Question asked by Tan
Dear Pastors,
I read a chinese sutra which has a text like "佛乘最胜作是思惟。我当于中发菩提心名增上慢。行六波罗蜜当得作佛。作是思惟名增上慢。" I am a bit confused with this text. Initially I thought the first sentence is bodhichita, and we should kind of encourage this thought. Could you explain a bit about this. I will put the whole paragraph of text here for better understanding:
"尔时优波离 白佛言。世尊。此文殊师利所说之法。皆是不可思议。尔时世尊告优波离。文殊师利所说之法依于解脱。所依解脱心无去来。是故文殊师利。说一切法心无去来。于 心解脱生增上慢者。为除彼人增上慢故。尔时优波离白佛言。世尊。比丘行何法故名增上慢。佛告优波离。若有比丘作是思惟。欲断贪欲名增上慢。作是思惟欲断嗔 恚名增上慢。作是思惟欲断愚痴名增上慢。贪欲法异诸佛法异。作是思惟名增上慢。嗔恚法异诸佛法异。作是思惟名增上慢。愚痴法异诸佛法异。作是思惟名增上 慢。作是思惟见有所得名增上慢。作是思惟见有所证名增上慢。作是思惟见有解脱名增上慢。作是思惟见诸法空名增上慢。作是思惟见于无相名增上慢。作是思惟见 于无作是名增上慢。作是思惟见有诸行名增上慢。作是思惟见有诸法名增上慢。一切诸法不可思议。作是思惟不应思议名增上慢。诸法空无何用精进。作是思惟名增 上慢。是名声闻住增上慢。云何名为菩萨增上慢。佛乘最胜作是思惟。我当于中发菩提心名增上慢。行六波罗蜜当得作佛。作是思惟名增上慢。般若波罗蜜能得出 离。更无余法而得出离。作是思惟名增上慢。于甚深法应作方便不因世法。作是思惟名增上慢。此法甚深此非甚深。作是思惟名增上慢。此法是净此法非净。作是思 惟名增上慢。此是佛法此是辟支佛法。此是声闻法。作是思惟名增上慢。此法应作此法不应作。作是思惟名增上慢。此是近法此非近法。作是思惟名增上慢。此是正 道此是邪道。作是思惟名增上慢。疾当得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。不疾当得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。作是思惟名增上慢。一切佛法不可思议。未曾有人能觉之者。作是思 惟名增上慢。阿耨多罗三藐三菩提不可思议。彼不应思议。此非是见然是过患。是名菩萨住增上慢。"
