Chinese
如是世尊所说，一切法皆是无常。若行持十善法，则能断除无常之大苦。尔后一切众生闻彼语已，皆受持十善法。我于彼时闻佛之名，受持十善，极意作意而修，最初生起无上正等菩提之心。如是生心之后，以彼法为无量无数众生宣说一切法皆是无常，坏灭变异之法。是故我今亦于此处宣说一切法皆是无常，变异迁流之法。唯佛之身乃是常法。如是于后持诵言说，忆念往昔所行之因缘，是故为报答此地之恩，今日亦于此入灭。如是之义，故我于一切经中说，属于我之眷属乃是报答恩德者。复次，善男子，往昔之时，众生之寿命能住无量劫时，彼时彼城名为俱舍跋提。其周围水深及膝有五十逾缮那。彼时此赡部洲，诸城如鸟栖，如家室般飞翔，从一处至另一处。彼时有转轮圣王名为迦腻纽纳桑，具足七宝，圆满千子，统治四洲。彼之王储忆念正法，现证辟支佛果。其后，彼转轮圣王见彼王子王储现证辟支佛果，仪容极其端严，神通甚为稀有，见如是之物已，如弃唾沫般舍弃王位而出家。于此娑罗树下修习慈心长达八万年。悲心、喜心、舍心亦修习八万八千年。善男子，彼时彼刻，彼转轮圣王名为迦腻纽纳桑。
English
Thus, as the Blessed One said, all phenomena are impermanent. If one practices the ten virtuous dharmas, one will cut off the great suffering of impermanence. Then, having heard that spoken by all beings, all took up the practice of the ten virtuous dharmas. At that time, I heard the name of the Buddha, and holding the ten virtues in mind, contemplating and meditating on them, I first generated the mind of unsurpassed, perfect, and complete enlightenment. Having generated the mind in that way, I taught countless sentient beings that all phenomena are impermanent, decaying, and changing. Therefore, I still declare in this place that all phenomena are impermanent, changing, and transforming. Only the body of the Buddha is of the nature of permanence. Thus, reciting and speaking from then on, and considering the causes and conditions of past actions, therefore, in order to repay the kindness of this place, I will also pass into nirvana here today. Because of that meaning, I say in all the sutras that those who belong to my retinue are those who repay kindness. Furthermore, son of good family, in the past, when the lifespan of beings could last for immeasurable eons, at that time the name of that city was Koshavarti. Its circumference was fifty yojanas, with water covering up to the knees. At that time, the cities in this Jambudvipa were like nests for birds, flying like houses from one place to another. At that time, there was a Chakravartin king named Kaniyunasan, endowed with the seven precious jewels, complete with a thousand sons, and ruling over the four continents. His crown prince, mindful of the sacred Dharma, attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha. Thereafter, that Chakravartin king saw that his prince, the crown prince, had attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha, with an extremely beautiful form and great and wondrous miraculous powers. Having seen such things, he renounced the royal position as if discarding spittle and went forth into homelessness. Under this Sala tree, he meditated on loving-kindness for eighty thousand years. He also meditated on compassion, joy, and equanimity for eighty-eight thousand years. Son of good family, at that time, at that moment, that Chakravartin king was named Kaniyunasan.
Chinese
难道你们认为那是别人吗？那就是我啊。因此现在也总是喜欢享用那四法。那四法本身就叫做禅定。种姓之子，事情既然是这样，如来的身体就是常、乐、我、净啊。种姓之子，以那个因，那个缘故，我也在吉祥草城娑罗树下入于禅定。种姓之子，我清楚地记得，在无量劫之前的那个时候，这个城市的名字叫做迦毗罗卫（ser skya），那里国王的名字叫做净饭（zas gtsang ma）。那位国王的王妃叫做天美（lha mdzes）。那位国王的王子叫做义成（don grub）。那时，那位王子在没有老师教导的情况下，自己用心思考，获得了无上正等正觉。近侍有两个，一个是舍利子，一个是摩诃目犍连子。服侍的近侍叫做阿难陀（dga' bo）。那时，世尊在娑罗树下宣说了这部完全寂灭的经，我那时也聚集在那僧团中。那时听到了所有众生都具有如来藏。听闻了这样的事物后，就成了不退转菩萨，并发了这样的愿：我未来成佛的时候，父母和，国家的名字和，近侍和，侍者和，说法也和现在的，这位世尊一样。发了这样的愿之后，以那个因，那个缘故，我也在这里讲说这部大涅槃经。种姓之子，我以前出家后，在没有获得无上正等正觉的时候，具色王派了使者来说：王子义成如果成为转轮圣王，我将成为大臣。如果王子不喜欢在家，获得了无上正等正觉，请您先到这座王舍城说法，救度一切众生，是否允许接受我的供养？我那时
English
Do you think that is someone else? That is me. Therefore, I am always happy to enjoy those four dharmas now. Those four dharmas themselves are called samadhi. Son of good family, since that is the case, the body of the Tathagata is permanent, blissful, self, and completely pure. Son of good family, because of that cause, that condition, I also enter into samadhi under the sala tree in Kusinagara. Son of good family, I clearly remember that in that time, in that era, countless kalpas ago, the name of this city was Kapilavastu (ser skya), and the name of the king there was Suddhodana (zas gtsang ma). The queen of that king was called Maya (lha mdzes). The prince of that king was called Siddhartha (don grub). At that time, that prince, without being taught by a teacher, contemplated on his own and attained unsurpassed, perfect, complete enlightenment. There were two attendants, one was Sariputra, and one was Maha Maudgalyayana. The attendant who served was called Ananda (dga' bo). At that time, the Bhagavan taught this sutra of complete nirvana under the sala tree, and I was also gathered in that sangha at that time. At that time, I heard that all sentient beings have the Tathagatagarbha. After hearing such things, I became a non-regressing Bodhisattva and made this aspiration: When I become enlightened in the future, may my parents, the name of my country, my attendants, my servants, and my teaching of the Dharma be the same as this present Bhagavan. After making this aspiration, because of that cause, that condition, I am also here explaining and teaching this Great Nirvana Sutra. Son of good family, after I previously renounced the world, before I had attained unsurpassed, perfect, complete enlightenment, King Bimbisara sent a messenger saying: Prince Siddhartha, if you become a Chakravartin king, I will become a minister. If the prince does not like being at home and attains unsurpassed, perfect, complete enlightenment, please first come to this Rajagriha and teach the Dharma, liberate all sentient beings, and would you please accept my offerings? I at that time