Āryacaturdharmanirdeśasūtram
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āryacaturdharmanirdeśasūtram
(pāpaśodhanopāyabhūtaṃ catuḥpratipakṣabalanirdeśasūtram)
(kha) saṃskṛte punaruddhāritam
bhāratīyabhāṣāyām-āryacaturdharmanirdeśaṃ nāma mahāyānasutram|
namaḥ sarvabuddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ
evaṃ mayā śrutam- ekasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ trāyastriṃśadeveṣu sudharmādevasabhāyāṃ sārddhaṃ pañcānāṃ bhikṣuśatānāṃ mahāsaṃghena, saṃbahulaiḥ maitreyamañjuśryādibodhisattvairmahāsattvairviharatisma| tasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvaṃ maitreyamuddiśyopadiṣṭavān-
caturbhirmaitreya ! dharmaiḥ samanvāgato bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ kṛtopacitaṃ pāpamabhibhavati| katamaiścaturbhiḥ ? yaduta vidūṣaṇāsamudācāreṇa, pratipakṣasamudācāreṇa, pratyāpattibalena, āśrayabalena ca| tatra vidūṣaṇāsamudācāro'kuśalaṃ karmādhyācarati, tatraiva tatraiva ca vipratisārabahulo bhavati| tatra pratipakṣasamudācāraḥ kṛtvā'pyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale karmaṇyatyarthābhiyogaṃ gataḥ| pratyāpattibalaṃ saṃvarasamādānādakaraṇasaṃvaralābhaḥ| tatrāśrayabalaṃ buddhaḥ-dharma-saṃghaśaraṇagamanamanutsṛṣṭabodhicittatā ca| subalavatsaṃniśrayeṇa na śakyate pāpenābhibhavitum| ebhirmaitreya ! caturbhidharmaiḥ samanvāgato bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ kṛpopacittaṃ pāpamabhibhavatīti||
bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ sūtramidaṃ sadā paṭhanīyaṃ (vācayitavyaṃ) svādhyāyitavyaṃ cintayitavyaṃ subahulaṃ bhāvayitavyaṃ ca| anena duścaritāni phalaṃ nābhinirvartiṣyante| evaṃ bhagavān upadiṣṭavān| bodhisattvena mahāsattvena maitreyeṇa taiśca bhikṣubhiḥ bodhisattvaiḥ śatakratvādidevaputraiḥ sarvasampannaparimaṇḍalena ca āptamanasā bhagavataḥ pravacanamabhinanditam|
||iti āryacaturdharmanirdeśaṃ nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam||
bhāratīyopādhyāyasurendrabodhinā mahālocāvā-vandejñānasenena cānūditaṃ vyavasthāpitaṃ ca|
||bhavatu sarvamaṅgalam||