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Chinese

在那位(近护)的名下彻底地宣讲佛法,第七天,十八万民众证悟了真谛。之后,他一直住在歌舞勇士的寺庙里,直到他活着。那里有一个洞穴,长八肘,宽十二肘,高六肘。由于近护的教诲,一位受戒的比丘证得了阿罗汉果位,然后他向那个洞穴投掷了一根四指长的木棍。后来,在另一个时间,那个洞穴完全被同样的木棍填满了,没有留下任何空隙。那时,圣者近护也完全入灭了。他的遗体也被那些木棍火化了。据说,变成了一颗舍利,被天神们带走了。这是导师亲自预言的无名佛。除了身体上没有相好之外,在利益众生方面,与导师完全相同。在如来涅槃之后,没有比这更伟大的利益众生的事情了。当近护守护佛法的时候,太阳下的绝大多数国土,都是国王善弓之子国王有力的统治了九年,以及他的儿子匝玛夏统治了二十二年期间。那时,在印度东部住着一位名叫阿罗汉上师的人,国王有力对他特别有信心,于是巴嘎拉地方的人们建造了一座寺庙,献给了一个饲养乌鸦的地区。它被称为乌鸦的僧院。他也向太阳下的四种眷属宣讲了很多教诲,因此很多人获得了四种果位。他的主要弟子是阿罗汉名称。国王有力去世后,匝玛夏国王即位后不久,在摩揭陀国,有一个名叫莫匝的婆罗门妇女,她已经接近一百二十岁了。她有三个儿子,分别是:胜者、善胜和吉祥。第一个信仰伟大的自在天神。第二个信仰释迦牟尼佛。第三个信仰圆满正等觉佛。他们都精通各自的教义,因此每天在一个家里争论不休。

English

Under that very name (Nye-bas, Upagupta), he thoroughly taught the Dharma, and on the seventh day, eighteen hundred thousand people saw the truth. Then, he stayed in the Gar-mkhan dpa'-bo'i gtsug-lag-khang (Temple of the Dancing Hero) as long as he lived. There was a cave there, eight cubits long, twelve cubits wide, and six cubits high. Through the teachings of Nye-bas, when a fully ordained monk attained Arhatship, he threw a four-finger-long wooden stick into that cave. Then, at another time, that cave was completely filled with such wooden sticks, without any space left. At that time, the venerable Nye-bas also completely passed into Nirvana. His remains were also cremated with those wooden sticks. It is said that it turned into a single relic, which was taken away by the gods. This was prophesied by the Teacher himself to be a nameless Buddha. Except for not having the marks and signs on his body, in terms of benefiting beings, he was exactly the same as the Teacher. After the Tathagata passed into Nirvana, there was no greater benefit to beings than this. When Nye-bas protected the teachings, most of the kingdoms under the sun were during the time when King dBang-chen (Powerful), the son of King gZhu-bzang (Good Bow), ruled for nine years, and his son Tsa-ma-sha ruled for twenty-two years. At that time, in the eastern part of India, there lived an Arhat called Lama, and King dBang-chen had particular faith in him, so the people of the Baga-la region built a temple and offered it to an area where crows were raised. It was known as the Crow's Monastery. He also taught many instructions to the four types of retinues under the sun, so many attained the four fruits. The chief of his disciples was the Arhat Grags-pa (Fame). After King dBang-chen passed away, not long after King Tsa-ma-sha ascended to the throne, in the land of Magadha, there was a Brahmin woman named Mo-dzas, who was nearly one hundred and twenty years old. She had three sons: rGyal-ba (Victorious), Legs-rgyal (Good Victory), and dGe-ba (Virtue). The first was devoted to the great god dBang-phyug (Ishvara, Shiva). The second was devoted to the sage of Shakya. The third was devoted to the perfectly complete Buddha. They were all well-versed in their respective doctrines, so they argued every day in one house.

Chinese

做了。在那里,母亲说:如果我让你们的衣服和食物等永远不匮乏,你们为什么争吵?他们说:我们不是为了食物等而争吵,而是因为导师和佛法而争吵。在那里,母亲说:如果你们凭自己的智慧无法分辨导师和佛法的好坏,就去问其他有学识的人。他们也听从了母亲的话,去了各个地方询问,但没有得到各自相信的答案。最后,他们去了阿罗汉上师那里,详细地讲述了自己的事情。其中,胜者和善胜两人赞美大自在天摧毁了三座城市等功绩,并说释迦牟尼佛的诅咒力量强大,而乔达摩沙门因为不诅咒,所以苦行也没有成就,并且不能摧毁非天,所以力量弱小等等。阿罗汉说:如果有人因嗔恨而愤怒并诅咒,那有什么苦行可言呢?就像这里空行母和凶残暴虐的罗刹随意行事,行为不端的人也会诅咒。如果有人不造作杀戮、捆绑和殴打等行为,这些众生也会自然死亡,那么总是造作杀戮的行为是非常愚蠢的,就像一些无知的人在太阳落山时用棍子追赶,并自以为是胜利者一样。还有,婆罗门们,请听着:佛陀致力于利益世界,他的佛法是不害的。信任他,追随他,他也宣说不害。他长期行利益之事,从中获得菩提,总是行不害的利益之事,并教导眷属也要努力行利益之事。婆罗门或沙门,即使听到别人说的话,也没有用有害的话语来回应,这就是完全善良的行为。凶猛的人喜欢住在坟墓里,吃人肉、骨髓和腿,残暴且喜欢杀害众生,这是大自在天教义里说的。经典也被不害玷污了,如果非常信任它,就会总是享受伤害,这真是可悲啊。

English

It was done. There, the mother said: If I make sure that you never lack clothes and food, etc., why are you arguing? They said: We are not arguing for food, etc., but because of the teacher and the Dharma. There, the mother said: If you cannot distinguish the good and bad of the teacher and the Dharma with your own wisdom, ask other knowledgeable people. They also listened to the mother and went to various places to ask, but they did not get answers that they each believed in. Finally, they went to the Arhat master and told their stories in detail. Among them, Victor and Well-Victorious praised the great god's destruction of the three cities, and said that the power of Shakyamuni Buddha's curse was strong, while the ascetic Gautama did not curse, so his asceticism was not accomplished, and he could not destroy the Asuras, so his power was weak, etc. The Arhat said: If someone is angry with hatred and curses, what asceticism is there? Just like here, the Dakinis and the fierce and cruel Rakshasas act arbitrarily, and those who behave improperly also curse. If someone does not create killing, binding, and beating, etc., these beings will still die naturally, so it is very foolish to always create killing. It is like some ignorant people chasing the setting sun with a stick and thinking they are victorious. Also, Brahmins, listen: The Buddha is dedicated to benefiting the world, and his Dharma is non-harming. Trust him and follow him, and he also proclaims non-harming. He has long done beneficial deeds, attained enlightenment from them, always does non-harming deeds, and teaches his retinue to strive to do beneficial deeds. Brahmins or ascetics, even if they hear what others say, do not respond with harmful words, this is completely virtuous behavior. Fierce people like to live in cemeteries, eat human flesh, marrow, and legs, are cruel and like to kill beings, this is what is said in the teachings of the great god. The scriptures are also defiled by harm, and if you trust it very much, you will always enjoy harming, which is truly sad.

Chinese

谁是至尊?如果勇士是功德,那么狮子老虎等也应成为供养处吗?内心寂静才是功德。这是第一品传承。通过背诵五百种区分过失和功德的传承,那两个婆罗门也明白了真谛,从而更加信仰三宝。婆罗门之子善护,原本就有的信仰更加增长,他们三人心意相通,回到自己家中对母亲说:我们已经了解了佛陀的功德,想要建造一座供奉佛陀身像的寺庙,请母亲指示地方。之后,按照母亲的指示,婆罗门胜王在瓦拉纳西的法轮处建造了身像寺庙。那些佛陀亲自居住的寺庙,实际上是具有化身性质的,虽然显现为化身的集合,但在众生的眼中,由于破损等过失,到那个时候只剩下遗迹了。因此,婆罗门善护在王舍城的竹林精舍建造了身像和寺庙。年幼的婆罗门善护则在金刚座的香室,即带有大菩提树的净室建造了寺庙。工匠是天上的工匠化作人形而来建造的。建造大菩提树的材料和天上的工匠以及婆罗门善护都在里面。七天之内,禁止任何人进入,六天过去后,婆罗门三兄弟的母亲来了,敲门。他们说,还没到六天,明天才能开门。母亲说:我今晚就要死了,现在只有我才能在地上见到佛陀的容颜,以后其他人就不知道身像是否与如来相似了。所以一定要开门。开门后,工匠们消失了。仔细观察后,发现这座身像在各方面都与佛陀相似,但有三个不同之处:没有散发光芒,也不说法,只是端坐着。

English

Who is supreme? If warriors were virtuous, then lions, tigers, and the like should also become objects of offering, shouldn't they? To have a peaceful mind is virtue itself. This is the first chapter of the lineage. By reciting the lineage with five hundred distinctions between faults and virtues, those two Brahmins also understood the truth and became even more devoted to the Three Jewels. The Brahmin's son, Gewa, whose faith was already present, increased it even more. The three of them became of one mind and went to their own home and said to their mother: We have come to know the virtues of the Buddha, and we want to build a temple where the Buddha's image resides. Please, Mother, show us the place. Then, according to the mother's instructions, the Brahmin Gyalwa built an image temple at the Dharma Wheel place in Varanasi. The monasteries where the Buddha himself resided are, in reality, of the nature of emanations. Although they appear as a collection of emanations, in the eyes of sentient beings, due to faults such as dilapidation, at that time only traces remained. Therefore, the Brahmin Lekgyal built an image and a temple in the Bamboo Grove of Rajagriha. The younger Brahmin Gewa built a temple at the Gandhola of Vajrasana, that is, a clean room with the Great Bodhi Tree. The craftsmen were heavenly craftsmen who came in the form of humans to build it. The materials for building the Great Bodhi Tree, the heavenly craftsmen, and the Brahmin Gewa were all inside. For seven days, no one else was allowed to enter. After six days had passed, the mother of the three Brahmin brothers came and knocked on the door. They said, it hasn't been six days yet, we will open the door tomorrow. The mother said: I am going to die tonight, and now only I can see the face of the Buddha on earth. Later, others will not know whether the image is similar to the Tathagata or not. Therefore, you must open the door. When the door was opened, the craftsmen disappeared. After careful examination, it was found that this image was similar to the Buddha in all respects, but there were three differences: it did not emit light, it did not teach the Dharma, it only sat.

Chinese

也因此其他三种行为也不会穷尽。这样说,据说(佛像)是与真佛无异的身像。未满七天,工艺的差别稍微没有完成的是,有些人认为是右脚的大拇指。有些人认为是头发向右旋绕,因此后来修缮了这两处。然而,班智达们说,身上汗毛和衣服没有完全完成。据说班智达萨旺桑波也同样说了。那天晚上,婆罗门女子佐(ཛཿ,梵文天城体:जः,梵文罗马拟音:jaḥ,字面意思:佐)也无损地去世了。之后不久,婆罗门德瓦走在路上,发现了一颗名为阿斯玛嘎尔巴(ཨསྨ་གརྦྷ་,梵文天城体:अश्मगर्भ,梵文罗马拟音:ashmagarbha,字面意思:石胎)的自发光的宝珠。他心想,如果在大菩提建成之前找到,就可以做成眼珠了,但没有找到啊。刚想到这里,眼珠的位置就自然出现了一个孔。当他试图将它分成两半时,它自己变成了两个相同的,并被放入了两个眼珠的位置。同样,他找到了一颗闪耀着光芒的因陀罗尼罗(ཨིནྡྲ་ནཱི་ལ་,梵文天城体:इन्द्रनील,梵文罗马拟音:indranīla,字面意思:青金石),并将其放入了眉间的白毫中。凭借它的力量,拉提卡延国王的大菩提寺庙中,夜晚也总是被宝珠的光芒照得非常明亮。之后,这三个婆罗门兄弟在那三座寺庙中,总是为五百五百名比丘提供生活所需,并用物品供养四方的所有僧众。这是圣者近护时期发生的故事,第四个故事。 又是圣者近护将教法托付给圣者提底迦,他的故事是,在圣地印度,有一个富有的婆罗门,拥有很多财富。他有一个儿子名叫提底迦,聪明博学,心性正直,精通四吠陀和十八明论。父亲非常高兴,准备为他建造房屋并迎娶新娘,但他却说:我没有成家的愿望,请允许我出家。父亲说:即使你不出家而被鬼怪缠身,也要在我死之前不要出家。这些婆罗门眷属也由你来照顾。他也听从了父亲的话,在家中过着梵行生活

English

And therefore the other three behaviors will not be exhausted. It is said that the (Buddha image) is a body image that is no different from the real Buddha. It is said that the difference in craftsmanship is slightly incomplete because it has not been seven days. Some people think it is the big toe of the right foot. Some people think that the hair is coiled to the right, so these two places were repaired later. However, the Panditas said that the body hair and clothes were not completely finished. It is said that Pandita Sa-wang Zangpo also said the same. That night, the Brahmin woman Dza (ཛཿ, Sanskrit Devanagari: जः, Sanskrit Romanization: jaḥ, literal meaning: Dza) also passed away unharmed. Soon after, the Brahmin Deva went on the road and found a self-illuminating jewel called Asma Garbha (ཨསྨ་གརྦྷ་, Sanskrit Devanagari: अश्मगर्भ, Sanskrit Romanization: ashmagarbha, literal meaning: Stone Womb). He thought, if I had found it before the Great Bodhi was built, I could have made it into an eyeball, but I didn't find it. As soon as he thought of this, a natural hole appeared in the position of the eyeball. When he tried to split it in half, it turned into two identical ones and was placed in the positions of the two eyeballs. Similarly, he found a shining Indra Nila (ཨིནྡྲ་ནཱི་ལ་, Sanskrit Devanagari: इन्द्रनील, Sanskrit Romanization: indranīla, literal meaning: Sapphire) and put it in the urna between the eyebrows. Thanks to its power, the Great Bodhi Temple of King Rathikayan was always illuminated very brightly by the light of the jewel even at night. After that, the three Brahmin brothers always provided for the livelihood of five hundred and five hundred monks in those three temples, and offered all the Sangha in the four directions with necessities. This is the fourth story that happened during the time of the Holy Near Hidden. Again, the Holy Near Hidden entrusted the Dharma to the Holy Dhitika, and his story is that in the holy land of India, there was a wealthy Brahmin with a lot of wealth. He had a son named Dhitika, who was intelligent and learned, upright in mind, and proficient in the Four Vedas and the Eighteen Sciences. The father was very happy and prepared to build a house for him and marry a bride, but he said: I have no desire to start a family, please allow me to become a monk. The father said: Even if you do not become a monk and are haunted by ghosts, do not become a monk until I die. These Brahmin relatives should also be taken care of by you. He also listened to his father and lived a Brahmachari life at home.