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[善财童子五十三参][English] 第十二回 拜慈航童女

　　「善男子！我唯知此般若波罗蜜普庄严门。如诸菩萨摩诃萨，其心广大，等虚空界，入于法界，福德成满，住出世法，远世间行，智眼无瞖，普观法界，慧心广大犹如虚空，一切境界悉皆明见，获无碍地大光明藏，善能分别一切法义，行于世行不染世法，能益于世非世所坏，普作一切世间依止，普知一切众生心行，随其所应而为说法，于一切时恒得自在；而我云何能知能说彼功德行？

　“I know this means of access to perfect wisdom which is the array of total mindfulness; how can I know the practice orteil the virtues of the enlightening beings whose minds are like space, whose intellects are broad as the cosmos, whose mental flow is based on accumulated virtue, who have attained transmundane understanding, who do not practice worldly ways, who have attained the eye of the light of knowledge without obscurity, who clearly discern all realms of reality, whose awareness is infinite as space, whose eyes are mindful of all objects, who are filled with the light of the state of nonobstruction, who are skilled in analyzing all doctrines, meanings, and statements, who are not overcome by any world, who conduct themselves well according to worldly standards and are irreproachable in any worldly state, who are intent on the well-being of all worlds, who are a refuge for all beings, who know the manners and courtesies of speech of all worlds, who can give the appearances of dress and habitation of all worlds as they wish, and who are masters of all wheels of time?

[善财童子五十三参][English] 第十一回 拜胜热婆罗门

　　时，婆罗门告善财言：「善男子！我唯得此菩萨无尽轮解脱。如诸菩萨摩诃萨大功德焰，能烧一切众生见惑令无有余，必不退转无穷尽心、无懈怠心、无怯弱心，发如金刚藏那罗延心，疾修诸行无迟缓心，愿如风轮普持一切精进大誓皆无退转；而我云何能知能说彼功德行？」

　The priest said, “I have attained the enlightening liberation in which one is not overcome. I know this liberation, but how can I know the practice or tell the virtues of the enlightening beings whose resolve is like rays of fiery energy, determined to end all beings’ afflictions and views, who are eminent leaders who never turn back, whose hearts are never exhausted or overcome, whose minds are never depressed, whose spirits never cringe or cower, whose resolve is adamant, who are never dejected in carrying out their great undertakings, who never slacken in their efforts, who are like whirlwinds, who work for the benefit of all beings, whose vigor never recedes?