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Bodhisattva karma sutra

English

对于众生常常生起怜悯之心,能在黑暗的世界里做巨大的明灯。我怎么能破坏正法,捆绑您的身体送给仇敌的国王呢?即使把您送到仇敌那里能获得金银财宝,我又怎么能安心伸手接受呢?如果接受了,我的手一定会落地;就像一个人为了养活自己而吃父母的肉一样,这个人即使能活下来,和仇敌又有什么区别呢?我也是这样,如果捆绑您的身体送给仇敌,即使能得到很多钱来赎回我的家,我也不会看重。’ 现代汉语译本:'当时,国王回答说:‘这样的话,又有什么值得计较的呢?如果你对我真的有怜悯之心,我自己捆绑自己,跟在你后面去仇敌的家,你没有罪过,我反而可以得到福报。’ 现代汉语译本:'婆罗门说:‘遵从您的命令,我将按照您的意思去做。’ 现代汉语译本:'说完这话,国王就自己捆绑起来,和婆罗门一起前往城里。国王以前的臣子和百姓,当看到国王时,都感到非常惊讶:‘哎呀,婆罗门!你是罗刹,不是婆罗门,你是罗刹,不是婆罗门。你本来就是凶恶的鬼神,奸诈地伪装成婆罗门的样子,没有悲悯之心,真是死神,常常想要杀人。你现在让国王的身体灭亡,就像月蚀一样,七个太阳同时照耀大海也会干涸,无上的法灯今天熄灭了,你这个旃陀罗种,为什么你的手没有落地?你的身体为什么没有陷入地里?就像狮子王,死后谁不能伤害它呢?这位一切施舍的国王早就远离了国都、妻子、仓库、珍宝、一切争斗,退入深山,修行寂灭之道;和你有什么仇怨,而要把他带到这里?’全城的人民,同声祈愿说:‘各位大仙圣人、护世四王!希望你们施加威神,保护这位国王,让他保全生命。’ English version: 'Excellent, excellent! Brahmin! I have now gained a benefit, exchanging an impermanent body for a permanent one. Ascetic, look, if my body were to perish here, my corpse in the wilderness would be no different from grass and trees. Even if birds and beasts came to devour it, what benefit would there be? Now, with this body like dust, I have traded for true gold and jewels. What feelings should I have to be stingy about it?' English version: 'At that time, the Brahmin, hearing these words, wept sadly and said, ‘How can there be such a principle? Why is this so? You are now the supreme tamer, the parent of all beings, skilled in loving care, the ultimate refuge, able to extinguish all the fears of countless beings. Your actions are vast and without expectation of reward. Towards all beings, you constantly generate compassion, and in the dark world, you act as a great lamp. How can I destroy the righteous Dharma, bind your body, and send you to the enemy king? Even if I were to obtain gold and jewels by delivering you to the enemy, how could I bear to stretch out my hand to receive them? If I were to accept them, my hand would surely fall to the ground. It would be like a man who, to sustain his life, eats the flesh of his parents. Even if he were to survive, how would he be different from an enemy? It is the same with me. If I were to bind your body and send you to the enemy, even if I were to gain much wealth to redeem my home, I would not value it.’ English version: 'At that time, the king replied, ‘Such words, what is there to consider? If you truly have compassion for me, I will bind myself, and follow you to the enemy’s home. You will have no fault, and I will gain merit.’ English version: 'The Brahmin said, ‘Respecting your command, I will act according to your will.’ English version: 'Having spoken these words, the king bound himself and, together with the Brahmin, went to the city. The king’s former ministers and the people, when they saw the king, were all astonished. ‘Alas, Brahmin! You are a Rakshasa, not a Brahmin. You are a Rakshasa, not a Brahmin. You are originally a fierce demon, deceitfully disguised as a Brahmin, without compassion. You are truly the god of death, always seeking to kill. Now you are causing the king’s body to perish, like an eclipse of the moon. Even if seven suns were to shine simultaneously, the great ocean would dry up. The supreme lamp of Dharma is extinguished today. You, of the Chandala caste, why has your hand not fallen to the ground? Why has your body not sunk into the earth? Like a lion king, after death, who cannot harm it? This king, who has given away everything, has long since left his kingdom, wife, storehouses, treasures, and all strife, retreating into the deep mountains to cultivate the path of stillness. What grievance do you have against him that you bring him here?’ The people of the entire city, with one voice, prayed, ‘All great sages and the Four Guardian Kings of the World! May you add your divine power to protect this king, so that he may preserve his life.’ 时,婆罗门闻是语已,心生怖畏,将一切施疾至王所,作如是言:“大王当知,我今已得一切施王。”怨王见已,心即生念:“是王年壮,身体姝好、容貌端正、其力难制;是婆罗门,年在衰弊,形容枯悴、颜貌丑恶、其力无几,云何能得是王将来?”窃复生念:“将非梵王、自在天王、那罗延天、释提桓因、四天王耶!”怨王即问:“谁为汝缚?”婆罗门言:“我自缚之。”怨王诅言:“远去,痴人!”复更问言:“汝将非以咒术之力而系缚耶!汝身羸劣,彼身端严犹如帝释,云何能系?假使有人自言:‘能吹须弥山王令如碎末。’是可信不?” 尔时,怨王即告大臣:“汝等当知今此难事,为是梦中,是幻化耶?将非我心闷绝失志,错谬见乎?是老猕猴云何能缚帝释身耶?诸臣当知,岂可以藕根中丝悬须弥山耶?可以兔身渡大海耶?可以蚊㭰尽海底耶?” 时婆罗门,闻是语已,即向怨王而说偈言: “大王今当知,  我实不能缚, 是王慈悲故,  为我而自来。 如以网盛风,  是事为甚难, 正使天帝释,  亦复不能为。” 尔时,怨王即向一切施王说如是言:“汝以哀我,故入深山、溪谷、林木空旷之处,唯与禽兽共相娱乐,少欲知足、饮水食果,以草为敷,不与我诤。然我怨心犹未得灭,我今自在能相诛戮,以何因缘来至此耶?” 尔时,一切施王嬉怡微笑,无有畏惧,身心容豫如师子王,而作是言:“汝不知耶!我身即名一切施王,我欲成就本誓愿故 当时,婆罗门听了这话,心中感到恐惧,便带着一切施王迅速来到国王那里,说道:‘大王应当知道,我现在已经得到了施王。’怨王见到后,心中便想:‘这位国王年纪轻轻,身体健壮,容貌俊美端正,力量难以制服;而这个婆罗门,年老衰弱,形容枯槁,面容丑陋,力量微弱,怎么可能把这位国王带来呢?’他又暗自思忖:‘难道是梵天、自在天、那罗延天、释提桓因、四天王吗?’怨王便问:‘是谁把你绑来的?’婆罗门说:‘我自己绑的。’怨王斥责道:‘走开,痴人!’又问:‘你难道是用咒术的力量把他绑来的吗?你身体如此虚弱,他却身形端正,如同帝释天,你怎么可能绑住他?如果有人说:‘能把须弥山王吹成粉末。’这能让人相信吗?’ 当时,怨王就告诉大臣们:‘你们应当知道,现在这件难事,是梦境,还是幻化?难道是我心神恍惚,失去了理智,看错了吗?这老猕猴怎么可能绑住帝释天呢?诸位大臣应当知道,难道可以用藕根中的丝线悬挂须弥山吗?可以用兔子的身体渡过大海吗?可以用蚊子的吸管吸干海底吗?’ 当时,婆罗门听了这话,就向怨王说了偈语: ‘大王现在应当知道,我实在不能绑住他,是这位国王慈悲,为了我而自己来的。就像用网盛风,这件事非常困难,即使是天帝释,也不能做到。’ 当时,怨王就对一切施王说:‘你因为怜悯我,所以进入深山、溪谷、树林空旷之处,只与禽兽一起玩乐,少欲知足,喝水吃果,以草为席,不与我争斗。然而我的怨恨之心仍然没有消除,我现在可以随意诛杀你,你因为什么原因来到这里呢?’ 当时,一切施王喜悦地微笑,没有丝毫畏惧,身心安详如同狮子王,说道:‘你不知道吗?我的名字就叫一切施王,我想要成就我本来的誓愿,所以才来的。’ At that time, the Brahmin, having heard these words, felt fear in his heart. He quickly brought King Sarvadada to the king, saying, 'Your Majesty should know that I have now obtained King Sarvadada.' Upon seeing this, the resentful king thought, 'This king is young, his body is strong, his appearance is handsome and upright, and his strength is difficult to control. But this Brahmin is old and weak, his form is withered, his face is ugly, and his strength is insignificant. How could he have brought this king here?' He then pondered, 'Could it be Brahma, Ishvara, Narayana, Indra, or the Four Heavenly Kings?' The resentful king then asked, 'Who bound you?' The Brahmin replied, 'I bound myself.' The resentful king scolded, 'Go away, you fool!' He then asked again, 'Did you bind him with the power of spells? Your body is so weak, while his is so upright, like Indra. How could you bind him? If someone said, 'I can blow Mount Sumeru into dust,' would that be believable?' At that time, the resentful king told his ministers, 'You should know that this difficult matter, is it a dream, or an illusion? Could it be that my mind is confused, I have lost my senses, and I am seeing things incorrectly? How could this old monkey bind Indra? Ministers, you should know, can one hang Mount Sumeru with a thread from a lotus root? Can one cross the great ocean with the body of a rabbit? Can one drain the bottom of the sea with a mosquito's proboscis?' At that time, the Brahmin, having heard these words, spoke a verse to the resentful king: 'Your Majesty should know now, I truly could not bind him, it is because of this king's compassion, that he came here for my sake. Like trying to hold the wind in a net, this matter is very difficult, even Indra could not do it.' At that time, the resentful king said to King Sarvadada, 'Because you pity me, you entered the deep mountains, valleys, and empty forests, only enjoying yourself with birds and beasts, having few desires and being content, drinking water and eating fruit, using grass as your mat, and not fighting with me. Yet my resentment has not been extinguished. I can now kill you at will. For what reason have you come here?' At that time, King Sarvadada smiled joyfully, without any fear, his body and mind at ease like a lion king, and said, 'Do you not know? My name is King Sarvadada, I came here because I want to fulfill my original vow.' 。今来在此,有三因缘:一者、为婆罗门而求钱财;二者、以汝先募,若得我身将来此者,当重赏之;三者、我先誓愿当一切施,是故我来欲舍身命。汝今当观,若我此身命终入地,为何所益?我本所以逃入山林,非以畏故,但为爱护诸众生耳。汝今自在怨心未灭,我今来此,随意屠割而得除怨,心则安隐,是故汝今应早为之。”即说偈言: “于怨生瞋恨,  则自燋其心, 譬如灰下火,  犹能烧万物。 因心着瞋恚,  命终堕地狱, 犹如恶毒箭,  中则身命灭。 若瞋于怨憎,  心不得寂静, 譬如痛目者,  不能见正色。 此身肉血成,  骨髓肪膏脑, 屎尿涕唾等,  薄皮裹其上。 是身如行厕,  无主无有我, 于王有何怨,  而常生瞋恚。 生老病死贼,  常来侵王身, 何故于是中,  返生亲友想。 我身四大成,  王身亦复然, 今若见瞋者,  是则为自瞋。 “是故大王不应生瞋,若故瞋者今得自在,幸可随意早见屠戮。先所开募,可赏是人;我今必定舍命不悔。以是因缘,愿诸众生能一切施及得舍名。” 尔时,怨王闻是语已,从御座起,合掌敬礼一切施王,作如是言:“唯愿,大王!还坐本座,汝是法王正化之主,我是罗刹暴恶之人;汝是世灯为世父母,我是世间弊恶大贼,专行恶法劫夺他财;汝是法称正法明镜,我非法称常欺诳他,犹如盲人不自见过。如我等辈罪过深重,是身久应陷入此地,所以迁延得至今日,实赖仁者执持故耳,今舍此地,及以己身奉施仁者 现在我来到这里,有三个原因:第一,为了婆罗门而求取钱财;第二,因为你先前招募,如果有人能把我带来这里,你会重重赏赐;第三,我先前发誓要布施一切,所以我来这里是想舍弃生命。你现在可以想想,如果我这身体死了埋入地下,有什么好处呢?我本来之所以逃入山林,不是因为害怕,只是为了爱护所有众生罢了。你现在依然怨恨未消,我今天来到这里,任你宰割,以此来消除你的怨恨,你的心就会安宁,所以你现在应该早点动手。”接着,他说了偈语: ‘对怨恨产生嗔怒,就会烧焦自己的心,就像灰烬下的火,仍然能烧毁万物。因为心中执着嗔恨,死后会堕入地狱,就像恶毒的箭,射中就会身亡。如果对怨恨的人产生嗔怒,心就无法平静,就像眼睛疼痛的人,无法看到正确的颜色。这身体由肉血组成,骨髓脂肪和脑浆,屎尿涕唾等,用薄皮包裹在上面。这身体就像一个移动的厕所,没有主人,没有自我,对国王有什么怨恨,而总是产生嗔恚呢?生老病死这些贼,经常侵扰国王的身体,为什么在这些之中,反而产生亲友的想法呢?我的身体由四大组成,国王的身体也是如此,现在如果看到嗔怒,那就是在嗔怒自己。 ‘所以大王不应该产生嗔怒,如果一定要嗔怒,现在你可以随意宰杀我。先前招募时说的话,可以赏赐这个人;我现在必定舍弃生命,不会后悔。因为这个缘故,希望所有众生都能布施一切,并且能够舍弃名利。’ 当时,怨王听到这些话后,从座位上站起来,合掌恭敬地向一切施王行礼,说道:‘希望大王!回到原来的座位,您是法王,是正义教化的主人,我是罗刹,是暴虐凶恶的人;您是世间的明灯,是世人的父母,我是世间邪恶的大盗,专门做恶事,抢夺他人钱财;您是正法的称赞,是正法的明镜,我不是正法的称赞,经常欺骗他人,就像盲人看不到自己的过错。像我们这样罪孽深重的人,这身体早就应该陷入地狱,之所以拖延到今天,实在依赖于仁者的坚持,现在我舍弃这片土地,以及我自己的身体,奉献给仁者。’ Now I come here for three reasons: first, to seek wealth for the Brahmins; second, because you previously offered a reward, if someone could bring me here, you would reward them handsomely; third, I previously vowed to give away everything, so I come here wanting to give up my life. You should consider now, if this body of mine dies and is buried in the ground, what benefit is there? The reason I originally fled into the mountains was not out of fear, but only to protect all living beings. You still have not extinguished your resentment, and I have come here today, allowing you to slaughter me, to eliminate your resentment, and your heart will be at peace, so you should do it sooner rather than later.’ Then, he spoke in verse: ‘To generate anger from resentment, will scorch one's own heart, like fire under ashes, which can still burn all things. Because the heart is attached to anger, after death one will fall into hell, like a poisonous arrow, which when it hits, will end life. If one is angry at those they resent, the heart cannot be peaceful, like a person with painful eyes, who cannot see the correct colors.