答難

　　Tough Questions

　　藏地寺院辯論之時經常會涉及到這樣的問題：“佛地時有無發心？菩薩戒是否要有一種別解脫戒爲基礎？”

　　“Is there bodhichitta on the level of Buddhahood

　　 Do the Bodhisattva vows require the Pratimoksha vows as the basis

　　” These questions have always been raised during the Dharma debate in Tibetan monasteries.

　　對此問題的回答也是衆說紛纭、各說不一。

　　The answers to these questions are many and each holds a different viewpoint.

　　總結甯瑪派無垢光尊者觀點之精華，則爲：“佛地時無有從儀軌所得的有學道發心，但具勝義發心。因佛具有得而未失、無緣大悲之發心故。”

　　According to the superior viewpoint of Nyingma master Longchenpa, they can be summarized as: “On the level of Buddhahood, there is absolute bodhichitta, but not the bodhichitta conferred in rituals while on the path of learning. The Buddha”s compassion is free from concepts, infinite, and unconditional; once gained, such bodhichitta will never be lost.”

　　《中般若經》雲：“我以佛眼照見一切衆生，並具發心。赴往東方恒河沙世間之地獄、餓鬼、傍生處爲利彼等衆生而說法。”

　　In the Middle Prajnaparamita Sutra it says: “I see all sentient beings with my Buddha-eye and I possess bodhichitta. Traveling to the realms of hell, hungry ghosts and animals of the eastern worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River, I expound Dharma for all the beings there.”

　　按照唯識宗的觀點，受持菩薩戒須別解脫戒中的任何一種，《菩提道燈論》雲：“別解脫戒裏恒具七種人，菩薩戒只對有緣者，其余不可得。”

　　According to views of Cittamatra, one must have kept at least one of the Pratimoksha precepts to receive the Bodhisattva vow. In Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment it says: “Only those who have kept at least one of the seven categories of the Pratimoksha vows are the fortunate ones to receive Bodhisattva vows. No one else can.”

　　按照中觀的觀點，任一衆生皆可具菩提心，不一定要求必須獲得人身。《寶積經》雲：“爾時所持法門時，諸天、龍、非天、大鵬、大腹行等無數衆生皆發無上真實圓滿菩提心。”

　　According to Madhyamaka, every sentient being can have bodhichitta and thus possessing a human body is not required. The Jewel Heap Sutra (Ratnakūṭa Sutra) says: “When the treatises are thus expounded, numerous beings—gods, nagas, demigods, garudas, big-bellied ones and so on, all generate bodhichitta, the wish for unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment.

　　這兩種觀點並不相違。發真實菩提心後，別解脫戒裏不殺生等戒也必定具足。

　　Therefore, these two points of view are not contradictory. As long as genuine bodhichitta is generated, the precepts in the Pratimoksha vows such as not taking life become perfect also.

　　此乃祖傳的無上至寶啊！

　　These are really the priceless legacies of our lineage masters!

　　壬午年二月初一　　

　　2002年3月14日

　　1st of February, Year of RenWu

　　March 14, 2002