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仅仅听到发出的声音,那只鳄鱼就闭上了嘴,安乐地去世了,转生成人后,在这个教法中出家,获得了阿罗汉果位,成为了政教事业的执行者。还有,从佛陀那里听闻佛法后,一个虔诚的女仆被她的女主人殴打致死,转生到辛伽罗洲,成为了一个名叫珍珠女的女孩,她拥有着令人惊叹的身体和财富,并在那个基础上证悟了真谛等等的故事,都如经中所说的那样。像这样了解之后,现在我们还没有被死亡等巨大恐惧所控制的这段时间里,应该谨慎地进入忆念佛陀的瑜伽。而且,对于过去、现在、未来无量诸佛,无论忆念哪一位佛陀,所有这些佛陀的法身都是平等的,断证都已达到究竟,所以没有差别。但是,我们这个娑婆世界的难调众生,被其他佛陀所舍弃的众生,唯有这位慈悲的导师以大悲心摄受。因此,忆念佛陀薄伽梵,就是知恩报恩。因为佛陀降临世间,完全是为了利益他人,即使只利益了一个众生,也因为那众生自身使佛陀的降临变得有意义。所以,这也是对佛陀的报恩。如果我们知道我们导师的恩德并祈祷,那么导师也会以慈悲摄受我们,因为我们已经成为了被他慈悲摄受的境域,所以慈悲和加持会更加融入,这是法性使然。正如《大悲白莲经》中所说:佛陀薄伽梵在王舍城鹫峰山上,与六万二千比丘的大僧团,以及弥勒等不退转的大菩萨八百万,还有娑婆世界之主梵天等天、夜叉、龙等进入大乘的眷属所围绕,并被他们瞻仰着安住。那时,大菩萨弥勒、见有义、狮子慧等一万菩萨一同从座位上站起来。
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Just by hearing the sound, that crocodile closed its mouth and passed away peacefully, and after being reborn as a human, he renounced in this Dharma and attained the state of an Arhat, becoming a performer of religious and political affairs. Also, after hearing the Dharma from the Buddha, a devoted maid was beaten to death by her mistress, and was reborn in the island of Simhala, becoming a girl named Pearl Woman, who possessed an amazing body and wealth, and on that basis, she saw the truth, and so on, all these stories are as they appear in the sutras. Having understood in this way, now, in this time when we are not yet controlled by great fears such as death, we should carefully engage in the yoga of remembering the Buddha. Moreover, among the immeasurable Buddhas of the three times, whichever Buddha one remembers, all those Buddhas' Dharmakaya is the same, and their abandonment and realization have reached the ultimate, so there is no difference. However, the difficult-to-tame beings of this Sahā world of ours, those beings abandoned by other Buddhas, only this compassionate teacher takes them in with great compassion. Therefore, remembering the Buddha Bhagavan is to be aware of kindness and to repay it. Because the Buddha's coming into the world is solely for the benefit of others, even if only one being is benefited, it is because that being itself makes the Buddha's coming meaningful. Therefore, it is also repaying the Buddha's kindness. If we know the kindness of our teacher and pray, then the teacher will also take us in with compassion, because we have become a realm embraced by his compassion, so compassion and blessings will especially enter, this is the nature of Dharma. As it is said in the Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka Sūtra: The Buddha Bhagavan was on Vulture Peak in Rajagriha, surrounded and gazed upon by a great Sangha of sixty-two thousand monks, and eight million great Bodhisattvas who were irreversible, such as Maitreya, and the retinue of gods, yakshas, nagas, etc., who had entered the Great Vehicle, including Brahma, the lord of the Sahā world. At that time, the great Bodhisattvas Maitreya, Seeing Meaningful, Lion's Wisdom, and so on, along with ten thousand Bodhisattvas, rose from their seats.
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在东南方向合掌,以极度欢喜和清净的心,向如来、应供、正等觉的莲花胜佛,在成佛后不久,示现 великие чудеса,使无数亿万众生的善根完全成熟,并被安置于无上菩提的不退转之地,真是太神奇了,顶礼啊顶礼!然后,珍宝菩萨遍照以恭敬之心顶礼世尊,请问佛陀住在哪个方向?成佛多久了等等,世尊回答说:善男子,你为了使无量众生的善根成熟,询问莲花胜佛获得菩提的奇迹和净土的庄严,你向如来询问这样的问题,你的勇气是 благо,太好了!善男子,从这里向东南方向,经过无数亿万恒河沙数的佛土,有一个世界名为莲花,以各种功德庄严,充满鲜花、香、珍宝树和珍宝莲花,地面由青琉璃制成,充满菩萨,充满法音等等,展示了净土无量功德的庄严。在那片净土中,圆满正觉的莲花胜佛在昨天夜晚的最后一刻证得无上圆满菩提,今天早上这个时候显现这样的神变。他显现自身直至色界天,从头顶的肉髻中散发出无数亿万光芒,照亮上方世界的佛土,其数量如佛土微尘。当上方的菩萨们向下看时,须弥山和铁围山等都无法看见,那些世界的菩萨们,无论是得到授记的,还是获得陀罗尼、三摩地和忍辱的,还是远远超越了地的,还是仅剩一生
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Having joined palms in the southeast direction, with extremely joyful and pure minds, they said, "The Tathagata, Arhat, Perfectly Awakened Buddha Lotus Supreme, not long after attaining Buddhahood, displayed great miracles, completely maturing the roots of virtue of hundreds of millions of beings, and establishing them in the irreversible state from unsurpassed enlightenment, is wondrous! I prostrate, I prostrate!" Then, the precious Bodhisattva Vimalaprabha respectfully bowed to the Bhagavan and asked, "In which direction does that Buddha reside? How long has it been since he attained Buddhahood?" In response, the Bhagavan replied, "Son of good family, because you have asked about the miracles of the Buddha Lotus Supreme attaining enlightenment and the array of the pure land, for the sake of maturing the roots of virtue of immeasurable beings, it is good that you have asked the Tathagata about such matters. Son of good family, from here in the southeast direction, passing through hundreds of millions of Buddha fields as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River, there is a world called Lotus, adorned with various qualities, filled with flowers, incense, jewel trees, and jewel lotuses. The ground is made of blue lapis lazuli, filled with Bodhisattvas, pervaded by the sound of Dharma, and so forth, displaying the immeasurable qualities of the pure land. In that pure land, the perfectly enlightened Buddha Lotus Supreme attained unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in the last watch of last night, and this morning at this time, he manifests such miraculous displays. He manifests himself up to the Brahma realm, and from the crown of his head, he emits hundreds of millions of rays of light, illuminating the realms of the upper direction, as numerous as the atoms of the Buddha fields. When those Bodhisattvas of the upper direction look down, Mount Meru and the Black Mountain ranges are not visible. Those Bodhisattvas of those worlds, whether they have received predictions, or have obtained dharanis, samadhis, and kshantis, or have greatly transcended the bhumis, or have only one life remaining,
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那些大菩萨们也被光明所遍布,合掌。见到莲花胜妙佛的身体、眷属和刹土的庄严,生起极大的欢喜,为了供养那位佛,以神通力到达了那个莲花世界。又,那位佛在安住、站立和行走时,从口中伸出舌根,以舌根覆盖了四大洲的世界。之后,进入禅定的菩萨们也从禅定中起身,供养如来莲花胜妙及其眷属。这样,在收摄了舌根的神变之后,从身体的每个毛孔中放出六十亿百千的光芒,十方每一方也被如佛刹微尘数般的世界以大光明遍布。那些世界中,哪些大菩萨得到授记和获得禅定的,也为了瞻仰、礼拜和侍奉如来莲花胜妙,以神通力到达那个刹土。之后,如来莲花胜妙收摄了那些神变,为具足一切的菩萨眷属转了名为不退转法轮的法轮。那个世界恒常被佛的光明遍布,没有白天和夜晚,但是,莲花合拢,鸟儿也发出微小的声音,佛和菩萨们也享受禅定,体验解脱的喜乐时,就知道是夜晚。莲花开放,鸟儿也发出悦耳的声音,降下花雨,从四方吹来极其芬芳、悦意、柔软且触感舒适的风,世尊和菩萨们从禅定中起身,莲花胜妙佛宣讲远远超过声闻缘觉之语的菩萨藏之法时,就知道是白天。那个刹土出生的菩萨们,具有三十二相,身光百由旬,直到菩提的究竟之间都不会
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Those great Bodhisattvas were also pervaded by that light, and they joined their palms together. Seeing the body, retinue, and field arrangement of the Buddha Lotus Supreme, they arose with great joy and arrived in that lotus world by means of miraculous power in order to make offerings to that Buddha. Moreover, while that Buddha was dwelling, standing, and walking, he extended the power of his tongue from his mouth, covering the four continents of the world with the power of his tongue. Then, those Bodhisattvas who had entered into samadhi also arose from their samadhi and made offerings to the Thus-Gone One Lotus Supreme together with his retinue. Thus, having gathered up the manifestation of the miraculous power of the tongue, from each pore of his body he emitted sixty billion hundred thousand rays of light, so that each of the ten directions was pervaded by great light, even to the number of atoms of the Buddha-fields of the worlds. In those worlds, whichever great Bodhisattvas had been prophesied and had attained samadhi also arrived in that field by the power of miracles in order to see, pay homage to, and attend upon the Thus-Gone One Lotus Supreme. Then, the Thus-Gone One Lotus Supreme gathered up those miracles and turned the wheel of Dharma called the irreversible wheel for the retinue of Bodhisattvas who possessed all qualities. That world is always pervaded by the light of the Buddha, so there is no day or night, but when the lotuses close and the birds also make small sounds, and those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also enjoy meditation and experience the joy and bliss of liberation, then they know it is night. When the lotuses open and the birds also make pleasing sounds, and a rain of flowers falls, and from the four directions a supremely fragrant, pleasing, soft, and comfortable wind arises, and the Blessed One and those Bodhisattvas arise from samadhi, and the Buddha Lotus Supreme teaches the Dharma of the Bodhisattva Pitaka, which is far beyond the speech of hearers and solitary realizers, then they know it is day. The Bodhisattvas born in that field possess the thirty-two marks and have a light of a hundred yojanas, and until the ultimate end of enlightenment they will not
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具有堕落之法。具有慈爱之心,无浊之心,平等之心,以及所有众生烦恼完全寂静之心,以及寻求所有善法之心等。具有波罗蜜多和止观忆念等力量。具有摧毁所有魔和外道攻击的力量。仅仅是对于成千上万的佛陀特别行事并积累善根者。彼刹土中甚至没有女人的名字。没有不善,没有痛苦和烦恼,没有执着,没有黑暗和恶臭,没有三恶道和无暇,没有荆棘和石头等。没有日月星辰。没有火、风、云和雨。而是佛的光芒、菩萨的光芒、珍宝的光芒和福德的光芒的大光明永远照耀。如彼刹土中如梵天众神没有段食一样,以禅定的食物和法的食物为食,没有粗劣的食物。那里名为“具有果实的鸟”,天鹅的声音柔和悦耳,能极好地宣说根、力和菩提分。彼刹土的广度,譬如山王须弥山,高度为六十八万由旬,宽度为八万四千由旬,将其缩小到芥子的程度,如此大小的四大洲世界,在彼刹土中有那么多。如极乐世界一样,彼刹土也同样充满菩萨。莲花胜佛住世三十中劫说法。完全涅槃后,正法也将住世十中劫。彼刹土中出生和将要出生的所有菩萨的寿命为四十中劫。莲花世界在以前变成旃檀的时候,不像现在的莲花刹土一样完全清净,也没有像那样被清净的众生完全充满。在那些旃檀世界中,如来月亮胜者成佛后,那位如来在三十中劫中说法。
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Possessing the law of downfall. Possessing a loving heart, a mind without turbidity, a mind of equanimity, and a mind that completely pacifies the afflictions of all sentient beings, as well as a mind that seeks all virtuous dharmas, and so on. Possessing the power of paramitas and calm abiding, mindfulness, and so on. Possessing the power to destroy all demons and external adversaries. Only those who have especially acted towards hundreds of thousands of Buddhas and accumulated roots of virtue. In that field, there is not even the name of a woman. There is no non-virtue, no suffering and affliction, no clinging, no darkness and foul odor, no three lower realms and no leisure, no thorns and stones, and so on. There are no sun, moon, and stars. There is no fire, wind, clouds, and rain. But the great light of the Buddha's light, the Bodhisattva's light, the jewel's light, and the light of merit always shines brightly. In that field, just as the gods of the Brahma realm do not have material food, they eat the food of meditation and the food of dharma, and there is no ordinary food. There, the bird called "having fruit" has a gentle and pleasing swan's voice that excellently proclaims the faculties, powers, and limbs of enlightenment. The extent of that field is, for example, like Mount Meru, the king of mountains, which is 680,000 yojanas in height and 84,000 yojanas in width. If that were reduced to the size of a mustard seed, there would be as many four-continent worlds of that size in that field. Just like Sukhavati, that field is also filled with Bodhisattvas. The Buddha Lotus Supreme will abide for thirty intermediate kalpas and teach the Dharma. Even after completely passing into Nirvana, the sacred Dharma will abide for ten intermediate kalpas. The lifespan of all Bodhisattvas born and to be born in that field will be forty intermediate kalpas. When the Lotus world was formerly called Sandalwood, it was not as completely pure as the current Lotus field, nor was it as completely filled with pure beings. In those Sandalwood worlds, after the Tathagata Moon Supreme attained Buddhahood, that Tathagata taught the Dharma for thirty intermediate kalpas.