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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

Chinese

在阶梯的台阶上,与二十五位圣人和兜率天的四位天子等众多眷属一同宣说佛法,由文殊菩萨所化现的如来以讲经说法等方式成熟了众多有情。世尊为了让文殊菩萨前来而示现征兆时,文殊菩萨及其眷属来到佛陀面前,讨论各种佛法。在眷属中,有二百位具有先前行为的天子,他们菩提心空虚,心想:我们无法成就无上菩提,将从声闻独觉的寂灭中解脱。为了将他们安置于无上菩提,世尊在眷属之外化现一位施主。他将盛满百味佳肴的钵供养佛陀,佛陀接受了。文殊菩萨向世尊禀告:如果不把这食物分给我而独自食用,那将是不报恩德。夏利子心想:文殊菩萨先前对世尊有什么恩德,现在竟以不报恩德来责难。佛陀知晓他的想法,便开示说:夏利子,如来知晓时机,你且住口。说完,便将钵放入大地之中。随即,钵立即从下方诸佛刹土中诸佛的面前经过,超越了恒河沙数般的刹土,到达名为具有光明之世界,在如来光芒王所居住的刹土中,钵停留在虚空中。诸佛的眷属询问诸佛钵的缘由,诸佛说:是从上方娑婆世界中,如来释迦牟尼佛为了调伏菩萨而送来的。之后,世尊对夏利子说:去寻找那个钵。夏利子进入一万个三摩地,以自己的智慧力和佛陀的加持力,走遍了一万个佛土,却未见到,于是又回到佛陀面前。同样,摩诃迦叶,须菩提以及五百位大声闻也以神通和天眼寻找

English

On the steps of the ladder, along with twenty-five holy beings and four sons of the Tushita gods, and many other retinues, they spoke of the Dharma. The Tathagata, emanated by Manjushri, ripened many sentient beings by teaching the Dharma and so on. When the Bhagavan made a sign for Manjushri to come, Manjushri and his retinue came to the Buddha's presence and discussed various Dharmas. Among the retinue, there were two hundred sons of gods who had previous conduct and empty Bodhicitta, thinking, "We cannot accomplish the Unsurpassed Bodhi, and we will pass from the sorrow of the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas." In order to place them in the Unsurpassed Bodhi, the Bhagavan emanated a householder outside the retinue. He offered a bowl filled with a hundred flavors of food to the Buddha, and the Buddha accepted it. Manjushri then requested the Bhagavan, "If you do not give me some of this food and eat it alone, it will be as if you are not repaying a kindness." Shariputra thought, "What benefit did Manjushri previously bestow upon the Bhagavan that he now accuses him of not repaying kindness?" Knowing his thoughts, the Buddha said, "Shariputra, the Tathagata knows the time, so you should remain silent." Having said this, he sent the bowl into the great earth. Immediately, it passed from the presence of the Buddhas in the Buddha-fields below, surpassing as many fields as there are sands in the Ganges River, and in the world called "Possessing Light," in the field where the Tathagata Light King resides, the bowl remained in the sky. The retinues of those Buddhas asked the Buddhas the reason for the bowl, and the Buddhas said, "It was sent from the field of the world above, the Tathagata Shakyamuni, for the purpose of taming Bodhisattvas." Then, the Bhagavan said to Shariputra, "Go and search for that bowl." He entered ten thousand Samadhis, and by the power of his own wisdom and the power of the Buddha, he went to ten thousand Buddha-fields, but did not see it, and then returned to the Buddha's presence. Similarly, Mahakashyapa, Subhuti, and about five hundred great Shravakas also searched with their miraculous powers and divine eyes.

Chinese

我没有看到那个钵。 饶益对慈氏菩萨说:‘找一下钵。’ 慈氏说:‘我已被如来授记,将在一次转生中证得无上菩提。’ 但我对于那个禅定的名字都不知道的禅定,文殊童子却能出入其中。我证得菩提时,像文殊一样的菩萨们,也将会有连如来的脚步如何移动都不知道的时候。’ 因此,向文殊祈请吧,他能取出。 饶益向文殊祈请取出钵,世尊也开许说:‘就这样做。’ 于是,文殊童子入于名为‘随顺一切’的禅定,没有从座位上起身。 在那个眷属中显现,伸出右手,用那只手向下方的一切佛土中的诸佛顶礼并问候安康,伴随着声音。 从手的每个毛孔中,放射出百千万亿的光芒,光芒的顶端有莲花的中心,其上安住着如来的身像,他们都赞颂如来释迦牟尼。 凡是手所到之处的佛土,都发生六种震动,被巨大的光明所遍布,并以伞、幢、幡等作为庄严。 之后,那只右手越过了恒河沙数七十二个佛土,到达了如来光芒王的光明佛土,问候安康并示现光芒的神变。 那位佛的侍者,名为光之吉祥的菩萨请问说:‘如此具有神变的,如此可爱的右手,是谁的呢?’ 于是讲述了从上方娑婆世界而来的原因。 那个佛土的菩萨们祈请见到娑婆世界、如来释迦牟尼和文殊童子。 如来光芒王从眉间放光,那光

English

Since I did not see that alms bowl, Rapi said to the Bodhisattva Maitreya, 'Look for the alms bowl.' Maitreya said, 'I have been prophesied by the Tathagata to attain unsurpassed enlightenment in one lifetime. However, I do not even know the name of that samadhi, but Manjushri, who has become a youth, enters and emerges from that samadhi. When I attain enlightenment, there will be a time when even bodhisattvas like Manjushri will not know even the mere placement of the Tathagata's footsteps. Therefore, request Manjushri, and he will be able to produce it.' Rapi requested Manjushri to produce the alms bowl, and the Blessed One also granted permission, saying, 'Do so.' Then, Manjushri, who had become a youth, entered into the samadhi called 'Following All,' and did not move from that seat. Appearing in that assembly, he stretched out his right hand and with that hand prostrated to all the Buddhas in all the Buddhafields in the lower direction, and with a sound of inquiring about their well-being. From every pore of his hand, hundreds of thousands of billions of rays of light emanated, and at the tip of the rays, on the lotus heart, resided the bodies of the Tathagatas, who praised the Tathagata Shakyamuni. Wherever the hand went, those Buddhafields shook in six ways, were pervaded by great light, and were adorned with umbrellas, banners, and streamers. Then, that right hand passed seventy-two Buddhafields as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River, and went to the radiant Buddhafield of the Tathagata Light King, inquired about their well-being, and displayed the miraculous transformations of light. The attendant of that Buddha, a bodhisattva named Light's Glory, asked, 'Whose is this hand, so beautiful to behold, so endowed with miraculous powers, that makes us so happy?' Then, he explained the reason for coming from the upper Saha world. The bodhisattvas of that field prayed to see the Saha world, the Tathagata Shakyamuni, and the Bodhisattva Manjushri, who had become a youth. The Tathagata Light King emitted light from between his eyebrows, and that light

Chinese

被触及的众生获得了轮王的安乐,瑜伽行者们获得了果实,菩萨们获得了如太阳般的定之灯,那个世界的众生们也看到了这个娑婆世界。看到后,菩萨光之吉祥一边流着眼泪一边说道:如同将无价的珍宝投入泥潭中一样,世尊,那些大菩萨们住在娑婆世界。佛陀说道:不要那样说。在这个世界住十劫禅定和修行,不如在娑婆世界早上修一次慈心,功德增长更多。在娑婆世界,守护正法的大菩萨们的所有业障和烦恼都会被净化。就这样,光明之王佛陀发出的光芒被这个世界的众生们看到了,世尊也说了那样的原因。之后,世尊以这样的神通,让这个世界的众生们看到了光之方向的世界,并发出了光芒。所有被那光芒触及的菩萨们都获得了名为如须弥山般的灯的禅定,住在这个世界的众生们也看到了下方的佛国。文殊童子的右手从那个世界取出了钵,被无数的菩萨围绕着向上举起。那只手从哪里举起,那个世界的光芒就消失了,并在释迦牟尼佛世尊面前将钵抛向空中,向世尊的脚下顶礼,祈请世尊接受钵,世尊也接受了。之后,与文殊童子的右手一同前来的那些菩萨们向世尊顶礼问候,然后在各自的座位上坐下。之后,世尊向舍利子讲述了过去的事情:在过去无数亿劫之前。

English

The beings touched by the light obtained the happiness of a wheel-turning king, the yoga practitioners obtained the fruit, and the Bodhisattvas obtained the lamp of Samadhi like the sun, and the beings of that world also saw this Saha world. Having seen that, the Bodhisattva, Glorious Light, shedding tears, said: "Like casting a priceless jewel into the mud, the Bhagavan, those great Bodhisattvas reside in the Saha world." The Buddha said: "Do not say that. Residing in meditation and practice in this world for ten kalpas is less meritorious than cultivating loving-kindness once in the morning in the Saha world. In the Saha world, all the karmic obscurations and afflictions of those great Bodhisattvas who protect the Dharma will be purified." Thus, the light emitted by the Buddha King of Light was seen by the beings of this world, and the Bhagavan also spoke of such a reason. Then, the Bhagavan performed such miracles that the beings of this world saw the world in the direction of light, and emitted light. All the Bodhisattvas touched by that light obtained the Samadhi called the Lamp like Mount Sumeru, and the beings residing in this world also saw the Buddha-field below. Manjushri, the youthful one, with his right hand, took a begging bowl from that world, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of millions of Bodhisattvas, and raised it upwards. From wherever that hand was raised, the light of that world disappeared, and in front of the Blessed One, Shakyamuni Buddha, he threw the bowl into the sky, prostrated at the feet of the Blessed One, and requested the Blessed One to accept the bowl, and the Blessed One accepted it. Then, those Bodhisattvas who came together with the right hand of Manjushri, the youthful one, prostrated to the Blessed One, inquired about his well-being, and then sat on their respective seats. Then, the Blessed One told Shariputra about the past: In the past, countless billions of kalpas ago.

Chinese

乌尔巴那。在名为“不嗔世界”的国土中,出现了名为“无胜幢”的如来,他以三乘为基础讲法。在那里,一位名叫耶舍嘉灿的说法比丘,穿着法衣,前往名为“大而有信王宫”的地方乞食,带着一百种味道的食物回来时,一位名叫无垢臂的商人儿子,坐在父母的膝盖上,他看到那位比丘,便从母亲的膝盖上跑到比丘那里乞讨食物。比丘给了他一小块食物。他吃完食物后,跟在比丘身后,来到了如来无胜幢的面前。比丘将乞讨到的所有食物都给了那个孩子,并说:“请将这个供养给如来。”孩子用食物装满了如来的钵,但食物却没有减少,然后用剩下的食物供养了八万声闻和两万菩萨。用剩下的食物供养了包括佛陀在内的所有僧众,连续七天都让他们吃饱,食物仍然没有减少。那个孩子非常高兴,并说了一段偈语。当时,那位比丘让那个孩子皈依三宝,并授予他戒律,让他忏悔罪过,随喜功德,祈请,并发起无上菩提心。那个孩子的父母也为了寻找孩子来到了如来那里,他们和许多众生也发起了无上菩提心,并出家了。当时,那位说法比丘耶舍嘉灿就是文殊童子。而那位名叫无垢臂的商人儿子,就是现在的释迦牟尼佛,我因为他那样布施食物,并发起了菩提心。那是我最初发起菩提心,因此,如来佛的伟大,十力,无畏等等一切功德,都是因为文殊童子让我发起菩提心而产生的。正如我一样,在十方有无数名为释迦牟尼佛的佛陀。

English

In Urbanā, in a world called 'The Land of Non-Anger,' there appeared a Tathāgata named 'Invincible Banner,' who taught the Dharma based on the three vehicles. There, a Dharma-speaking monk named Yeshe Gyaltsen, wearing robes, went for alms to a place called 'The Great and Faithful King's Palace,' and returned carrying food with a hundred flavors. A merchant's son named Stainless Arm, who was sitting on his parents' laps, saw the monk and ran from his mother's lap to the monk, begging for food. The monk gave him a morsel. After eating the food, he followed the monk and went to the presence of the Tathāgata Invincible Banner. The monk gave all the alms he had received to the child, saying, 'Please offer this to the Tathāgata.' The child filled the Tathāgata's bowl with the food, but it did not decrease. Then, with the remainder, he offered food to eighty thousand Shravakas and twenty thousand Bodhisattvas. He continuously fed the Buddha and his retinue for seven days, yet the food did not diminish. The child was overjoyed and spoke a verse. At that time, the monk made the child take refuge in the Three Jewels and bestowed vows upon him, making him confess his misdeeds, rejoice in merit, supplicate, and generate the mind of unsurpassed Bodhi. The child's parents also went to the Tathāgata in search of their child, and they and many beings also generated the mind of unsurpassed Bodhi and became ordained. At that time, the Dharma-speaking monk Yeshe Gyaltsen was the youthful Manjushri. And that merchant's son named Stainless Arm is now the Shakyamuni Buddha, myself. Because he gave me food in that way and caused me to generate the mind of Bodhi, that was the first time I generated the mind of Bodhi. Therefore, the greatness of the Tathāgata Buddha, the ten powers, fearlessness, and all other qualities arose from Manjushri causing me to generate the mind of Bodhi. Just as I am, in the ten directions there are countless Buddhas named Shakyamuni.