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KMG044 0002.《The White Lotus, a supplementary teaching to The Treasure Trove of Blessings, the Permitted Conduct.》The White Lotus, a supplementary teaching to The Treasure Trove of Blessings, the Permitted Conduct..g2.0f

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开始行动时,他们害怕了,于是心里向那位仙人祈祷,一位天神就附在了那位仙人身上。那位仙人到那里后说:“放了这个人,听法。”并宣讲了佛法,五百个野人就在那位仙人面前出家了,生起了四禅和五神通。后来,在世尊成佛的时候,有一个名叫丛布瓦的丑陋之人,将要被五百个强盗杀死以作祭祀。那个丑陋之人向世尊祈祷,世尊就显现出天神的形象,前去解救。那些野人高兴地说:“天神向我们显现了。”于是合掌而坐。那位天神说:“不需要人的祭祀,听法。”然后根据他们的根器、能力和想法宣讲了佛法,那个丑陋之人获得了不来果。在那里,五百个野人证得了入流果,后来更加信奉佛陀的形象,他们全部都出家并获得了阿罗汉果。那个丑陋之人也说:“如果我的身体不是这样,我就会在世尊的教法下出家,为了超越河流而努力。”刚说完,他的身体就变得完美了,他更加信奉,出家并获得了阿罗汉果。༈ 另外,在过去的时候,一位菩萨出生在一个富有的王族家庭。他相貌英俊,通晓所有的理学,所有人都喜欢和渴望他。但他看到了家庭的过患。当他的父母去世时,他将家中无数的财物布施给僧侣、婆罗门和穷人,然后出家。他住在一片森林里,习惯于禅定,因此以具有佛法的名声而闻名。他父亲的朋友知道后说:“你年纪轻轻就抛弃了家庭的财富,在寂静的地方喜欢贫困的生活方式,这是为什么?不如回到你父亲的家吧。”菩萨讲述了像监狱一样的家庭的过患,以及森林的功德,使那位朋友相信了。

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When they started to act, they were afraid, so they prayed in their hearts to that hermit, and a god possessed that hermit. That hermit went there and said, "Release this person and listen to the Dharma." And he preached the Dharma, and five hundred wild men renounced in front of that hermit, and generated the four dhyanas and five superknowledges. Later, when the Bhagavan Buddha was enlightened, there was an ugly person named Tsombuwa who was about to be killed by five hundred robbers for sacrifice. That ugly person prayed to the Bhagavan Buddha, and the Bhagavan himself manifested as a deity and went to rescue him. Those wild men were happy and said, "The deity has shown himself to us." So they sat with their palms together. That deity said, "There is no need for human sacrifice, listen to the Dharma." Then, according to their faculties, abilities, and thoughts, he preached the Dharma, and that ugly person attained the fruit of non-return. There, five hundred wild men realized the fruit of stream-entry, and later they had even more faith in the Buddha's form, and they all renounced and attained the Arhat fruit. That ugly person also said, "If my body were not like this, I would renounce in the Bhagavan's teachings, and strive to cross the rivers." As soon as he said that, his body became perfect in every way, and he had even more faith, renounced, and attained the Arhat fruit. ༈ Also, in the past, a Bodhisattva was born into a wealthy royal family. He was handsome, knew all the sciences, and everyone liked and desired him. But he saw the faults of the household. When his parents passed away, he gave away countless riches from his home to monks, Brahmins, and the poor, and then renounced. He lived in a forest and became accustomed to meditation, so he became famous for having the fame of Dharma. His father's friend knew about it and said, "You are young and have abandoned the wealth of your family, how can you like the poor way of life in a solitary place? It is better to return to your father's house." The Bodhisattva spoke of the faults of the household, which is like a prison, and the virtues of the forest, convincing that friend.

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又,过去在名为瞻波的城市里,国王名为岗钦措拉(雪山海神)之子,童子名为嘉措拉(海神),彼时世尊化身于此。精通艺术和五明,他向父亲禀告后进入森林,修习禅定和神通。当时,五百位大臣之子,精通艺术等,自认为在容貌和智慧上无人能及。阿蓬的老师说:“国王的儿子住在森林里,他的容貌、力量和智慧,我们连百分之一、千分之一都比不上。”他们听后想要一探究竟,于是带着阿蓬的老师一同前往,见到他容貌出众,心想其他功德也必定如此。于是在他面前修持梵行,生起了四禅和五神通。后来成佛时,阿蓬的老师就是现在的阿蓬的老师拉杰(具天),他教导阿蓬的五百位广严城青年就是以前的五百位大臣之子。拉杰对他们讲述并引导他们前来赞颂世尊的阿蓬,世尊以阿蓬的神变使他们信服,全部出家并获得了阿罗汉果。༈ 又,过去五百位商人前往一个巨大的森林山谷,被一个强大的夜叉以狂风袭击,陷入绝境。世尊化身为具有五神通、威力强大的仙人,将这些商人和他们的财物从森林中救出,安置在安全的地方。他们非常高兴,在那位仙人面前出家,修习四禅和五神通。同样,世尊过去化身为仙人,从死亡等恐惧中救护了许多众生,并使他们安住于禅定和神通之中,这样的事迹数不胜数,这里只是简略地叙述了一部分。༈ 又,过去有一世,世尊转生为一只兔子。由于干旱无雨,发生了饥荒,住在寺院里的一位仙人准备离开寺院。那只兔子与他很早就相识,便赞美寺院的功德,述说家庭的过患,并说自己的身

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Furthermore, in the past, in a city called Champa, the son of a king named Gangchen Tso Lha (Snow Mountain Ocean God), a boy named Gyatso Lha (Ocean God), the Blessed One himself manifested. Skilled in arts and the five sciences, he asked his father and went into the forest, cultivating meditation and clairvoyance. Then, the sons of five hundred ministers, skilled in arts and so on, said, "We are unmatched in appearance and wisdom." The teacher of Apong said, "The king's son who dwells in the forest cannot match even a hundredth or a thousandth part of his appearance, strength, and wisdom." Desiring to see this for themselves, they went to him with the teacher of Apong. Seeing his extraordinary appearance, they thought, "Other qualities must also be like this." They practiced celibacy in his presence and developed the four meditations and five clairvoyances. Later, when he became a Buddha, the teacher of Apong was known as the current teacher of Apong, Lharje (with the gods). The five hundred youths of Vaishali whom he taught Apong were the five hundred sons of ministers from the past. Lharje praised and led them to the Blessed One's Apong, and the Blessed One performed the miracle of Apong, causing them to have faith, and they all became ordained and attained Arhatship. ༈ Furthermore, in the past, five hundred merchants went to a large forest valley, where they were struck by a powerful yaksha with a strong wind, leaving them helpless. The Blessed One himself manifested as a powerful sage with five clairvoyances, rescuing the merchants and their belongings from the forest and placing them in a safe place. They were very happy and ordained in the presence of that sage, cultivating the four meditations and five clairvoyances. Similarly, the Blessed One, in the past, manifested as a sage, protecting many beings from the fear of death and so on, and establishing them in meditation and clairvoyance. There are countless such stories, but here only a brief account is given. ༈ Furthermore, in a past life, the Blessed One was born as a rabbit. Due to a famine caused by lack of rain, a sage living in a monastery was preparing to leave the monastery. The rabbit, who had known him for a long time, praised the virtues of the monastery and spoke of the faults of household life, saying, "My body

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When he said to jump into the fire and now reside in the temple, that hermit took the rabbit and vowed that if you like to live in such solitude, stay as long as you can, and it rained, and trees and fruits, etc., grew. The hermit also attained the five clairvoyances through the kindness of that virtuous friend, the rabbit. ༈ Again, in the past, the Blessed One himself, in the land of Mithila, became a wheel-turning king named Great God, who ruled the kingdom according to Dharma, and when his hair turned white, he renounced as a hermit with pure conduct. He established this custom for his future descendants and advised them to follow suit. Therefore, in the land of Mithila alone, eighty-four thousand wheel-turning kings appeared in succession, all practicing the pure conduct of hermits in that way. The last of them was King Mukhyu, who, even when placed on half of Indra's seat, did not stay there but returned to the land of Mithila, propagated the path of virtue, and practiced the pure conduct of a hermit. ༈ Again, in the past, when he became the Brahmin Rab-bar, he entered into meditation, and birds built nests in his matted hair, but he did not rise from meditation and remained as such. Like this, it should be known that in immeasurable and inconceivable eons, he fully practiced immeasurable transformations of meditation and samadhi. End of the chapter on meditation. ༈ In the past, a great king who ruled this Jambudvipa, named Kungawo, had five hundred sons. Later, his great queen gave birth to a son, with a golden body, dark blue hair, marked with a thousand-spoked wheel on the palm of his hand, a horse image on the sole of his left foot, and an elephant image on the sole of his right foot, a blessed child was born, and he was named Mirror Face. Then, the king became ill and was near death. The ministers asked, "Which of these princes should be appointed as the heir to the throne? To whom should the king's power be entrusted?" The king said, "Entrust the kingdom to whoever possesses these ten marks. What are the ten marks? The body is gold

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具有……的颜色,头发是深蓝色的,两手掌心有千辐轮的标志,右脚掌心有大象的图案,左脚掌心有马的图案,穿上国王的衣服,大小合适,坐在国王的宝座上,显得威严而有力量,各个小国都非常恭敬地侍奉和尊重他,妃嫔和侍女们也喜欢他并向他致敬,如果把他带到诸神的圣物前,诸神会向他回礼,凭借功德和福报的力量,降下七宝之雨,使所有人都感到满意,并且是由伟大的王后所生,这就是十个特征。此外,还说了要知道这六种外在宝藏等的检验方法,就为他加冕为国王,说完就去世了。之后,王子和大臣们聚集在一起,从大王子到最后的五百个王子,检验谁具有这十种功德。结果发现,其他王子都不具备这些功德中的任何一个,而小儿子则完全具备这十种功德。此外,其他的王子都很暴躁、偏袒和粗鲁。王子明镜面容则很稳重,非常温顺,对于深奥的问题也能用自己的智慧来判断理解。国王说具备外在宝藏等六种宝藏的人才适合当国王,其他王子不明白,而明镜面容则解释说,外在的宝藏是指在门外面的宝藏,内在的宝藏是指在门里面的宝藏,内外宝藏是指在门下面的宝藏,树梢的宝藏是指国王所居住的树的阴影在正午时分所覆盖的地方的宝藏,山顶的宝藏是指国王玩耍的水池里有沐浴石板下面的宝藏,水边的宝藏是指房屋的排水沟流出的地方的边缘的宝藏。大臣们各自检验后,发现正如他所说的那样,于是为他加冕为国王,在十五那天,当第一缕阳光升起时,金色的千辐轮

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having a color of..., and his hair is dark blue. Both palms are marked with thousand-spoked wheels. The sole of his right foot has an elephant design, and the sole of his left foot has a horse design. When he puts on the king's clothes, they fit him perfectly, neither too big nor too small. When he sits on the king's throne, he appears majestic and powerful. The vassal kings serve and respect him greatly, and the consorts and maids also like him and pay homage to him. If he is led before the relics of the gods, the gods will return the homage. Through the power of merit and virtue, he causes a rain of seven precious things to fall, satisfying everyone. And he was born from the great queen, these are the ten qualities. Furthermore, he said that knowing these six tests of external treasures, etc., would qualify him to be crowned king, and then he passed away. Thereafter, the princes and ministers gathered together, and from the eldest prince to the last of the five hundred, they examined who possessed the ten qualities. It was found that none of the other princes possessed even one of these qualities, while the youngest son possessed all ten of them. Moreover, the other princes were fierce, biased, and rude. Prince Mirror-Face was steady and very gentle, and he could understand profound questions by judging with his own wisdom. The king had said that the one who possessed the six treasures, including the external treasures, was fit to be king. The other princes did not understand, but Mirror-Face explained that the external treasure was the treasure outside the door, the internal treasure was the treasure inside the door, the external and internal treasure was the treasure under the door, the treetop treasure was the treasure in the place where the shadow of the tree where the king resided covered at noon, the mountaintop treasure was the treasure under the bathing stone slab in the pond where the king played, and the waterside treasure was the treasure at the edge of the drain where the house's water flowed out. The ministers each examined them and found that it was as he had said, so they crowned him king, and on the fifteenth day, when the first rays of the sun rose, a golden thousand-spoked wheel