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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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以及安住于无量等无边行。有时从众多菩萨的身体的毛孔等处,出现天、夜叉、转轮王等各种形象,乃至如来身相的巨大云彩。出现各种无量无边的法门。有时见到以刹土和身相等各种不同的如来眷属的无量坛城。在那座楼阁中,有一座楼阁比其他的更宽广,装饰也特别殊胜,其中显现整个大千世界。在那里见到百千万俱胝四大洲和百千万俱胝兜率天。在所有这些赡部洲中,菩萨慈氏从降生、成佛到转法轮。在这里也以各种苦难成熟众生,以各种加持使教法住世,见到前往天界。所有这些时候,商主之子贤财也都在他们身边,在那么长的时间里做着事情,并且记忆没有衰退,以完全理解的方式知道。从那些楼阁的铃铛、铃网、乐器和歌声等所指向之处,听到不可思议的法云雷鸣。像这样,有时是菩提心之声,有时是波罗蜜多行之声等各种不同的法门之声。听到不同的菩萨们从最初发心到成佛并住持教法之间的各种行为的各种方式,无遗地宣说的声音。贤财因此获得了陀罗尼和无畏等各种不同的功德之门。而且,从楼阁的装饰中,比如从镜子的坛城中,见到各种清净和不清净的世界,所有形成、坏灭、住留的方式,以及住在其中的所有众生和各种菩萨的各种不同行为,都以影像的方式显现。而且,从那些珍珠串中,出现各种香。

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and boundless conduct such as abiding in immeasurable samadhi. Sometimes, from the pores of the bodies of many Bodhisattvas, clouds arise, great clouds of various forms such as gods, yakshas, cakravartins, and so on, up to the body of the Tathagata. Various limitless Dharma gates arise. Sometimes one sees limitless mandalas of the Tathagata's retinue in various forms such as fields and bodies. In that mansion, one mansion is wider than the others and has particularly excellent decorations, and in it the entire great thousandfold world realm appears. There, one sees a hundred million kotis of the four continents and a hundred million kotis of the Tushita heavens. In all those Jambudvipas, Bodhisattva Maitreya from birth, enlightenment, to turning the wheel of Dharma. Here, too, he matures sentient beings with various sufferings, and with various blessings he causes the Dharma to abide, and sees them going to the heavenly realms. At all those times, the merchant's son Sudhana himself is also present with them, doing things for that long, and without his memory fading, he knows in a way that he understands everything completely. From the bells, nets of bells, musical instruments, songs, and so on of those mansions, one hears inconceivable Dharma cloud thunder. Like this, sometimes it is the sound of Bodhicitta, sometimes it is the sound of the practice of the Paramitas, and so on, various different sounds of the Dharma gates. Hearing the sounds that completely express the various ways of the various actions of the different Bodhisattvas from the initial generation of Bodhicitta to enlightenment and abiding in the Dharma. Sudhana thus obtained many different doors of qualities such as dharani and fearlessness. Moreover, from the decorations of the mansions, such as from the mandala of mirrors, one sees various pure and impure worlds, all the ways of formation, destruction, and abiding, and all the sentient beings abiding therein, and the various different actions of the various Bodhisattvas, all appearing as images. Moreover, from those pearl garlands, various fragrances arise.

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看到大地因香气而变得芬芳,八功德水的细雨降落。同样地,从毗琉璃的串珠中,看到灯鬘燃烧,从伞盖中,看到装饰和飘动之物以及珍宝的流苏等。从水池中,看到各种珍宝的花朵,各种数量的,有天等,以及声闻、独觉、菩萨的各种形象和一切众生的各种身体,都鞠躬敬礼,还看到如来佛以跏趺坐姿安住。在由大地上毗琉璃制成的每个蜂窝状图案中,都显现出无数不可思议的各异影像,看到从净土和如来以及菩萨和珍宝树中,出现手持各种不同供品的众生之身,以及身体只出现一半等等各种景象。从半月形的装饰物中,无数的日月星辰的影像散布开来,照亮十方。从无量宫和楼阁的所有墙面上,依次看到菩萨的所有行持。在一些蜂窝状图案中,菩萨慈悲地布施头部,同样地,布施眼睛等身体和肢体,布施儿子和妻子、国土和王位的权势等,将众生从牢狱中解脱出来,以船和马王的力量救度众生等等,以及看到无数佛和各种众生的形象,以多种行为调伏众生的无量神变。从每个楼阁和目标中,也以不退失的忆念和菩萨的智慧与加持,用清净的眼睛看到不可思议的庄严和幻化的景象,以及其他无数景象。就像这样,以菩萨的加持和如幻般看待三界的智慧,其他念头止息,譬如在梦中看到各种景象和受用,并长久地体验,做梦时不知道时间的久暂,也不知道是梦,但醒来时能回忆起所有经历一样,看到了那些行境。

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I saw the earth becoming fragrant with scent, and a fine rain of water with eight qualities falling. Similarly, from the strings of lapis lazuli, I saw garlands of lamps blazing, and from the umbrellas, I saw ornaments, fluttering things, and jeweled tassels, and so forth. From the ponds, I saw various jeweled flowers of various quantities, with gods and so forth, and various forms of hearers, solitary realizers, and bodhisattvas, and various bodies of all beings, bowing and paying homage, and I also saw the bodies of the Thus-Gone Ones seated in the lotus posture. In each of the honeycomb patterns made of great earth lapis lazuli, countless inconceivable and different images appeared: I saw various bodies of sentient beings holding various different offerings from pure lands and Thus-Gone Ones and bodhisattvas and jeweled trees, and various scenes such as bodies appearing only halfway, and so forth. From the crescent-shaped ornaments, countless images of sun, moon, planets, and stars scattered and illuminated the ten directions. From all the walls of immeasurable palaces and multi-storied buildings, I saw all the practices of bodhisattvas in sequence. In some honeycomb patterns, bodhisattvas compassionately gave their heads, and similarly, gave their eyes and other bodies and limbs, gave sons and wives, lands and the power of kingship, and so forth, liberated sentient beings from prisons, saved sentient beings with the power of boats and horse kings, and so forth, and I saw countless forms of Buddhas and various sentient beings, and immeasurable magical displays of taming sentient beings with various behaviors. From each of those multi-storied buildings and objects, I also saw inconceivable adornments and transfigured scenes, and countless other scenes, with undiminished mindfulness and with the wisdom and blessings of the bodhisattva, with pure eyes. Just like this, with the blessings of the bodhisattva and the wisdom of seeing the three realms as illusory, other thoughts ceased, and as in a dream, one sees various scenes and enjoyments and experiences them for a long time, and while dreaming, one does not know how long the time is, nor does one know it is a dream, but upon awakening, one remembers all the experiences, so I saw those realms of experience.

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而且,菩萨的事业境界不可思议,譬如一个病人的业力显现,从此世间转移,不善业显现,感受众生地狱中被焚烧的痛苦,与在那里出生的人们寿命相同;或者因为善业,在天界享受天人的快乐和寿命,即使知道是从这里转移到那里出生,但即使没有在那里出生,也会像那样显现。菩萨以加持力所见,譬如一个人被鬼神附身,能见到各种形象,问什么也能回答。菩萨的意识所显现的景象能长久见到,譬如去龙宫的人,进入龙的意识状态,能产生一天到一百年的意识,但脱离龙的意识后,以人的意识来看,只过了一会儿。如同大梵天的宫殿,在一切众生中被称为“供养殊胜庄严”,其中三千世界的一切都以影像的方式清晰显现,互不混杂,如同那些楼房的装饰也能使它们互不混杂地显现。如同比丘入于灭尽定或遍处定时,无论坐着还是站着,都如入定般,能见到并体验不可思议的禅定境界,诺桑也能如入于某种境界般见到那些景象。如同乾闼婆城市的装饰和飘动之物从空中出现,不遮蔽任何东西。夜叉的宫殿在人的房屋中,而人的房屋又在夜叉的宫殿中,彼此不相违背,如同业的境界以清净的方式显现。大海中,整个大千世界也如镜中影像般显现。如同魔术师以咒语和药物的力量,完全显现各种形象的例子一样。商主之子诺桑。

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Moreover, the realm of a Bodhisattva's actions is inconceivable. For example, due to the karmic appearance of a sick person, they may transmigrate from this world, and with the manifestation of non-virtuous karma, they experience the suffering of being burned in the hell realms, sharing the same lifespan as those born there. Or, due to virtuous karma, they may know that they will experience the bliss and lifespan of gods in the heavenly realms. Even if they haven't transmigrated from here and been born there, it may still appear as such. Seeing through the blessing power of a Bodhisattva is like a person possessed by a spirit, who sees various forms and can answer any question asked. Seeing a long-lasting appearance through the consciousness of a Bodhisattva is like a person who goes to the Naga's palace and enters the state of Naga consciousness, experiencing a consciousness that lasts from one day to a hundred years. However, when separated from the Naga consciousness and using human consciousness, it seems like only a moment has passed. Just as the great Brahma's palace, called "offering supreme ornaments" among all beings, contains everything in the three thousand worlds appearing clearly as images, without being mixed together, similarly, those decorations of layered houses also cause them to appear without being mixed. Just as a monk who enters cessation or pervasive samadhi, whether sitting or standing, sees and experiences the inconceivable realm of meditation as if in samadhi, Norzang also sees those things as if entering a certain state. Just as the decorations and fluttering objects of a Gandharva city appear from the sky without obstructing anything, and the Yaksha's palace is in a human's house, while the human's house is within the Yaksha's palace, without contradicting each other, similarly, the realm of karma appears in a pure manner. In the great ocean, the entire great thousand world also appears like an image in a mirror. Similar to the examples of magicians fully displaying various forms through the power of mantras and substances, so it is with the merchant's son, Norzang.

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而且菩萨慈氏的加持力,以及进入不可思议的智慧幻化之菩萨的威力和加持,凭借通晓一切智慧之法的幻化之力,那些幻化的境界广大而宽阔,清晰地见到、知晓、体验和考察,并作为特征而明确地认识到。之后,菩萨慈氏进入那栋楼房,收摄那些加持,对诺桑说道:‘善男子,这是诸法的法性,一切法如果努力修习就能成就。’菩萨智慧的加持,即自性不成立,如幻如化。说完,用钹的声音将诺桑从禅定中唤醒,问道:‘你见到如此这般的菩萨的幻化了吗?’回答说:‘圣者,凭借善知识的加持力见到了。’请问这个解脱的名字是什么?慈氏说:‘这被称为以对三世一切所缘的智慧深入而以不退失的忆念所庄严的精华。’如此这般的解脱,不可言说中的不可言说,是仅一生所系的菩萨所能获得的。诺桑说:‘圣者,那些庄严在哪里?’回答说:‘从哪里来就回到哪里,即菩萨的加持力。’因此无有来去,不住于任何地方,却凭借菩萨智慧如幻如化的力量而显现。’如此说道。之后,诺桑问道:‘圣者,从哪条路来到这里?’回答说:‘菩萨们以无有来去等方式行走,如同眼翳和影像等。’善男子,在名为‘寿命土地连绵、力量城镇家园’的地方,有一位名叫商主护地的,他安立于佛教之中,所谓生生世世的土地,是指他一生中所出生的土地。(注:)对当地的人们,如同容器一般地宣说佛法,成为父母、婆罗门、户主和亲友。

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Moreover, by the power of the blessing of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, and by the power and blessing of the Bodhisattva who has entered the inconceivable wisdom of illusion, by the power of manifestly accomplishing the knowledge of all wisdom-dharmas from the power of illusion, those realms of transformation are vast and wide, clearly seen, known, experienced, and examined, and are made into characteristics and thus become objects of distinct understanding. Then, the Bodhisattva Maitreya went into that storied house, gathered those blessings, and said to Norzang: 'Son of good family, this is the dharmata of all dharmas, that all dharmas are of the nature that if one strives to practice them, they will be accomplished.' The blessing of the wisdom of the Bodhisattva, namely, that which is without inherent existence, is like an illusion. Having said this, he awakened Norzang from that samadhi with the sound of cymbals, and asked, 'Have you seen such a transformation of a Bodhisattva?' He replied, 'O Holy One, I have seen it through the power of the blessing of the virtuous spiritual friend.' 'What is the name of this liberation?' Maitreya said, 'This is called the essence adorned with unfailing mindfulness, with wisdom deeply engaged in all objects of the three times.' Such a liberation, the inexpressible among the inexpressible, is attained by a Bodhisattva bound by only one lifetime. Norzang said, 'O Holy One, where are those ornaments?' He replied, 'They are where they came from, namely, from the blessing of the Bodhisattva.' Therefore, there is no coming or going, and although it does not abide anywhere, it appears through the power of the Bodhisattva's wisdom, which is like an illusion.' Thus he spoke. Then, Norzang asked, 'O Holy One, from what path did you come here?' He replied, 'Bodhisattvas go in ways such as without coming or going, like an ophthalmic illusion and a reflection, and so forth. Son of good family, in a place called 'lineage of life's land, powerful city with houses,' there was a merchant named Sakyonga, who was established in the Buddha's Dharma, and the term 'life after life's land' refers to the land where he was born in that lifetime. (Note:) To the people of the land, he taught the Dharma according to their capacity, becoming their parents, Brahmins, householders, and relatives.