Eloquence, Sovereign Freedom, Non-Attachment, and Equanimity
Four ten-fold lists move from speech to freedom to detachment to equanimity: ten kinds of eloquence that never fail a listener, ten kinds of sovereign freedom spanning discipline and demon-destroying wisdom alike, ten kinds of non-attachment applied even to bodhisattvas and buddhas themselves, and ten equanimous minds that refuse to distinguish even a pure land from a defiled one.
Non-Attachment Extended to Everything, Even the Path
The list of non-attachment does not stop at ordinary objects — worlds, sentient beings, actions — but extends the same detachment to vows, practices, and finally to bodhisattvas and buddhas themselves; the equanimity that follows carries this logic one step further, refusing even to privilege a pure land over a defiled one.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種辯才。何等為十？所謂：於一切法無分別辯才；於一切法無所作辯才；於一切法無所著辯才；於一切法了達空辯才；於一切法無疑暗辯才；於一切法佛加被辯才；於一切法自覺悟辯才；於一切法文句差別善巧辯才；於一切法真實說辯才；隨一切眾生心令歡喜辯才。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則得如來無上巧妙辯才。「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種自在。何等為十？所謂：教化調伏一切眾生自在；普照一切法自在；修一切善根行自在；廣大智自在；無所依戒自在；一切善根迴向菩提自在；精進不退轉自在；智慧摧破一切眾魔自在；隨所樂欲令發菩提心自在；隨所應化現成正覺自在。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則得如來無上大智自在。
"Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of eloquence. What are these ten? Namely: eloquence without discrimination toward every dharma; eloquence without any contrivance toward every dharma; eloquence without any attachment toward every dharma; eloquence that fully penetrates the emptiness of every dharma; eloquence free of any doubt or darkness toward every dharma; eloquence empowered by every buddha toward every dharma; eloquence of one's own awakened understanding toward every dharma; eloquence skilled in the distinct words and phrases of every dharma; eloquence that speaks every dharma truthfully; and eloquence that accords with the mind of every sentient being and brings them joy. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide in this dharma, they attain the tathāgata's own unsurpassed, skillful, wondrous eloquence. Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of sovereign freedom. What are these ten? Namely: sovereign freedom in teaching and taming every sentient being; sovereign freedom in universally illuminating every dharma; sovereign freedom in cultivating the practice of every root of goodness; sovereign freedom of vast wisdom; sovereign freedom of moral discipline that relies on nothing at all; sovereign freedom in dedicating every root of goodness toward awakening; sovereign freedom of diligence that never regresses; sovereign freedom of wisdom that destroys every host of māras; sovereign freedom in causing beings, according to their own desire, to give rise to the mind of awakening; and sovereign freedom in manifesting the attainment of perfect awakening according to whoever needs to be transformed. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide in this dharma, they attain the tathāgata's own unsurpassed, great sovereign freedom of wisdom.
「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種無著。何等為十？所謂：於一切世界無著；於一切眾生無著；於一切法無著；於一切所作無著；於一切善根無著；於一切受生處無著；於一切願無著；於一切行無著；於一切菩薩無著；於一切佛無著。是為十。若諸菩薩安住此法，則能速轉一切眾想，得無上清淨智慧。「佛子！菩薩摩訶薩有十種平等心。何等為十？所謂：積集一切功德平等心；發一切差別願平等心；於一切眾生身平等心；於一切眾生業報平等心；於一切法平等心；於一切淨穢國土平等心；於一切眾生解平等心；於一切行無所分別平等心；於一切佛力無畏平等心；於一切如來智慧平等心。是為十。若諸菩薩安住其中，則得如來無上大平等心。
Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of non-attachment. What are these ten? Namely: non-attachment toward every world; non-attachment toward every sentient being; non-attachment toward every dharma; non-attachment toward everything they undertake; non-attachment toward every root of goodness; non-attachment toward every place of taking birth; non-attachment toward every vow; non-attachment toward every practice; non-attachment toward every bodhisattva; and non-attachment toward every buddha. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide in this dharma, they are swiftly able to transform every ordinary conception, attaining unsurpassed, pure wisdom. Son of the Buddha! A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has ten kinds of equanimous mind. What are these ten? Namely: an equanimous mind in accumulating every merit; an equanimous mind in giving rise to every distinct vow; an equanimous mind toward the body of every sentient being; an equanimous mind toward the karmic result of every sentient being; an equanimous mind toward every dharma; an equanimous mind toward every pure and defiled land; an equanimous mind toward the understanding of every sentient being; an equanimous mind without any discrimination toward every practice; an equanimous mind toward the powers and fearlessnesses of every buddha; and an equanimous mind toward the wisdom of every tathāgata. These are the ten. If bodhisattvas abide within these, they attain the tathāgata's own unsurpassed, great equanimous mind.
於一切菩薩無著；於一切佛無著 — non-attachment toward every bodhisattva; non-attachment toward every buddha. The list of ten non-attachments builds toward its own most difficult case: after letting go of worlds, beings, and even one's own vows and practices, it ends by refusing attachment to the very figures — bodhisattvas, buddhas — that everything else in this teaching holds up as the goal, making clear that detachment here admits no privileged exception.
Part 695 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-eight, 離世間品, in fascicle fifty-three. Part 696 answers the next questions with ten kinds of wisdom that give rise to further wisdom, and ten kinds of transformation reaching from a bodhisattva's own body to the act of teaching itself.