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请赐予。帝释天说道：五种殊胜的国土等我不需要，请国王知道我乃是天界的统治者。对于说有益之语的人进行供养，就是如教诲之言般地修持，为了今生获得荣耀和名声的基础，以及来世获得安乐，请断除对酒的贪恋，如法行事！说完之后，立即隐没不见了。此后，包括国王、大臣和百姓在内，都不再饮酒了。 又，在过去的时候，世尊成为菩萨的时候，因为习惯于禅定，转生到梵天世界，获得了禅定的巨大安乐，但由于习惯于慈悲，想要利益他人，于是观察到欲界充满了痛苦和不适。在印度，有一个名叫肢布国王的人，被不善知识所控制，持有来世和业果不存在的观点，背离了佛法修行，伟大的神仙对此深陷恶道的众生心生怜悯。于是，他从梵天世界降临到国王所居住的宫殿前，国王看到他像太阳一样闪耀着光芒。国王看着他，起身恭敬地说：您是谁？拥有像太阳一样美丽而明亮的身躯。他说：我乃是梵天世界的神仙。国王说：很好。于是献上供品，洗净双脚，以示尊敬，说道：尊者，您的神通如此强大，请告诉我您是如何获得的？菩萨说道：禅定、戒律无染污，诸根完全调伏，并且习惯于其他的存在，这似乎是其结果。国王问道：说有来世是真的吗？梵天回答说：大国王，是真的，确实有来世。国王问道：尊者，我该如何相信呢？菩萨梵天说道：国王，这非常清楚，通过现量等正理，以及令人信服的言辞，以及考察的次第，也可以相信。
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Please grant it. Indra said: I do not desire the five excellent lands, etc. Let the king know that I am the lord of the gods. To honor those who speak beneficially is to practice according to the words of instruction. For the sake of gaining the foundation of glory and fame in this life, and for obtaining happiness in future lives, abandon attachment to alcohol and act according to the Dharma! Having said this, he immediately disappeared. From then on, the king, ministers, and subjects all ceased to drink alcohol. Furthermore, in a previous time, when the Bhagavan was a Bodhisattva, he cultivated meditative absorption and was born in the Brahma realm. Although he attained great bliss from meditative absorption, due to the power of his compassion, he wished to benefit others. He looked upon the desire realm, which was filled with suffering and discomfort. In the land of India, there was a king named Limb-Giver, who was influenced by an unwholesome spiritual friend. He held the view that there was no other world and no ripening of karma, and he turned his back on the practice of Dharma. The great being, the divine sage, felt compassion for that sentient being who was inclined towards the lower realms. He descended from the Brahma realm to the front of the king, who was residing in an immeasurable palace. Seeing him blazing with light like the sun, the king looked at him, stood up, and respectfully said: Who are you, with a form as beautiful and radiant as the sun? He said: I am a divine sage from the Brahma realm. The king said: Excellent. He offered offerings and washed his feet, showing respect, and said: Noble one, your miraculous powers are so great, please tell me how you obtained them? The Bodhisattva said: Meditative absorption, discipline without defilement, the senses are well restrained, and having become accustomed to other existences as well, it seems that this is the result. The king said: Is it true what they say, that there is another world? Brahma said: Great king, it is true, there is indeed another world. The king said: Noble one, how should I believe this? The Bodhisattva Brahma said: King, this is very clear. It can be believed through valid cognition such as direct perception, through teachings with convincing words, and through the process of investigation as well.
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想著也许可以相信。日月星辰点缀的夜空，以及观察动物的诸多形态，都如同亲眼所见般显现出另一个世界。你不要对此产生怀疑和邪念。此外，禅定者能够回忆起前世，因此可以推断出有另一个世界。即使从自己的心识来考察，因为后来的心识能够实现之前的想法，所以另一个世界是显而易见的。在子宫里的最初的心识，就是紧接着前世的心识。心识被称为能够理解所知之物，因此，从生灭的心识中产生了对象。仅仅是眼睛等器官不是心识，所以它不仅仅是今生的产物，这样的心识在另一个世界也是存在的。人们的戒律和信仰等方面的差异，与父母的行为不一致的那些现象，是前世习惯的力量大小所致，而不是突然发生的。心智不清晰、感官迟钝的人，在出生后没有人教导就能吮吸乳汁，努力寻找食物，这些也表明他们已经习惯了另一个存在。因为习惯于做什么和什么样的工作，所以有人变得聪明，就像以前习惯的力量在后来清晰地实现一样。那些不相信有另一个世界的人，就像他们不希望莲花的开放和闭合是前世习惯的结果一样，那么，为什么要认为吮吸乳汁不是前世习惯的结果呢？因为存在时间确定与不确定的差异，以及努力合理与不合理的差异，所以不能与莲花相比。莲花的开放和闭合依赖于太阳升起的因素，时间是确定的；而努力吮吸乳汁依赖于心识的意愿，所以对外在时间没有确定性。莲花没有努力的行动，因为它没有心识；而吮吸乳汁是心识的努力。这二者在任何方面都不能被证明是相同的。因此，国王如果仔细思考，另一个世界是可以存在的。之后，国王因为对邪见过于执着，罪孽深重，所以听到有另一个世界的话语，感到不舒服，于是
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Thinking that it might be possible to believe. The night sky adorned with the sun, moon, and stars, and the many forms of observing animals, all appear as if directly revealing another world. Do not harbor doubts or evil thoughts about this. Furthermore, those who meditate can remember their past lives, thus inferring the existence of another world. Even when examining one's own mind, the existence of another world is evident because later thoughts fulfill earlier ones. The very first thought in the womb is immediately the thought of the previous life. Mind is said to be what understands knowable objects, therefore, objects arise from the mind that has birth and cessation. Mere eyes and other organs are not mind, so it is not merely a product of this life; such a mind also exists in another world. The differences in people's ethics, faith, and so on, which appear inconsistent with the behavior of their parents, are due to the strength of habits from previous lives, not something that happens suddenly. Those with unclear minds and dull senses, who suckle milk and strive for food immediately after birth without being taught by anyone, also show that they have become accustomed to another existence. Because one becomes skilled by being accustomed to doing something and what kind of work, just as the power of previous habits is clearly realized later. Those who do not believe in another world, just as they do not want the opening and closing of lotuses to be the result of habits from previous lives, then why should they think that suckling milk is not the result of habits from previous lives? Because there is a difference between definite and indefinite times, and a difference between reasonable and unreasonable effort, it cannot be compared to lotuses. The opening and closing of lotuses depends on the factor of the sun rising, and the time is definite; while striving to suckle milk depends on the intention of the mind, so there is no certainty about external time. Lotuses have no effortful action because they have no mind; while suckling milk is the effort of the mind. These two cannot be proven to be the same in any way. Therefore, if the king thinks carefully, another world can exist. After that, the king, being too attached to wrong views and heavily sinful, felt uncomfortable hearing the talk of another world, and then
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说：“唉，大仙，所谓来世，如果不是像吓唬小孩一样，而是你认为我应该相信的，那么今天就给我五百金币，我会在来世给你一千金币的报酬。”菩萨说：“暂时想要财富而放债，那是自身卑劣、贪婪、不聪明、懒惰的人，不要把钱借给他们，如果借了就会耗尽。如果借给那些知羞耻、出身高贵、擅长增殖财富的人，即使非常贫穷也能偿还债务，这样财富就会增多。用在来世偿还债务的话来说，即使把钱借给你这种持有邪见的人也没有用，因为持有邪见的人会因自己的业力而堕入地狱受苦，那时谁会去追讨那一千金币呢？”并且详细地讲述了堕入地狱的痛苦。国王听了地狱众生的可怕故事后，放弃了对邪见的执着，相信有来世存在，于是向那位大仙顶礼并说：“我走上了邪见的道路，听闻地狱的痛苦后感到害怕，心想我什么时候会经历那样的痛苦呢？请您讲述不会堕入恶道的道路。”菩萨说：“你应该安住于正见，并且劝导他人也这样做。以慈悲心舍弃吝啬和破戒等非法行为，安住于布施和戒律，调伏根门。凭借积累的福德，就不会堕入恶道，而是会享受许多天界的快乐。”说完就立即消失了。国王和他的眷属都进入了正见，并极度专注于布施和持戒等善行。༈ 再次，过去世，世尊自己转生为梵天所赐的儿子，名叫迦尸美貌，他凭借前世串习的智慧，即使在青春年少时，也不会被女色等欲望所动摇，并且视王位为过患，于是放弃了王储的职责，住在森林里进行禅修。
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said, "Oh, great ascetic, if what is called the next world is not like scaring children, but you think I should believe in it, then give me five hundred gold coins today, and I will give you a thousand gold coins in return in the next life." The Bodhisattva said, "To lend money with the desire for wealth is for those who are base, greedy, unwise, and lazy. Do not lend money to them, for if you do, it will be exhausted. If you lend to those who know shame, are of noble birth, and are skilled in increasing wealth, even if they are very poor, they will repay the debt, and wealth will increase. With the words of repaying debts in another world, even if you lend money to someone like you who holds wrong views, it is useless, because those who hold wrong views will fall into hell and suffer due to their own karma. Who will seek that thousand gold coins then?" And he spoke in detail about the sufferings of being born in hell. After the king heard the terrifying story of the beings in hell, he abandoned his attachment to wrong views and believed that there was a next world. He then prostrated to the great ascetic and said, "I have gone down the path of wrong views, and after hearing the suffering of hell, I am afraid, thinking, 'When will I experience such suffering?' Please tell me the path that does not lead to the lower realms." The Bodhisattva said, "You should abide in right view and encourage others to do the same. With compassion, abandon non-virtuous actions such as stinginess and moral misconduct, and abide in generosity and discipline, restraining the senses. By the power of accumulating merit, you will not fall into the lower realms, but will experience many heavenly pleasures." After saying this, he immediately disappeared. The king and his retinue entered into right view and became extremely devoted to virtuous deeds such as generosity and discipline. ༈ Again, in a previous life, the Blessed One himself was born as the son given by Brahma, named Kashi Beautiful. By the power of the wisdom he had cultivated in previous lives, even in his youth, his mind was not swayed by objects of desire such as women, and he regarded kingship as a fault. Therefore, he abandoned the duties of a crown prince and lived in the forest, practicing meditation.
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Thus it was. At one time, having arisen from meditation and walking in the garden of the forest, he saw a Kinnara woman possessing the supreme qualities of form. That Kinnara woman also saw him, and captivated by his beautiful form, she approached him and said: A Kinnara friend of mine, whose greatness of form and youthful beauty puts even the gods to shame, has seen you and is constantly tormented by the suffering of desire, so she has sent me to you, and you should please her. The Bodhisattva said: Is that Kinnara woman older or younger than you? The Bodhisattva said: Thus, age changes in an instant, and you too are aging and changing, let alone the Kinnara woman. Listen to me. The body is an impure wheel, and attachment to it causes many kinds of suffering, etc. By showing these ways, her fire of desire was extinguished, and she began to meditate. The Bodhisattva entered his own hut. In this way, even the extremely beautiful Kinnara woman could not break his asceticism. Later, when the Bhagavan became enlightened, a dancer named Utpal performed dances and songs in front of the Bhagavan, and the Teacher, by teaching the Dharma, dispelled her pride of youth and enabled her to attain the fruit of an Arhat. ༈ Again, in a previous life, the Bhagavan himself was born into the Brahmin caste, having gone beyond all the scriptures, and was revered by all who were diligent in the work of fire offerings, etc. He saw the faults of the household and went to the forest of asceticism. By the power of loving-kindness, a snake, a pigeon, a crow, and a deer, four friends, gathered before him and sat like disciples. There, the deer said: Great sage, I have not seen a suffering greater than fear. The crow said: I have not seen a suffering greater than hunger, please tell me a way to escape from this. The black snake said: The fire of anger burns both oneself and others, what is the way to pacify it? The pigeon said: For the torment of the fire of desire, the moon and cool water, etc.