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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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变得像大地一样,拥有将恒河沙数大千世界的佛土变成一个佛土的功德庄严,而且那个佛土的围墙也达到有边的尽头,布满并装饰着各种珍宝,一切地面都是纯粹的琉璃所造,没有灰尘等污垢,在那里没有八无暇,没有痛苦,必须从戒律和堕落中解脱出来,没有女人、声闻缘觉和烦恼众生的名字,没有段食,而具有喜乐食和法食,安住于化生和完全清净的梵行中的菩萨,充满着清净的意念和一生补处的一些菩萨,他们都剃除头发和胡须,穿着袈裟,刚一出生就具有大光明,在他们的手中出现装满各种美味珍宝的钵,那时他们立即想到:我们把这些段食供养给其他世界的有佛陀和眷属的地方,并布施给一切众生。随即获得具有不可思议行为的定,无碍地前往十方无量佛土,以欢喜供养佛陀和声闻等,并宣讲佛法,当天早晨回到自己的佛土。对于珍宝衣服也同样如此。那个佛土的菩萨们,以他们所有的受用,与佛陀、声闻和其他众生共同享用,之后自己才享用。那个佛土中,无数的如意宝积聚并装饰着,具有十方从未见过未曾听过的特点,仅仅说出它的名字,无数劫也说不完。那个佛土,无论是想要金、银、水晶还是琉璃等任何东西,都各自按照自己的想法显现,彼此互不干扰。同样,想要什么样的受用和享用,就如所想的那样出现。那个佛土没有日月火

English

Becoming like the earth, possessing the glorious qualities of transforming Buddha-fields as numerous as the sands of the Ganges into a single Buddha-field, and the boundaries of that field reach the ultimate limit of existence, adorned and filled with various jewels. All the ground is made purely of lapis lazuli, without dust or impurities. There, there are no eight unfavorable conditions, no suffering, and one must be liberated from precepts and downfalls. There are not even the names of women, Hearers, Solitary Realizers, or afflicted beings. There is no coarse food; instead, there is the food of joy and the food of Dharma. Bodhisattvas abide in immaculate conduct, being born miraculously and living in pure conduct. They are filled with pure thoughts and those bound by only one more birth. All of them have their hair and beards shaven, wear ochre robes, and possess great light as soon as they are born. In their hands appear precious begging bowls filled with various delicious flavors. At that moment, they immediately think: 'We offer this coarse food to the Buddhas and their retinues in other realms where they reside, and we give it to all sentient beings.' Immediately, they attain a samadhi endowed with inconceivable conduct, and without hindrance, they go to immeasurable Buddha-fields in the ten directions, joyfully making offerings to the Buddhas and Hearers, and expounding the Dharma. In the same morning, they return to their own Buddha-field. They do the same with precious clothes. The Bodhisattvas of that field share all their enjoyments with the Buddhas, Hearers, and other beings, and only then do they enjoy them themselves. In that field, hundreds of thousands of wish-fulfilling jewels are accumulated and adorned, possessing unique qualities never seen or heard before in the ten directions. Even mentioning its name cannot be exhausted in billions of years. In that field, whatever one desires, whether it be gold, silver, crystal, or lapis lazuli, appears according to each individual's thoughts, without interfering with each other. Similarly, whatever enjoyment and use one desires, it appears as one thinks. In that field, there are no sun, moon, or fire.

Chinese

而且那些菩萨们放出光芒,如其所愿地向无量无数的佛土放射光明。在那个佛土里,除了莲花盛开之外,没有白天和黑夜的名称。那个佛土里想要成佛的菩萨们,除了从兜率天转移到其他佛土成佛之外,没有从那个佛土转生到其他佛土的事情,也没有寒冷、疾病、不适、衰老和死亡。那个佛土里没有死亡,如同上方的虚空中如来般证得无上菩提而完全寂灭。从天空的中央发出无数乐器的声音,从中发出波罗蜜多、三宝和菩萨藏的音声,以及随自己意愿的声音,不会听到不悦耳的声音。那个佛土里没有须弥山、轮围山、微尘山、大海以及其他的树木,只有远远超越天界的各种树木,以及遍布各处的曼陀罗花和大曼陀罗花。那里没有恶臭,而是遍布各种广阔的香气等等。十方无数无量的佛土中,所有佛土的功德庄严,除了声闻、缘觉和五浊的庄严之外,所有那些佛土的装饰、特征、奇妙和愿望,我的佛土里都有。像这样,我行菩萨行,当那个佛土成就时,我最初引导发起菩提心和执持波罗蜜多的所有菩萨都将转生到那个佛土。这个佛土也将属于那个佛土的一部分,并且所有这些的痛苦也将平息。当我在那个佛土成佛时,有一棵名为七宝庄严的菩提树,其高度相当于四大部洲一万由旬,周围有十个三千大千世界。那棵树的香气和光芒将遍布所有的佛土。在那棵树下,有各种珍宝装饰的金刚座,极其寂静,具有完全辨别智慧的香气。

English

Moreover, those Bodhisattvas emit light, radiating light as they wish to countless billions of Buddha-fields. In that field, there is no name for day or night, except for the opening of lotus flowers. The Bodhisattvas in that field who seek to attain Buddhahood, except for transferring from Tushita heaven to another field to attain Buddhahood, there is no birth from that field to another field, and there is no cold, disease, discomfort, aging, and death. There is no perishing in that field, but like the Tathagatas in the sky above, they completely pass into nirvana in unsurpassed enlightenment. From the center of the sky, the sound of billions of musical instruments resounds, and from it comes the sound of the Paramitas, the Three Jewels, and the Bodhisattva Pitaka, and the sound of whatever one desires, and no unpleasant sound is heard. In that field, there are no Mount Meru, surrounding mountains, mountains of dust, great oceans, or other trees, but various trees that far surpass the work of the gods, and it is filled everywhere with divine Mandarava flowers and great Mandarava flowers. There is no foul smell there, but it is filled with various wide and vast fragrances, and so on. Of all the qualities and arrangements of the fields of the countless immeasurable Buddha-fields in the ten directions, except for the arrangements of Hearers, Solitary Realizers, and the five degenerations, all the ornaments, signs, wonders, and aspirations of those fields are present in my field. In this way, when I practice the conduct of a Bodhisattva and that field is accomplished, all the Bodhisattvas whom I first caused to generate the mind of enlightenment and to hold the Paramitas will be born in that field. This Buddha-field will also belong to that field, and the suffering of all these will also be pacified. When I attain Buddhahood in that field, there will be a Bodhi tree called "Adorned with Seven Jewels," which is ten thousand yojanas in height, equivalent to the four continents, and around it are ten three-thousand great thousand worlds. The fragrance and light of that tree will pervade all the Buddha-fields. Under that tree, there will be a vajra seat adorned with various jewels, extremely peaceful, with a fragrance that perfectly distinguishes wisdom.

Chinese

名为“遍动”的,大约是四大洲五世界的范围。高度有四百千由旬的那个地方,我结跏趺坐,从那一刹那成佛直至圆寂之间,跏趺坐姿不会损坏也不会移动地安住着。诸佛和菩萨的化身,遍布超过可计数的佛土,每一尊佛也在一个早上,赐予无数众生无上菩提的受记,使他们安住于正位并且永不退转。那些菩萨的化身也行持菩萨的事业。十方不可计数的刹土显现我的身形,凡是见到我的人都必定证得无上菩提。那些众生直至证得无上菩提,入于涅槃之间,都不会与佛分离,并且根器完备。任何想要见我的菩萨,只要生起那个念头,无论他去往何处,都能立刻见到我坐在菩提树下,并且立刻消除对佛法的疑惑,也能明白未曾开示的意义。那个刹土的众生的数量和寿命是不可估量的,除了遍知一切的智慧之外,任何人都无法计数。我从成佛到入涅槃之间,那个刹土的所有众生都不会变成长发、穿着白衣,而是剃除头发、穿着袈裟,持有出家人的颜色,安住于出家人的行为。如此发愿之后,宝生如来开示道:善男子,太好了!你既贤善又聪慧,具足功德和智慧,为了众生的利益,发了非常好的愿,以殊胜和最上的智慧使之吉祥。你完全领受了佛土最殊胜的功德,你将名为文殊。文殊,你在未来经过无数劫,超过两个恒河沙数之后,在第三个时期到来之时,在南方有一个名为离尘妙聚的世界,娑婆世界也包含在其中。

English

That which is called "Pervading Movement" encompasses an area of about five worlds of the four continents. In that place, which is four hundred thousand yojanas in height, I will sit in the vajra posture, and from the moment of my enlightenment until my complete nirvana, my vajra posture will remain indestructible and immovable. Emanations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will spread to countless Buddha-fields, and each Buddha will, in a single morning, grant countless beings the prediction of unsurpassed Bodhi, establishing them in the right position and ensuring they never regress. Those Bodhisattva emanations will also perform the deeds of Bodhisattvas. In countless realms of the ten directions, my body will appear, and all who see it will surely attain unsurpassed Bodhi. Those beings, until they attain unsurpassed Bodhi and enter Nirvana, will never be separated from the Buddha, and their faculties will be complete. Any Bodhisattva who wishes to see me, as soon as they generate that thought, wherever they go, will immediately see me sitting under the Bodhi tree, and will immediately be free from all doubts about the Dharma, and will also understand the meanings that have not been taught. The number and lifespan of the beings in that realm are immeasurable; no one can count them except for the wisdom of the all-knowing. From my enlightenment to my Nirvana, all the beings in that realm will not become long-haired and wear white clothes, but will have their hair shaved, wear robes, hold the color of renunciants, and abide in the conduct of renunciants. After making this aspiration, the Tathagata Ratna Heart declared: "Excellent, noble being! You are wise and clear, endowed with qualities and wisdom. For the benefit of beings, you have made a very good aspiration, making it auspicious with supreme and excellent wisdom. You have fully embraced the supreme and excellent qualities of the Buddha-field; you shall be called Manjushri. Manjushri, in the future, after countless eons, after two Ganges sands have passed and the third arrives, in the south there will be a world called Dustless Perfect Assembly, and the Sahā world will also be included within it."

Chinese

在那时,他将成为名为“普见”的如来、应供、正等觉者。当你成为菩萨时,你所发的所有愿望都将实现。因此,你将从无数的佛陀那里积累善根,成为众生的良药,圆满实现愿望,摧毁烦恼,并使善行增长。如是说。 《宝积经》第十五品,文殊师利刹土功德庄严中:过去无数百千恒河沙数七倍之劫的更久远之时,从这里向东方,有一个名为“善生”的世界,那里有如来名为“龙声王”成佛并说法。那时,文殊师利是名为“虚空”的转轮圣王。他和他的儿子、妻子、亲戚和随从一起,以食物等一切资具,对如来及其声闻和菩萨僧团进行了八万四千年的丰盛供养。之后,国王独自静坐思考:我的这些善根应该回向给梵天、帝释天、转轮王,还是声闻或独觉?这时,从虚空中传来诸天之声:大国王,不要生起如此低劣之心,你应该以你所做的广大善根,发起无上菩提心!国王听后非常高兴,心想我将永不从菩提退转。于是,国王被八十俱胝百千兆的众生围绕,前往如来龙声王的住所,合掌以偈颂陈述自己所生的想法等。如来也以偈颂开示:一切法皆随缘,安住于意愿之顶峰。谁发何种愿,即得如是果。等偈颂,劝其发起圆满菩提心。国王也发起了无上菩提心。

English

At that time, he will become a Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddha named "All-Seeing." When you become a Bodhisattva, all the aspirations you have made will be fulfilled. Therefore, you will accumulate roots of virtue from countless Buddhas, become like medicine for sentient beings, completely fulfill your wishes, destroy afflictions, and cause virtuous qualities to increase. Thus he spoke. From the fifteenth chapter of the Ratnakuta Sutra, "The Adornment of the Merits of Manjushri's Pure Land": In the past, countless hundreds of thousands of nayutas of Ganges sands, seven times further beyond that, at that time, in that era, from here to the east, there arose a world called "Good Arising," where a Tathagata named "Dragon Sound King" attained Buddhahood and taught the Dharma. At that time, Manjushri was a Chakravartin king named "Space." Together with his sons, wives, relatives, and retinue, he offered abundant service to the Tathagata and the Sangha of Shravakas and Bodhisattvas with food and all necessities for eighty-four thousand years. After that, the king sat alone in seclusion and thought: To whom should I dedicate these roots of virtue, to Brahma, Indra, a Chakravartin, or a Shravaka or Pratyekabuddha? At that moment, the gods in the sky proclaimed: Great King, do not generate such a lowly thought. With the vast roots of virtue you have accumulated, generate the mind of unsurpassed Bodhi! The king was delighted and thought, "I shall never turn back from Bodhi." Then, surrounded by eighty kotis of hundreds of thousands of trillions of beings, the king went to the presence of the Tathagata Dragon Sound King, joined his palms, and requested with verses, explaining how his thoughts had arisen. The Tathagata also instructed with verses: All dharmas are like conditions, abiding at the peak of aspiration. Whatever aspiration one makes, one will obtain such a result. And so forth, with verses, he advised him to generate the mind of perfect Bodhi. The king also generated the mind of unsurpassed Bodhi.