Chinese
宁玛九乘次第略说——珍宝阶梯。 协庆嘉察·白玛南嘉著。 宁玛九乘次第略说——珍宝阶梯。 协庆嘉察·白玛南嘉著。 宁玛九乘次第略说——名为珍宝阶梯之论著。 那摩咕噜曼殊师利耶。 功德黄金车与殊胜四面及吉祥颂。 成就之至尊持明者与仙人众所敬奉。 以最胜威力摧毁魔众头颅，以殊胜狮吼之音。 遍布三界之全知至尊及其所教、所持者，我皆敬礼。 尤其于雪域五浊黑暗中，迎请能仁教法莲花之友。 最初绽放讲修千瓣之堪布、论师、法王等。 彼等之恩德若化为有形，是否能容纳于虚空之中？ 知晓此理后，报恩之行于三有中堪称赞颂。 意义之见解与佛等同，然恩德较佛陀更胜一筹。 最胜能仁于诸经续中屡屡赞叹之圣者怙主们。 纵献身命无数，亦难报答其恩德之少分。 是故纵获菩提，亦当不离依止种姓之主。 众生皆具同一心性，故终极之乘实为一。 然为适应暂时所化之根器及入门之方式，此乃佛陀所宣说。 是故无量不可思议之乘门，略摄为九类之方式。 在此略述宁玛持明传承之口诀。 于此，我等之导师，善巧方便且具大悲者，若以究竟真实之义而宣说，则于无数劫之前，已于原始解脱之地现证菩提。 因无明能取所取之错乱所染污，故为最初引导于无有显现之轮回牢狱中极度困顿之众生者。
English
A Brief Exposition on the Nine Vehicles of the Early Translation School: The Precious Ladder. Written by Zhechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal. A Brief Exposition on the Nine Vehicles of the Early Translation School: The Precious Ladder. Written by Zhechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal. Herein dwells the treatise called "The Precious Ladder," a brief exposition on the Nine Vehicles of the Early Translation School. Namo Guru Manjushriye. Homage to the merit, the golden chariot, the glorious four faces, and the auspicious pronouncements! Homage to the supreme accomplished vidyadharas and the assemblies of sages who are revered! Homage to the all-knowing supreme one who pervades the three realms with the supreme power that crushes the heads of the hordes of demons, and with the lion's roar of the supreme vehicle! Especially to those who, in the dark cave of the five degenerations in the snowy mountains, invited the lotus friend of the Buddha's teachings. To the abbot, master, dharma king, and translators who first blossomed the thousand petals of explanation and practice. If their kindness were to take form, would it fit in the expanse of the sky? Knowing this, repaying their kindness is worthy of praise in the three realms. Although the meaning of their realization is equal to the Buddhas, their kindness is more supreme than the Buddhas. To the holy protectors who are repeatedly praised in all the sutras and tantras by the supreme Buddha. Even if I offered billions of bodies and lives, could I repay even a fraction of their kindness? Therefore, even if I attain enlightenment, I will attend to the lord of my lineage without separation. Since all beings have the same essence of heart, the ultimate vehicle is also one. However, the Victorious Ones taught this as a way to introduce the levels of intelligence of those to be tamed temporarily. Therefore, the way to condense the countless inconceivable vehicle doors into nine categories. Here, I will briefly state the oral instructions of the Nyingma vidyadhara lineage. Here, if we consider our teacher, who is skillful in means and possesses great compassion, to teach the definitive meaning directly, then he attained perfect enlightenment in the state of original liberation immeasurably long ago. Because of being defiled by the delusion of ignorance, the grasper and the grasped, he was the first to guide beings who were extremely distressed in the prison of existence, which appears as non-existence.
Chinese
为了与应调伏者们的各自意乐和根器的差别相符，以不可思议的随应调伏之幻化，于一切世间界中作明灯之显现。共同乘之律藏《妙法莲华经》中也说：不可思议百千亿劫，其量何时亦无有，我乃证得最胜菩提，我亦恒时善说正法。菩提萨埵众，此亦当摄持，于佛陀智慧，令彼等欢喜。无量百千俱胝之有情，于众多亿劫令成熟。亦已显示寂灭之地，为调伏有情故说方便。等等广说。于《父子相见经》中说：大雄善巧方便，为令有情皆成熟，百千俱胝之胜者，虽已示现成佛陀，然汝仍为引导者，示现众多佛陀事业。如是说。于《圣大方广佛华严经》中说：已善获菩提大海，为令有情海成熟，示现菩提心生起海，于一切处示现不退转之行海，如是乃为善逝之幻化。如是说。真实圆满佛陀身唯一，一切导师义亦一，然于无量他与他，十方一切皆显现。如是说。不共秘密如意宝庄严续中说：一切之前已成佛，金刚持王甚秘密，于无量刹土中游舞，无量前后一切时，寂静与忿怒相无数，猎人与娼妓等之相，虽以种种相作利益，然于此贤劫之中，化现千位引导者，如是执持种种相，成办无余有情之义。如是说。与智慧虚空同等之续中说：从普贤圆满受用身中，调伏之化身无数，尤其于此娑婆世界中，显现一千零二之身。如是说。所调伏之法或乘之门亦
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In order to match the different inclinations and capacities of those to be tamed, he manifests inconceivable transformations of whatever tames whatever, appearing as lamps in all realms of the world. In the common vehicle's Vinaya Pitaka, the sacred Dharma White Lotus Sutra, it is also said: "Inconceivable hundreds of thousands of billions of kalpas, its measure will never exist. I have attained the supreme enlightenment, and I will always preach the Dharma well. These many Bodhisattvas should also be taken, and they should rejoice in the wisdom of the Buddhas. Countless billions of sentient beings, I have matured them in many billions of kalpas. I have also shown the state of Nirvana, and I speak of means to tame sentient beings." And so on, it is extensively taught. In the Sutra of the Meeting of Father and Son, it is said: "Great hero, skillful in means, in order to fully mature sentient beings, hundreds of thousands of billions of victors, although they have shown themselves as Buddhas, yet you are still a guide, showing many deeds of the Buddhas." Thus it is said. In the Holy Avatamsaka Sutra, it is said: "Having well attained the ocean of enlightenment, in order to mature the ocean of sentient beings, he shows the ocean of the arising of the mind of enlightenment, and in all places he shows the ocean of irreversible conduct. Such are the transformations of the Sugatas." Thus it is said. The truly complete Buddha's body is one, and the meaning of all guides is also one, but in countless others and others, in all ten directions, he appears perfectly. Thus it is said. In the Uncommon Secret Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Adornment Tantra, it is said: "Before all, having become a Buddha, the Vajradhara King, most secret, dances in immeasurable pure lands, in countless times before and after, the peaceful and wrathful aspects are immeasurable, and the forms of hunters and prostitutes, etc., although he benefits through various forms, yet in this Fortunate Aeon, he transforms into a thousand guides, and thus holding various forms, he accomplishes the meaning of all beings without exception." Thus it is said. In the Tantra Equal to the Wisdom Sky, it is said: "From the Sambhogakaya of Samantabhadra, countless emanations for taming, especially in this Saha world, appear as one thousand and two bodies." Thus it is said. The Dharma for taming or the gate of the vehicle is also for those to be tamed.
Chinese
从而使众生各自的根器和意愿相符，而无边地显现。正如《续部之王吉祥秘密藏续》中决定说：十方四时不可思议处，分别显示调伏之诸义，一切高下乘及颠倒者，于不可思议处，对一切寂怒之相者，各别相应而普皆显现。又如《文殊幻化网》中说：以各种乘，思惟利益有情。又如《楞伽经》中说：为调伏一切有情，我说一切乘，但无此是特指。如是宣说。彼等是于何时以何种方式宣说的呢？如《功德庄严王经》中说：我未曾说过任何法，然于有情普皆显现，何时渐次而欲求，于彼等一切皆如是，于一刹那趣入时，圆满显现法之品类，如意满足一切愿，彼即是语之大威力。又如《圣调伏虚空经》中说：利益世间汝之一语中，随诸意乐不同而发声，胜者各自思惟示于我，为谁之故汝作微笑示。又如《意旨授记经》中说：无分别且无错乱，悦意金刚一语中，由所化之意乐力，生出众多差别也。如是，所化之境，调伏之导师，调伏之方便，以及以何调伏所宣说的正法三藏和乘之类别等，虽超越了以世俗之见可以衡量的范畴，然且略述对于如今此世间界中上中下根器的所化众生，是如何显现之理，即前译持明传承的口诀，关于九乘次第的安立，分为三：总说乘之自性，分别广说各自之差别，结尾以教证作总结。初者亦分三：乘之体性，词义，以及总说分类和归纳之差别。初者是，暂时和究竟从恶趣或轮回中超脱，而获得增上生或
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Thus, it causes beings to appear infinitely in accordance with their respective capacities and desires. As it is definitively stated in the glorious Guhyagarbha Tantra, the King of Tantras: "In the ten directions and four times, in inconceivable places, it separately shows the meanings of taming. To all vehicles, high and low, and to those who are inverted, in inconceivable places, to all those with peaceful and wrathful aspects, it appears universally, harmonizing individually." Also, as it says in the Manjushri Magical Net: "With various vehicles, it contemplates the benefit of beings." And as it says in the Lankavatara Sutra: "To tame all sentient beings, I have taught all vehicles, but there is no specific designation of this one." Thus it is said. When and how were these taught? As it says in the Sutra, the King of the Array of Qualities: "I have not spoken anything, yet it appears extensively to sentient beings. Whenever they gradually desire, it is the same for all of them. When entering in a single moment, the complete categories of the Dharma appear. That is the great power of speech, fulfilling all wishes like a wish-fulfilling gem." And as it says in the Noble Samadhiraja Sutra: "In your one speech, which benefits the world, sounds arise according to different inclinations. The Victorious Ones each think, 'He shows it to me.' For whose sake do you show a smile?" And as it says in the Prophecy of Intent: "Without discrimination and without confusion, in the pleasing Vajra one word, by the power of the disciples' thoughts, many distinctions arise." Thus it is said. Therefore, although the field of those to be tamed, the teacher who tames, the means of taming, and the categories of the sacred Dharma Tripitaka and vehicles, which are taught by what tames, are beyond the scope of what can be measured by mundane intellect, nevertheless, I will briefly describe how it appears to the beings of superior, middling, and inferior intelligence in this present world, according to the oral instructions of the Early Translation Vidyadhara lineage, regarding the establishment of the nine successive vehicles, in three parts: generally showing the nature of the vehicles, extensively explaining the individual distinctions, and concluding with scriptural citations. The first also has three parts: the essence of the vehicles, the etymology, and the general presentation of the differences between classifications and summaries. The first is: temporarily and ultimately transcending the lower realms or samsara to attain higher realms or
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这是由通往决定性利益和涅槃之路的真理所包含的法。第二，术语“ယာན”（yana）意为“乘”，也就是道路，因为它本身就是行进的轨迹；也指车辆，如马车，因为它承载着货物。在这里，通过类似的含义，它也指十善道等，因为道路是不断前进的。虽然这里主要指的是道路，但它也指作为支撑的道路之乘，并且这里也说了作为支撑的果之乘，这两种名称。此外，在《汇集经》中说：“此乘犹如虚空般的无量大殿，是获得喜乐安乐的殊胜之乘。乘坐此乘，一切众生皆得涅槃。”第三，一般来说，乘的分类并不局限于此，因为佛陀以慈悲心针对不同根器的众生，宣说了对治烦恼的方法，正如上面引用的经文所清楚表明的那样。简而言之，如果考虑到结果，则说为一乘。《妙法莲华经》中说：“唯一乘，无三乘，这些是作为引导的方法而宣说的。”《总经》中说：“秘密之核心在于，乘之门也只有一个。”此外，考虑到倾向于因果之乘的所化，则说了二乘。《一切行生经》中说：“乘有两种，即特征之因乘和果之金刚乘。”《教诫穗王经》中说：“从因中倾向的因法之轮被彻底转动之后，金刚乘的近道，将在未来出现。”此外，考虑到倾向于小乘和大乘的所化，也说了二乘。《智慧明灯经》中说：“因为有大小次第的智慧，所以乘的数量也是如此，如果总结起来，就是大小两种。”《宝积经》中说：“善守护，乘有两种，即小乘和大乘。”此外，通过小、中之分，说了声闻乘、独觉乘和大乘这三种。《般若心经》中说：“善现，声闻乘，独觉乘，菩萨乘