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Even Bodhisattvas cannot see them for a while, let alone the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas; that is impossible. Then, Mahakashyapa asked for the cause of attaining that Samadhi. The Blessed One taught that if one possesses ten qualities, one will attain that Samadhi, but the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas cannot enter into that Samadhi; they do not even know its name, let alone enter into it. Then, Mahakashyapa again reported: Blessed One, I wish to observe those Bodhisattvas, because those noble beings are difficult to see. The Blessed One taught: Kashyapa, you stay here for a while until Manjushri, who has become a youth, comes. Then, those Bodhisattvas will rise from that Samadhi, and you will be able to see their faces. Kashyapa, even so, since you have attained the abode of all Samadhis, observe how those Bodhisattvas abide by what kind of conduct. Then, the Venerable Mahakashyapa, listening to the Blessed One's instructions, by the power of the Buddha and increasing his own strength, entered and arose from one hundred thousand Samadhis, but still did not see them. He did not know or see anything about their coming and going, abiding, supremely abiding, what they do, and what they teach. He marveled at the state of those Bodhisattvas and reported to the Blessed One his aspiration for the omniscient wisdom that surpasses it. Then, the Venerable Shariputra thought: I have been declared by the Tathagata as the foremost among the wise, I should examine how those Bodhisattvas abide by what kind of conduct. So he entered thirty thousand Samadhis, but still could not know any of their signs. Then, the Venerable Subhuti, in order to observe those Bodhisattvas, by the power of the Buddha and increasing his own strength, entered and arose from forty thousand Samadhis, but still could not observe their conduct, and reported to the Blessed One: Blessed One, I have been declared by the Tathagata as the foremost among those who abide in non-affliction, and I have attained the Samadhi of peace, if the world of the four great continents becomes a drum
Chinese
像那样两个大的空腔合二为一，手持须弥山般的鼓槌，在我安住于寂静禅定之前，即使不断敲击直至劫末，那两个大鼓的声音，我期望获得寂静禅定，即使经过一劫，也不会传入我的耳识，更不用说从禅定中醒来了，因为没有处所。我安住于那样的处所，具有那样的智慧，即使进入和离开四万禅定，也未能知晓它们的处所。如果寻求菩萨们的智慧，为了每个众生，即使在恒河沙数劫中于大焦热地狱中焚烧，也应欢喜承受，不应舍弃那样的智慧。世尊，如果我未证得无所得，从诸漏中获得心解脱，我将在未来的尽头于轮回中行事，也不会舍弃那样的大乘。然后，世尊赞叹具寿善现说：善哉，善哉！善现，你以那样的增上意乐所说之语，善哉，善哉！善现，即使你未以此蕴获得完全的涅槃，你以此善根也将进入恒河沙数转轮王的统治，并且也将证得无上圆满菩提。善现，大千世界中的众生多吗？回答说：世尊，很多。世尊说：善现，为了完全衡量，如果所有那些众生都具有像善现比丘、舍利弗和摩诃迦叶那样的智慧，他们即使在百千俱胝那由他劫中衡量那些菩萨，也无法见到。那是什么原因呢？因为声闻和独觉不住于菩萨所行的法，所以不是声闻和独觉的处所。如是说后，天人等众生中，八万四千众生发起了无上菩提心。
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Like those two large cavities merged into one, holding drumsticks the size of Mount Meru, even if they are constantly beaten until the end of the kalpa before I abide in peaceful samadhi, the sound of those two great drums, I expect to attain peaceful samadhi, even if a kalpa passes, it will not even be heard in my ear consciousness, let alone awaken from samadhi, because there is no place. I abide in such a place, possessing such wisdom, even if I enter and leave forty thousand samadhis, I have not known their place. If one seeks the wisdom of the Bodhisattvas, for the sake of each sentient being, even if one is burned in the great scorching hell for as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River, one should gladly endure it and not abandon such wisdom. World Honored One, if I do not attain non-attainment and obtain liberation of mind from the defilements, I will act in samsara until the end of the future, and I will not abandon such a great vehicle. Then, the World Honored One praised the Venerable Subhuti, saying: Well done, well done! Subhuti, the words you have spoken with such superior intention, well done, well done! Subhuti, even if you do not attain complete nirvana with this aggregate, with this root of virtue you will enter the rule of as many Chakravartin kings as there are sands in the Ganges River, and you will also attain unsurpassed perfect Bodhi. Subhuti, are there many sentient beings in the great thousand world realm? He replied: World Honored One, there are many. The World Honored One said: Subhuti, for the sake of complete measure, if all those sentient beings possessed the wisdom of monks like Subhuti, Shariputra, and Mahakashyapa, even if they measured those Bodhisattvas for hundreds of thousands of kotis of nayutas of kalpas, they would not be able to see them. What is the reason for that? Because the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas do not abide in the Dharma practiced by the Bodhisattvas, therefore it is not the place of the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. Having said this, among the beings such as gods and humans, eighty-four thousand beings generated the unsurpassed Bodhicitta.
Chinese
于是。之后，妙吉祥童子见这些菩萨聚集，心想：我应当召集无数的天神。于是显现神通召集，显现了八十四俱胝那由他百千莲花，其大小如车轮，花瓣是金子，花茎是银子，花蕊是珍宝光辉之精华，花须是用青金石做成的。那些莲花上，显现了具有大丈夫相三十二相、身体如黄金色的菩萨，他们具有光辉，威严，颜色和光明，在莲花蕊中结跏趺坐。那些莲花从四大天王处直到色究竟天，同样，在娑婆世界中，从四大天王的天众直到色究竟天的天众之间，凡是欲界和色界天神所居住之处，都呼唤并发出声音，发出旋律，正确地劝告。那些菩萨的身影在娑婆世界游走时，这样说道：诸佛如日之光芒，于世间中偶一现。如优昙婆罗花之稀，如来出世亦甚难。释迦狮子人中尊，出现于此世间中。能令一切苦灭尽，如是正法彼宣说。天众欲乐心欢喜，若享用之长久时，于彼感受诸苦处，将堕落于诸恶趣中。若人耽著于诸欲，贪爱如田益增长。三界轮回诸有情，无有安乐可言说。诸佛出世极稀有，获得清净暇满已，若人未能证无我，彼等痛苦终不灭。为见诸佛于今日，当谛听闻胜妙法。如是等等，劝告人们莫放逸，应谛听闻诸佛出世难得，以及诸佛所宣说的甚深空性之法。说了这些具有甚深法义的偈颂后，从欲界和色界的天子中，有九十六俱胝的天神获得了无垢的法眼。
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Then, Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta, seeing these many bodhisattvas gathered, thought: 'I should gather many hundreds of thousands of gods.' So he manifested his magical power of gathering. He manifested eighty-four kotis of nayutas of hundreds of thousands of lotuses, the size of chariot wheels, with petals of gold, stems of silver, cores of jewel essence, and filaments made of lapis lazuli. On those lotuses, he manifested bodhisattvas with bodies like the color of gold, endowed with the thirty-two marks of a great being, possessing splendor, majesty, color, and light, sitting in the lotus posture in the lotus cores. Those lotuses, from the realm of the Four Great Kings up to Akanishta, and similarly, in the great thousandfold world system, from the hundreds of thousands of realms of the Four Great Kings' gods up to the realms of the Akanishta gods, in all the abodes of the gods who dwell in the desire and form realms, they called out and proclaimed sounds, uttered melodies, and correctly exhorted. When those bodhisattva forms traveled in this great thousandfold world system, they said this: 'The rays of the sun of the Buddhas appear in the world only occasionally. Like the udumbara flower, the Buddhas are very rare. Shakya Simha, the best of men, has appeared in this world. He teaches the true Dharma that destroys all suffering. The gods rejoice in the pleasures of the gods, but if they enjoy them for a long time, they will experience suffering and fall into the lower realms. As long as one indulges in desires, craving increases like a field. There is no happiness for sentient beings in the three realms of samsara. The appearance of Buddhas is very rare, and having obtained pure leisure and endowment, if one does not realize selflessness, their suffering will not end. To see the Buddhas today, listen to the excellent Dharma.' Thus, and so on, they exhorted people not to be careless, but to listen to the rare appearance of the Buddhas and the profound emptiness taught by the Buddhas. After speaking these verses with profound meaning, ninety-six kotis of gods from the sons of the gods of the desire and form realms obtained the stainless Dharma eye.
Chinese
因此，远离污垢，完全清净。两万个天子获得了远离贪欲的果位。三百万零二十万个天子生起了菩提心。成千上万个已入菩萨乘的天子获得了无生法忍。无数亿的天子们瞬间来到世尊释迦牟尼佛的面前，顶礼膜拜，然后坐于一侧，用天上的鲜花和香焚烧供养，并在上方的虚空中唱诵许多美妙的天歌。那时，在这个四大部洲的世界里，没有哪个地方没有被具有伟大光荣的天子们所覆盖，甚至连一根手杖都插不进去。如此众多的天子聚集在一起，这个世界的地面被鲜花覆盖，几乎淹没了膝盖。然后，天子善慧、善界、无垢和具惭愧财的四位天子，以及九十六俱胝的天众，全部都是已入菩萨乘的，他们围绕着文殊童子的住所嘎那巴，从住所外面绕行七圈，并降下了曼陀罗花的雨。这些雨形成了高达十由旬的花堆。然后，文殊童子以这样的加持力，使这个大千世界的上方虚空中布满了鲜花网，光明遍布整个大千世界。他从自己的住所出来，坐在由愿力所生的座垫上。天子善慧和所有那些天子都顶礼了他的双足。然后，文殊童子心想：在世尊面前，我应该和谁一起请问和阐述教法呢？当阐述不可思议的法理、甚深离戏、不可言说的法界之基等时，谁能成为法器呢？又想：天子善慧在过去诸佛面前做了殊胜的供养，对甚深法具有忍耐力，具有无碍的辩才，因此应该和他一起请问。
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Therefore, being free from defilement, it is completely pure. Two million sons of gods attained the state of being free from desire. Three million and two hundred thousand sons of gods generated the mind of enlightenment. Tens of thousands of sons of gods who had entered the Bodhisattva Vehicle attained forbearance of the unoriginated dharma. Countless billions of sons of gods instantly arrived in the presence of the Bhagavan Shakyamuni Buddha, prostrated, and sat on one side, scattering heavenly flowers and incense, and singing many beautiful heavenly songs in the sky above. At that time, in this world of the four continents, there was no place that was not covered by the sons of gods with great glory, not even enough space to insert a cane. So many sons of gods gathered together, and the ground of this world was covered with flowers, almost submerging the knees. Then, the four sons of gods, Good Wisdom, Good Boundary, Immaculate, and Possessing the Wealth of Shame, along with ninety-six kotis of gods, all of whom had entered the Bodhisattva Vehicle, surrounded the abode of Manjushri, the Youthful One, at Ganaba, circumambulating it seven times from the outside, and rained down a shower of Mandarava flowers. These showers formed piles of flowers that stood ten yojanas high. Then, Manjushri, the Youthful One, with such a blessing, spread a network of flowers in the sky above this great thousandfold world, and the light pervaded the entire great thousandfold world. He emerged from his abode and sat on a cushion born from aspiration. The son of gods, Good Wisdom, and all those sons of gods prostrated at his feet. Then, Manjushri, the Youthful One, thought to himself: In the presence of the Bhagavan, with whom should I ask questions and explain the teachings? When explaining the inconceivable principles, the profound freedom from elaboration, the inexpressible basis of the realm of dharma, and so on, who could become a vessel? He also thought: The son of gods, Good Wisdom, has performed superior deeds before the Buddhas of the past, has forbearance for the profound, and possesses unimpeded eloquence, so I should ask questions together with him.