不輕比丘又云不輕菩薩。作出家沙門之形相，故云比丘，為大乘菩薩之根性，故云菩薩。具名常不輕。此比丘常修不輕之行，因受常不輕之稱，即釋迦佛往古之前身也。見常不輕菩薩條。
Never Despise, 常不輕菩薩 a previous incarnation of the Buddha, as a monk whose constant greeting to all he met, that they were destined for Buddhahood, brought him much persecution; see the chapter of this title in the Lotus Sutra.
不輕 《法華經》“威音王如來滅度巳，像法中有一菩薩比丘，名曰不輕。是此比丘凡有所見，皆悉禮拜賛嘆而作是言：‘我深敬汝等，不敢輕慢，所以者何？汝等皆行菩薩道，當得作佛。’四眾之中有生嗔恚心不淨者，惡口罵詈言：‘是無智比丘，從何所來？自言我不敢輕汝，而與我等授記當得作佛。我等不用如是虗妄授記。’如此經歷多年，常被罵詈，不生嗔恚，常作是言：‘汝當作佛。’說是語時，眾人或以杖木、瓦石而打擲之，避走遠住，猶高聲唱言：‘我不敢輕於汝等，汝等皆當作佛。’”