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教法。那时，在夜晚的半夜时分，当他入于涅槃之际，对名为虚空手印的大菩萨授记说：我完全入灭后，正法将住世十个中劫，然后在夜晚的半夜时分，正法隐没的最后时刻，将变成圆满正等觉莲花胜。那时，那个佛土的那些大菩萨们也以大神通变化供养了月亮胜佛，并祈请说：我们以安住于灭定的心度过这十个中劫。之后，月亮胜如来对菩萨虚空手印说：这个趣入一切智智之相的陀罗尼之门，是过去诸佛也为受职灌顶的菩萨们宣说的，同样，现在和未来的诸佛也将宣说，你受持这个陀罗尼吧。世尊释迦王宣说陀罗尼的瞬间，世界六种震动等大神变也显现了。从无量佛土为了听闻那个陀罗尼而来的所有众生，都获得了不退转于无上圆满菩提等等广大功德赞叹，并且也宣说了获得这些陀罗尼的因。那个眷属的不退转菩萨们也各自讲述了自己往昔听闻这个陀罗尼的方式。世尊也开示了其他的密咒之基，并且显现了神通，利益了无量众生。之后，大菩萨慧寂向世尊请问：世尊，以何种因和缘，其他诸佛的佛土是完全清净，远离五浊，并且具有各种功德庄严？在那些佛土中，大菩萨们圆满了各种功德，具足多种安乐，甚至没有声闻和独觉的名字。而世尊的这个佛土却是令人厌恶的混浊，充满了寿命浊、时浊、众生浊、见
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The Teaching. Then, at midnight when he was about to pass into Nirvana, he prophesied to the great Bodhisattva named Sky Hand Seal, saying: After I have completely passed into Nirvana, the sacred Dharma will remain for ten intermediate kalpas, and then at midnight, at the final moment when the sacred Dharma disappears, I will become the perfectly enlightened Buddha Padma Dampa. At that time, those great Bodhisattvas of that Buddha-field also made offerings to the Buddha Moon Dampa with great miraculous transformations in the form of Bodhisattvas, and requested: May we pass these ten intermediate kalpas with minds abiding in cessation. Then, the Tathagata Moon Dampa said to the Bodhisattva Sky Hand Seal: This entrance into the door of the Dharani of the aspect of all-knowingness is what the Buddhas of the past also taught to the Bodhisattvas who were empowered as regents. Likewise, the Buddhas of the present and future will also teach this Dharani, so hold this Dharani. The moment the Bhagavan Shakya King spoke the Dharani, great miracles such as the six kinds of shaking of the world also appeared. All the beings who came from immeasurable Buddha-fields to hear that Dharani received great praises of benefits such as non-retrogression from unsurpassed perfect enlightenment, and the causes for obtaining these Dharanis were also taught. The non-retrogressing Bodhisattvas of that assembly also each recounted how they had heard this Dharani in the past. The Bhagavan also taught other bases of secret mantras, and manifested miracles, benefiting immeasurable beings. Then, the great Bodhisattva Prajna Shanti asked the Bhagavan: Bhagavan, by what cause and condition are the Buddha-fields of other Buddhas completely pure, free from the five degenerations, and possessing various qualities and adornments? In those Buddha-fields, the great Bodhisattvas are complete with various qualities, endowed with many pleasures, and there is not even the name of Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. But this Buddha-field of the Bhagavan is disgustingly turbid, filled with the degeneration of lifespan, the degeneration of time, the degeneration of beings, and the view
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当五浊和烦恼浊出现时，便证得正等觉，并从四众弟子开始，以三乘之法来宣说佛法。为何佛土不取远离五浊且完全清净之地呢？当被这样询问时，世尊所开示的含义如果概括地讲述，（那就是）善男子，菩萨们以大悲心和愿力的力量，完全摄取不清净的刹土。过去，在经过无数恒河沙劫之前，在这个佛土中，有一个名为“执持大劫”的大劫。在这个四大洲中，出现了一位名为“轮缘”的转轮圣王。他的首席顾问是一位名叫“海尘”的婆罗门。这位婆罗门生了一个具有三十二相的儿子，取名为“海之精华”，他出家后证得圆满菩提，被称为如来宝精华，他将无数亿万众生安置于天界和解脱道。这位如来与众多声闻眷属一起次第游行于城市中，住在轮缘国王的城市外不远的阎浮树园林中。轮缘国王听闻后，以国王的财富和强大的力量，被无数亿万眷属围绕着，前往阎浮树园林，拜访如来宝精华，听闻佛法，并请求供养世尊及其眷属三个月，如来也答应了。国王在全国各地宣告：供养佛陀及其眷属！佛陀及其眷属居住的地方，以七宝楼阁和各种装饰品庄严。轮宝等七政宝也为了供养世尊而放置。对于每一位声闻眷属，也放置了上等旃檀香粉和毗琉璃宝珠。
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When the five degenerations and the degeneration of afflictions occurred, he attained perfect enlightenment and began to teach the Dharma based on the three vehicles to the four assemblies. Why didn't the Buddha-field take a place that is free from the five degenerations and completely pure? When asked this, if the meaning of the Bhagavan's teachings is summarized, (it is that) sons of good family, Bodhisattvas, through the power of great compassion and aspiration, completely take hold of impure lands. In the past, countless eons before the sands of one Ganges River had passed, in this Buddha-field, there was a great eon called "Holding the Great Eon." In this Jambudvipa, there appeared a wheel-turning king named "Wheel Edge." His chief advisor was a Brahmin named "Ocean Dust." This Brahmin had a son with thirty-two marks, named "Essence of the Ocean," who renounced the world and attained perfect enlightenment, and was called the Tathagata Jewel Essence, who placed countless billions of beings in the heavens and on the path to liberation. That Tathagata, together with many Shravaka attendants, gradually traveled to the city and resided in the Jambudvipa grove, which was not far outside the city of King Wheel Edge. When King Wheel Edge heard of this, with the wealth and great power of the king, surrounded by countless billions of attendants, he went to the Jambudvipa grove, visited the Tathagata Jewel Essence, listened to the Dharma, and requested to serve the Bhagavan and his attendants for three months, and the Tathagata also agreed. The king proclaimed throughout the country: Serve the Buddha and his attendants! The place where the Buddha and his attendants resided was adorned with seven-jeweled mansions and various ornaments. The seven royal emblems, such as the Wheel Jewel, were also placed for the purpose of serving the Bhagavan. For each Shravaka attendant, superior sandalwood powder and lapis lazuli jewels were also placed.
Chinese
以花等供品的上等供具来款待。每天都到佛陀面前，以丰盛的食物和衣服来侍奉。国王亲自拿着拂尘，为世尊扇凉。一千个王子和一千个地方小国的国王也同样地侍奉每一位声闻。供养食物完毕，太阳刚到正午时，成千上万的众生都来听法。天人们奏乐，降下花雨等供养。四百万个身穿蓝色衣服的夜叉，拿着上好的旃檀，守护着佛陀及其眷属，并发出响声。那位国王在夜晚于佛陀和僧众面前点燃了成千上万盏灯。国王亲自坐在佛陀面前，在自己的头上、两个肩膀、两只手、两只脚上也各放一个灯碗，直到夜晚结束都在点灯。由于佛陀的加持，身体没有疲惫，感觉如同比丘进入第三禅定般的快乐。就这样供养了三个月。同样地，一千个王子、八万四千个地方国王，以及其他成千上万的众生，也用同样的供具供养每一位声闻三个月。如同国王一样，尊贵的王后吉祥天女也用香和花供养了三个月。同样地，成千上万的女儿们也用香和花供养每一位声闻三个月。三个月结束后，国王用阎浮河金制成的八万四千种饰品，以及以轮宝为首的八万四千个金轮，同样地，以大象、马和珍宝为首的珍宝，以及大象等各自八万四千个，以家主宝为首的八万四千个王子，以大臣宝为首的八万四千个地方国王，供养了佛陀。
English
They treated him with excellent offerings such as flowers. Every day, they came before the Buddha and served him with abundant food and clothing. The king himself took a fan and fanned the Blessed One. A thousand princes and a thousand local kings also did the same for each of the Shravakas. When the offering of food was completed, as soon as the sun reached noon, hundreds of thousands of beings came to listen to the Dharma. The hosts of gods played music and made offerings such as showers of flowers. Four million yakshas dressed in blue took the best sandalwood and protected the Buddha and his retinue, making noises. That king lit hundreds of thousands of lamps before the Buddha and the Sangha at night. The king himself sat before the Buddha and placed a lamp bowl on his head, both shoulders, both hands, and both feet, and lit the lamps until the end of the night. Due to the Buddha's power, his body felt no fatigue, and he felt a pleasure like a monk entering the third dhyana. In this way, he made offerings for three months. Similarly, a thousand princes, eighty-four thousand local kings, and hundreds of thousands of other beings also made offerings to each of the Shravakas for three months with such offerings. Just like the king, the noble queen, the goddess Shri, also made offerings of incense and flowers for three months. Similarly, many hundreds of thousands of daughters also made offerings of incense and flowers to each of the Shravakas for three months. After the three months were completed, the king offered eighty-four thousand ornaments made of Jambu River gold, and eighty-four thousand golden wheels, starting with the wheel jewel. Similarly, eighty-four thousand jewels, starting with elephants, horses, and precious gems, and eighty-four thousand each of elephants and so on, eighty-four thousand princes, starting with the householder jewel, and eighty-four thousand local kings, starting with the minister jewel, to the Buddha.
Chinese
为了包括眷属在内的生活，供养了妃眷的城市等八万四千座城市，八万四千棵珍宝如意树，八万四千个珍宝花束，八万四千把七宝伞，八万四千件适合国王的盛装，八万四千串珍宝项链，八万四千只珍宝鸟兽和凉扇，八万四千份药物精华，以及装饰品、小鼓、乐器、手镯、臂钏、项链、卧具、鼓乐、海螺、铃铛、胜幢、欢喜苑、酥油灯盏等等，都供养了佛陀。我有很多事务要做，请世尊宽恕我，请您安住并欢喜于此园林。为了瞻仰世尊，以及礼拜和侍奉，我也将随后前来。如此禀告。轮王的千子们也各自请求为世尊及其眷属三个月如国王般地供养，并获得了应允。当时，婆罗门海尘子周游赡部洲，以乞食的方式，引导所有化生之人皈依并生起无上菩提心。年轻的王子不眨眼和，诸根，无烦恼和，无畏和，虚空和，支生和，成就等千子也各自如轮王般供养三个月，并在之后供养了八万四千金轮等一切资具，供养的丰厚程度不亚于前者。做了如此布施后，他们中的一些人祈愿成为帝释天，同样地，一些人祈愿成为梵天，转轮王，拥有巨大财富者，以及声闻乘。他们对佛陀及其眷属供养了两百五十年，最终请求宽恕。之后，引导之主婆罗门海尘子前来，用衣服和食物等一切资具供养了七年。
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For the sake of the livelihood of the retinue, he offered eighty-four thousand cities, including cities for the consorts' retinues; eighty-four thousand wish-fulfilling jewel trees; eighty-four thousand bouquets of precious flowers; eighty-four thousand umbrellas of the seven precious substances; eighty-four thousand great garments and ornaments befitting a king; eighty-four thousand jewel necklaces; eighty-four thousand jewel birds and wild animals and fans; eighty-four thousand medicinal essences; and ornaments, small drums, musical instruments, bracelets, armlets, necklaces, bedding, drums and music, conch shells, bells, victory banners, pleasure gardens, butter lamp bowls, and so forth, all offered to the Buddha. 'Since I have many tasks to perform, may the Bhagavan forgive me. Please reside and be pleased in this garden. For the sake of seeing the Bhagavan, and for paying homage and serving him, I will also come later,' he requested. Each of the thousand sons of King Rib Circumference requested and was granted permission to serve the Bhagavan and his retinue for three months in the manner of a king. At that time, the Brahmin Ocean Dust wandered throughout Jambudvipa, and by means of begging for food, he directed all beings who had become human to take refuge and generate the mind of supreme enlightenment. The young prince Unblinking Eye, and the thousand sons such as Faculties, Without Affliction, Fearless, Space, Limb-born, and Accomplished, each served for three months as King Rib Circumference had done, and afterwards offered eighty-four thousand golden wheels and all other necessities, offering no less than that. Having made such generosity, some of them wished to become Indra. Similarly, some wished to become Brahma, a universal monarch, one with great wealth, and those of the Hearer Vehicle. They served the Buddha and his retinue for two hundred and fifty years, and finally requested forgiveness. Then the chief guide, the Brahmin Ocean Dust, came and offered clothes and food and all the necessary equipment for seven years.