English
Ya-ba is unspeakable. What is spoken of is called 'all-knowing.' 'Meaning' means unwavering, without thought, without elaboration, without examination, without proof, without things, without substance, without self-grasping, without waves, without grasping, without place, completely transcending all paths of words of place. 'All-knowing' means thinking, measuring, counting, examining, and making others understand their mindstream. 'Meaning' means truly knowing each meaning. 'All-knowing' means truly knowing the Dharma, the definitive word, and fearlessness. In short, son of Venerable Sharadvati, this is the meaning. This is all-knowing. Then, the Blessed One praised the son of good family, Truth-Speaker, saying, "Well done, well done! As you have shown, so should others also show. Because you have explained this teaching, three thousand sons of gods have arisen with tolerance for the Dharma of non-arising. Two million beings, having heard this perfect greatness of your fearlessness, have generated the mind of unsurpassed perfect enlightenment." Then, the venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana's son said to the Blessed One, "Blessed One, how many beings has the son of good family, Truth-Speaker, matured with this appearance of a non-Buddhist!" Having asked this, the Blessed One said to the venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana's son, "Great Maudgalyāyana's son, if this is heard, the world with gods will be confused, except for Bodhisattva-Mahāsattvas. Great Maudgalyāyana's son, however, listen as I show just a little of how many beings the son of good family, Truth-Speaker, has matured with colors, forms, and various behaviors! Great Maudgalyāyana's son, the son of good family, Truth-Speaker, abiding in the form of a non-Buddhist, has matured beings as numerous as the dust particles of Mount Meru into unsurpassed perfect enlightenment. With the form of conduct, beings Four continents
Chinese
以微尘之微尘数,使之完全成熟于无上正等觉。以一切处行的形象,使恒河八十四沙数的众生完全成熟于无上正等觉。以声闻的形象,向恒河十沙数的众生显示必定会从声闻菩提中出现,之后使之完全成熟于无上正等觉。以远胜于此的众多众生,以独觉佛的形象使之完全成熟。以菩萨的形象,使无数众生完全成熟。其他一些以帝释天的形象,其他一些以梵天的形象,其他一些以转轮王的形象,其他一些以世间守护者的形象,其他一些以非人(紧那罗)的形象,其他一些以阿修罗的形象,其他一些以迦楼罗的形象,其他一些以大腹行(摩睺罗伽)的形象,其他一些以男性的形象,其他一些以女性的形象,其他一些以男孩的形象,其他一些以女孩的形象,其他一些以土地神的形象,其他一些以俱生神的形象,其他一些以仙人的形象,其他一些以婆罗门的形象,其他一些以比丘的形象,其他一些以比丘尼的形象,其他一些以近事男的形象,其他一些以近事女的形象,使之完全成熟于无上正等觉。莫德嘎拉雅那之子,种姓之子,诚语者,就这样使众多众生完全成熟于无上正等觉。 请问:此人取悦了多少如来? 回答说:莫德嘎拉雅那之子,地的界限和水的界限和火的界限和风的界限和虚空的界限和有情众生的界限,或许能够通达。种姓之子,诚语者,此人以各种形象取悦了多少如来,那些佛陀出现之边际是无法通达的。 之后,大长老迦叶波对种
English
He has fully matured them into unsurpassed, perfect and complete enlightenment as many as the particles of the finest dust particles. With the form of a constant wanderer, he has fully matured beings as numerous as the sand of eighty-four Ganges rivers into unsurpassed, perfect and complete enlightenment. With the form of a Shravaka, he showed beings as numerous as the sand of ten Ganges rivers that they would definitely emerge into Shravaka Bodhi, and later he fully matured them into unsurpassed, perfect and complete enlightenment. Even more numerous beings than that, he fully matured with the form of a Pratyekabuddha. With the form of a Bodhisattva, he fully matured countless beings. Others with the form of Indra, others with the form of Brahma, others with the form of a Chakravartin, others with the form of world protectors, others with the form of a Kinnara, others with the form of an Asura, others with the form of a Garuda, others with the form of a Mahoraga, others with the form of a male, others with the form of a female, others with the form of a boy, others with the form of a girl, others with the form of a earth deity, others with the form of a co-born deity, others with the form of a Rishi, others with the form of a Brahmin, others with the form of a Bhikshu, others with the form of a Bhikshuni, others with the form of a Upasaka, others with the form of a Upasika, he has fully matured them into unsurpassed, perfect and complete enlightenment. Maudgalyayana's son, son of a lineage, the speaker of truth, has thus fully matured many beings into unsurpassed, perfect and complete enlightenment. Asked: How many Tathagatas has this one pleased? Answered: Maudgalyayana's son, the limit of the earth element, and the water element, and the fire element, and the wind element, and the space element, and the sentient beings' element, might be able to be understood. Son of a lineage, the speaker of truth, how many Tathagatas has this one pleased with various forms, the limit of those Buddhas' appearance cannot be understood. Then, the great elder Kashyapa to the lineage