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KMG127 0002.The Garland of Jewels A Biography of the Eight Great Close Sons of the Great Bodhisattva. Mipham..The Garland of Jewels A Biography of the Eight Great Close Sons of the Great Bodhisattva. Mipham..g2.0f

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劝导寻找善知识并指示后,在这个南方地域,在一个名叫“弥摩嘉诺姆乔”的地方,在名叫“颈项美好”的山上,有一位名叫“云之吉祥”的比丘,你去他那里,请问如何修学菩萨行。他会向你展示普贤行愿的坛城,这样作了授记。之后,商人的儿子诺桑按照文殊菩萨的指示,毫不厌倦地在比丘云吉祥等菩萨们那里寻求菩萨行。他见到了菩萨大士的种种化现,这些化现在一切众生中稀有而奇妙。按照先前一位位善知识的授记,他依次前往那些善知识那里,那些菩萨们也以不可思议的解脱之门各自不同地成熟了他,并加持了他。即使其他菩萨在无数劫中与菩萨们同行,也无法知晓如此广大的功德,最终,他按照童子华生和女儿华之慧的授记,前往慈氏菩萨那里。慈氏菩萨赞叹菩提心,并在楼阁中展示了佛和菩萨的解脱之海,加持了他,使他获得了陀罗尼和三摩地等广大的功德差别。慈氏菩萨说:“善男子,你还是去文殊童子那里,请问菩萨应该如何修学等等,那位善知识会向你开示的。为什么呢?因为像文殊童子那样显现成就的愿力,即使是百千万亿的菩萨也没有。他显现成就的愿力,以及菩萨功德的一切差别,都是无量的。文殊童子就像是百千万亿佛的母亲一样。菩提

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After advising to seek spiritual friends and pointing the way, in this southern region, in a place called "Mimo Gyanom Chok," on a mountain called "Neck Beautiful," there is a monk named "Cloud of Auspiciousness." Go to him and ask how to train in the conduct of a Bodhisattva. He will show you the mandala of Samantabhadra's conduct, thus he prophesied. Then, the merchant's son, Norzang, as instructed by Manjushri, tirelessly sought the conduct of a Bodhisattva from the monk Cloud of Auspiciousness and other Bodhisattvas. He saw various manifestations of great Bodhisattvas, which were rare and wonderful among all beings. As prophesied by the previous spiritual friends, he went to those spiritual friends in succession, and those Bodhisattvas also matured him with various inconceivable doors of liberation, and blessed him. Even if other Bodhisattvas were to associate with Bodhisattvas for countless eons, they would not know such vast qualities. Finally, as prophesied by the boy Paljung and the girl Palgyi Lodro, he went to the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Maitreya praised the Bodhicitta and showed the ocean of liberation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the tiered building, blessed him, and caused him to obtain vast differences in qualities such as Dharani and Samadhi. Maitreya said, "Son of good family, still go to Manjushri, who has become a youth, and ask how a Bodhisattva should train, etc., and that spiritual friend will show you. Why? Because the special aspiration of manifesting the conduct of Manjushri as a youth is not possessed even by hundreds of thousands of millions of Bodhisattvas. The manifestation of his aspiration, and all the differences in the qualities of a Bodhisattva, are immeasurable. Manjushri, who has become a youth, is like the mother of hundreds of thousands of millions of Buddhas. Bodhi

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向百千万亿的菩萨传授教诲。对于使一切众生的界完全成熟和调伏,极其努力。在十方世界中,以名号之轮获得彻底的胜利。在所有如来眷属的坛城中,成为谈论之人。受到一切如来的赞叹和赞美。以如实见一切法的甚深智慧而行事。具有远离一切解脱之道的行境,即进入普贤菩萨的行持。善男子,这位善知识能使你生于如来种姓。能使一切善根完全增长,能极力成办众多菩萨眷属,能依止真正的善知识,能真实策励一切功德,能进入一切大愿之网,能极力成熟一切愿望的显现,能听闻一切新菩萨,能真实显示一切不可思议的菩萨。在前世的处所中,行持相同的劫。善男子,因此你现在仍然在文殊菩萨的脚下。为了获得一切功德的教诲,不要完全厌倦和懈怠。那是什么原因呢?诺桑,你所见到的清净善知识,所听到的行持差别,所进入的解脱之道的种类,以及你所领悟的愿望差别,所有这些都要看作文殊童子的威力和加持。文殊童子是对于一切都获得最殊胜的波罗蜜多者。如是说后,商主之子诺桑以头顶礼拜慈氏的足,百千次地绕转,又再三瞻仰,然后从其处离开,在一百一十个城市中游历,在名为“顺心显现”的方位处,文殊

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He teaches instructions to hundreds of thousands of millions of bodhisattvas. He strives diligently to fully ripen and subdue all sentient beings' realms. He has become completely victorious with the wheel of his name in the realms of the ten directions. He has become a speaker in all the mandalas of the Tathagata's retinue. He is praised and lauded by all the Tathagatas. He engages in the profound wisdom that sees all dharmas as they truly are. He possesses a sphere of activity that has gone far in all aspects of liberation, that is, he has entered the conduct of the all-good bodhisattva. Son of good family, that spiritual friend causes you to be born into the lineage of the Tathagatas. He causes all roots of virtue to fully increase, he diligently accomplishes many assemblies of bodhisattvas, he relies on the true spiritual friend, he truly encourages all good qualities, he enters into all the networks of great aspirations, he diligently ripens all manifestations of aspirations, he hears all new bodhisattvas, and he truly shows all inconceivable bodhisattvas. In the places of former lives, he practices in accordance with the same eon. Son of good family, therefore, you are still now at the feet of Manjushri. Do not be completely weary or lazy in order to obtain all the instructions of good qualities. What is the reason for that? Noble Good, all the pure spiritual friends you have seen, the distinctions of conduct you have heard, the types of liberation you have entered, and the distinctions of aspirations you have understood, all of these should be regarded as the power and blessing of Manjushri, the youth. Manjushri, the youth, is the one who has attained the supreme perfection of wisdom for all. Having said this, the merchant's son, Noble Good, bowed his head to the feet of Maitreya, circumambulated him hundreds of thousands of times, looked at him again and again, and then departed from his presence. He traveled through one hundred and ten cities, and in a place in the direction called "Manifestation of Pleasant Mind," Manjushri...

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当(他们)因为喜欢与年轻人相遇而停留居住时,文殊童子从百十一由旬之外伸出手,放在商人子弟诺桑的头顶上,(说:)“善男子,好啊!好啊!不具足信心、意志消沉、思想沮丧、精进退转、认为少许功德就足够、执着于单一善根、不善巧方便、未被善知识摄受、未被诸佛忆念的人们,不能完全了解这样的法性,也不能领会、相信或获得如此行境之处。”于是对他正确地宣说了佛法,赞扬并使之欢喜,使之获得了具足无数法门和无边智慧的大光明。加持菩萨的陀罗尼、三摩地、无畏、神通和无边智慧,安住在普贤行愿的坛城中。也在自己的国土中安置妥当,然后从商人子弟诺桑处离开了。之后,商人子弟诺布桑亲眼见到在如来毗卢遮那佛处安住的菩萨普贤的清净身相之一部分,也看到了法界无尽的不可思议的解脱海。当凭借他的加持力获得与这些(解脱海)平等进入的行境时,圣者普贤亲自以愿文形式的偈颂来表达进入善妙行的方式,(其中说:)“文殊如何了知且勇猛,普贤也是如此,我亦学习他们的足迹,并将所有这些善根回向。”如是说。༈ 。在圣《宝积经》之《显示佛土不可思议功德经》中,文殊菩萨以无所缘的方式显示佛土的平等性,从而利益了无量众生。之后,名为吉祥天子的天人问道:“文殊,你经常在赡部洲说法吗?”

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While they were staying and dwelling because they liked to meet with young people, Manjushri Kumara stretched out his hand from beyond one hundred and eleven yojanas and placed it on the crown of the merchant's son Norzang, (saying:) "Son of good family, well done! Well done! Those who do not possess the power of faith, are disheartened, have a depressed mind, have declining diligence, consider a little merit to be sufficient, are attached to a single root of virtue, are unskilled in means, are not seized by a virtuous friend, and are not considered by the Buddhas cannot fully understand such a Dharma nature, nor can they comprehend, believe in, or attain such a place of practice." Then he correctly taught him the Dharma, praised him, and made him rejoice, causing him to obtain the great light of possessing countless Dharma gates and boundless wisdom. He blessed him with the Bodhisattva's dharani, samadhi, fearlessness, supernormal knowledge, and boundless wisdom, and placed him in the mandala of Samantabhadra's conduct. He also placed him well in his own land and then departed from the merchant's son Norzang. Then, the merchant's son Norbu Sang saw with his own eyes one part of the completely pure body of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, who was dwelling in the presence of the Tathagata Vairochana, and also saw the inconceivable ocean of liberation that pervades the Dharma realm. When, by the power of his blessing, he obtained the realm of practice of entering into equality with these (oceans of liberation), the noble Samantabhadra himself expressed the way of entering into such a good practice in the form of verses of aspiration, (saying:) "How Manjushri knows and is brave, so is Samantabhadra; I also learn from their footsteps, and I dedicate all these virtues." Thus he spoke. ༈ . In the holy "Heap of Jewels Sutra," in the section "Sutra on Displaying the Inconceivable Qualities of the Buddha Land," Manjushri benefited immeasurable beings by showing the equality of the Buddha land in a non-objective way. Then, a god named Palzang asked, "Manjushri, do you constantly teach the Dharma in Jambudvipa?"

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前往兜率天,请在那里为兜率天的天众们说法。在那里,有些天子过去曾为诸佛做事,积累了善根,但由于国土富饶而放逸,不再听闻世尊和您的教法,希望他们听闻您的教法后,善根得以增长。天子吉祥和一切圆满的眷属们,自己知道已经进入兜率天。他展现了如此美妙的神通,如令人愉悦的园林和宫殿等。之后,天子吉祥看到自己的住所装饰华丽,侍从众多,感到惊奇,便对文殊菩萨说:如此迅速地到达兜率天,看到宫殿、园林等,以及自己的住所和侍从,真是太神奇了。这时,具寿善现对天子吉祥说:天子,您并没有离开这个眷属,也没有去兜率天。然而,您自己知道这个一切圆满的眷属已经进入兜率天,这是文殊童子的神通和加持力。之后,天子吉祥对世尊说:世尊,文殊童子的神通力和三摩地的加持力真是不可思议。我们这些眷属没有离开这个地方,却觉得已经到达了兜率天,真是太神奇了。佛说:天子,对于文殊童子的种种神通变化,我所知道的远比你所知道的多。天子,文殊童子如果想,可以将恒河沙数佛土的功德庄严,全部显现在一个佛土中。将恒河沙数佛土,用发髻穿起来,放在上方的虚空中。那些佛土中,所有如大海般巨大的水聚,全部倒入一个毛孔中,也不会对众生造成伤害。一切众生各自

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Having gone to the abode of Tushita, please preach the Dharma there to the hosts of gods of Tushita. There, there are sons of the gods who in the past performed deeds for the Victorious Ones, who cultivated roots of virtue, but who, due to the abundance of their land, have become negligent and have declined from hearing the Dharma from the Bhagavan and from you. May they, having heard the Dharma from you, increase their roots of virtue.' And the son of the gods, Shri Bhadra, and that assembly endowed with all, knew themselves to have entered the abode of Tushita. He performed such miracles as delightful pleasure groves and excellent mansions, exceedingly beautiful. Then the son of the gods, Shri Bhadra, seeing his own abode adorned with ornaments and his attendants, was amazed and said to Manjushri: 'It is amazing that we have gone so quickly to the abode of Tushita and that these appearances, including mansions and pleasure groves, and my own abode with attendants, are here.' Then the venerable Subhuti said to the son of the gods, Shri Bhadra: 'Son of the gods, you have not moved from this assembly, nor have you gone to the abode of Tushita. However, that you yourself know that this assembly endowed with all has entered the abode of Tushita is the power of the miracle and blessing of Manjushri, become youthful.' Then the son of the gods, Shri Bhadra, said to the Bhagavan: 'Bhagavan, the power of the miracle of Manjushri, become youthful, and the power of the blessing of the samadhi are inconceivable. It is amazing that these assemblies, without moving from this direction, think that we have gone to the abode of Tushita.' He spoke: 'Son of the gods, how much do you know of the miracles and transformations of Manjushri, become youthful, compared to what I know? Son of the gods, if Manjushri, become youthful, wishes, he can perfectly show all the qualities and arrangements of Buddha-fields as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in a single field. He can pierce those Buddha-fields as numerous as the sands of the Ganges with a topknot and place them in the sky above. In those fields, all the masses of water that have become great oceans, however many there may be, can be poured into a single pore without harming sentient beings. All beings each