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于是向那五百个婆罗门宣说无害的学问。什么时候父亲去世了，把家里的所有财产都布施给沙门和婆罗门，于是和五百眷属一起进入遍行者的行列，在十六大城市游历。向那些被称为大有势力的外道和婆罗门询问清净梵行的道路，也没有得到满意的答复。最终向摧灭者圣者近护（尊者优波毱多）提问。在那里，以极大的信心出家并受具足戒后，近护尊者开示了七种教诲，七天之内，五百婆罗门证得了阿罗汉果。圣者提底迦则专注于八解脱的禅定。他使许多地方和地方的婆罗门首领对佛陀的教法产生了极大的信心。当圣者近护尊者交付教法的时候，在那六个城市里，四众弟子都得到了授记，佛陀的教法得到了极大的弘扬，一切众生都得到了安乐。有一次，在吐火罗国，有一个国王名叫弥难陀。那个地方的所有居民都崇拜空中的天神，除此之外，既不知道善，也不知道恶。他们在节日的时候，焚烧大量的谷物、衣服、珍宝和香木，用巨大的烟雾来祭祀天空。圣者提底迦带着五百阿罗汉眷属从空中来到他们祭祀的地方，坐在地上。那些人也认为是空中的天神，顶礼足下，并广设供养。圣者为他们宣说了佛法，国王等成千上万的人见到了真谛。无数的人皈依了三宝，安立于学处。在那里住了三个夏季，僧众也增加了无数，证得阿罗汉果的也有一千左右。之后，那个地方和克什米尔之间的道路变得非常便利，许多克什米尔的长老来到那里，教法得到了极大的弘扬。仅在那位国王和他儿子伊摩沙耶的时代，就建造了大约五十座大寺庙，僧众无数。
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Then he taught the doctrine of non-harm to those five hundred Brahmins. When his father passed away, he gave all the family's wealth to ascetics and Brahmins, and together with his five hundred followers, he entered the ranks of the wanderers. He traveled to sixteen great cities, and although he asked those who were known as great and powerful heretics and Brahmins about the path of pure conduct, he did not receive a satisfactory answer. Finally, he asked the Blessed One's disciple, the Venerable Upagupta. There, with great faith, he took ordination and received full ordination. Upagupta taught him seven teachings, and within seven days, the five hundred Brahmins attained Arhatship. The Venerable Dhitika meditated on the eight liberations. He caused many local and regional Brahmin leaders to have great faith in the Buddha's teachings. When the Venerable Upagupta entrusted the teachings, in those six cities, the fourfold assembly received prophecies, and the Buddha's teachings greatly flourished. All beings were completely placed in happiness. Once, in the land of Tokharistan, there was a king named Minar. All the inhabitants of that land worshiped the gods of the sky, and they knew nothing of good or evil. During festivals, they would burn large quantities of grain, clothing, jewels, and fragrant wood, offering it to the sky with a great cloud of smoke. The Venerable Dhitika, with his retinue of five hundred Arhats, came from the sky to the place where they were making offerings and sat down. Those people thought they were gods of the sky and prostrated at their feet, offering them extensive offerings. He taught them the Dharma, and the king and thousands of others saw the truth. Countless people took refuge and were established in the precepts. He stayed there for three summer months, and the Sangha increased immeasurably. About a thousand also attained Arhatship. After that, the road between that land and Kashmir became very convenient, and many Kashmiri elders came there, and the teachings greatly flourished. Even during the time of that king and his son Imasha, about fifty great monasteries were built, with countless monks.
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因此而充满。又，东方迦摩缕波（Kāmarūpa，印度古国名，约在今阿萨姆地区）有一位名叫悉达（Siddha）的婆罗门，他拥有堪比伟大国王的财富，并与成千上万的眷属一起，致力于祭祀太阳。当他正在祭祀太阳的时候，圣者提底迦（Dhītika）从太阳的坛城中央显现神变，放射出无数的光芒。他也认为是太阳，因此在进行祭祀和顶礼时，圣者向他宣讲佛法，使他生起极大的信心。之后，圣者显现出自己的身相。再次宣讲佛法，那位婆罗门见到了真谛，以极大的信心建造了一座名为“大佛塔”的寺庙。在那里，他还为来自四方的僧众举行了盛大的节日，从而使佛法在迦摩缕波地区得到极大的弘扬。当时，西方摩罗婆（Malava）有一位名叫傲慢的婆罗门，他没有束发髻，而是统治着王国。他每天宰杀成千上万只山羊，进行血肉祭祀。他有一千个祭祀的火炉。他还让自己的所有婆罗门眷属根据各自的财富进行马祭（Ajamedha）。他还让不是婆罗门的人积攒祭祀的供品。某个时候，他想进行牛祭（Gomedha），也就是用纯种牛进行的祭祀，于是他邀请了出身于贱民种姓的苦行者，名叫布利居·罗刹娑（Bhrigu Rakasa），让他来主持祭祀。他积攒了十万头洁白的牛，还邀请了非常多的婆罗门，也准备了许多其他的祭祀用品。当他开始进行祭祀时，圣者提底迦来到了祭祀的场所，但他无论用什么方法都无法点燃火。牛也无论用什么方法都无法宰杀，甚至连受伤都做不到。婆罗门们念诵吠陀和明咒，但却发不出声音。这时，布利居·罗刹娑说：“这个祭祀无法完成的障碍，是这个沙门的威力啊！”于是，所有人都向他投掷石头、棍棒和灰烬，但他们却看到那些东西变成了鲜花和檀香粉。他们生起信心，顶礼圣者的双足，请求宽恕，然后问道：“圣者，您有什么吩咐？”圣者说：“婆罗门们，放过我吧！”
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Thus it became filled. Furthermore, in the east, in Kāmarūpa, there was a Brahmin named Siddha, who possessed wealth comparable to a great king and, together with many thousands of attendants, diligently worshipped the sun. During one of his sun-worshipping ceremonies, the noble Dhītika displayed a miraculous emanation from the center of the sun's mandala, radiating many rays of light. Thinking it was indeed the sun, the Brahmin worshipped and prostrated, and when he had developed great faith through the Dharma teachings, the noble one revealed his own form. Again, through Dharma teachings, the Brahmin saw the truth and, with great faith, built a monastery called the Great Stupa. There, he also held a grand festival for the Sangha from the four directions, and thus the Buddha's teachings became especially widespread in the land of Kāmarūpa. At that time, in the west, in Malava, there was a Brahmin named Drekme (Arrogant), who ruled the kingdom without wearing a crown. Every day, he slaughtered thousands of goats, performing sacrifices of flesh and blood. He had a thousand sacrificial hearths. He also made all his Brahmin attendants perform Ajamedha sacrifices according to their respective wealth. He also made those who were not Brahmins gather the materials for offerings. Once, he desired to perform a Gomedha, a sacrifice of pure cattle, so he summoned a sage from the caste of outcasts, named Bhrigu Rakasa, to perform the sacrifice. He gathered a hundred thousand pure white cattle and summoned many Brahmins. He also prepared many other sacrificial items. When he began to perform the sacrifice, the noble Dhītika came to the sacrificial site, but no matter how he tried, he could not light the fire. No matter how he tried, the cattle could not be killed or even wounded. The Brahmins recited the Vedas and mantras, but no sound came forth. Then Bhrigu Rakasa said, "The obstacle to the completion of this sacrifice is the power of this renunciate!" Then everyone threw stones, sticks, and ashes at him, but they saw them turn into flowers and sandalwood powder. They developed faith, prostrated at his feet, and begged for forgiveness, asking, "Noble one, what do you command?" The noble one said, "Brahmins, release me!"
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以这恶劣的祭祀罪业能做什么呢？给予布施吧！行持善业吧！我乃婆罗门种姓的天神，如果是做火供的人，那么杀死天神和父母又会变成什么样呢？婆罗门不应触碰的、到处都不干净的牛肉，难道能让天神们感到满足吗？请舍弃这邪恶的正士之法吧！由于贪恋肉食，这焚烧供品能让你变成什么呢？以幻术来显示治疗，这是以咒语欺骗世间。像这样广为宣说佛法后，他们都对罪恶的行为感到后悔，因羞愧于自己的行为而低下头，以谦卑的态度请问消除罪恶的方法。依照圣者所教导的方法，让所有婆罗门都皈依，并安立于五戒。在屋主悦耳者的精舍旧址上建造大寺庙，努力修持由财物所生的七种福德。就这样，在那一带弘扬佛法更加兴盛。那时，无忧王（阿育王）诞生后不久。在他们之后，逐渐有五百多位婆罗门对三宝生起信心，长久护持佛教，利益众生，之后将佛法托付给圣者黑天，在摩罗婆国的殊胜之地，圣王之境中入灭。这是圣者持戒者时代的故事，第五个故事。那时，无忧王正值青年时期。这个故事属于他鲁族，在一个名为瞻波阿爾納的地方，太阳种姓的国王尼弥陀与五百大臣一起，以巨大的财富统治着北方地区。他最初有六个儿子，分别是：善者、车乘者、海螺者、财富者、莲花者，第六个是金者。在另一个时期，一位商人的妻子与国王结合而怀孕。某天，在国王母亲去世的除忧日，商人的妻子生下了一个男孩，因为这个孩子是在除忧日出生的，所以给他取名为无忧。长大后，他…
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What can be done with this wicked sacrificial sin? Give alms! Do good deeds! I am a god of the Brahmin caste, and if I am one who performs fire offerings, then what will become of killing gods and parents? Can the gods be satisfied by unclean beef that Brahmins should not touch? Abandon this evil practice of the righteous! By craving meat, what will this burnt offering make you become? Showing healing through illusion is deceiving the world with mantras. After extensively teaching the Dharma in this way, they all regretted their sinful actions. Ashamed of their own behavior, they lowered their heads and humbly asked for a way to eliminate sin. According to the method taught by the Noble One, all the Brahmins were made to take refuge and were established in the five precepts. A great temple was built on the site of the householder Gadangchen's monastery, and they diligently practiced the seven kinds of merit arising from wealth. In this way, the teachings were especially spread in that area. At that time, it was not long after King Ashoka was born. After them, gradually about five hundred Brahmins developed faith in the Three Jewels, upheld the Buddha's teachings for a long time, benefited sentient beings, and then entrusted the teachings to the Noble Krishna and passed away in the excellent land of Malava, in the realm of the Holy King. This is the story of the time of the Noble Dhītika, the fifth story. At that time, King Ashoka was in his youth. This story belongs to the Tharu lineage. In a place called Champa Arna, a king of the solar race named Nemita, along with five hundred ministers, ruled the northern region with great wealth. He initially had six sons: the virtuous one, the chariot one, the conch one, the wealth one, the lotus one, and the sixth was the golden one. At another time, a merchant's wife became pregnant after uniting with the king. One day, on the day of dispelling sorrow after the king's mother passed away, the merchant's wife gave birth to a boy. Because this child was born on the day of dispelling sorrow, he was named Ashoka. When he grew up, he...
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在精通六十四种技艺、八种观察术以及文字和算术等等的时候，人群中，大臣们问一位婆罗门相士：国王的哪个儿子将继承王位？他说：吃最好的食物，穿最好的衣服，坐在最好的垫子上的人。于是，两位最好的大臣私下询问，他说：最好的食物是稻米，最好的衣服是粗布，最好的垫子是弓。因此，他们知道国王的其他儿子都拥有富裕的财富，而无忧（阿育王）享用那些普通的食物和衣服，所以他将成为国王。期间，尼泊尔和喀什米尔等地的许多山民反叛。为了征服他们，派出了由无忧（阿育王）率领的军队，他不费吹灰之力就击败了山民，征收了贡赋，俘获了人质，划分了土地，并将这些献给了国王。国王说：我对你的智慧、力量和勇气感到满意，你想要什么我都给你。他说：我在这里受到其他兄弟的迫害，请赐予我华氏城（巴连弗邑）作为住所，以及我想要的一切物品。国王答应了他，于是他在那个城市建造了五百个花园，并被一千名演奏音乐的妇女环绕，日夜享受着感官的快乐。之后，摩揭陀国的国王扎玛沙去世。他有十二个儿子，虽然有些人被任命为国王，但他们没有控制住王位。一位名叫婆罗门沉着冷静的大臣统治了几年。那时，尼弥陀国王和他们两人成了敌人，在恒河岸边长期作战，国王的六个年长的儿子都参加了战斗。就在那时，尼弥陀国王也去世了。他们心想，如果宣布国王去世的消息，摩揭陀人就会变得强大，于是他们隐瞒了消息，王国的事务由两位大臣处理。七天后，城里的人们知道了这件事，并要处决那两位大臣。那时，他们心想，以前婆罗门预言的时刻就是现在，于是他们召来无忧（阿育王），让他继承了王位。
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At a time when he was well-versed in sixty-four arts, eight kinds of observation, and writing and arithmetic, the ministers asked a Brahmin fortune-teller in the midst of the people: Which of the king's sons will become king? He said: The one who eats the best food, wears the best clothes, and sits on the best cushion. Then, the two best ministers secretly inquired, and he said: The best food is rice, the best clothes are coarse cloth, and the best cushion is a bow. Therefore, they knew that the other sons of the king possessed abundant wealth, while Ashoka enjoyed those ordinary foods and clothes, so he would become king. During that time, many mountain people in Nepal and Kashmir revolted. In order to subdue them, Ashoka was sent with an army, and he defeated the mountain people without difficulty, levied tribute, captured hostages, divided the land, and offered these to the king. The king said: I am pleased with your wisdom, strength, and courage, and I will give you whatever you want. He said: I am persecuted here by my other brothers, please grant me the city of Pataliputra as a residence, and all the things I desire. The king granted it, and he built five hundred gardens in that city, and surrounded himself with a thousand women playing music, enjoying sensual pleasures day and night. After that, King Chama of Magadha passed away. He had twelve sons, and although some were appointed as kings, they did not control the throne. A minister named Brahmin Calmness ruled for several years. At that time, King Nemita and the two became enemies, and they fought for a long time on the banks of the Ganges, and the king's six eldest sons participated in the battle. Just then, King Nemita also passed away. They thought that if the news of the king's death was announced, the Magadhas would become powerful, so they concealed the news, and the affairs of the kingdom were handled by the two ministers. After seven days, the people of the city learned of this and were about to execute the two ministers. At that time, they thought that the time foretold by the Brahmin before was now, so they summoned Ashoka and placed him on the throne.