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过去的千两水银，和现在的百两水银，也知道百两水银的获取非常困难。我从记事到现在，水银也变得非常稀少。虽然水银非常稀少，但在兔年、龙年、蛇年这三年里，水银非常多，以门运的方式出现。即使做这些金铜活，也不需要再次费力寻找。以前建造佛像时，如果用水银的量来计算，接近五万两。寺庙门上的铁环等永久性的东西，仅铁本身也用了铁鏊子一百五十个左右，铁锅二百多个，犁铧铁七百个，以前就用掉了这么多。从印度东方的商人那里，先后运来的铅，每人每次背负的量非常多。虽然因为地方的税收和官员的税收等原因，朱砂非常稀少，但我们这里却有很多朱砂以门运的方式出现。青金石和蓝色颜料，大部分是从地方政府那里获得的，有每人背负十份的，有五十份的，有一百份的等等，数量很多。而且，挖掘青金石和蓝色颜料的人们，因为挖到了非常优质的青金石和蓝色颜料，所以运气非常好。还有，无论是这里的土石工程，还是建造佛像、佛经、佛塔等，所有的工匠们都日夜不停地工作，不需要别人催促，都非常高兴地投入其中。在大殿和净室的墙壁绘画时，画笔和颜料盒被非人互相交换，各自在自己的区域涂抹颜料时，不记得也不了解应该如何涂抹颜料，但却能达到非常广阔的境界。在净室的怖畏金刚像上，仅用了一个小小的混合蓝色颜料盒的三分之一左右就完成了涂色，等等，有非常多的奇迹。以前建造七佛像时，工匠们也担心会拖延很多年，但都在八个月内全部完成。给主佛像镀金时，熔化了一千两左右的黄金，在提纯时，不仅没有减少，反而增加了二百多两黄金。因此，
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The thousand *sho* of mercury in the past and the hundred *sho* of mercury now, it is known that obtaining a hundred *sho* of mercury is very difficult. From what I remember until now, mercury has become very rare. Although mercury is very rare, in the three years of the Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake, mercury was very abundant, appearing in the manner of being transported through the door. Even for doing this much gold and copper work, there was no need to search with difficulty again. In the past, when building statues, if the amount of mercury used was calculated in *sho*, it was close to fifty thousand *sho*. For the permanent things like the iron rings on the temple doors, the iron itself used about one hundred and fifty half-sized iron tripods, more than two hundred iron pots, and seven hundred plowshares, which were used up in the past. From the merchants from the east of India, the amount of lead carried back and forth by each person was very large. Although cinnabar was very rare due to local taxes and official taxes, we had a lot of cinnabar appearing in the manner of being transported through the door. Lapis lazuli and blue pigment were mostly obtained from the local government, with many people carrying ten portions, fifty portions, one hundred portions, and so on. Moreover, the people who mined lapis lazuli and blue pigment were very lucky because they found very high-quality lapis lazuli and blue pigment. Also, whether it is earth and stone work here, or building statues, scriptures, stupas, etc., all the craftsmen work day and night without stopping, and they are very happy to devote themselves to it without needing others to urge them. When painting murals in the assembly hall and the clean room, the brushes and paint boxes were exchanged with each other by non-humans, and when they applied paint in their respective areas, they did not remember or know how to apply the paint, but they were able to reach a very vast state. On the statue of the Great Terrifier in the clean room, only about one-third of a small mixed blue paint box was used to complete the coloring, and so on, there were very many wonders. In the past, when building the statues of the Seven Buddhas, the craftsmen also worried that it would be delayed for many years, but they were all completed within eight months. When gilding the main statue, about a thousand *sho* of gold were melted, and during the refining process, not only did it not decrease, but it increased by more than two hundred *sho* of gold. Therefore,
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有段时间，许多善心小且嫉妒心强的僧俗之人对我恶语相向，但护持白方者却心怀慈爱。此外，对于木匠、石匠、裁缝、书写员、雕刻师、印刷师，特别是众多的画师们，每年都供养许多各自的报酬，但在此无法一一记录。工匠多的时候有两三百人，即使最少，也总是需要一百人左右，僧众多的时候接近一千人，即使非常少的时候，也有五百人不缺，通过薪酬和生活用品，总是让他们没有生计的忧虑。即使在修行院，我们也需要支付大量的薪酬和生活用品。如前所述，每月和每年的供养也增加了许多。同样，在修行院为禅定林巴们每月设立吉祥金刚亥母的初十供养。为了永久稳固，还在神变大节期间举行祈愿法会，并在每个初十，僧众半数起身举行金刚瑜伽母的初十仪轨，这些都在各自的基础条件完善具备的情况下进行。此外，对于工匠大众和尼泊尔人等的日常用品，以及各种时令所需，都提供最好的且没有拖延。对于前来贩卖颜料和水银等，以及从门口用容器盛装物品前来的人们，我们从不压低价格，总是给予略高于成本的价格，总之，不掺杂罪恶。还有一次，寺院周围修建围墙时，一些僧人说好像是宗（城堡）一样，由一些不守戒律的比丘带头喧哗。我说了两次回答。第一次是与佛法相关的回答：说是宗也可以。寺院是神圣佛法的宗，我以大乘佛法之王的身份存在。将来还会涌现出更多的功德之宗。建造宗正合我意。第二次是与世俗相关的回答：天界的善见宫和持鬘宫也是宗。好的佛法ྷའི་七地也是扎宗喀。欲界自在母也叫宗之女神，住在宗里。印度的比克拉玛希拉和欧丹塔普日叫做的大法轮也都是宗喀。听也没听过，真可怜。属于西藏自己的喇嘛僧侣的区域里，以前萨迦派兴盛的时候，萨迦派自己就有很多宗。后来衰败了，大部分都失去了。后来自己哲蚌寺甘丹颇章的，他们自己兴盛的时候也有很多宗，现在不兴盛了，宗也没有了。以此为代表的止达噶三等兴盛的时候现在也有宗。大人物都有宗，也有仆人。玛卓格松和穆托巴等都没有出现过建立宗的情况。能够建立宗，能够住在宗里，叫做福报，这也需要一点。叫做智慧，这也需要一点。不犯错误的行事也需要。没有那些，以前有的那些也像放纵马匹一样，逐渐地不得不放弃，难道没看到吗？你们也各自，想要发动战争和动乱，嫉妒和竞争之心是无法阻止的。如果是个男子汉，就在各自的家乡和寺庙里建立宗吧。我的宗有什么好眼红的？我们是兴盛的标志，所以才建立宗，也是这么想的。但是，这不是罪恶的宗，而是善的宗。你们没有这样的理解，也没有这样的能力。我对你们也没有太大的期望。用佛法来回答，你们也不听。用世俗的回答，你们就黑着脸沉默不语。总的来说，他们那样说有两个原因。一个是各自都认为自己是最好的，无与伦比，但什么善事也没做成。我们比他们更坏，他们也没能找到把柄。我们成就了如此伟大的善行，他们因此而嫉妒。第二个原因是，我们北方地区和隆那等地会不会有很多损害，如果发生就高兴了，是这么想的，因此才…宗。
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For a while, many monks and laypeople with little kindness and strong jealousy spoke ill of me, but those who uphold the white side were loving. Furthermore, for the carpenters, stonemasons, tailors, scribes, engravers, printers, and especially the many painters, each year many individual rewards were offered, but it is impossible to record them all here. When there were many craftsmen, there were two or three hundred people, and even at the least, about a hundred people were always needed. When there were many monks, it was close to a thousand, and even when it was very few, there were no less than five hundred, and through salaries and necessities, they were always free from the worries of livelihood. Even in the retreat center, we need to pay a lot of salaries and necessities. As mentioned above, the monthly and annual offerings have also increased a lot. Similarly, in the retreat center, the tenth-day offering of glorious Vajravarahi was established every month for the Samten Lingpas. In order to be permanently stable, prayer ceremonies are also held during the Great Miracle Festival, and on every tenth day, half of the monks get up to perform the tenth-day ritual of Vajrayogini, which are performed when the basic conditions are well prepared. In addition, for the daily necessities of the general craftsmen and Nepalis, and many seasonal needs, the best are provided without delay. For those who come to sell pigments and mercury, and those who come to the door with containers of goods, we never lower the price, always giving a price slightly higher than the cost, in short, without mixing with sin. Also, once when the monastery was surrounded by walls, some monks said it seemed like a dzong (fortress), led by some undisciplined monks who made a lot of noise. I gave two answers. The first answer was related to the Dharma: It can be said to be a dzong. The monastery is the dzong of the sacred Dharma, and I exist as the king of the Great Vehicle Dharma. In the future, more dzongs of merit will emerge. Building a dzong is exactly what I want. The second answer was related to the mundane: The Palace of Complete Victory in the heavenly realm and the Palace of Maladhara are also dzongs. Good Dharma
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The seventh level of ྷའི་ is also Drak Dzongka. The Desire Realm Independent Mother is also called the goddess of Dzong, residing in the Dzong. The great Dharma wheels in India called Vikramashila and Odantapuri are all Dzongka. Never even heard of it, how pitiful. Even in the areas belonging to Tibetan lamas and monks, when the Sakya school was prosperous, the Sakya school itself had many Dzongs. Later, when it declined, most were lost. Later, the Drepung Ganden Phodrang also had many Dzongs when they were prosperous, but now that they are not prosperous, they have no Dzongs. Represented by this, when Drikung, Taglung, and Kamtsang were prosperous, they still have Dzongs now. All important people also have Dzongs, and also have servants. There has never been a case of establishing Dzongs among Ma Trok Lungsum and Mutopa. To be able to establish a Dzong and to be able to live in a Dzong, which is called merit, that is also somewhat necessary. What is called wisdom, that is also somewhat necessary. It is also necessary to act without making mistakes. If you don't have those, even the ones that existed before will have to be gradually abandoned like letting horses run wild, haven't you seen that? You all also, from your own perspectives, want to start wars and disturbances, and jealousy and competitiveness are impossible to stop. If you are a real man, then build a Dzong in your own hometown and monastery. Why are you jealous of my Dzong? We are a sign of prosperity, so we are building a Dzong, that's what we think. However, this is not an evil Dzong, but a virtuous Dzong. You don't have such understanding, and you don't have such ability. I don't have high expectations for you either. If I answer with Dharma, you won't listen. When I answer with worldly matters, you remain silent with a dark face. In general, there are two reasons why they say that. One is that each of them thinks that they are the best, unparalleled, but they have not accomplished any virtuous deeds. We are worse than them, and they have not been able to find any fault. We have accomplished such great virtuous deeds, and they are jealous of that. The second reason is that they are hoping that there will be a lot of harm coming from the northern region and Lungnak, and they would be happy if that happened, and that's why... Dzong.
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想著會不會是這樣，他們內心懷著惡意的希望，那希望之花從口中綻放，就在那裡了。或者，早些年，上下有很多人想阻礙我們寺廟弘法，我早就知道那些不會長久，不用多久就會像破房子一樣倒塌。早就知道了。因此，我沒有去迎合他們的心意。本來就不是因為害怕才佔據地盤。但是，現在搶先一步的事情，我們也知道。走在路上，其他僧俗都會小心翼翼地走。我毫無防備地走。在山裡，我也是毫無防備地修行。其他人都在外圍繞著，原因是我沒有後悔。還有，後來眾多寺廟，充滿了身語意的所依，像這樣無法隱藏的巨大佛法基礎一旦建成，那些無恥地說謊的人自然會感到羞愧。還有，我一直在顯密中弘揚他空大中觀的宗義。從馬年開始，吉祥嘎拉巴淨土的景象，以及十地自在者的化身們的身語顯現，一次又一次地出現。還有一次，在巴達拉洲，出現了住著因陀羅菩提化身的身語顯現。還有一次，依靠空色之顯現，清楚地看到了猛厲洲，見到五百位持有忿怒蓮師形象的菩薩在說法。在完成《般若心經》大疏的當天，從雲層中顯現出空色之自性，諸天神向彌龐仁波切供養等等，出現了很多奇妙的徵兆。羊年秋天，我在塔丹寺的時候，一位白色、光彩奪目、腳上有普巴杵印記的男子，帶著許多眷屬從西方而來。問他從哪裡來，他說：從西方巴達拉洲來。從八萬俱胝由旬之外而來，半天就到了。要在這裡建造佛殿，安放如來藏。
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Thinking if it would be like this, they harbor malicious hopes in their hearts, and the flower of that hope blooms from their mouths, it is there. Or, in earlier years, there were many above and below who wanted to hinder our monastery from spreading the Dharma, I knew long ago that those would not last long, and would collapse like a dilapidated house before long. I knew it long ago. Therefore, I did not go to cater to their hearts. Originally, it was not because of fear that I occupied the territory. However, we also know about things that are done ahead of time now. When walking on the road, other monks and laypeople walk cautiously. I walk without any precautions. In the mountains, I also practice without any precautions. Others are all surrounding the periphery, the reason is that I have no regrets. Also, later, numerous temples, filled with the supports of body, speech, and mind, once such a huge foundation of Dharma that cannot be hidden is built, those who shamelessly tell lies will naturally feel ashamed. Also, I have been promoting the doctrine of the Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness in all the Sutras and Tantras. Since the Year of the Horse, the vision of the auspicious Kalapa Pure Land, and the manifestations of the body and speech of the incarnations of the lords of the ten bhumis, have appeared again and again. And once, in the continent of Badara, there appeared the manifestations of the body and speech of the incarnation of Indrabhuti residing there. And once, relying on the appearance of emptiness and form, the Fierce Continent was clearly seen, and five hundred Bodhisattvas holding the form of Wrathful Guru were seen teaching the Dharma. On the day of completing the great commentary on the Heart Sutra, the nature of emptiness and form manifested from the clouds, and the gods made offerings to Mipham Rinpoche, etc., and many wonderful omens appeared. In the autumn of the Year of the Sheep, when I was at Takten Monastery, a white, radiant man with a vajra footprint on his foot, came from the west with many attendants. When asked where he came from, he said: From the western continent of Badara. He came from beyond eighty trillion yojanas and arrived in half a day. Build a Buddha hall here and place the essence of the Tathagata.