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Section 2 — Subhuti asks for the teaching善現啟請分第二

Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 · Kumārajīva, Chinese translation · 402 (Later Qin, 4th year of the Hongshi era) · 3 passages · 161 Chinese characters · reading time 0.6 min

Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) Complete in one volume "All marks that exist are empty and false" — a sutra that teaches one to give rise to the mind without dwelling anywhere. It follows, just as they stand, the thirty-two sections into which Prince Zhaoming divided it. It is told that Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, heard one line of this sutra and set his heart on awakening.

1Subhuti Asks

時，長老須菩提，在大眾中，即從座起，偏袒右肩，右膝著地，合掌恭敬。而白佛言：「希有世尊！如來善護念諸菩薩，善付囑諸菩薩。世尊！善男子、善女人，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心，應云何住？云何降伏其心？」

Then the elder Subhuti, who was in the great assembly, rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, placed his right knee on the ground, joined his palms, and reverently addressed the Buddha.

"Rare and wonderful, World-Honored One! The Tathagata guards and cares well for all the bodhisattvas, and entrusts his charge well to all the bodhisattvas. World-Honored One! When a good man or a good woman sets their mind on anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, where should they dwell, and how should they subdue their mind?"

Interlinear notes 1

善現長老，啟請佛訓

The elder Good Manifestation (善現), that is Subhuti, asks the Buddha for his teaching.

2Dwell in This Way

佛言：「善哉，善哉。須菩提！如汝所說：如來善護念諸菩薩，善付囑諸菩薩。汝今諦聽，當為汝說：善男子、善女人，發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心，應如是住，如是降伏其心。」

The Buddha said, "Good, good. Subhuti! It is as you say: the Tathagata guards and cares well for all the bodhisattvas, and entrusts his charge well to all the bodhisattvas. Listen closely now, and I will speak for you. When a good man or a good woman sets their mind on anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, they should dwell in this way and subdue their mind in this way."

3I Would Gladly Hear It

「唯然，世尊！願樂欲聞。」

"Yes, World-Honored One! I would gladly hear it."

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