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English version: ‘Do not say that a Pratyekabuddha (one who attains enlightenment on their own) has no thoughts.’ Again, there were a million Bhikshunis (Buddhist nuns) who, thinking they had attained the stages of Srotapanna (stream-enterer), Sakadagamin (once-returner), Anagamin (non-returner), and Arhat (one who is free from attachments), rose from their seats, folded their hands, and stood, reciting this verse: ‘We have understood the Dharma of equality, and thus we relinquish our female bodies. Each of us will attain the holy state of Buddhahood, and we shall become the most supreme in the world.’ Again, there were eight million eight hundred thousand Upasakas (male lay devotees) and Upasikas (female lay devotees), all harboring thoughts of the stages of Srotapanna, Sakadagamin, and Anagamin. They rose from their seats, folded their hands, and stood before the Buddha, their minds in agreement, and together they proclaimed this verse: ‘Our minds are pure, like a vessel of crystal. Therefore, we shall leave our homes and propagate the teachings of the Buddha.’ Again, there were sixty billion Gai (a unit of measurement) of Devas (gods) and humans, dwelling in the sky, who rained down celestial flowers, scattering them upon the Buddha, all making offerings to the World Honored One. Then they descended, folded their hands, and stood before the Buddha, singing this verse: ‘We originally held various views of the Yanas (vehicles of teaching), and our attachments to the fruits of practice were also like that. Today, we have forever eliminated them, and we have awakened to the unsurpassed path of Buddhahood.’ Avivartika-cakra-sutra, Chapter 12: Subduing Mara At that time, countless hundreds of thousands of Bhikshus (Buddhist monks)—Sariputra, Maudgalyayana, Subhuti, Aniruddha, Revata Khadiravaniya, and others—rose from their seats, folded their hands, and stood, saying to the World Honored One: ‘Today, we are complete in the holy path, not violating the great meaning, and we have subdued the Mara (demon) of afflictions. We have committed the five heinous crimes (Pancanantarya: killing one's father, mother, an Arhat, causing disunity in the Sangha, and shedding the blood of a Buddha), yet we have also experienced the five pleasures; we have achieved wrong views and abandoned right views. Today, we have killed countless millions of lives, yet we have all attained the path of Buddhahood, reaching Parinirvana (complete extinction) and passing away.’ At that time, the World Honored One remained silent. Then, countless hundreds of thousands of those who had come to the assembly, hearing these words, all became doubtful: ‘What does this mean? What is the significance of these words?’ Their minds were bewildered. Even Arhats were saying such things, how much more so ordinary people? Those who were standing remained standing, those who were sitting remained sitting, unable to rise. The venerable Ananda, understanding the intention of the World Honored One, fully comprehended the thoughts of the countless hundreds of thousands of people. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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所念，问文殊师利曰：“闻耆年言，会者皆疑。不审所论为何归趣？又佛世尊默然不言。” 文殊师利乃曰：“唯仁阿难！此经名曰‘不退转轮菩萨之地’，是耆年等所可讲说、诸得不退菩萨大士目睹信耳。” 阿难又问：“耆年何故说此言耶？世尊默然。此耆年等于无上正真不退转也？” 答曰：“唯然，当成正觉，不复回还也。” 文殊师利谓贤者阿难：“无黠之行，则曰其母。是诸人者，究尽除害，无善思想，贪着情色。斯则为父，除不善想，远诸情念，至无著意。释凡夫法，洗荡不净想别圣俗，碎破众念不坏大法；兴如来意以除诸想，于一切法无所从生。是故，耆年讲说此语：‘吾等今日具足五逆。’所以然者，逆无往反。耆年所言成五乐者，察其五乐皆如梦幻影响野马。了知此慧，行无缺减，则为五乐。所以者何？无有根本，设无其源，则为尽除。乃应平等，讲具圣慧，即逮法忍，此者名曰五乐备足。 “耆年所说：‘吾等今日得离正见、住邪见’者，睹一切法皆处邪见。欺哉诸法诈妄至诚，尽无所有。譬之虚空，非有像貌，虚实去来，悉无归趣，不可将护。所以者何？其本自然，计此诸法则皆平一。如诸法等，邪见亦然，此比丘辈非等无邪。所以者何？以离诸想致佛圣道 于是，阿难问道文殊师利（Manjusri，智慧的象征）说：‘我听那些耆年（长老）所说，在场的人都感到疑惑。不知道他们所说的究竟是什么意思？而且佛陀世尊（Buddha，觉悟者）也保持沉默，没有说话。’ 文殊师利回答说：‘阿难！这部经名为《不退转轮菩萨之地》，是那些耆年等可以讲说的，也是那些证得不退转菩萨果位的大菩萨们亲眼所见、亲耳所闻并深信不疑的。’ 阿难又问：‘那些耆年为什么会说这样的话呢？世尊又为什么保持沉默呢？难道这些耆年已经达到了无上正真不退转的境界了吗？’ 文殊师利回答说：‘是的，他们必定会成就正觉（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉），不会再退转了。’ 文殊师利对贤者阿难说：‘没有智慧的行为，就称之为“母”。这些人已经彻底断除了一切烦恼，没有善恶的分别，不再贪恋执着。而那些执着于贪欲的人，就称之为“父”。他们断除了不善的念头，远离了各种情感的牵绊，达到了无执着的境界。他们舍弃了凡夫的法则，洗涤了不净的念头，区分了圣者和凡夫，粉碎了各种杂念，不破坏佛法的大义；他们兴起如来的意念，以此来消除各种妄想，对于一切法都不执着于它的生起。因此，那些耆年才会说：‘我们今天已经具备了五逆（五种极恶的行为）。’之所以这样说，是因为“逆”是没有往返的。耆年所说的成就五乐，是观察到这五乐都如同梦幻泡影，如同野马奔腾。了知这种智慧，行为没有缺失，就称为五乐。为什么呢？因为它们没有根本，没有来源，所以最终会被彻底消除。应当平等对待一切，宣讲具备圣者智慧的道理，就能获得法忍（Dharma-ksanti，对佛法的忍可），这被称为五乐具足。 ‘耆年所说：‘我们今天已经离开了正见，安住在邪见中’，是指他们看到一切法都处于邪见之中。可悲啊，一切法都是虚妄不实的，没有真实的存在。就像虚空一样，没有形象，没有虚实来去，没有归宿，无法守护。为什么呢？因为它们的本性是自然的，认为一切法都是平等的。如同诸法平等一样，邪见也是如此，这些比丘并非没有邪见。为什么呢？因为他们已经远离了各种妄想，从而证得了佛陀的圣道。’
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Then, Ananda asked Manjusri (symbol of wisdom), saying, 'I heard what the elders said, and everyone present is in doubt. I don't know what they are talking about? And the Buddha (the awakened one) remained silent, without speaking.' Manjusri replied, 'Ananda! This sutra is called 'The Stage of the Non-Retrogressing Wheel Bodhisattva'. It is what those elders can speak about, and it is also what the great Bodhisattvas who have attained the stage of non-retrogression have seen with their own eyes, heard with their own ears, and deeply believe in.' Ananda asked again, 'Why would those elders say such things? And why did the World Honored One remain silent? Have these elders reached the supreme, true, and non-retrogressing state?' Manjusri replied, 'Yes, they will surely attain perfect enlightenment (Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi), and will not regress.' Manjusri said to the venerable Ananda, 'The act without wisdom is called 'mother'. These people have completely eliminated all afflictions, have no distinction between good and evil, and no longer crave or cling. Those who cling to desires are called 'father'. They have eliminated unwholesome thoughts, distanced themselves from all emotional entanglements, and reached a state of non-attachment. They have abandoned the laws of ordinary people, washed away impure thoughts, distinguished between the holy and the mundane, shattered all kinds of distracting thoughts, and do not destroy the great meaning of the Dharma; they arouse the intention of the Tathagata (Buddha), thereby eliminating all delusions, and are not attached to the arising of any dharma. Therefore, those elders say, 'Today we have committed the five heinous crimes (five extremely evil acts).' The reason for saying this is that 'reversal' has no return. The elders' saying of achieving the five joys is to observe that these five joys are like dreams, illusions, and mirages. Understanding this wisdom, and acting without deficiency, is called the five joys. Why? Because they have no root, no source, so they will eventually be completely eliminated. One should treat everything equally, preach the principles of having the wisdom of the holy, and then one can obtain Dharma-ksanti (acceptance of the Dharma), which is called the complete fulfillment of the five joys. 'What the elders said, 'Today we have left right view and dwell in wrong view,' means that they see all dharmas as being in wrong view. Alas, all dharmas are false and unreal, without any true existence. Like space, it has no form, no reality or unreality, no coming or going, no destination, and cannot be protected. Why? Because their nature is natural, and they consider all dharmas to be equal. Just as all dharmas are equal, so is wrong view, and these monks are not without wrong view. Why? Because they have distanced themselves from all delusions, thereby attaining the holy path of the Buddha.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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，获众觉法，饱满经义而无所得。是故，阿难！是诸比丘悉共说言：‘吾等今日具足邪见，释于正见。’ “此耆年等所谓：‘今日吾等害无数百千人命。’说斯语时，不可计无数千万人神闻之诸法。譬若如幻梦影响野马，蠲除人想，无有吾我，远寿命人，超众德本，发大道意。无所殖种，兴修道义，及余比丘、比丘尼、清信士、清信女，舍我人寿。无身之想，不复频更终始之患。所以者何？无我人想、不尽想，永尽无余，逮致究竟，不起法忍。故说此言：‘吾等今日害无数百千人命。’ “斯诸耆年属者所云：‘今日吾等逮得佛道，致无余界而灭度’者，开化无量亿百千人命，弃众尘埃令获圣道。所以者何？皆发无上正真道意。说此语时，悉逮无所从生法忍。以故咨嗟，自赞颂言：‘今日我类拔去情欲、成佛道法，无尘劳形，除有余秽，故谓我辈今获大道于无余界而灭度矣。’ “是贤者等，以在大乘，不愿在天。惟仁阿难！族姓子、族姓女发无上正真道意以起俗事，其心清净，不为俗法之所系缚。乃应发心越一切义，道舍诸想，究竟经典，则无余界而灭度矣。是为，阿难！习菩萨乘、行菩萨者，不习日行。愚騃之人随日念耳，非明智者。所以者何？设无此诚信要御诸天宫殿，则无光明，便无出 现代汉语译本：他们获得了对一切觉悟之法的领悟，充满了经义却没有任何执着。因此，阿难！这些比丘都一起说：‘我们今天才真正具备了邪见，舍弃了正见。’ 这些耆年（年长的比丘）说：‘今天我们伤害了无数百千人的生命。’当他们说这话时，有不可计数、无数千万的人和神听闻了这些法。这就像幻象、梦境、回声和野马一样，消除了对人的执着，没有了‘我’的概念，远离了对寿命的执着，超越了各种功德的根本，发起了对大道的追求。他们没有执着于任何事物，只是修行道义。其他的比丘、比丘尼、清信士、清信女也舍弃了对‘我’、‘人’和寿命的执着。他们没有了身体的执着，不再经历生死的轮回。为什么呢？因为他们没有了‘我’和‘人’的执着，没有了对‘想’的执着，永远地彻底地消除了这些执着，达到了最终的境界，不再生起对法的执着。所以他们说：‘我们今天伤害了无数百千人的生命。’ 这些耆年所属的人说：‘今天我们证得了佛道，达到了无余涅槃而灭度’，他们开化了无数亿百千人的生命，让他们舍弃了尘埃，获得了圣道。为什么呢？因为他们都发起了无上正等正觉的道心。当他们说这话时，都获得了无所从来法忍。因此他们赞叹自己，说道：‘今天我们拔除了情欲，成就了佛道，没有了尘劳的形体，除去了剩余的污秽，所以我们说我们今天在无余涅槃中获得了大道而灭度。’ 这些贤者们，因为在大乘中修行，不愿在天界。唯有仁者阿难！那些发起了无上正等正觉道心的族姓子、族姓女，即使从事世俗之事，他们的心也是清净的，不会被世俗的法所束缚。他们应当发起超越一切意义的心，舍弃各种执着，彻底理解经典，最终在无余涅槃中灭度。这就是，阿难！修习菩萨乘、行菩萨道的人，不应执着于日常的修行。愚笨的人只执着于每天的念诵，而不是明智的人。为什么呢？如果他们没有这种诚信，不能驾驭诸天宫殿，那么就没有光明，也就没有出路。
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English version: They attained the understanding of all awakened dharmas, filled with the meaning of the scriptures yet without any attachment. Therefore, Ananda! These bhikshus all said together: 'Today we have truly possessed wrong views, abandoning right views.' These elders said: 'Today we have harmed countless hundreds of thousands of lives.' When they spoke these words, countless millions of gods and humans heard these dharmas. It was like illusions, dreams, echoes, and wild horses, eliminating the attachment to people, without the concept of 'I', far from the attachment to lifespan, surpassing the roots of all merits, and initiating the pursuit of the Great Path. They were not attached to anything, but only cultivated the meaning of the path. Other bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas, and upasikas also abandoned the attachment to 'I', 'person', and lifespan. They had no attachment to the body and no longer experienced the cycle of birth and death. Why? Because they had no attachment to 'I' and 'person', no attachment to 'thought', and they completely and thoroughly eliminated these attachments, reaching the ultimate state, no longer giving rise to attachment to the dharma. Therefore, they said: 'Today we have harmed countless hundreds of thousands of lives.' Those belonging to these elders said: 'Today we have attained the Buddha's path, reaching nirvana without remainder and passing away.' They enlightened countless billions of hundreds of thousands of lives, allowing them to abandon the dust and attain the holy path. Why? Because they all initiated the mind of unsurpassed, right, and complete enlightenment. When they spoke these words, they all attained the forbearance of the dharma of non-origination. Therefore, they praised themselves, saying: 'Today we have uprooted desires, accomplished the Buddha's path, without the form of worldly toil, removed the remaining defilements, so we say that today we have attained the Great Path in nirvana without remainder and passed away.' These virtuous ones, because they practice in the Mahayana, do not desire to be in the heavens. Only the benevolent Ananda! Those sons and daughters of good families who have initiated the mind of unsurpassed, right, and complete enlightenment, even if they engage in worldly affairs, their minds are pure and will not be bound by worldly dharmas. They should initiate the mind that transcends all meanings, abandon all attachments, thoroughly understand the scriptures, and ultimately pass away in nirvana without remainder. This is, Ananda! Those who practice the Bodhisattva vehicle and walk the Bodhisattva path should not be attached to daily practice. Foolish people are only attached to daily recitations, not wise people. Why? If they do not have this faith and cannot control the palaces of the heavens, then there will be no light, and there will be no way out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------