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仅仅为了不产生微小的福德，为了无上圆满菩提，要将这无有意义的身体转变成具有意义的身体。罗刹说：你为了八个字的偈颂而要舍弃整个身体，谁会相信呢？婆罗门说：就像人们用瓦罐换取珍宝器皿一样，用这无有意义的身体获得金刚般的身体，为什么不舍弃身体呢？我的证人有梵天、帝释天和四大天王等。此外，还以菩萨和十方刹土的诸佛世尊为证，为了八个字的偈颂，我将舍弃这个身体。罗刹说：既然你如此舍得身体，那就好好听着，我也将宣说这个偈颂。听到这里，婆罗门非常高兴，脱下身上穿的衣服铺在地上，请罗刹坐在上面，合掌祈请宣说半偈，罗刹说：生起之后终将灭尽，这些寂灭是安乐。现在你将听到完整的偈颂，如果你的利益安乐众生是真实的话，现在就是你布施身体的时候了。当时，那位婆罗门对这个意义深信不疑，在岩石、墙壁、树木和道路上都写下了这个偈颂，为了不伤害身体的血肉，他穿好衣服爬上了树。当时，树神问道：善哉，大丈夫，你现在想做什么？他心想是为了报答听到偈颂的恩情。树神说：听到那个偈颂有什么利益呢？菩萨说：这个偈颂是过去、未来、现在诸佛开显空性的法，我为了这个法而舍弃身体，不是为了名利、转轮王、天神和梵天等安乐，而是为了利益安乐一切众生而舍弃。愿我舍弃这个身体被看到后，吝啬的众生安住于布施，以及那些执着于布施而被傲慢所控制的人，也能看到这样的舍弃，如此发愿后，像唾沫和土石一样舍弃了身体。
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Merely for the sake of not generating even a tiny bit of merit, and for the sake of unsurpassed perfect enlightenment, this meaningless body should be transformed into a body with meaning. The Rakshasa said: Who would believe that you would give up your entire body for eight lines of verse? The Brahmin said: Just as one exchanges an earthenware pot for a jeweled vessel, if one obtains a vajra-like body with this meaningless body, why would one not give up the body? Brahma, Indra, the Great Kings, and others are my witnesses. Furthermore, I take the Bodhisattvas and the Buddhas, the Bhagavat, of the ten directions as witnesses, and for the sake of eight lines of verse, I will give up this body. The Rakshasa said: If you are so willing to give up your body, then listen well, and I will also reveal this verse. Hearing this, the Brahmin was delighted, took off the clothes he was wearing on his body and spread them on the ground, invited the Rakshasa to sit there, and with palms joined, requested him to reveal half of the verse. The Rakshasa said: Since what is born will cease, the pacification of these is bliss. Now you will hear the complete verse. If your practice of benefiting and bringing happiness to sentient beings is genuine, now is the time for you to give your body as alms. There, that Brahmin took this meaning deeply to heart, and wrote this verse on rocks, walls, trees, and roads everywhere. In order not to harm the flesh of his body, he fastened his clothes and climbed up a tree. At that time, the tree deity asked: Well done, noble being, what are you doing now? He thought that he wanted to repay the kindness of hearing the verse. The tree deity said: What benefit is there in hearing that verse? The Bodhisattva said: This verse is the Dharma that reveals emptiness by the Buddhas of the past, future, and present. I will give up my body for this Dharma, not for the sake of gain, fame, a universal monarch, gods, Brahma, or other happiness. I give it for the benefit and happiness of all sentient beings. May sentient beings who are miserly abide in generosity after seeing me give up this body, and may those who are attached to generosity and are seized by pride also see this kind of giving up. After making this aspiration, he gave up his body like spit and earth and stones.
Chinese
从树上跳了下来。在那之上的虚空中，各种声音响彻到存在的顶端。那个罗刹变成了帝释天的身体。将菩萨安稳地放在地上，没有掉落。帝释天和天子以及大梵天王一起向菩萨的脚下顶礼，赞叹道：善哉！善哉！菩萨是真实的，为了无量众生的利益和安乐而存在。为了无明的大黑暗，点亮伟大法的明灯。我等为了守护和保护如来的伟大法，做了扰乱您心意的损害，感到后悔并忏悔。当您在未来证得菩提时，也希望能够救度我们。说完就消失了。就这样，因为半偈而舍弃身体的因缘，圆满了十二劫的资粮，比慈氏菩萨更早证得了无上圆满菩提而成佛。༈。又在过去，世尊自己是名为求法婆罗门童子，具有戒律等善法，并且享有盛名。一个婆罗门对他产生了嫉妒，说道：如果你能跳入火坑，我就宣说善说。当他答应这样做时，婆罗门和施主们阻止他不让他跳入火坑，但他为了满足老师的意愿，无法阻止，于是准备了火坑，并请求婆罗门宣说佛法。那个婆罗门说： 对于布施，要恒常欢喜。 要恒常行持圆满的戒律。 要发起精进最上的处所。 以智慧获得最殊胜的佛法。 他很好地记住了这些话，聚集了许多人。对他们说了这几句偈颂后，说道：我为了无上菩提而做这个舍弃，希望不要没有果报。说了真实语后，跳入了火坑，火就熄灭了。他坐在变成莲花池的上面，宣说了具有四种梵行功德的佛法。那个婆罗门全身燃烧着火，堕入了众生大焦热地狱。求法者说
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He jumped from the tree. From the space above, various sounds resounded to the very end of existence. That Rakshasa transformed into the body of Indra himself. He placed the Bodhisattva safely on the ground without him falling. Indra, along with the sons of the gods and the great Brahma king, prostrated at the feet of the Bodhisattva, praising him, saying: "Well done! Well done! Bodhisattva, you are truly one who exists for the benefit and happiness of immeasurable beings. For the great darkness of ignorance, you light the lamp of the great Dharma. We, in order to guard and protect the great Dharma of the Tathagata, have done harm that disturbed your mind, and we regret and confess. When you attain enlightenment in the future, we also hope to be liberated." Having said this, they disappeared. Thus, due to the cause and condition of giving up his body for half a verse, he completed the accumulation of twelve kalpas and attained unsurpassed perfect enlightenment before Maitreya and became a Buddha. ༈. Again, in the past, this Bhagavan himself was a Brahmin boy named Dharma-seeker, endowed with virtuous qualities such as discipline, and was renowned. A Brahmin became jealous of him and said, "If you can jump into a pit of fire, I will proclaim the well-spoken words." When he agreed to do so, the Brahmins and householders prevented him from jumping into the fire pit, but he could not be stopped because he wanted to fulfill the teacher's intention. So, he prepared the fire pit and requested the Brahmin to proclaim the Dharma. That Brahmin said: "Always be delighted in giving. Always practice perfect discipline. Undertake the supreme abode of diligence. Attain the supreme and sacred Dharma through wisdom." He remembered these words well, gathered many people, and after saying these verses to them, he said, "May this giving that I have done for the sake of unsurpassed enlightenment not be without fruit." After speaking the truth, he jumped into the fire pit, and the fire went out. He sat on top of what had become a lotus pond and taught the Dharma endowed with the four qualities of pure conduct. That Brahmin's entire body was consumed by fire, and he fell into the great hell of sentient beings. The Dharma-seeker said
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帕。尊者请不要灰心！我将救你。我以为了众生而行菩提的真谛，愿这位婆罗门的身体火焰熄灭，众生从地狱中解脱。这样说了之后，那位婆罗门就从地狱中解脱了。当时的那位婆罗门就是居士华藏，如是说。又，往昔世尊自己名为施梵天的国王，舍弃所有财产的时候，与贤妃、长子童子一同前往旷野安坐。这时，一个极其丑陋的食肉鬼在空中结跏趺坐，说道：我曾从如来那里听到善说之法，你若需要，就拿去吧！国王说：大士，我想要善说之法，你想要什么，我都施予你。食肉鬼说：你将你可爱的三者，即你自己、儿子和妻子都给我，我就在之后宣说善说之法。国王说：这些人能做什么呢？食肉鬼说：用来吃，之后也宣说佛法。然后国王看着右边的儿子和坐在左边的妻子。食肉鬼说：大国王，快点施舍吧，为了听闻能从轮回中解脱的善说之法。然后食肉鬼察觉到国王的殊胜意乐，说了偈颂：为了自己和他人的缘故，如果想要安乐，就不要作恶。哪个孩子想要安乐却作恶，他将各自品尝其果报。如是说。然后国王心想：这善说之偈真是稀有，为了这偈颂，我即使舍弃恒河沙数的儿子，也想要得到这偈颂。于是从座位上站起来，右手抓住儿子，开始布施。这时，食肉鬼的身形消失不见，显现为帝释天，赞叹道：你真是布施的勇士！我是帝释天，你想要什么殊胜之物，就求吧！国王说：请赐予我没有生老病死忧伤等的殊胜之物。帝释天说：这我无法做主，诸佛世尊才能
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Pa. Venerable one, do not be discouraged! I shall protect you. By the truth of practicing enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, may the flames consuming this Brahmin's body be extinguished, and may sentient beings be liberated from hell. Having said this, that Brahmin was liberated from hell. The Brahmin at that time was the householder Shri Gupta, so it was said. Furthermore, in the past, when the Blessed One himself, as the king named Brahma-datta, was about to give away all his possessions, he went with his virtuous queen and young eldest son to sit in a desolate place. Then, a flesh-eating demon, exceedingly hideous in form, sat cross-legged in the sky and said: I have heard the well-spoken Dharma from the Tathagata before; if you seek it, take it! The king said: Great being, I desire the well-spoken words. Whatever you desire, I will give it to you. The demon said: If you give me your three beloved ones—yourself, your son, and your wife—I will later speak the well-spoken words. The king said: What will these do? The demon said: They will be eaten, and then the Dharma will be taught. Then the king looked at his son on the right and his wife sitting on the left. The flesh-eating demon said: Great king, quickly give them away, and listen to the well-spoken words that will liberate you from samsara! Then, recognizing the king's extraordinary intention, the flesh-eating demon spoke this verse: For the sake of oneself and for the sake of others, if you desire happiness, do not commit evil. Whichever child desires happiness but commits evil, he will experience its fruits individually. So he said. Then the king thought: This well-spoken verse is truly marvelous! Even if I were to give away sons as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, I would still desire this verse. So he rose from his seat, grasped his son with his right hand, and began to give him away. At that moment, the form of the flesh-eating demon vanished, and he revealed himself as Indra, praising him, saying: You are truly a hero in giving! I am Indra; ask for whatever supreme thing you desire! The king said: Grant me the supreme state free from birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, and so on. Indra said: That is not within my power; the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones,
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我已获得。其他任何想要的都请索取。对此，国王说道：没有权力者也想拥有权力，这连孩子们都明白。百般期盼落空就像大象陷入泥潭一样。如是说。又，过去世，世尊自己名为国王殊胜色，统治这个世界，具有强大的力量和光辉，他用珍宝和享受利益众生，却没有用神圣的佛法利益他们。因此，他想：我应当寻求神圣的佛法，从而解脱众生。他这样决定后，宣告：如果这世上谁拥有神圣的佛法，并能向我展示，我就满足他的一切愿望。但没有人能够展示。之后，国王因忧愁而心烦意乱，被名为了知休息之子听到后，为了唤醒他，他将自己化现为恐怖的夜叉，在王宫的门口说：谁想听闻佛法，就来我这里听！听到这话，国王非常高兴，向夜叉顶礼，将其安置在高高的座位上，召集了大臣和众多眷属，安坐后，夜叉对国王说：听闻佛法非常困难，如果想听闻佛法，仅仅这样是不够的，必须将王妃和王子给我吃掉，我才传授佛法。之后，国王将王妃中最珍爱的一位和王子献给了夜叉。夜叉在众多眷属面前，当着所有人的面将他们吃掉了。大臣们哭天喊地，但国王为了寻求佛法，非常坚定，无法阻止。夜叉吃掉他们后，说了偈颂：诸行皆无常，凡是生者皆有苦，五蕴无相故为空，无我亦无我所。说完之后，国王欢喜踊跃，连一根毫毛般的后悔之心都没有生起。之后，将偈颂写下来，在整个赡部洲宣告，让所有人都学习。之后，名为了知休息之子变回了自己的身体，赞叹说非常好，并将王子和王妃像之前一样归还了。又，过去世，世尊在赡部洲是国王迦腻色迦
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I have obtained it. Ask for anything else you desire. To this, the king said: That those without power also desire power, even children understand. Disappointment is like an elephant sinking into the mud. Thus he spoke. Furthermore, in the past, the Bhagavan himself, known as King Excellent Color, ruled this world, possessing great power and splendor. He benefited beings with jewels and enjoyments, but did not benefit them with the sacred Dharma. Therefore, he thought: I should seek the sacred Dharma and liberate sentient beings. Having resolved thus, he proclaimed: If anyone in this world possesses the sacred Dharma and can show it to me, I will grant them whatever they desire. But no one could show it. Then, the king, distressed by sorrow, was heard by a son named Restful, who, in order to awaken him, transformed himself into a terrifying yaksha and said at the palace gate: Whoever desires to hear the Dharma, listen to me! Hearing this, the king was delighted, prostrated to the yaksha, placed him on a high seat, gathered ministers and many attendants, and sat down. The yaksha said to the king: Hearing the Dharma is very difficult. If you wish to hear the Dharma, this is not enough; you must allow me to devour your queen and prince, and then I will bestow the Dharma. Then, the king offered the yaksha the most beloved of his queens and his prince. The yaksha devoured them in front of the many attendants, in full view of everyone. The ministers wailed, but the king was so steadfast in his search for the Dharma that they could not dissuade him. After the yaksha had devoured them, he spoke the verses: All conditioned things are impermanent; as much as there is birth, there is suffering; the five aggregates are empty because they are without characteristics; there is no self and no belonging to self. Having said this, the king rejoiced and was delighted, and not even a hair's breadth of regret arose. Then, he wrote it down and proclaimed it throughout Jambudvipa, instructing everyone to learn it. Then, Restful Son transformed back into his own body, praised it as excellent, and returned the prince and queen as before. Furthermore, in a past life, the Bhagavan was King Kanishka in Jambudvipa.