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བྱམས་པའི་སེང་གེའི་སྒྲ་ཆེན་པོ།
The Great Lion’s Roar of Maitreya
《彌勒大獅子吼經》(大正藏:《大寶積經摩訶迦葉會第二十三》)
Maitreya­mahā­siṃhanāda

在本經中,摩訶迦葉提出一系列有關出家人之律儀與修持的問題,佛陀一一詳細作答。爾後,摩訶迦葉請佛住世守護佛法。然而,當佛陀預言摩訶迦葉本人將於未來守護佛法時,摩訶迦葉卻堅稱,為使佛法長久駐世,必須由一位菩薩而非聲聞弟子來荷擔如此重任。佛陀遂將未來保護教法之大任付囑於彌勒菩薩。之後,佛陀開示了末世將會出現的偽菩薩,以及正確的菩薩行儀與修持,彌勒亦自述其所修行的菩薩之道。當摩訶迦葉問及未來何者是偽菩薩時,佛陀給予一系列教示,否定、呵責了借由供養舍利、佛塔和佛像而謀求利養與生計的做法,並將此與出家僧人捨世苦修、深觀禪定的正確行持作了對比。除了佛陀對偽菩薩的批評之外,此經以其中令人難忘的種種譬喻、本生故事和對依止阿蘭若處捨世修行的重視而著稱。

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