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āryacaturdharmanirdeśasūtram
(pāpaśodhanopāyabhūtaṁ catuḥpratipakṣabalanirdeśasūtram)
(kha) saṁskṛte punaruddhāritam
bhāratīyabhāṣāyām-āryacaturdharmanirdeśaṁ nāma mahāyānasutram|
namaḥ sarvabuddha-bodhisattvebhyaḥ
evaṁ mayā śrutam- ekasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ trāyastriṁśadeveṣu sudharmādevasabhāyāṁ sārddhaṁ pañcānāṁ bhikṣuśatānāṁ mahāsaṁghena, saṁbahulaiḥ maitreyamañjuśryādibodhisattvairmahāsattvairviharatisma| tasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ bodhisattvaṁ mahāsattvaṁ maitreyamuddiśyopadiṣṭavān-
caturbhirmaitreya ! dharmaiḥ samanvāgato bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ kṛtopacitaṁ pāpamabhibhavati| katamaiścaturbhiḥ ? yaduta vidūṣaṇāsamudācāreṇa, pratipakṣasamudācāreṇa, pratyāpattibalena, āśrayabalena ca| tatra vidūṣaṇāsamudācāro'kuśalaṁ karmādhyācarati, tatraiva tatraiva ca vipratisārabahulo bhavati| tatra pratipakṣasamudācāraḥ kṛtvā'pyakuśalaṁ karma kuśale karmaṇyatyarthābhiyogaṁ gataḥ| pratyāpattibalaṁ saṁvarasamādānādakaraṇasaṁvaralābhaḥ| tatrāśrayabalaṁ buddhaḥ-dharma-saṁghaśaraṇagamanamanutsṛṣṭabodhicittatā ca| subalavatsaṁniśrayeṇa na śakyate pāpenābhibhavitum| ebhirmaitreya ! caturbhidharmaiḥ samanvāgato bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ kṛpopacittaṁ pāpamabhibhavatīti||
bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ sūtramidaṁ sadā paṭhanīyaṁ (vācayitavyaṁ) svādhyāyitavyaṁ cintayitavyaṁ subahulaṁ bhāvayitavyaṁ ca| anena duścaritāni phalaṁ nābhinirvartiṣyante| evaṁ bhagavān upadiṣṭavān| bodhisattvena mahāsattvena maitreyeṇa taiśca bhikṣubhiḥ bodhisattvaiḥ śatakratvādidevaputraiḥ sarvasampannaparimaṇḍalena ca āptamanasā bhagavataḥ pravacanamabhinanditam|
||iti āryacaturdharmanirdeśaṁ nāma mahāyānasūtraṁ samāptam||
bhāratīyopādhyāyasurendrabodhinā mahālocāvā-vandejñānasenena cānūditaṁ vyavasthāpitaṁ ca|
||bhavatu sarvamaṅgalam||
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