English
It was proclaimed that whoever could speak the Dharma would be given charity and great respect, but no one appeared, and the king was saddened and disappointed for the sake of the Dharma. In order to test him, the lord of the gods transformed into an ugly yaksha and said that he would teach the Dharma. The king was delighted and wanted to listen to the Dharma, but that yaksha said, "I am hungry and must immediately eat the flesh and blood of a slain person." The king thought, "If I could encounter the Dharma once, it would be priceless and must be bought." At that moment, a handsome youth said, "Please bestow me to the yaksha." The king gave his beloved and irreplaceable son, and the yaksha used his magical powers to cut off the boy's limbs one by one and eat them, but the king, desiring the Dharma, did not become unhappy. The yaksha said to the king, "I am still not satisfied." The king then gave his beloved wife, and the yaksha ate her as before. "O king, I am still not satisfied!" The king said, "I have given my son and wife, what else do you want now?" He said, "Give your own body, and I will be satisfied." The king said, "If I give my body, how will I listen to the Dharma? First teach the Dharma, and after hearing it, I will give my body." Then, that yaksha made a solemn promise and taught the Dharma: From suffering arises sorrow. From suffering arises fear. From fear, liberation. Where there is no sorrow, where is there fear? Hearing this verse, the king was overjoyed and said, "Do with my body as you wish!" The king's mind did not waver from the supreme state, and Indra was very pleased, revealed his own body, took his son with his right hand, and his wife with his left hand, and returned them to the king, and praised and extolled him. The king also said to Indra, "You have fulfilled my Dharma wish, it is excellent!" Furthermore, in the past there was a king named Brahma-datta, who acted according to the Dharma. When the queen conceived a holy child in her womb, the queen wanted to hear good teachings and told the king, and the soothsayers praised the power of the one in the womb. The king offered a hundred thousand gold coins and searched everywhere for good teachings, but could not find them. Then, the time...
Chinese
生了一个相貌英俊的男孩，取名为“寻找善说”。他长大后，虽然寻找善说却没有找到。后来，他父亲去世后，他继承了王位。他像之前吩咐大臣们寻找善说一样，委托他们并支付了一亿金币，让他们在整个赡部洲寻找，但仍然没有找到。国王因此绝望，天神之王得知后，为了考验他，将自己变成了一个丑陋的夜叉。他坐在国王面前说： 善行之法应实行， 恶行之法则不应行。 行法于此世和来世， 皆能安乐。 听到这些话，国王非常高兴，说道：请秘密使者也说出那段偈颂，我将聆听。夜叉说：如果按照我说的做，我以后再说。国王问：要做什么？夜叉说：七天之内，用檀香木在火坑里燃烧，然后你跳进去，之后我会在下面说出那段偈颂。听到这些，国王高兴地答应了，并在全国范围内宣布：七天后，国王为了听到善说，将自己投入火坑，任何想观看奇迹的人都可以来。因此，成百上千的生物和天空中的许多神聚集在一起，菩萨了解他们的意图后，为了观看奇迹而聚集。 然后，夜叉升到空中，对菩萨说：伟大的国王，请按照你承诺的那样做。然后，国王将王位传给了他的长子，向大臣和人民请求宽恕，并安慰了民众，然后走向火坑。他走向极其可怕的火坑，为了佛法无所畏惧地跳入，凭借我的功德力，这里像莲花池一样凉爽的真言偈颂显现，说完就跳了进去，火坑变成了充满莲花的凉爽的湖泊。天神之王看到国王的奇迹般的努力使天人和人们都信服，夜叉的形象消失了，恢复了自己的形象，说道：善行之法应实行。等等。
English
A handsome boy was born and named "Seeking Good Words." When he grew up, although he sought good words, he could not find them. Later, after his father passed away, he was placed on the throne. As he had previously instructed the ministers to seek good words, he entrusted them and paid a hundred million gold coins, telling them to search throughout Jambudvipa, but still they could not find them. The king was thus in despair, and the king of the gods, knowing this, transformed himself into an ugly yaksha in order to test him. He sat before the king and said: The Dharma of good conduct should be practiced, The Dharma of bad conduct should not be practiced. Practicing the Dharma in this world and the next, One will abide in happiness. Hearing this, the king was overjoyed and said: "Please, secret messenger, also speak that verse, I will listen." The yaksha said: "If you do as I say, I will speak it later." The king asked: "What must be done?" The yaksha said: "For seven days, burn sandalwood trees in a fire pit, and then you must jump into it, and afterwards I will speak that verse below." Hearing this, the king happily agreed and proclaimed throughout the land: "After seven days, the king, in order to hear good words, will throw himself into a fire pit; whoever wishes to witness a miracle may come." Therefore, hundreds of thousands of creatures and many gods in the sky gathered, and the Bodhisattva, knowing their intention, gathered to witness the miracle. Then, the yaksha rose into the sky and said to the Bodhisattva: "Great king, please do as you have vowed." Then, the king placed his eldest son on the throne, asked forgiveness from the ministers and the people, and comforted the crowd, and then went to the fire pit. He went to the extremely terrifying fire pit, and fearlessly jumped in for the sake of the Dharma, saying, "By the power of my merit, may a verse of truth appear here, as cool as a lotus pond," and having said this, he jumped in, and the fire pit turned into a cool lake filled with lotuses. The king of the gods, seeing the king's miraculous effort that made gods and humans believe, the image of the yaksha disappeared, and he resumed his own form, saying: "The Dharma of good conduct should be practiced." And so on.
Chinese
国王听了之前所说的偈颂，将其写在金板上，并派人传遍整个赡部洲。因此，国王寻找善说者就是世尊本人。 再次，以前世尊本人成为名为“青年求法者”的时候，凡是听到的所有善说都记录、学习并背诵，全部掌握。 之后，又在所有城镇和城市中寻求佛法时，有一个人坐在山上的鸟巢里，他说：“我将向你讲述具有如来名号的话语。” 他非常高兴，并说：“不免费传授佛法。” 对此，那个青年说：“即使献出身上穿着的价值两千万俱胝的衣服，以及佩戴的价值四千万俱胝的珠宝，如果从这个山上的鸟巢里舍弃身体，就传授。” 于是，他如此立誓，传授了一个具有名号的偈颂，并从山顶舍弃身体，以未受责骂和伤害的真实加持，被四位国王接住，看到他安然离去，赞叹他的奇迹。 再次，在过去的时候，在波罗奈斯梵施国王的领地，世尊本人成为名叫净饭的居士，他能够与多闻天王的财富相媲美。 他去海里寻宝，满足了人们的愿望。 有一次，他得到了一串从其他珍宝岛屿来的极其美丽的珍珠项链，并将其作为礼物献给国王，国王非常高兴。 当时，国王的女儿名为妙音天女，听到她唱诵的善说之词，那个居士高兴得汗毛竖立，回到自己的家中，对食物等一切都不感兴趣，只想着善说。 他心想：“我十二年来获得了大量的珍宝，却没有获得任何善说的珍宝。用这些通过大量聚集获得的石头做什么呢？善说是真正的珍宝啊！” 于是，他派遣一个人去请求国王的女儿布施善说。 那个女儿说：善说
English
The king, having heard the previous verses, had them written on golden tablets and sent them to be spread throughout Jambudvipa. Thus, the king seeking the well-spoken one was none other than the Bhagavan himself. Furthermore, when the Bhagavan himself was once known as the youth seeking the Dharma in its entirety, he wrote down, learned, recited, and mastered all the well-spoken words he heard. Then, while seeking the Dharma in its entirety in all towns and cities, a man sitting in a bird's nest on a mountain said, "I will tell you words that bear the name of the Tathagata." He was overjoyed, but the man said, "I do not teach the Dharma without a price." To this, the youth said, "Even if I give the clothes I wear, worth twenty million kotis, and the jewels I adorn myself with, worth forty million kotis, I will still teach if I abandon my body from this bird's nest on the mountain." Thus, he made such a vow, and after teaching a verse bearing the name, he abandoned his body from the peak of the mountain. Through the blessing of truth, unharmed and uninjured, he was caught by the four kings, who saw him depart in peace, and they praised his wonder. Again, in a past life, in the land of King Brahma-gift in Varanasi, the Bhagavan himself became a householder named Pure Food, who was able to rival the wealth of Vaishravana. He went to the ocean to gather wealth, fulfilling the wishes of the people. Once, he obtained an exquisitely beautiful pearl necklace that came from another jewel island and presented it as a gift to the king, who was very pleased. At that time, the king's daughter, named Sarasvati, heard the words of well-spoken song she sang, and the householder, thrilled with joy, went back to his home. He lost interest in food and everything else, focusing only on the well-spoken words. He thought, "Although I have obtained a vast collection of jewels for twelve years, I have not obtained any jewel of well-spoken words. What shall I do with these stones obtained through great accumulation? Well-spoken words are the true jewel!" So, he sent a man to request the king's daughter to bestow the well-spoken words. The daughter said: Well-spoken words
Chinese
因为这是用价值才能获得的。如果施舍你十二年中积攒的珍宝，我就给予善说。”说完，那个屋主非常恭敬地取出十二年中积攒的所有珍宝，自己前往国王的住所，听闻善说。国王对那个屋主说：“善说能装满整个大地，财富需要通过巨大的努力才能获得，你为什么这样做？没有食物，能吃善说吗？”屋主说：“产生贪嗔的珍宝有什么用？听闻能消除罪过、成就功德的善说，即使用珍宝装满整个大地来换取，也显得微不足道。”说完，他将那些善说写在金书上，并向四方传播。当时，宣说善说的国王的女儿就是舍利子。又，过去在名为四院的国王宫殿中，世尊自己转世为尸毗王时，如法治理国家，布施一切所需之物，服侍病人和无依无靠之人，引导众生行持十善，使天界得以增长。帝释天为了试探他，化身为罗刹的形象，坐在国王宫殿的上方，说道：“唉呀！有为法皆是无常，具有生灭的性质。”说完就坐在那里。国王心想这是开启涅槃之门，指示菩提道，于是向他合掌，说：“朋友，请说出那句偈颂。”那罗刹说：“我饥饿，如果给我温热的人肉和血，我就说。”国王认为伤害他人是不对的，为了能听到善说，答应布施自己的身体。这时，帝释天说：“唉呀！有为法皆是无常，具有生灭的性质。生起之后终将灭尽，它们的寂灭才是安乐。”国王仔细思索，心想这是通往涅槃的门和道路，一切佛陀必定由此道而生，于是拿起武器，说：“请接受这善说的报酬吧！”将自己的胸膛等所有血肉都布施了出去，但他仍然没有满足。
English
Because it is obtained with value. If you give away all the treasures you have accumulated in twelve years, I will give good speech." After saying this, the householder very respectfully took out all the treasures accumulated in twelve years, went to the king's residence himself, and listened to the good speech. The king said to that householder: "Good speech can fill the whole earth, and wealth needs to be obtained through great efforts, why did you do this? Without food, can you eat good speech?" The householder said: "What is the use of treasures that generate attachment and hatred? Good speech that eliminates sins and accomplishes merits by hearing, even if the entire earth is filled with treasures to exchange for it, it seems insignificant." After saying this, he wrote those good speeches on golden books and spread them in all directions. At that time, the daughter of the king who spoke good speech was Shariputra himself. Also, in the past, in the royal palace called Four Courtyards, when the World Honored One himself was reborn as King Shibi, he ruled the country according to the Dharma, gave alms of everything desired, served the sick and the helpless, and guided sentient beings to practice the ten virtues, so that the heavenly realm could grow. Indra, in order to test him, transformed himself into the image of a Rakshasa and sat on top of the king's palace, saying: "Alas! Conditioned phenomena are impermanent, and have the nature of arising and ceasing." After saying this, he sat there. The king thought that this was opening the door to Nirvana and pointing out the path to Bodhi, so he put his palms together and said to him: "Friend, please say that verse." The Rakshasa said: "I am hungry, if you give me warm human flesh and blood, I will speak." The king thought that harming others was not right, and in order to hear the good speech, he promised to give his own body. At this time, Indra said: "Alas! Conditioned phenomena are impermanent, and have the nature of arising and ceasing. After arising, they will eventually perish, and their pacification is bliss." The king thought carefully, thinking that this is the door and path to Nirvana, and all Buddhas must arise from this path, so he picked up a weapon and said: "Please accept this reward for the good speech!" He gave away all the flesh and blood of his chest, etc., but he was still not satisfied.