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English version: Violating the scriptures and slandering the holy assembly. Those who slander the Three Jewels (Triratna, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) will surely fall into hell. Therefore, Maitreya! If sons and daughters of good families study the Bodhisattva-yana (Bodhisattva's path), understand various scriptures and different teachings, then they can explain the meanings of various scriptures. If they wish to be thorough and complete, without omitting any words, they should follow the teachings of the canonical texts and not harm themselves. Also, benevolent Maitreya! You should concentrate and diligently contemplate this Dharma, and then protect the true Dharma in the latter days. Maitreya replied: 'Yes, World Honored One! Just as your holy teachings, I shall convey your divine will and dare not disobey your command.' The Buddha further told Bodhisattva Maitreya: 'The Tathagata (Buddha's title), the truly enlightened one, attained the unsurpassed true path on a certain night, becoming the most perfectly enlightened one (Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi), until the day of entering Parinirvana (complete Nirvana) and passing away. Would the Tathagata, the truly enlightened one, have any deficiencies, errors in thought, or forgetfulness? Is the declaration of evil thoughts not a flawed action?' Maitreya replied: 'No, World Honored One!' The Buddha then said to Ajita (Maitreya's other name): 'The Tathagata attained the most perfect enlightenment on a certain night, and until the day of passing away, all that was spoken was true and sincere, appropriate for the time, and without falsehood.' The Buddha said: 'Perhaps there are foolish people who do not understand the Tathagata's skillful means (Upaya), do not realize the true and sincere words, but instead spread wild and arrogant words, saying arbitrarily: 'This matter is reasonable, this matter is not reasonable.' By such comparisons, they slander the true path. If they slander the scriptures, they are slandering the Buddha, and I say that these people will surely fall into hell.' The Buddha said to Maitreya: 'In the latter days of the five turbidities (Klesha), in the remaining fifty years, there will be four kinds of people—Bhikkhus (monks), Bhikkhunis (nuns), Upasakas (male lay followers), and Upasikas (female lay followers)—who aspire to study the Bodhisattva path, admire their original vows, appear different from other teachings, and serve the Tathagata. They see the laws spoken by the Buddha and leave home to practice as Sramanas (ascetics), appearing humble and respectful. These people seek only profit and offerings, destroy their lineage, covet and envy families, disrupt their lives, have unpleasant faces, seek only small benefits, are not open-minded, cannot be tolerant, do not abandon their desires, and are greedy and insatiable; they are far from all Dharma practices, Samadhi (meditation) and right concentration, and are always flattering and fawning.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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谄，心念各异，言行不同。贪其种姓依有势者，见诸明智晓了法藏，谓之无知。己无所知，自叹有慧；己无聪明，自叹聪智。因猗佛道建立其意，等心众生兴发大哀，又不忘舍善权方便。依蒙佛力而已，违越所讲，信乐于其学中。或复说言：‘若有经卷说声闻事，其行菩萨不当学此、亦不当听。非吾等法、非吾道义，声闻所行也，修菩萨者慎勿学彼；辟支佛法亦复如是，慎莫听之。’” 佛语阿逸：“佛为信乐开化诸天，随时说法，教诸龙、神、阿须伦、迦留罗、真陀罗、摩睺勒、犍沓和、人与非人，随其本行，志所应脱，说法开化。普至十方各江沙等，导利众生各随本行，随宜当度利益众生。因斯志操颁宣经道，度脱一切皆使得道。” 佛告弥勒：“当是世时，菩萨学中志自怀结，诸菩萨中刚强难化、弊恶凶暴、妄言两舌、鲜闻智少。宣传佛道别为两分：‘欲为菩萨，当学此法，不当学是。’而怀是心诽谤于佛、毁呰经典、斗乱圣众。寿终身散便堕地狱，在彼见煮，当经无数劫痛，罪犹不毕。从地狱出，当复还生贫匮之门，所当经历众难之患，极远难量乃得受决。虽得受决，在五浊世乃成为佛；亦如我本遭难长远无央数劫在五浊世成最正觉。若闻其言而信听受、笃信思惟从其教者，亦当如是归于恶趣。 现代汉语译本： 谄媚之人，心念各异，言行不一。他们贪图那些有权势的种姓，依附于他们。当他们见到那些明智且通晓佛法的人时，就说他们是无知的。自己没有知识，却自夸有智慧；自己没有聪明，却自夸聪敏。他们依附佛道来建立自己的想法，对众生没有平等心，不发大慈悲心，也不懂得舍弃善巧方便。他们只是依仗佛的力量，却违背佛所讲的道理，反而信奉自己所学的。他们甚至会说：‘如果经书里讲的是声闻（Sravaka，指听闻佛法而修行的弟子）的事情，那么修行菩萨道的人就不应该学习，也不应该听。这不是我们菩萨道的法，也不是我们的道义，那是声闻所修行的，修行菩萨道的人千万不要学。辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，指不依师教，自己觉悟的修行者）的法也是这样，千万不要听。’ 佛对阿逸（Ajita，弥勒菩萨的别名）说：‘佛为了开化信奉佛法的诸天，随时说法，教导龙、神、阿修罗（Asura，一种好战的神）、迦楼罗（Garuda，一种金翅鸟神）、真陀罗（Kimnara，一种歌神）、摩睺罗伽（Mahoraga，一种大蟒神）、犍闼婆（Gandharva，一种香神）、人和非人等众生，根据他们各自的根性，以及他们所应解脱的境界，说法开化。佛的教化普及到十方世界，如同恒河沙数一样多的世界，引导利益众生，根据他们各自的根性，随宜度化，利益众生。因此，佛才宣讲经道，度脱一切众生，使他们都能得道。’ 佛告诉弥勒（Maitreya，未来佛）：‘当那个时代来临时，菩萨修行者心中会产生执着，菩萨中会出现刚强难以教化、品行恶劣、凶暴残忍、妄语两舌、少闻佛法、智慧浅薄的人。他们会把佛法分成两派，宣扬说：‘想要修行菩萨道，就应该学这个法，不应该学那个法。’他们怀着这样的想法诽谤佛，诋毁经典，扰乱僧团。他们寿命终结，身体散坏后就会堕入地狱，在那里遭受煎煮之苦，要经历无数劫的痛苦，罪业都不能结束。从地狱出来后，他们还会转生到贫困的家庭，经历各种苦难，要经过极其漫长的时间才能得到解脱。即使得到解脱，在五浊恶世（指劫浊、见浊、烦恼浊、众生浊、命浊）成佛，也会像我一样，经历漫长无央数的劫难，在五浊恶世中成就最正等觉。如果有人听信他们的话，并按照他们的教导去做，也会像他们一样堕入恶道。’
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English version: Flatterers have different thoughts in their minds, and their words and actions do not match. They are greedy for those of high birth and rely on those with power. When they see those who are wise and understand the Dharma, they call them ignorant. They have no knowledge themselves, yet they boast of their wisdom; they have no intelligence, yet they boast of their cleverness. They rely on the Buddha's path to establish their own ideas, they have no equal mind towards all beings, they do not generate great compassion, and they do not understand how to abandon skillful means. They only rely on the power of the Buddha, but they violate what the Buddha has taught, and instead believe in what they have learned. They even say: 'If the scriptures speak of the affairs of Sravakas (those who hear the Dharma and practice), then those who practice the Bodhisattva path should not learn or listen to them. This is not our Bodhisattva path, nor is it our doctrine. It is what Sravakas practice, and those who practice the Bodhisattva path should not learn it. The same is true for the Dharma of Pratyekabuddhas (those who awaken on their own without a teacher), do not listen to it.' The Buddha said to Ajita (another name for Maitreya Bodhisattva): 'The Buddha, in order to enlighten the devas (gods) who believe in the Dharma, teaches the Dharma at all times, instructing dragons, gods, Asuras (a type of warring god), Garudas (a type of golden-winged bird god), Kimnaras (a type of celestial musician), Mahoragas (a type of great serpent god), Gandharvas (a type of celestial musician), humans, and non-humans, according to their respective natures and the realms they should be liberated from. The Buddha's teachings extend to the ten directions, to worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River, guiding and benefiting beings, according to their respective natures, and liberating them as appropriate. Therefore, the Buddha proclaims the scriptures, liberating all beings so that they may all attain the path.' The Buddha told Maitreya (the future Buddha): 'When that time comes, those who practice the Bodhisattva path will develop attachments in their hearts. Among the Bodhisattvas, there will be those who are stubborn and difficult to teach, of evil conduct, fierce and cruel, who speak falsely and with forked tongues, who have little knowledge of the Dharma and little wisdom. They will divide the Buddha's teachings into two factions, proclaiming: 'If you want to practice the Bodhisattva path, you should learn this Dharma, and you should not learn that Dharma.' With such thoughts, they will slander the Buddha, denigrate the scriptures, and disrupt the Sangha (Buddhist community). When their lives end and their bodies break down, they will fall into hell, where they will suffer the pain of being boiled, and they will endure countless kalpas (eons) of suffering, and their sins will not be finished. After they emerge from hell, they will be reborn into impoverished families, experiencing all kinds of hardships, and it will take an extremely long time for them to be liberated. Even if they are liberated, they will become Buddhas in the five turbid ages (referring to the kalpa turbidity, view turbidity, affliction turbidity, sentient being turbidity, and life turbidity), just as I did, enduring countless kalpas of hardship in the five turbid ages to attain the most perfect enlightenment. If anyone listens to their words and follows their teachings, they will also fall into evil realms like them.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 所以然者，信恶亲友故遭此患。”
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佛告阿逸：“过去久远不可计劫，尔时有佛，号离垢㷿成就功称如来、至真、等正觉，出现于世八十垓岁，为诸众生颁宣经道。时有比丘名净命，为法都讲。宣若干教，言辞柔软，辩才至真，劝助发起无央数人，显扬等教多所欢悦。时离垢成就功称如来嘱累净命比丘于后末世当护正法，嘱累已后乃取灭度。 “如来至真灭度之后，彼比丘于亿岁执法品宣佛教。因得普入济诸方等经典之要，宣传道化发起一切，顺诸众生本心所乐应当解者而分别之。周旋往返八万城邑，观察众生本愿发意，令得饱满除去饥虚众情之难。 “于彼世时，有大国城，名曰仁贤。有八十亿众民居中，亦观根源而为说法。于时城中八十亿家忻然受教，化一亿家发菩萨意，七十九亿立声闻乘。于是，净命比丘与万菩萨同心俱往诣修道处。 “出去未久，时有比丘名曰为法，行来周旋，远他乡来。在仁贤城奉持方等千余经卷，现得四禅自以为远。净命比丘学方等经十四亿卷及修余经六百万卷。 “时法比丘在仁贤城惟但宣散一品法教，不知随时观其本行讲说经法也；不能觉了达诸法界，专以空法而开化之，言一切法空悉无所有，所可宣讲但论空法。言无罪福，轻蔑诸行，复称己言： 现代汉语译本：‘之所以会这样，是因为相信了恶友亲近，所以才遭受这样的祸患。’ 佛告诉阿逸：‘在过去久远不可计量的劫数之前，那时有一尊佛，号为离垢㷿成就功称如来（离垢㷿：远离尘垢，成就功德，名声远扬的如来）、至真（达到真理的佛）、等正觉（觉悟一切真理的佛），出现在世间八十垓岁（垓：古代计数单位，十的十六次方），为众生宣讲经道。当时有一位比丘名叫净命，负责讲法。他宣讲各种教义，言辞柔和，辩才真实，劝导启发了无数人，弘扬佛法，使很多人感到欢喜。当时，离垢成就功称如来嘱托净命比丘在后世末法时期要守护正法，嘱托完毕后就入灭了。’ ‘如来至真灭度之后，那位比丘在亿万年中执持佛法，宣讲佛教。因此，他能够普遍深入地理解各种方等经典（方等：大乘佛教经典）的要义，宣传佛法，启发一切众生，顺应众生内心的喜好，为他们分别讲解他们应该理解的道理。他周游往返于八万座城邑，观察众生的本愿和发心，使他们得到满足，消除他们饥渴的痛苦。’ ‘在那个时代，有一个大国都城，名叫仁贤。城中有八十亿民众居住，他也观察他们的根基，为他们说法。当时，城中八十亿户人家都欣然接受教诲，其中一亿户人家发起了菩萨心（菩萨：立志修行成佛的修行者），七十九亿户人家立志修习声闻乘（声闻乘：佛教中追求自我解脱的修行方式）。于是，净命比丘与一万菩萨同心同德，一同前往修道之处。’ ‘离开不久，当时有一位比丘名叫为法，他四处游历，从远方而来。在仁贤城中，他奉持着一千多卷方等经典，自以为已经证得四禅（四禅：佛教中四种禅定境界），认为自己已经很了不起。而净命比丘学习了十四亿卷方等经典，以及六百万卷其他经典。’ ‘当时，为法比丘在仁贤城中只是宣讲一种法教，不知道要随时观察众生的根基来讲解经法；他不能觉悟通达诸法界（法界：佛教中指宇宙万法），只专注于空法来开导众生，说一切法都是空的，什么都没有，所讲的只是空法。他说没有罪福，轻视各种修行，还自称：’