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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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因为没有穷尽,所以我祈愿能够像你们一样,成就汇集一切寿命等功德的佛陀事业。说完之后,虚空中传来天人们赞叹“善哉”的声音。这位如来名为“信乐”,是贤劫千佛中的最后一位。他将具有贤劫之前诸佛的寿命、僧众数量和所有事业的总和那样的寿命等。之后,那一千个童子问童子法心和法慧:‘善男子,你们二人发了什么样的愿?’无垢母之子法心说:‘朋友们,我愿在你们所有人之中行事,成为持金刚者,不离如来的一切秘密,听闻、信乐和证悟内外一切佛法。我如此发愿。’无譬母之子法慧说:‘我愿在你们所有人都成佛时,劝请转法轮。’他们这样说了。其中,国王持国是燃灯佛,一千个童子是贤劫的千佛,童子法心是秘密主金刚手,童子法慧是梵天童子。’世尊这样说道。之后,舍利子请问世尊:‘世尊,十方贤劫中,所有现在佛前行梵行之菩萨,都有秘密主吗?’世尊回答说:‘舍利子,此事不可思议,暂且不谈。菩萨的这种行为会让包括天人在内的世间迷惑。即便如此,那些具有信心并被善知识摄受的人,也不会对这个法门感到恐惧。舍利子,你是否看到秘密主金刚手总是紧随在我身后?’舍利子回答说:‘凭借佛陀的神力才能看到,以前没有看到。’世尊说:‘如此,所有贤劫的菩萨身后也都有金刚手。

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Because there is no exhaustion, I pray that I may accomplish such a Buddha activity that combines all the life spans and so on of all of you. As soon as he said this, the sound of the gods saying "Excellent!" came from the sky. This Tathagata is called "Adhimukti," and is the last of the thousand Buddhas of this fortunate eon. He will have a life span, etc., equal to the sum of the life spans, the number of the sangha, and all the activities of the previous Tathagatas of this fortunate eon. Then, those thousand youths asked the youths Dharmamati and Dharma-buddhi: 'Noble sons, what kind of aspirations have you two made?' The son of Vimala-mata, Dharmamati, said: 'Friends, I wish to act among all of you, become Vajrapani, not be apart from all the secrets of the Tathagatas, and listen to, believe in, and realize all the inner and outer Buddha-dharmas. I make such an aspiration.' The son of Anupama-mata, Dharma-buddhi, said: 'I wish to urge the turning of the wheel of Dharma when all of you become Buddhas.' Thus they spoke. Among them, King Dhrtarastra is the Buddha Dipamkara, the thousand sons are the thousand Buddhas of this fortunate eon, the boy Dharmamati is the lord of secrets, Vajrapani, and the boy Dharma-buddhi is Brahma Suci-kumara,' said the Blessed One. Then, Sariputra asked the Blessed One: 'Blessed One, in the ten directions, in this fortunate eon, do all the Bodhisattvas who are now practicing celibacy in the presence of the Buddhas have a lord of secrets?' The Blessed One replied: 'Sariputra, leave aside this inconceivable matter. This conduct of the Bodhisattvas will confuse the world, including the gods. Even so, those who have faith and are embraced by virtuous friends will not be afraid of this teaching. Sariputra, have you seen the lord of secrets, Vajrapani, always following behind me?' Sariputra replied: 'I see him by the power of the Buddha, but I did not see him before.' The Blessed One said: 'Thus, Vajrapani is also behind all the Bodhisattvas of this fortunate eon.'

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金刚之身普遍示现,现在你看到慈氏菩萨背后有金刚手了吗? 回答:我刚才看到了,以前没看到。 佛说:此尊恒时在他身后,你未曾见到,菩萨和护世者手持金刚,恒时见到。 贤劫一切菩萨,化现亿万百千俱胝化身,所有化身背后,都显现金刚手。 同样,所有如来化身背后也显现,所有加持都是秘密主所有。 纵然金刚手之身在广大世界所有众生背后普遍示现,也不能完全示现其圆满的法和智慧的加持。 佛陀说完后,又对菩萨寂静慧说: 寂静慧,这位金刚手持金刚,供养贤劫一切佛,受持正法,弘扬如来秘密之法,成熟无量众生,如来正法于信解时衰没之际,他会往生到如来不动佛的妙喜佛刹,从如来处受持并修持一百零八手印,之后他会令无数无量如来欢喜,护持诸佛之法,使无量众生成熟至圆满菩提。 经过恒河沙数劫后,他将现证菩提,于名为清净劫中,在名为一切清净的世间界中,成为如来应供正遍知金刚摧伏如来。 彼佛刹无有恶趣和八无暇,完全清净,以富饶庄严,如同兜率天众之受用,并且没有非时而死。 生于彼佛刹的众生们广

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Showing the Vajra body everywhere, do you now see Vajrapani behind Maitreya? Reply: I saw it just now, I didn't see it before. The Buddha said: This one is always behind him, you have not seen it, but Bodhisattvas and world protectors hold the vajra and always see it. All the Bodhisattvas of the Good Kalpa, even if they emanate billions of hundreds of thousands of kotis of emanations, Vajrapani appears behind all of them. Likewise, it also appears behind all the emanations of the Tathagatas, and all those blessings belong to the Lord of Secrets. Even if the body of Vajrapani is universally shown behind all sentient beings in the great universe, it will not be able to fully show the blessings of Dharma and wisdom. After the Buddha finished speaking, he said to the Bodhisattva Shantamati: Shantamati, this Vajrapani holds the vajra, makes offerings to all the Buddhas of the Good Kalpa, upholds the true Dharma, expands the categories of the secret Dharma of the Tathagatas, and fully matures immeasurable sentient beings. When the Tathagata's true Dharma declines at the time of faith and understanding, he will be born in the Land of Manifest Joy of the Tathagata Akshobhya Buddha, and from that Tathagata he will receive and practice one hundred and eight mudras. After that, he will please countless immeasurable Tathagatas, protect the Dharma of those Buddhas, and mature immeasurable sentient beings to complete enlightenment. After as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River have passed, he will manifest complete enlightenment. In the kalpa called Purification, in the world realm called All Pure, he will become the Tathagata, the Arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha, the Vajra Subduer. In that Buddha-field there are no lower realms and no eight unfree states, it is completely pure, adorned with wealth, like the enjoyment of the gods of Tushita, and there is no untimely death. The sentient beings born there are broad

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对大乘有信心,甚至没有声闻和缘觉乘的名字,只说菩萨的事情,那些天人和人会变成二十八相庄严。那位如来寿命长达八个中劫。当他说法时,身体发出光芒,聚集了眷属,并在上方的天空中升起无数的塔拉树,以结跏趺坐的姿势遍布四大部洲的世界。他用声音让十方世界都能听到,并宣讲佛法。在那里,没有一个众生会反对或违背他所宣讲的佛法,所有众生的根器都非常敏锐。在那个佛土中,除了那位如来法王之外,没有其他的国王,众生也不会执着于“我”的拥有。当那位如来想要接受供养时,天人和人会拿着钵站在他面前。他们只需动念,一切所需之物就会出现,并供养食物。当那位如来入定时,那些菩萨也会安住在禅定的境界中。经中授记说,那个世界具有这些功德的特点,以及其他无量的功德。当授记时,金刚手菩萨将金刚杵抛向空中,这个世界震动,降下花雨,并发出悦耳的音乐声。然后,秘密主将世尊及其眷属迎请到杨柳宫殿住了七天。金刚手菩萨进入名为“大庄严王”的禅定,幻化出如同东方无量珍宝庄严佛土的眷属殿堂,并邀请四大天王及其眷属,以及从梵天到色究竟天的诸天众聚集在那里听法,并通过念诵密咒,做了无量众生的利益。之后,世尊返回灵鹫山,回答了阿阇世王的提问:大国王,十方世界的恒河沙

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Having faith in the Great Vehicle, there are not even the names of the Hearer and Solitary Realizer vehicles; only the deeds of Bodhisattvas are spoken, and those gods and humans will become adorned with the twenty-eight marks. That Tathagata's lifespan lasts for eight intermediate kalpas. When he teaches the Dharma, light emanates from his body, gathering the retinue, and countless tala trees rise up in the sky above, filling the four continents of the world with his body in the lotus posture. He makes the ten directions of the world hear with his voice and teaches the Dharma. There, there is not a single being who opposes or contradicts the Dharma he teaches; all beings are of sharp faculties. In that field, there is no other king except that Tathagata, the King of Dharma, and beings do not cling to the ownership of "I." When that Tathagata wishes to receive alms, the gods and humans stand before him holding bowls. They merely think of it, and all necessities appear, and they offer alms. When that Tathagata enters into samadhi, those Bodhisattvas also abide in the state of meditative absorption. It is prophesied that that world is endowed with these qualities and other immeasurable qualities. When the prophecy was given, Vajrapani threw the vajra into the sky, and this world shook, a rain of flowers fell, and the sound of cymbals arose. Then, the Lord of Secrets invited the Blessed One and his retinue to the Willow Palace for seven days. Vajrapani entered into the samadhi called "Great Array King" and emanated a retinue palace like that of the Buddha field of Infinite Jewel Array in the east, and invited the Four Great Kings and their retinues, as well as the gods from Brahma to Akanistha, to gather there to listen to the Dharma, and by reciting secret mantras, he did immeasurable benefit to beings. Then, the Blessed One returned to Vulture Peak and answered King Ajatashatru's question: Great King, the ten directions of the world, the sands of the Ganges River,

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仅仅计数也无法穷尽。秘密主金刚手曾供养和侍奉过多少佛陀,那些佛陀是无法用计数的方式来了解的,因为他们都从那些佛陀那里行梵行。过去无数劫之前,有一位如来名为遍净行,他仅仅宣说了菩萨的言辞,即便是菩萨的身躯和性命也应舍弃,应精进。当时,金刚手在此眷属中化身为名为勇力菩萨,他思念如来所说之义,不视涅槃为功德,而视轮回为利益,因此将轮回作为修行之境,领受了菩萨无量行。如来赞叹说“善哉”,并开示了修行境完全清净之法,如一切色是虚空之境一般,了知一切法是菩萨之境,因此披上了坚固的盔甲,并侍奉了许多佛陀。之后,未生怨王心想,金刚手右手中所持的金刚杵是重还是轻呢?秘密主知道了他的想法,说道:这金刚杵既重也轻,为了调伏傲慢和骄纵者,它是重的;对于没有傲慢和正直者,它是轻的。说完,他加持了那片土地,并将金刚杵放在地上,大地发生了六种震动。之后,秘密主对未生怨王说:把这金刚杵从地上拿起来。他虽然具有单手举起大象的力量,但用尽全力也无法移动金刚杵一丝一毫,感到惊奇,于是请求帝释天来举起。帝释天也无法移动,感到惊奇,说道:我曾经能够抓住阿修罗王善结的七百由旬的战车,却无法移动这金刚杵,这是为什么呢?于是他向佛陀请教。佛陀开示说:这金刚杵是极重的,

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Even counting cannot exhaust them. The Lord of Secrets, Vajrapani, how many Buddhas has he offered to and served? Those Buddhas cannot be understood by counting, because they all practice Brahmacharya from those Buddhas. In the past, countless eons ago, there was a Tathagata named Completely Peaceful Conduct. He only proclaimed the words of a Bodhisattva, that even the body and life of a Bodhisattva should be abandoned, and that one should strive diligently. At that time, Vajrapani, in that assembly, transformed into a Bodhisattva named Courageous Strength. He contemplated the meaning of the Tathagata's words, not seeing Nirvana as a virtue, but seeing Samsara as a benefit. Therefore, he made Samsara his field of practice, and embraced the immeasurable conduct of a Bodhisattva. The Tathagata praised him, saying "Well done," and taught the Dharma of completely purifying the field of practice. Just as all forms are the field of space, knowing that all Dharmas are the field of a Bodhisattva, he donned firm armor and served many Buddhas. Then, King Ajatashatru wondered whether the vajra held in Vajrapani's right hand was heavy or light. The Lord of Secrets, knowing his thoughts, said: This vajra is both heavy and light. It is heavy for subduing the arrogant and conceited, and it is light for those without arrogance and who are upright. Having said this, he blessed the ground with the vajra and placed the vajra on the ground, causing the great earth to shake in six ways. Then, the Lord of Secrets said to Ajatashatru: Lift this vajra from the ground. Although he had the strength to lift an elephant with one hand, he exerted all his strength but could not move the vajra even a hair's breadth. Amazed, he asked Indra to lift it. Indra also could not move it and was amazed, saying: I have been able to seize the seven hundred yojanas chariot of the Asura King Vepachitti, but I cannot even move this vajra. Why is that? So he asked the Buddha. The Buddha taught: This vajra is extremely heavy,

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不能用语言来形容,如果金刚手用这金刚杵撞击金刚自性的轮围山,就会像抛洒一把糠秕一样。” 之后,帝释天劝莫伽罗之子举起金刚杵。他拿起金刚杵,大地发生六种震动,水也升到空中,所有海洋都翻腾起来,但金刚杵连动一下也不能,他感到非常惊讶,于是向世尊禀告:“我以神通能将大海之水置于掌中,也能像有人用指尖拨动一个卡尔沙巴拿一样拨动三千大千世界,还能阻挡太阳和月亮,也能用一只手举起山王须弥山,并将其抛到梵天世界。我也调伏了龙王难陀和近难陀。我也去过光辉世界。我还能摇动像须弥山一样大的世界。但我却不能移动这小小的金刚杵,难道我的神通退失了吗?” 世尊回答说:“你的神通没有退失。但是,菩萨的加持,连声闻和独觉都不能撼动,更何况其他众生。即使能移动如恒河沙数佛土中所有的须弥山王,也不能从这里移动这金刚杵。” 莫伽罗之子禀告说:“手持此金刚杵的秘密主真是力量强大,令人惊叹!金刚手的力量是来自父母,还是来自神通?” 世尊回答说:“莫伽罗之子,来自父母的力量微不足道,只是为了方便起见而这样称呼。如果完全展示菩萨的神通力量,那么包括天人在内的整个世界都会昏厥。” 之后,世尊对手持金刚杵说:“举起那个金刚杵。” 秘密主震动了世界,然后用左手拿起金刚杵,将其抛向空中,旋转了七圈,然后放在右手中。