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སེང་གེས་ཞུས་པ།
Siṃha’s Questions
《獅子所問經》(大正藏:《大寶積經阿闍世王子會第三十七》)
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本經開篇講述阿闍世王之子獅子,與其隨侍五百人俱,持金色寶蓋往詣靈鷲山禮敬供養佛陀。爾後,王子提出一系列有關菩薩行的問題,請如來開示。如來以偈頌一一作答,並宣說了成就菩薩之功德以及德相的種種業因。聞是語已,王子及諸隨侍皆發願依此修學。是時如來微笑,三千世界為之震動。彌勒菩薩問佛,以何因緣現此微笑?如來答言,此王子與其五百同伴俱將於未來成佛,其佛剎之莊嚴一如無量壽佛之國土。

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