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5 acintyavimokṣanirdeśaḥ



athāyuṣmataḥ śāriputrasyaivaṃ bhavati sma-'yadyasmin gṛha āsanānyapi na syuḥ, ime bodhisattvāśca mahāśrāvakāḥ kutra niṣīdanti ?' tato licchavirvimalakīrtirāyuṣmataḥ śāriputrasya cittavitarka jñātvā, āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputramevamavocat-



"bhadanta śāriputra, ki dharmārthika āgato'si ? āhosvidāsanārthikaḥ ?" āha-"dharmārthika āgataḥ, nāsmyāsanārthikaḥ" | avocad-"bhadanta śāriputra, yadyato yo dharmārthikaḥ so 'pi svakāyārthiko na syāt , āsanachandīkṣaṇaṃ kuta āgatam ? bhadanta śāriputra, yo dharmakāmaḥ, sa hi rūpavedanāsaṃjñāsaṃskāravijñānakāmo nāsti, skandhadhātvāyatanakāmo nāsti | yo dharmakāmaḥ, sa kāmarūpārūpyadhātukāmo nāsti, | yo dharmakāmaḥ, sa buddhabhiniveśakāmo nāsti, dharmasaṃghābhiniveśakāmo nāsti |

"bhadanta śāriputra, punaraparaṃ yo dharmakāmaḥ, sa duḥkhaparijñānakāmo nāsti, samudayaprahāṇakāmo nāsti, nirodhasākṣātkārakāmo nāsti, mārgabhāvanākāmo nāsti | tat kasya hetoḥ ? dharmo hyaprapañca'nakṣaraḥ; tato yad-'duḥkhaṃ parijñātavyam, samudāyaḥ prahātavyaḥ, nirodhaḥ sākṣātkartavyaḥ, mārgo bhāvayitavya' ityuttarikaraṇīyaṃ, taddharmakāmo nāsti, tadhi prapañcakāmaḥ |

"bhadanta śāriputra, dharmo hyupaśāntaśca praśāntaḥ, tato ya utpādavināśanasamudācāraḥ, sa dharmakāmo nāsti, vivekakāmo nāsti; sa utpādavināśakāmaḥ | bhadanta śāriputra, punaraparaṃ dharmo' rajo virajaḥ; tataḥ kaściddharmaśced yasmin anunayas-( syād- ) antamaśo nirvāṇe'pi, sa hi dharmakāmo nāsti; sa 'rāgarajaḥ kāmaḥ' | dharmo viṣayo nāsti | yā viṣayagaṇanā, sā dharmakāmo nāsti; sa viṣayakāmaḥ | dharmo hyanāvyūho'nirvyuhaḥ; kaściddharmo yasminabhigrahaṇaṃ cotsargaḥ, sa dharmakāmo nāsti; sa hyabhigrahaṇotsargakāmaḥ |



"dharmo'nālayaḥ; ya ālayārāmāḥ, te na dharmakāmāḥ, te hyālayakāmāḥ | dharmo'nimittaḥ śūnyaḥ; yeṣāṃ vijñānanimittānugamanam, te na dharmakāmāḥ, te nimittakāmāḥ | dharmo'sahavāsaḥ; ye keciddharmeṇa saha viharanti, te na dharmakāmāḥ, te vihārakāmāḥ | dharmo dṛṣṭaśrutamatavijñātannāsti; ye dṛṣṭaśrutamatavijñāte caranti te dṛṣṭaśrutamatavijñātakāmāḥ, na tu dharmakāmāḥ |



"bhadanta śāriputra,, dharmassaṃskṛtāsaṃskṛtannāsti; ye saṃskṛtāvacarāḥ te na dharmakāmāḥ, te saṃskṛragrahaṇakāmāḥ | bhadanta śāriputra, ata iccheśceddharma, tvayā sarvadharmā apratikāṃkṣitavyāḥ" |



asmin dharmopadeśe nirdiśyamāne, devaputrāṇām pañcaśata( sya ) dharmeṣu viśuddhaṃ dharmacakṣurudapādi |

atha licchavirvimalakīrtirmajuśrīkumārabhūtamabravīt-"maṃjuśrīḥ, daśadikṣu śatasahasrāṇyasaṃkhyeyāni buddhakṣetrāṇi buddhakṣetracārikāṃ caritvā, kasmin buddhakṣetre sarvottamāni sarvaguṇasampannāni siṃhāsanāni tvayā dṛṣṭāni?" evamavocat |



maṃjuśrīkumārabhūto licchavi bimalakīrtimetadavocat-"kulaputra, itaḥ pūrvāsmin dvātriśad-gaṅgānadīvālukāsamāni buddhakṣetrāṇyatikramya, asti merudhvajo nāma lokadhātuḥ | tatramerupradīpa rājo nāma tathāgatastiṣṭhiti dhriyate yāpayati | tasya tathāgatasya kāya( pramāṇaṃ ) caturaśītiryojanaśatasahasrāṇī | tasya bhagavatassiṃhānapramāṇamaṣṭaṣaṣṭiryojanaśatasahasrāṇi | teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ kāya( pramāṇam ) api dvicatvāriṃśadyojanaśatasahasrāṇi | teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ siṃhāsana( pramāṇam ) api caturtriśadyojanaśatasahasrāṇi | kulaputra, tasmiṃstasya merupradīparājasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetre merudhvaje lokadhātau siṃhāsanāni santi sarvottamāni sarvaguṇasampannāni" |



tatastena khalu samayena tādṛśamabhiprāyaṃ sañcintya, licchavinā vimalakīrtinā'syā evaṃrupardvividhyā abhisaṃskāro'bhisaṃskṛtaḥ, ( yathā ) merudhvajāllokadhātorbhagavatā merupradīparājena tathāgateta dvātriśatsiṃhāsanasahasrāṇyanupreṣitāni-etāvadunnatārohāṇyetāvadviśālānyetāvaddarśanīyāni, yāni tairbodhisattvaiśca tairmahāśrāvakaiśca taiḥśakrabrahmalokapāladevaputrairadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi| tānyuparivihāyasa āgatya, licchavervimalakīrtergṛhe pratiṣṭhānāni | dvātriṃśannānāsihāsanasahasreṣvanāyātena vahamāneṣu, tadhgṛhamapyetāvadviśālaṃ dṛṣyate sma | vaiśālyapi mahānagaryanivṛtā'bhūta ; jambudvīpaścaturdvīpako ( lokadhātu-) ścānivṛtāḥ, sarve te'pi yathāpūrva dṛśyante sma |



atha licchavirvimalakīrtirmañjuśrīkumārabhūtametadavocat-"maṃjuśrīḥ, siṃhāsanānurupakāyādhiṣṭhitāstavamime ca bodhisattvāḥ sihāsane ( ṣu ) niṣīdata" | tato ye'bhi'jñālābhibodhisattvāḥ, te dvicatvāriṃśadyojanaśatasahasrakāyādhiṣṭhitāḥ sihāsane( ṣu ) niṣīdanti sma | ye bodhisattvāādikarmikāḥ, te teṣu sihāsaneṣu nīṣīditunnāśakan |

tato licchavirvimalakīrtiryathā te bodhisattvāḥ pañcābhijñāyāṃ sidhyeyustathā hyevaṃ tebhyo bodhisattvebhyo dharma deśayi | te'bhijñām prāpya, ( ṛddhyā ) dvicatvāriśadyojanaśatasahasraśarīrāṇyabhinirmāya, teṣu sihāsaneṣu niṣidanti sma |

teṣvāpi mahāśrāvakeṣu teṣu sihāsaneṣu niṣīditumasamartheṣu, licchavirvimalakīrtistata āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputramabravīt-"bhadanta śāriputra, sihasane niṣīda" | avocat-"satpuruṣa, eṣu sihāsaneṣūtkṛṣṭeṣu cātimātreṣu, niṣīditunna śakromi" | abravīt-" bhadanta śāriputra, tasmai bhagavate tathāgatāya merupradīparājāya kuru praṇāmañca niṣīdituṃ śakṣyasi" | atha te mahāśrāvakāstasmai bhagavate tathāgatāya merupradīparājāyābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purataste sihāsane( ṣu ) nyaṣīdan |



athā'yuṣmāṃśāriputro licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat-"kulaputra, āścarya ( yathai-)vamutkṛṣṭātimātrāṇīdṛśanānāsahasrāṇi siṃhāsanānyetāvadalpagṛhaṃ praviśanti caibhirapi vaiśālī mahānagarī nivṛtā nāti, jambūdvīpasya grāmanagaranigamarāṣṭrarājadhānī ca caturmahādvīpako'pi (lokadhātu-)śca na kicinnivṛtāḥ, api ca devanāgayakṣagandharvāsurgaruḍa kinnaramahoragasthānānyanivṛtāni pūrva yādṛśānyāyatyapi dṛśyante tathā" |



licchavirvimalakīrtirabrabīt-" bhadanta śāriputra, tathāgatebhyaśca bodhisattvebhyo'cintyo nāma vimokṣo'sti | tasminacintyavimokṣe viharan bodhisattva etāvadunnatātirekavipulaṃ sumeruṃ parvatarājaṃ sarṣapābhyantaram prakṣipan tasmin sarṣape'vardhamāne ca sumerāvavyaye, ( tādṛśāṃ ) krīyāṃ deśayati | cāturmahārājakāyikadevāśca trayasriṃśadevā api 'kutra vayam prakṣiptāḥ', na jānanti | anyaistvṛdvividhineyikasattvaiḥ sa parvatarājassumeruḥ sarṣapābhyantaram prakṣiptam prajñāyate ca dṛśyate | sa hi, bhadanta śāriputra, bodhisattvānām acintyavimokṣaviṣayapraveṣaḥ |



"bhadanta śāriputra, bhūyo'pyacintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvasya caturmahāsamudrasya skandhān ekoromakūpaṃ pravartayaḥ, matsyakūrmaśiśumāramaṇḍūkānyajalajaprāṇibhya upaghāto nāsti | nāgakṣagandharvāsurāṇāmapyevaṃ 'vayaṃ kutra viveśayitā' iti na bhavati; tasyām kriyāyāṃ dṛśyamānāyāṃ, tebhyassattvebhya upaghātaśca saṃkṣobho nāsti |



"ayamapya-( cintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvas | trisāhasramahā-sāhasralokadhātuṃ kumbhakārasya cakramiva dakṣiṇahastenā'dāya ca pravartayya, gaṅgānadīvālukopamalokadhā( tūnāṃ dūraṃ kṣipati ); kṣipta (śca) sattvā 'vayaṃ kutroddhṛtāḥ, kuta āgatā' na jānanti | punareva gṛhītāḥ ( sva ) sthānameva pratiṣṭhāpitā āgamanagamananna jānanti, yadyapi sā kriyā saṃdṛśayate |

"bhadanta śāriputra, bhūyo'pyaprameyakālavaineyikasattvā vidyante, vidyante ca saṃkṣepya kālavaineyikāḥ |



tatrācintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvo'prameyakālavaineyekasattvavaineyārthāya saptāhaṃ kalpātyayena, saṃkṣepyakālavaineyikasattvebhyaḥ kalpaṃ saptāhātyayena darśayate | tatrāprameyakālavaineyikasattvāḥ saptāhe kalpātyayaṃ jānanti | ye saṃkṣepyakālavaineyikasattvāḥ, te kalpaṃ saptāhenātītaṃ jānanti |



"tathā hyacintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvaḥ sarvabuddhakṣetraguṇavyūhānekabiddhakṣetre darśayate | cāpi sarvasattvān dakṣiṇakaratala ādhāya, cittajavanarddhividhyā gacchantyasarvabuddhakṣetrāṇyādarśayati, ki cāpyekabuddhakṣetrādacalitaḥ | daśadikṣu bhagavate buddhāya yāvat pūjanāni, sarvāṇi tānyekaromakūpe deśayati | daśadikṣu yāvaccandraścādityaśca tārakārūpāṇi, sarvāṇi tānyapyekaromakūpe darśayate |



"daśadikṣu vāyumaṇḍalāni yāvaduttiṣṭhanti, sarvāṇi tāni mukhena pītvā, tasya kāyo'vinaṣṭaśca teṣāṃ buddhakṣetrāṇām tṛṇavanaspatayo'prapatitāḥ | daśadikṣu sarva taṃ buddhakṣetradahana kalpoddāhāgnirāśi svodaraṃ prakṣipya, yat karma tena karaṇīyaṃ, tat karoti | adhastādgaṅgānadīvālukāsama( ani ) buddhakṣetrā( ṇya ) atikramya, sa ( ekaṃ ) biddhakṣetramūrdhvamutkṣipya cā'ruhya, ūrdhva gaṅgānadīvālukāsamā( ni ) buddhakṣetrā( ṇya ) atikramya, upariṣṭāt-tadyathāpi nāma mahāsthāmnā puruṣeṇa sūcyagreṇa badarapatramucchritam-evamevotkṣiptaṃ ( biddhakṣetran ) nikṣipati |



"tathā hyacintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvaḥ sarvasattvarupamadhitiṣṭhati | cakravartirājasya rūpamadhitiṣṭhati; evamevādhitiṣṭhati lokapālaśakrabrahmaśrāvakapratyekabuddhabodhisattvasarvasattvabuddharūpam |



"( sa bodhisattvo ) daśadikṣu sattvānāṃ sarvāgramadhyahīnaśabdaprasiddhaḥ | yāḥ kāścana śabdaprajñaptayaḥ, tāḥ sarvā buddhaghoṣarutaṃca buddhadharmasaṃghaśabdamadhitiṣṭhiti, tasmāt śabdasvarād anityatāduḥkhaśūnyanairātmyaśabdasvaraṃ niścārayati; daśadikṣu bhagavān buddo yāvadākāramupadeśena darśayati, tebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ śabdasvarebhyo niścārayati |



"bhadanta śāriputra, ayaṃ hyacintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvaviṣayapraveśaḥ kiṃcinmātraṃ kevalaṃ darśitaḥ | bhadanta śāriputra, ( tattvataḥ ) kalpābhyadhikaṃ vā tadatikrāntaṃ vā'cintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvaviṣayapraveśopadeśam daeśanīyam ( abhaviṣyat ) |

atha mahākāśyapaḥ sthavira imaṃ bodhisattvācintyavimokṣopadeśaṃ śrutvā, āścaryādbhutaprāptaḥ śāriputraṃ sthavirametadavocat-



"āyuṣmaṃśāriputra, tadyathāpi nāma jātyandhapuruṣasyābhimukhaṃ sarvarūpopapannānām kriyāṇām darśitānāmapi tena jātyandhenaikarupamapi tu na dṛśyate; evamevā'yuṣmaṃśāriputra, asyācintyavimokṣamukhasya deśanākāle sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhebhyo jātyandhasamebhyaścakṣurnāsti caikamātrācintyadvāramapyanabhimukhībhūtam | imamacintyavimokṣaṃ śrutvā, ko vicakṣaṇo'nuttarasamyaksaṃbodhicittanna janayet ?



"( asmābhiḥ ) praṇaṣṭendriyairdagdhapūtikabījasadṛśairasmai mahāyānāya bhājanābhūtairidānīm kathaṃ karaṇīyam ? ( asmābhir ) imaṃ dharmopadeśaṃ śrutvā, ārtasvaraṃ kranditvā, sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhaistrisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātau śabdamādātavyam | sarvabodhisattvairimamacintyavimokṣaṃ śrutvā, yuvako rājaputro yathā mukuṭaṃ gṛhaṇīyācca prāmodyena mūrdhni pratigrahīṣyati, cāsmin svādhimuktibalamutpādayitavyam | yā'smin acintyavimokṣa'dhimuktiḥ, tasyāṃ sarvamārā api ki kuryuḥ ?"



mahākāśyapena sthavirenāsmanupadeśe deśite, dvātriṃśaddevaputrasahasrāṇyanuttarasamyaksaṃbodhicittamutpādayanti sma |

tato licchavirvimalakīrtirmahākāśyapaṃ sthavirametadavocat-"bhadanta mahākāśyapa, daśadikṣvaparimāṇalokadhātuṣu ye kecinmārā mārakāriṇaḥ, sarve te'cintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvāścopāyakauśalyena sattvaparipācanārthammārakāriṇaḥ |

"bhadanta mahākāśyapa, daśadikṣvaparimāṇalokadhātuṣu bodhisattve ( bhyo ) ye hastapadaśrotraghrāṇalohitasnāyvasthimajjācakṣuḥ pūrvakāyaśīrṣāṅgapratyaṃgarājyarāṣṭrapradeśabhāryāputraduhitṛdāsadāsyaśvahastiratha-vāhanasuvarṇajātarūpamaṇimuktāśaṅkhasfaṭikaśilāpravāḍavaiḍūryānarghaṇiratnā'hārapānarasavastrayācakāḥ saṃbādhaṃ kurvanti, sarve te'pi yācakā yadbhūyasā'cintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvā upāyakauśalyenemāṃ ( bodhisattva- )adhyāśayadṛḍhatāṃ deśayanti | tat kasya hetoḥ ? bhadanta mahākāśyapa, bodhisattveṣu kaṭukatapasaivaṃ deśayatsu, akṛtāvakāśe janakāyāya bodhisattvasaṃbādhakaraṇānubhāvo nāsti | akṛtāvakāśe ( janakāyena) hananotthāpanam aśakyam |

"bhadanta kāśyapa, tadyathāpi māna khadyotakena sūryamaṇḍalābhāso'nākramaṇīyaḥ; evameva bhadanta kāśyapa, akṛtāvakāśe ( janakāyena ) bodhisattvākramaṇotthāpanamaśakyam | bhadanta mahākāśyapa, tadyathāpi nāma kuñjaramātaṅgāya nāgarājāya gardabheta prahāradānamakṣamaṇīyam ; evameva bhadanta mahākāśyapa, bodhisattvābhāvena bodhisattvasambādhakaraṇaśakyam | ( yadya ) api kho pana bodhisattvaḥ khalu bodhisattvāya sambādhaṃ kuryāt ( tad- ) bodhisattvasambādhakaraṇaṃ bodhisattvaḥ kṣamate |

"bhadanta mahākāśyapa, ayaṃ hyacintyavimokṣavihāribodhisattvānāmupāyajñānabalapraveśaḥ" |



acintyavimokṣanirdeśasya parivartaḥ paṃcamaḥ |