Āyācanakāraṇaṃ · Āyācanakāraṇaṃ
Āyācanakāraṇaṃ请求的原因
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为什么你们会请求这个呢？答曰：因诸大寺的居士，自古以来便以传承为依止，依照三藏如同三种圣歌，以巴利语演唱诵持，又如同梵王时期所传的书记所附加的方式，依然保留着古老的巴利三藏，不得擅自附加他书。注疏等则早在三百余年前已作成。确实如注疏中记载，自王舍城劳王时代之后，没有见到其他的资料被立于大僧王的事迹上，直到佛音长老时代，这些古注疏文献仍然存在而未曾更新。因此，在此三藏上，人们多有希望广泛了解之愿望，且无异志强求。南传诸岛的居士们不能以注疏所用岛国语言来标示自家三藏，因岛语不同难以普及。反观阿瓦提居士，则自劳王时代起传承带有梵语书附的巴利语三藏，乃至大乘三藏也不断增补朗诵，使得诸居士才有了广泛了解之愿俱及由衷愿望，并且确实唯新者所喜。正如这些南传诸岛居士能够标示自己的主张一样。因此，诸大寺的长老们请求佛音长老，将自家的锡兰注疏以巴利语予以撰述，因为他明了佛音长老那最正直的智慧与特异的资质，能够适当地完成此事，理当如此加以了解。