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《迦耶山頭經》(大正藏:《佛說象頭精舍經》)
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這是一部描述大乘法道不同面向的精要佛經。經名得自於開示發生的地點,即菩提伽耶附近的迦耶山。經中依次記敘了佛陀的內觀,佛陀與文殊師利菩薩的對話,以及文殊師利與三位提問者——兩位天人和一位菩薩——之間的對答,由此簡要而持續地解說了證悟的漸進過程、四種發菩提心的階段、菩薩道的方便與智慧兩大原則,以及菩薩行的種種分類。《迦耶山頭經》有多種譯本、釋論,其中的段落被大量引用,可見其對於印度和漢藏兩地大乘佛教界的廣泛影響。

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