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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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All the places of time and demons were burned by a single flame, and all the heavenly palaces and so on became without light. Seeing that the heads of all the demons were being destroyed by the Vajra Wrathful Ones with vajras, the evil demon, exhausted by the feeling of extreme suffering, terrified and dejected, prostrated to the Tathagata Shakyamuni and the Lord of Secrets, saying: "Please protect me, until I sit at the Bodhi tree, I will take refuge in the Three Jewels. For the sake of all sentient beings, I generate the unsurpassed Bodhicitta." When he did this from the depths of his heart, the retinue was amazed and praised the Buddha and the Lord of Secrets, and scattered flowers. The evil demon was also extremely happy, and by his own power, a precious palace with extraordinary decorations appeared. In order to offer it to the virtuous friend, the Lord of Secrets, he offered it and praised him with verses that conformed to the ritual. Likewise, by the command of the Lord of Secrets, those wrathful ones put all the fierce gods, nagas, yakshas, and so on into the bond of oath. Then, Vajrapani arose from that samadhi. Shariputra asked Vajrapani the name of that samadhi. Vajrapani said: "This samadhi cannot be understood by name, letters, or sounds. Because it originates from a deep understanding of suchness, that is, there is no dharma called samadhi in names and forms, etc., it expounds the categories of dharma." When this category of dharma was expounded, the Tathagata Shakyamuni and all the Tathagatas belonging to the ten directions of the world placed their right hands on the head of Vajrapani, praised and applauded. When this category of dharma was proclaimed, countless, immeasurable, inconceivable, and exceedingly surpassing the fine dust of the sands of the Ganges, sons of the gods, for those dharmas, the eye of dharma, without dust and without stain, was born to the monks and nuns, etc., and many sentient beings such as gods, obtained tolerance for the unborn dharma. Even more sentient beings, in order to become non-returning ones

Chinese

生起了圆满菩提之心。这个世界以及其他无数不可计数、无法言说、甚至无法言说的佛土,也都发生了六种震动。诸天和菩萨们以神通力,用各种供养金刚手菩萨的云海充满天空。梵天、自在天等所有世间众生都向世尊顶礼,并接受了誓言。如是说。 再者,出自《续部之王·吉祥智慧明点》:金刚手大怙主,是所有金刚持的主宰。无边无际的世间界,是生起和毁灭的原因。于彼无有任何生,是自生最胜之自在者。他的手中的金刚杵,是十二智慧无生处。从最初的五股金刚杵,生出五如来。最终生出五大元素,中央生出六道众生。为了守护一切见解,示现各种各样的形象。有时是金刚持,有时是佛的形象,有时是黑汝嘎的形象,有时是如来的形象,有时是菩萨的形象,有时是声闻的形象,有时是讲经说法的喜悦莲花,有时是阅读的姿态。有时是续部和论典,有时是造作,有时是执持。何必多说呢?他就是金刚手胜王。如是说。吉祥金刚持的证悟述说之第三品。 顶礼菩萨摩诃萨怙主慈氏。供养,皈依。出自《圣慈氏菩萨入行》大乘经:菩萨摩诃萨慈氏,从很久以前就清净梵行,为往昔的胜者们服务,积累善根,具有甚深的忍耐力。慈氏真正入行后,在经历了八万四千劫时,导师释迦牟尼才发起了菩提心。而且,在过去无数不可思议劫之前,有佛名为金贤光出现在世间,他的金色贤光照亮了世间。

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The mind of perfect enlightenment arose. This world and other countless, immeasurable, unspeakable, and even unspeakable Buddha-fields also shook in six ways. By the power of gods and bodhisattvas, the sky was filled with various clouds of offerings to Vajrapani. Brahma, Ishvara, and all the beings of the world bowed down to the Bhagavan and took vows. Thus it was said. Furthermore, from the King of Tantras, "The Glorious Essence of Wisdom Bindu": Vajrapani, the great protector, is the lord of all Vajradharas. The infinite realms of the world are the cause of arising and destruction. In him, there is no birth; he is the self-born, supreme sovereign. The vajra in his hand is the unborn source of twelve wisdoms. From the initial five-pronged vajra, the five Tathagatas arise. Finally, the five great elements arise, and from the center, the six realms of beings emerge. For the sake of protecting all views, he manifests in various forms. Sometimes as Vajradhara, sometimes as the form of a Buddha, sometimes as the form of Heruka, sometimes as a Tathagata, sometimes as a Bodhisattva, sometimes as the form of a Shravaka, sometimes as a joyful lotus expounding the Dharma, sometimes he resides in the manner of reading. Sometimes he creates tantras and treatises, and sometimes he holds them. What need is there to say more? He is the victorious Vajrapani. Thus it was said. The third chapter, describing the realization of the glorious Vajradhara. Homage to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, the protector Maitreya. Offerings and refuge. From the Mahayana Sutra "The Entry into Maitreya": The Bodhisattva Mahasattva Maitreya has long practiced pure conduct, served the victorious ones of the past, accumulated roots of virtue, and possesses profound patience. After Maitreya truly entered the path, it was only after eighty-four thousand kalpas that the teacher Shakyamuni generated the mind of enlightenment. Moreover, in the past, countless incalculable eons ago, a Buddha named Golden Excellent Light appeared in the world, and his golden excellent light illuminated the world.

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总是显现。那时,这位慈氏菩萨成为四大部洲的自在主,名为金色的转轮圣王。他以一切供养和敬重,供养了具足大比丘僧众的金色贤光佛,长达八十四亿年。在那里,梵天和帝释天以及四大天王也进行敬重。那位国王以八十由旬的宝饰庄严的庭院和无量无边的供养,以及极其殊胜且不可思议的供养进行敬重。最后,金色国王心想:我将此善根回向给帝释天或梵天,或者回向于获得转轮圣王之位吗?金色贤光佛知晓了他的想法,便在面前的虚空中幻化出一位与自己一样的如来,并以偈颂说道:不要贪求梵天等无常不稳固的低下之位,而要发起无量功德,利益一切众生的无上菩提心。金色国王听后,发起了无上菩提心,并向佛陀请教:如何才能像舍弃头、手、脚等一样,在无数劫中毫无痛苦,仅以安乐之乘,轻易获得甘露般的无上菩提之道?佛陀对那位国王说:以菩提心增长无量福德,并依靠不舍戒律、慈爱和誓言等谨慎行事,无需舍弃身体等苦行,便能以安乐之乘证得菩提。那位国王出家后,在数万年间清净修行,成就神通,通达博学。他也修成了慈氏三摩地。凭借那份善根和发心,他成为了转轮圣王,令两万佛陀欢喜,并从他们那里出家。在过去无量无边的劫之前,在如来宝伞的教法中,这位慈氏菩萨曾是一位名为坚固慧的出家僧人。他到城市里去乞

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Always appears. At that time, this Maitreya became the sovereign ruler of the four continents, a Chakravartin king named Golden Hue. He offered all kinds of offerings and reverence to the Buddha Golden Excellent Light, along with the great Sangha of Bodhisattvas, for eighty-four billion years. There, Brahma, Indra, and the four Great Kings also paid homage. That king paid homage with a courtyard of eighty yojanas, adorned with immeasurable jewels, and with offerings that were exceedingly excellent and inconceivable. In the end, King Golden Hue thought: "Shall I dedicate this root of virtue to Indra or Brahma, or to attaining the position of a Chakravartin?" The Buddha Golden Excellent Light, knowing his thoughts, manifested a Tathagata identical to himself in the space before him and said in verse: "Do not desire the inferior state of Brahma and others, which are impermanent and unstable, but generate immeasurable qualities, the supreme Bodhicitta that benefits all sentient beings." Hearing this, King Golden Hue generated the supreme Bodhicitta and asked the Buddha: "How can one, like giving up head, hands, and feet, etc., without any suffering for many kalpas, easily attain the nectar-like supreme Bodhi through the path of ease?" The Buddha said to that king: "With Bodhicitta, immeasurable merit increases, and by relying on diligence in not abandoning vows, love, and commitments, etc., one can attain enlightenment through the easy vehicle without the need for difficult practices such as giving up the body." That king, after ordaining, practiced celibacy for tens of thousands of years, attained supernormal knowledge, and reached the perfection of vast learning. He also cultivated the Samadhi of Maitreya. Through that root of virtue and aspiration, he became a Chakravartin king, pleased twenty thousand Buddhas, and ordained from them. In the past, immeasurable eons ago, in the teachings of the Tathagata Precious Umbrella, this Bodhisattva Maitreya was a monk named Steadfast Intelligence. He went to the city for alms.

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当四处游化时,他想:直到我将圆满的一百个众生安置于五戒之前,我不会吃食物。这样游化时,有时一天之内就能将圆满的一百个众生安置于戒律中。有时需要两天到七天才能完成誓言。这样一来,即使七天断食,为了怜悯众生,他也不会灰心,第八天便进食。以这样的方式,在八万四千年的时间里,他以完全不灰心的心,在村庄和城市等地将那些众生安置于五戒之中。在那些年过去之后,有三十六万俱胝那由他男女老少都被安置在五戒之中。然后,我想:我已经将这些众生安置在五戒之中了,现在应该引导他们证得无上圆满菩提。于是,他走向他们,在四万二千年的时间里,赞颂三宝和伟大的大乘。那些众生之中,有三千万被安置于圆满菩提之中。其余的则发起了声闻和独觉乘之心。然后,他想:为了让这些对三乘有信心的众生安住于谨慎之中,我将展示如何进入这种禅定。于是,在两万一千年的时间里,他对那三十六万俱胝那由他的众生进行了禅定目标的开示,并教导和引导他们如何修持慈爱的禅定。比丘具慧,当他去村庄时,会安住在慈爱的禅定中行走。当他的脚放在门槛上时,那些安住在慈爱中的众生,也会像被安置在慈爱禅定中一样进入禅定。看到那位比丘慈爱禅定的神变,地居天人们惊呼:啊啦啦!这位菩萨摩诃萨将变得慈爱,当他这样进入村庄时,是为了让众生安住在慈爱禅定之中。声音逐渐传到空居天

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While wandering around, he thought: Until I have placed a complete hundred beings in the five precepts, I will not eat food. As he wandered in this way, sometimes in one day he would place a complete hundred beings in the precepts. Sometimes it would take from two to seven days to complete the vow. In this way, even if he fasted for seven days, he would not be discouraged because of his compassion for sentient beings, and he would eat food on the eighth day. In this way, for eighty-four thousand years, with a completely un discouraged mind, he placed those sentient beings in the five precepts in villages and cities, and so on. After those years had passed, thirty-six hundred thousand kotis of nayutas of men, women, boys, and girls had been placed in the five precepts. Then, I thought: I have already placed these sentient beings in the five precepts, now I should lead them to attain the unexcelled, perfect enlightenment. So, he went to them and for forty-two thousand years praised the Three Jewels and the great Mahayana. Among those sentient beings, thirty million were placed in perfect enlightenment. The rest were made to generate the mind of the Hearer and Solitary Realizer Vehicle. Then, he thought: In order to keep these beings who have faith in the three vehicles abiding in mindfulness, I will show how to enter this samadhi. So, for twenty-one thousand years, he gave the instruction on the object of meditation to those thirty-six hundred thousand kotis of nayutas of beings, and taught and guided them how to practice the samadhi of loving-kindness. The monk Endowed with Intelligence, when he went to the village, would abide in the samadhi of loving-kindness and walk. When his foot was placed on the threshold of the door, those sentient beings abiding in loving-kindness would also enter into samadhi as if they had been placed in the samadhi of loving-kindness. Seeing that miraculous transformation of the monk's samadhi of loving-kindness, the earth-dwelling gods exclaimed: Alala! This Bodhisattva Mahasattva will become loving, and when he enters the village in this way, it is in order to cause sentient beings to abide in the samadhi of loving-kindness. The sound gradually reached the sky-dwelling gods.