassed nirvana where all obstructions are destroyed." 經文: "又作是念:『一切眾生處世牢獄,多諸苦惱,常懷愛憎,自生憂怖,貪欲重械之所繫縛,無明稠林以為覆障,於三界內莫能自出。我當令彼永離三有,住無障礙大涅槃中。』 又作是念:『一切眾生執著於我,於諸蘊窟宅不求出離,依六處空聚,起四顛倒行,為四大毒蛇之所侵惱,五蘊怨賊之所殺害,受無量苦。我當令彼住於最勝無所著處,所謂:滅一切障礙無上涅槃。』"