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KMG043 0002.《The White Lotus, a supporting Dharma for The Treasure Trove of Blessings from the Capable One.》The White Lotus, a supporting Dharma for The Treasure Trove of Blessings from the Capable One..g2.0f

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Then, five hundred and five hundred precious seats were arranged, and five hundred Brahmin children were seated on them. Those beings who entered that garden were made to take refuge in the Three Jewels and placed in unsurpassed perfect enlightenment. Thus, the Brahmins, like dust of the ocean, during those seven years, caused gods, nagas, asuras, yakshas, rakshasas, kumbhandas, gandharvas, pretas, flesh-eaters, hell beings, and those born as animals, to be liberated from being counted one by one, and placed them in unsurpassed perfect enlightenment, taming and arranging them well. After those seven years had passed, they wished to offer eighty-four thousand wheels, except for the precious wheel of the gods, and eighty-four thousand elephants adorned with the seven precious things, except for the precious elephant, and eighty-four thousand chariots. The retinue of King Chakravartin, until those seven years had passed, did not generate desire for the three poisons, nor desire for kingship, wealth, sons, daughters, food, drink, sleep, etc., nor desire for self and others. For seven years, they did not sleep without removing their armor, and thoughts of day and night and form and sound, etc., did not arise. They did not feel fatigue in their bodies. They saw the qualities and arrangements of the Buddhafields of the ten directions, as numerous as dust particles, and in their sight, mountains, environments, sun, moon, etc., did not appear at all, but they viewed it as seeing a pure Buddhafield and contemplated it in their aspirations. Just as it happened to the king, so too did a thousand princes, eighty-four thousand kings of realms, and all the other nine trillion two hundred billion beings, likewise quietly view the arrangement of the Buddhafield. Some contemplated pure realms, and some contemplated impure realms. When the seven years were completed, the Brahmins, like dust of the ocean, wishing to offer the seven precious things, folded their palms and requested the Thus-Gone One: "Venerable Bhagavan, I have placed King Chakravartin, a thousand princes, the kings of realms, and other beings in unsurpassed enlightenment. They have returned to their own homes and are dwelling properly in solitude."

Chinese

所以,不要允许任何人从那个地方离开。世尊啊,请您考虑,国王轮辐等那些人从放置的地方起身,来到这里,对无上菩提之心毫不动摇,并且将从世尊那里获得授记。听了这些话,佛陀宝藏心三摩地智慧成就进入了禅定。从他的脸上发出了蓝色、黄色、红色、白色、青色、水晶和银色的光芒,他化现为梵天,出现在那些被放置的人面前,说道:朋友们,起来吧!婆罗门海尘已经完成了七年的祭祀。世尊也将前往他处。为了向世尊及其眷属致敬和供养,起来吧!受到这样的催促,他们起身催促国王轮辐,所有这些人起身离开了。国王离开时,天空中的诸神奏响了音乐。然后,国王和千子等所有人都一起向世尊顶礼并坐下。然后,婆罗门海尘说:伟大的国王,请随喜您对世尊及其眷属三个月的供养和奉献。将布施和随喜的功德回向于无上圆满的菩提。同样,他也劝告了千子等其他众生。然后,如来宝藏心想:这位婆罗门已经使这些众生进入了菩提,并且已经将他们安置在不退转的地位,我应该给他们授记,并且也应该展示那些佛土。想到这里,他进入了名为不忘菩提心三摩地,并露出了微笑。当他露出微笑时,无量无边的佛土被巨大的光明照亮。他也向国王轮辐等展示了佛土的功德庄严。十方世界无数的菩萨们看到了那光明,

English

Therefore, do not allow anyone to leave that place. O Blessed One, please consider that King Ribs and others may rise from where they are placed, come here, be unwavering in their minds towards unsurpassed enlightenment, and receive predictions from the Blessed One. Having said this, the Buddha Jewel Essence Samadhi Wisdom Accomplishment entered into meditation. From his face emanated rays of blue, yellow, red, white, cyan, crystal, and silver colors, and he manifested as Brahma, appearing before those who were placed, saying: Friends, arise! The Brahmin Ocean Dust has completed the seven-year sacrifice. The Blessed One will also be going elsewhere. Arise to pay homage and make offerings to the Blessed One and his retinue! Urged in this way, they arose and urged King Ribs, and all of them arose and departed. As the king departed, the gods of the sky played music. Then, the king and the thousand sons, and all of them together, prostrated to the Blessed One and sat down. Then, the Brahmin Ocean Dust said: Great king, please rejoice in your three months of service and offerings to the Blessed One and his retinue. Dedicate the merit of generosity and rejoicing to unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment. Likewise, he also advised the thousand sons and other beings. Then, the Tathagata Jewel Essence thought: This Brahmin has caused these beings to enter into enlightenment and has placed them in a state of non-retrogression; I should give them predictions and also show those Buddha-fields. Thinking this, he entered into the samadhi called Unforgettable Bodhicitta and smiled. When he smiled, immeasurable and limitless Buddha-fields were illuminated by great light. He also showed King Ribs and others the qualities and adornments of the Buddha-fields. Bodhisattvas from countless realms in the ten directions saw that light,

Chinese

为了礼敬和供养世尊而聚集。大神通变化的菩萨们供养世尊后,想要听闻菩萨的发愿授记,便在世尊面前安坐。之后,婆罗门海尘对轮围王说:“首先,请你记录佛刹的功德。”国王便向世尊合掌,说道:“世尊,我为了菩提而精进。我将供养世尊等善根全部回向于无上圆满菩提。我曾用七年时间思量佛刹的功德。愿我成佛的刹土中,没有三恶道,没有不善,没有死亡等痛苦之声。寿命、身体、禅定、神通等以及器情世界的功德广大清净,请您摄受这样的净土,我已发愿。”详细内容请查阅经文,此处不再赘述。如此,为了成就器情圆满清净的净土,圆满了成就的因缘资粮,直至发愿圆满之间,修持菩萨行。时机成熟时,在自己的菩提树王座前,以生起菩提心的一刹那,证得无上圆满菩提而成佛。那时,佛身的光芒,眷属声闻,菩萨僧众的数量,寿命的长短,以及净土的功德等,除了遍知一切的智慧外,其他任何人都无法计数。如此,十方刹土中,赞颂着某某佛和某某佛刹的功德,除了断法者和造作五无间罪者外,任何众生听到我的名字,都将来到我的刹土等等,发下了殊胜的发愿。于是,如来宝藏对轮围王赞叹道:“善哉!大国王,善哉!你的发愿深奥!大国王,请看!”

English

They gathered to pay homage and make offerings to the Blessed One. The Bodhisattvas, with great miraculous transformations, made offerings to the Blessed One, and desiring to hear the prophecy of the Bodhisattva's aspiration, they sat before the Blessed One. Then, the Brahmin Ocean Dust said to King Wheel Enclosure, "First, please record the qualities of the Buddha-field." The king then folded his palms towards the Blessed One and said, "Blessed One, I strive for enlightenment. I dedicate all the roots of virtue, such as making offerings to the Blessed One, entirely to the unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment. I have contemplated the qualities of the Buddha-field for seven years. In the field where I attain enlightenment, may there be no sound of the three lower realms, no negativity, no death, or other suffering. May the qualities of life, body, samadhi, clairvoyance, and so on, as well as the container and its contents, be vast and completely pure. Please accept such a pure land, I have made this aspiration." For details, refer to the sutra itself; it is not elaborated here. Thus, having perfected the accumulation of causes for achieving such a completely pure container and its contents, until the fulfillment of the aspiration, practicing the conduct of a Bodhisattva. When the time comes, at the moment of generating the mind of enlightenment before one's own Bodhi tree king, one attains unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment and becomes a Buddha. At that time, the light of the Buddha's body, the retinue of Shravakas, the number of the Bodhisattva Sangha, the length of life, and the qualities of the pure land, etc., cannot be counted by anyone other than the wisdom that knows all. Thus, in the ten directions, the praises of such and such Buddha and such and such Buddha-field are proclaimed, and any sentient being who hears my name, except for those who abandon the Dharma and commit the five heinous crimes, will come to my field, and so on, making extraordinary aspirations. Then, the Tathagata Jewel Essence praised King Wheel Enclosure, saying, "Well done! Great King, well done! Your aspiration is profound! Great King, look!"

Chinese

完毕。从这里向西越过亿万佛土,有一个名为“如自在王般极其美丽”的世界,如来名号为“自在音自在”,他在那里安住、生活并说法。那个佛土没有声闻和缘觉的称谓,也不宣说他们的教法,只讲授大乘。那里的所有众生都是化生,也没有女人的名字。那位佛陀涅槃,正法隐没后,经过六十个中劫,那个世界会变成名为“须弥山光”的世界。在那里,会出现一位如来,名号为“无量智慧功德王”。那个佛土的功德与之前的佛土一样。寿命是六十个中劫。他圆寂后,正法住世十六个中劫。正法隐没后,经过一千个中劫,那个世界的名字会变成“极喜”。在那里,会出现一位如来,名号为“光明”。佛土的功德和寿命与之前的佛陀相同。他的教法隐没后,那个世界会变成“轮辐”。在那里,会出现一位如来,名号为“宝自在音”,住世五个中劫。佛土的功德与之前一样。他涅槃后,正法住世七个中劫。他的正法隐没后,那个佛土会出现无数无量的如来,然后圆寂。但那个世界既不会毁灭,也不会形成。在那里,未来的时间里,当经过恒河沙数的一个无量劫,当降临到恒河沙数的两个无量劫时,那个世界会变成名为“极乐”的世界。大国王,您将在那里证得无上圆满菩提,成为如来、阿罗汉、正等觉,名号为“无量寿”。国王问道:世尊,那些比我更早在那佛土成佛的菩萨是从哪里来的?

English

Finished. From here, passing billions of Buddha-fields to the west, there is a world called "Extremely Beautiful Like a Sovereign," where the Tathagata named "Sovereign of the Voice of Sovereignty" resides, lives, and teaches the Dharma. In that field, there is no designation of Shravakas or Pratyekabuddhas, nor is their teaching spoken of; only the Mahayana is taught. All beings there are born miraculously, and there is not even the name of woman. When that Buddha passes into Nirvana and the true Dharma disappears, after sixty intermediate kalpas have passed, that world will become known as the world of "Mount Meru Light." There, a Tathagata named "Immeasurable Wisdom, Merit King" will appear. The qualities of that field are like the field of the previous Buddha. The length of his life is sixty intermediate kalpas. After he completely passes into Nirvana, the true Dharma will remain for sixteen intermediate kalpas. After the true Dharma disappears, after a thousand intermediate kalpas have passed, the name of that world will become "Great Joy." There, a Tathagata named "Light Rays" will appear. The qualities of the field and the length of his life are the same as the previous Buddha. When his Dharma disappears, that world will become "Spoke." There, a Tathagata named "Precious Sovereign Voice" will reside for five intermediate kalpas. The qualities of the field are the same as before. After he passes into Nirvana, the true Dharma will remain for seven intermediate kalpas. When his true Dharma disappears, in that Buddha-field, countless immeasurable Tathagatas will appear and then pass into Nirvana. But that world will neither be destroyed nor formed. There, in the future, when countless kalpas, as many as the sands of one Ganges River, have passed, and when it comes to two countless kalpas, as many as the sands of the Ganges River, that world will become known as the world of "Sukhavati" (The Land of Bliss). Great King, you will attain unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment there, becoming a Tathagata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened Buddha, named "Amitayus" (Immeasurable Life). The king asked: Bhagavan, from where do those Bodhisattvas who attained Buddhahood in that field before me come?

Chinese

说。世尊说道:从无数其他佛土前来的这些大菩萨们,他们都已在过去和现在的诸佛面前获得了无上菩提的授记。国王问道:请问世尊,这位婆罗门海尘何时才能证得无上菩提,使我们也能证得无上菩提?世尊说道:婆罗门海尘具有伟大的慈悲心,当他发出狮子吼时,你也会听到的。国王问道:如果我能得到世尊的授记,并且我的愿望能够实现,那么当我以五体投地的方式顶礼世尊的双足时,愿恒河沙数的世界都震动摇晃,愿那些佛土中安住的诸佛也为我授记。于是他顶礼了佛陀的双足,并且如是发愿,诸佛也如他所愿地为他授记。世尊说道:具有智慧的众生中最殊胜者,以恒河沙数的力量为你授记,连同山脉的大地也震动了,你将成为调伏众生的导师。之后,轮王的眷属们欢喜踊跃,为了听法而聚集在一处,并不太靠近也不太疏远。然后,婆罗门海尘呼唤轮王之子不瞬,并如先前一样教导他。不瞬于是说道:世尊,当我看到恶趣时,那里有难以忍受的痛苦;当我看到天界时,因为烦恼之心,他们又会堕入恶趣。当我看到一切众生时,他们都被恶知识所控制,处于佛法饥荒的黑暗之中,善根已经耗尽,被邪见的鳄鱼所吞噬,处在恶道之中。为了他们,我将一切善根都回向无上菩提。当我行菩萨行时,愿那些受苦、恐惧、缺乏佛法、沮丧、软弱、没有依靠的众生,都能忆念我,称念我的名字。愿我能用天耳听到,用天眼看到。