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English version: Subhuti, with a lion's roar, clearly explained the doctrine of illusion, his words being free and unhindered. He diligently observed the place of practice and found that an Upasika (female lay practitioner) had attained Anagamin (Non-Returner). He asked, 'Sister! Have you attained Anagamin?' The Upasika replied, 'Venerable one! In the Tathagata's (Thus Gone One) teachings, where is there a practice for Anagamin? Moreover, Venerable one! Dharma has no form or color, nor any trace of coming or going, no distinction of self and other, no intermediate practice, no attachment, no attainment, no realization, and no fixed place. This is the practice of understanding the path. You ask me, ‘Where is the end of Anagamin?’ Are you pleased with the attainment of Arhat (Worthy One)? Furthermore, Venerable one! Dharma has no coming or going. Those who have coming and going, have a direction, have attachment, have arising and ceasing, have thoughts and ideas, all belong to the cycle of ordinary beings, not yet liberated.' At that moment, the Upasika suddenly, in her place, in front of Subhuti, transformed into a tall and wide jeweled seat, universally manifesting moving and luminous appearances, revealing the turning of the unsurpassed Avaivartika (Non-Retreating) Dharma wheel, causing the entire territory of Sravasti and the lands of the ten directions to hear and see this extraordinary response and transformation. At that time, twelve thousand devas (gods) in the sky, hearing what she said, all attained Ekajati-pratibaddha (One-Life-Bound Bodhisattva). Within Sravasti, twenty-eight thousand practitioners of the Bodhisattva path, inheriting the merits of past lives, all attained the state of non-retrogression. The great Bodhisattvas who came from the ten directions, upon hearing this teaching, a hundred billion Bodhisattvas who had already attained Anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (Non-Origination Dharma Acceptance), upon hearing this essential teaching again, all attained the state of One-Life-Bound. Then, Niruddha (Stopped), Naga-sirsa (Dragon Head) Bodhisattvas, along with the multitude from all lands, and Sariputra, Subhuti, and others, having just left the city gate of Sravasti, suddenly lightly ascended into the sky. Niruddha Bodhisattva immediately emitted his own light, his majestic radiance shining brightly, the luminous glow surpassing the sun and moon, obscuring other lights, the brilliant light penetrating the darkness, like a Garuda (Golden-Winged Bird) flying, all beings could see. Wherever they passed, the devas and humans there heard the profound teachings that all dharmas are like dreams, illusions, transformations, mirages, shadows, echoes, bubbles, and plantain trees. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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像说，各怀欢喜慈心相向，一切天人但闻梦幻声，而化幻法于见无见亦不可得。诸逮闻是像微妙说者，合百千众得不退转。 时所经游于其中间，有长者子其名善意，宿立德本，亦闻濡首无上幻化之要说言，并复睹见神景变化，即发无上正真道意。寻自誓愿：“吾于来世，得为如来无上平等最正觉道时，所现感动亦当如是。” 濡首见彼族姓子有决得妙岐嶷之质，欲绍佛种乃发大志，心在菩萨口咏誓愿，声畅一切如师子吼，即请善意而告之曰：“族姓子！汝解诸法如幻化者，必离劳乘声闻、缘觉之地也，便当成致无上正真道意，又当晓了诸法梦幻之妙法说，悉为无所有。” 时长者子跪而对曰：“蒙解说诸法如幻如化。”濡首重以诸法要言劝发长者子。长者子忻乐之心遂而踊跃，时彼大姓心巨旷解，逮致法忍。八千天人发无上正真道意。时五千天子在于虚空，闻濡首劝进之说，㸌然心解，逮得无从生法乐之忍。咸悉肃然恭敬之至，已礼濡首，忽升虚空各还本土。 是时濡首、龙首菩萨，舍利弗、须菩提等，还于祇树给孤独园。俱诣世尊，稽首佛足却坐一面。龙首菩萨便从坐起，向佛叉手已，濡首童真诸所讲谈法要之说，具启世尊。 时佛赞曰：“善哉，善哉！濡首童真！善说诸法无上 现代汉语译本：他们各自怀着欢喜和慈悲的心意相对，一切天人和众生都只听到如梦如幻的声音，而这幻化的法在可见与不可见之间也是不可得的。那些听到这种微妙说法的人，成百上千地聚集在一起，都能达到不退转的境界。 当时，在他们所经过的地方，有一位长者之子，名叫善意（善意：指心地善良，有善意的人），他宿世就积累了德行的根本，也听闻了濡首（濡首：菩萨名）所说的无上幻化之要义，并且亲眼看到了神异的景象变化，随即发起了无上正真道的心意。他随即发誓说：‘我将来世，当成就如来无上平等最正觉道时，所显现的感动也应当像这样。’ 濡首看到这位族姓之子有决定获得微妙智慧的资质，想要继承佛种，于是发起了大志，心中想着菩萨的誓愿，口中吟诵着誓言，声音响彻一切，如同狮子吼一般。他随即请善意过来，告诉他说：‘族姓之子！你如果理解诸法如幻化，必定会脱离劳苦的声闻、缘觉的境界，便会成就无上正真道的心意，并且应当明了诸法如梦如幻的微妙说法，一切都是空无所有。’ 当时，长者之子跪下回答说：‘我蒙受您的解说，理解了诸法如幻如化。’濡首再次用诸法要义劝勉启发长者之子。长者之子欢喜的心情随即踊跃起来，当时这位大姓之人心中豁然开朗，获得了法忍。八千天人发起了无上正真道的心意。当时，有五千天子在虚空中，听到濡首劝勉进修的说法，豁然心开，获得了无从生法乐的忍。他们都肃然恭敬到了极点，礼拜濡首之后，忽然升入虚空，各自返回自己的居所。 这时，濡首、龙首菩萨（龙首菩萨：菩萨名），舍利弗（舍利弗：佛陀十大弟子之一，以智慧著称）、须菩提（须菩提：佛陀十大弟子之一，以解空第一著称）等人，回到了祇树给孤独园（祇树给孤独园：佛陀在世时常住的精舍）。他们一同来到世尊面前，顶礼佛足，退坐在一旁。龙首菩萨便从座位上起身，向佛合掌，然后将濡首童真（濡首童真：指年轻的濡首菩萨）所讲谈的法要之说，详细地禀告了世尊。 这时，佛陀赞叹说：‘善哉，善哉！濡首童真！你善于宣说诸法无上'
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English version: They each faced each other with joyful and compassionate hearts. All the devas and humans only heard dreamlike sounds, and this illusory dharma, whether seen or unseen, is also unattainable. Those who heard this subtle teaching, gathered in hundreds and thousands, all attained the state of non-retrogression. At that time, in the place they were passing through, there was an elder's son named Shan Yi (善意: 'Good Intention'), who had accumulated roots of virtue in past lives. He also heard Ru Shou (濡首: 'Moist Head', a Bodhisattva's name) speak of the essential meaning of supreme illusion, and he personally witnessed the miraculous transformations. Immediately, he generated the intention for the unsurpassed, true, and correct path. He then vowed, 'In my future life, when I attain the Tathagata's unsurpassed, equal, and most correct enlightenment, the inspiration manifested will also be like this.' Ru Shou saw that this son of a noble family had the quality of decisively attaining subtle wisdom. Wanting to continue the lineage of the Buddha, he generated a great aspiration. His mind was on the Bodhisattva's vows, and his mouth recited the vows. His voice resounded everywhere like a lion's roar. He then invited Shan Yi over and told him, 'Son of a noble family! If you understand that all dharmas are like illusions, you will surely leave the toilsome realms of the Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. You will then attain the intention for the unsurpassed, true, and correct path, and you should also understand the subtle teaching that all dharmas are like dreams and illusions, and that everything is empty and without substance.' At that time, the elder's son knelt down and replied, 'I have received your explanation and understand that all dharmas are like illusions and transformations.' Ru Shou again used the essential meaning of the dharmas to encourage and inspire the elder's son. The elder's son's joyful heart immediately surged, and at that time, this person of noble lineage had a great awakening in his mind and attained the Dharma-kshanti (法忍: 'Dharma-acceptance'). Eight thousand devas generated the intention for the unsurpassed, true, and correct path. At that time, five thousand devas in the sky, hearing Ru Shou's words of encouragement for progress, had a sudden awakening in their minds and attained the acceptance of the joy of the dharma that arises from no origin. They all became extremely respectful and reverent. After bowing to Ru Shou, they suddenly ascended into the sky and returned to their respective abodes. At this time, Ru Shou, the Bodhisattva Long Shou (龙首菩萨: 'Dragon Head' Bodhisattva), Sariputra (舍利弗: one of the Buddha's ten great disciples, known for his wisdom), Subhuti (须菩提: one of the Buddha's ten great disciples, known for understanding emptiness), and others returned to the Jetavana Anathapindika Garden (祇树给孤独园: a monastery where the Buddha often stayed during his lifetime). They all went to the World Honored One, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and sat down to one side. The Bodhisattva Long Shou then rose from his seat, clasped his hands towards the Buddha, and then reported in detail to the World Honored One the essential teachings that the young Ru Shou (濡首童真: young Ru Shou Bodhisattva) had spoken about. At this time, the Buddha praised, 'Excellent, excellent! Young Ru Shou! You have skillfully expounded the unsurpassed dharmas.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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微妙，如梦、如幻，如化、野马、影、响之声，则是诸慧深奥之至，是诸佛要。斯乃应如无形无像本无幻说。” 时佛顾告贤者阿难：“受是濡首诸法要文。” 阿难敬前长跪白佛：“唯然，世尊！如教受之。当何名此经？云何奉持？” 时佛重复敷演濡首、妙心菩萨等所说慧要，及舍卫国长者优婆夷为须菩提所现感动，乃至转一生补处之轮。佛复告阿难：“当受是上要之慧。又是，贤者！此名‘濡首无上清净分卫经’，亦名‘决了诸法如幻如化三昧’。勤念受持，当广宣传普布演说。又是，阿难！若善男子、善女人等，闻斯要，专心信向。是者，阿难！则应面见诸佛世尊；又为濡首童真菩萨必所感致无上正真之道，会成至佛。况其受持诵习讽读奉行应者，德极无上。是善男子、善女人等，为逮诸佛之慧藏，为得诸佛最上要镇，又为诸佛之所拥护，普为十方诸现在佛所授封莂。诸佛为手授其决，当成无上正真道慧。” 佛说是已，濡首童真、龙首、妙心及诸菩萨，舍利弗、须菩提等及众比丘，一切会者诸天、龙神、阿须伦、人与非人，闻佛所说莫不欢喜，前为佛作礼而退。 佛说濡首菩萨无上清净分卫经卷下 现代汉语译本：微妙的真理，如同梦境、幻觉、变化、野马奔腾、影子、回声一般，这些是智慧深奥的极致，是诸佛的要义。这应当被理解为无形无相，其本质是无幻的说法。 当时，佛陀回头告诉贤者阿难：‘接受这些名为“濡首”的诸法要义。’ 阿难恭敬地向前长跪，对佛说：‘是的，世尊！我将如教奉受。这部经应当叫什么名字？我们应当如何奉持？’ 当时，佛陀再次详细阐述了“濡首”、“妙心菩萨”等所说的智慧要义，以及舍卫国长者优婆夷因须菩提的示现而感动，乃至转生为一生补处菩萨的因缘。佛陀又告诉阿难：‘应当接受这至上的智慧要义。还有，贤者！这部经名为《濡首无上清净分卫经》，也名为《决了诸法如幻如化三昧》。要勤勉地念诵受持，应当广泛宣传，普遍演说。还有，阿难！如果善男子、善女人等，听闻这些要义，专心信奉。这样，阿难！他们就应当面见诸佛世尊；又因为“濡首童真菩萨”的感召，必定能获得无上正真之道，最终成就佛果。更何况那些受持、诵习、讽读、奉行的人，他们的功德极其无上。这些善男子、善女人等，将获得诸佛的智慧宝藏，将获得诸佛最上的要镇，又将得到诸佛的拥护，普遍被十方诸现在佛所授记。诸佛会亲手给予他们决断，他们将成就无上正真道慧。’ 佛陀说完这些话后，“濡首童真”、“龙首”、“妙心”以及诸菩萨，舍利弗、须菩提等以及众比丘，所有在场的天人、龙神、阿修罗、人和非人，听闻佛陀所说，无不欢喜，上前向佛陀作礼后退下。 《佛说濡首菩萨无上清净分卫经》卷下
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English version: The subtle truth, like a dream, an illusion, a transformation, a wild horse, a shadow, an echo, these are the profoundest depths of wisdom, the essence of all Buddhas. This should be understood as formless and imageless, its nature being a non-illusory teaching. At that time, the Buddha turned and said to the venerable Ananda, 'Receive these essential teachings of all dharmas called 'Nuru Shou (Gentle Head)'.' Ananda respectfully knelt down before the Buddha and said, 'Yes, World Honored One! I will receive them as taught. What should this sutra be called? How should we uphold it?' At that time, the Buddha further elaborated on the essential wisdom spoken by 'Nuru Shou', 'Wonderful Mind Bodhisattva', and others, as well as the story of the laywoman of Shravasti who was moved by Subhuti's manifestation, and even the cause of turning into a Bodhisattva who will attain Buddhahood in one more life. The Buddha then told Ananda, 'You should receive this supreme essence of wisdom. Furthermore, venerable one! This sutra is named 'Nuru Shou Supreme Pure Division Guard Sutra', and also named 'Samadhi of Resolving All Dharmas as Illusions and Transformations'. Diligently recite and uphold it, and you should widely propagate and universally expound it. Furthermore, Ananda! If good men and good women, upon hearing these essentials, wholeheartedly believe and aspire to them. Then, Ananda! They should meet all the Buddhas, the World Honored Ones; and because of the inspiration of 'Nuru Shou Pure Youth Bodhisattva', they will surely attain the supreme and true path, and ultimately achieve Buddhahood. How much more so for those who receive, recite, chant, and practice it, their merits are supremely unsurpassed. These good men and good women will obtain the wisdom treasury of all Buddhas, will obtain the supreme essential treasure of all Buddhas, and will also be protected by all Buddhas, and will be universally prophesied by all the Buddhas present in the ten directions. The Buddhas will personally give them the resolution, and they will achieve the supreme and true wisdom of the path.' After the Buddha finished speaking, 'Nuru Shou Pure Youth', 'Dragon Head', 'Wonderful Mind', and all the Bodhisattvas, Shariputra, Subhuti, and the assembly of monks, all the beings present, including gods, dragons, asuras, humans, and non-humans, upon hearing what the Buddha had said, were all delighted, and after bowing to the Buddha, they withdrew. The End of the Lower Volume of the Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Nuru Shou Bodhisattva's Supreme Pure Division Guard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------