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[iv] Bodhi Mind’s Ten Kinds Of Causes And Conditions 菩提心十种因缘

甲二、本论(正宗分)
A2: Main Treatise (Main Principles’ Section)

乙一、总标发心因缘
B1: General Title On Giving Rise To The Bodhi Mind’s Causes And Conditions

菩提心十种因缘
[iv] Bodhi Mind’s Ten Kinds Of Causes And Conditions

此菩提心,诸善中王,必有因缘,方得发起。今言因缘,略有十种。何等为十?

This Bodhi Mind is the king of all good, that must have causes and conditions, then attaining its arising. Now speaking of the causes and conditions, there are briefly ten kinds. What are the ten?

一者,念佛重恩故;

[1] First, is mindfulness of the Buddha’s heavy kindness thus.

二者,念父母恩故;

[2] Second, is mindfulness of our fathers and mothers’ kindness thus.

三者,念师长恩故;

[3] Third, is mindfulness of our teachers and seniors’ kindness thus.

四者,念施主恩故;

[4] Fourth, is mindfulness of our benefactors’ kindness thus.

五者,念众生恩故;

[5] Fifth, is mindfulness of sentient beings’ kindness thus.

六者,念死生苦故;

[6] Sixth, is mindfulness of the suffering of birth and death thus.

七者,尊重己灵故;

[7] Seventh, is respect of one’s spiritual nature thus.

八者,忏悔业障故;

[8] Eighth, is repentance of karmic obstacles thus.

九者,求生净土故;

[9] Ninth, is to seek birth in Pure Land thus.

十者,为念正法得久住故。

[10] Tenth, is mindfulness of the Right Dharma to attain long abiding thus.

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《劝发菩提心文》
Essay On Exhortation To Give Rise To The Bodhi Mind
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