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English version: If proclaiming the Dharma also disrupts it. At that time, all those who came to the assembly were depressed and wept, with tears streaming down their faces, each saying: 'Do not let the learners proclaim the two kinds of Dharma, explain the meaning of the scriptures; do not let those who are biased, ignorant, arrogant, and indulgent, and who hate the Dharma-abiding Bhikkhus, explain separately to the Bhikkhus and lay learners, saying that these are unlawful.' At that time, there were a hundred Bodhisattvas in the assembly, who immediately rose from their seats, avoided the seats and sat on the ground, sighing and weeping. At this time, the World Honored One knew the beginning and end of the thoughts in these Bodhisattvas' minds, so he asked again: 'Noble sons and daughters! Why are you sitting on the ground sighing and weeping?' They immediately said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! We each recognize that we have committed this calamity.' The Buddha said: 'Yes, the thoughts that you, noble sons and daughters, have perceived are correct. At the time of Dipamkara Buddha, there was a Bodhisattva named Jnanasamcaya, who became a Dharma teacher after the Buddha's Parinirvana. The wise ones sought his faults, and since then, they have never met the Buddhas again, do not recognize the mind of the Way, have not obtained dharani, and have not attained samadhi. Noble sons and daughters, in your previous lives, you also generated the mind of the Way with me.' 'Also, noble sons and daughters! At the end of this Bhadrakalpa, there will be a Buddha named Rucika. In that world, he will be able to attain the anutpattika-dharma-ksanti, and then after three asamkhyeya kalpas, he will attain the unsurpassed, true and correct Way, becoming the Most Righteous Enlightenment. Therefore, noble sons and daughters! When Bodhisattvas meet each other, do not generate different thoughts, and do not seek each other's faults. If you see a Bodhisattva, you should think to yourself: 'Now I see the Buddha's temple, I see the Buddha's Righteous Enlightenment, the Buddha is standing before me.' Suppose, noble sons and daughters! If a Bodhisattva sees another Bodhisattva and generates a different thought, thinking that he is not as good as the Buddha, then he is destroying himself. Therefore, do not harbor hatred. Those who see a Bodhisattva who has just generated the mind of Bodhi, and think that he is not as good as the Buddha, are equivalent to infringing upon the Buddhas, World Honored Ones, who exist in countless and infinite worlds at this moment.' 'Also, noble sons and daughters! Now the Buddha foresees that in the last fifty years of the future, those who can obtain dharani or attain samadhi are all due to the Tathagata's blessing.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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威神所致。故，族姓子！若诽谤法师，求其短者，为谤如来。如来灭度后，若有晓了随时之宜，从众生心本所信行为说法要。若于众会有菩萨学一发意顷，衣毛为竖；一返闻经寻即讽诵，则当知之如来圣旨之所接也。 “于彼世时有愚憃士，无菩萨行自谓菩萨。在诸菩萨凶坚自用，分别经典，侏[仁-二+张]匿功，独谓己达，以为二行。常自说言：‘此人何知？此何所解。’” 佛告弥勒：“我身现在所宣颂教，行佛道时布施头、目、支体、肌肉、妻子、国邑，佛悉识念，以一颂故布施天下。是等愚惑求获利养，不往敬佛、宣道教者，不随佛教，违失道节。” 佛言：“阿逸！当以清和可奉此法，不以诤讼。 “阿逸！且观此党众生习随瑕疵，发起瞋恚，不熟思惟识达义故也。如吾所修成最正觉，宣传佛慧而为说法，便当说言：‘莫传此教，于彼世时利供养故。’其法比丘讲说方等千余经卷，兴发四禅，因是乃致如此艰难。何况妄说违失义理，不顺道教？ “若有比丘奉方等教、宣方等藏，故发道心，反更兴心诽谤法师，则为诽谤诸佛经典，甚怀慢恣求其瑕缺。佛不谓此得至究竟尽生死源，是等之类必堕地狱。所以者何？若有求取法师短者，则为慊佛、患厌经法；其轻法师则不敬佛 现代汉语译本：这是佛陀威神力所致。所以，族姓子！如果有人诽谤讲经说法的法师，寻找他们的过失，那就是诽谤如来。如来涅槃之后，如果有人明白何时应该说法，根据众生内心原本的信仰和行为来宣说佛法要义。如果在法会中有菩萨，哪怕只是生起一念菩提心，身上的汗毛都会竖立；只要听闻佛经，立刻就能背诵，那么应当知道，这是如来圣旨所接引的人。 在那个时代，会有一些愚蠢的人，没有菩萨的修行却自称为菩萨。他们在菩萨众中固执己见，分别经典，隐藏自己的功德，独自认为自己通达，认为自己是二行。他们常常自言自语：‘这个人懂什么？他又能理解什么？’ 佛陀告诉弥勒菩萨：‘我今生所宣讲的教法，以及我过去在修行佛道时布施头、目、肢体、肌肉、妻子、国家城邑，佛都清楚记得，为了一个偈颂就布施了整个天下。’这些愚痴迷惑的人，为了追求利益供养，不去恭敬佛陀、宣扬佛法，不遵循佛的教诲，违背了修道的准则。 佛陀说：‘阿逸！应当以清净平和的心态来奉行此法，不要争论。’ ‘阿逸！你看看这些众生，他们习惯于随顺自己的缺点，发起嗔恨心，不深入思考，不理解佛法的真义。就像我修成无上正等正觉，宣扬佛的智慧而说法，他们就会说：‘不要传讲这个教法，因为在那个时代，这样做是为了获得供养。’那些讲说《方等经》等一千多卷经典的比丘，兴起四禅，因此才导致如此艰难的境地。更何况那些妄说、违背佛法义理、不顺从佛陀教诲的人呢？’ ‘如果有比丘奉行《方等经》的教义，宣讲《方等藏》，本来是发了道心，反而又生起诽谤法师的心，那就是诽谤诸佛的经典，他们心怀傲慢，恣意妄为，寻找法师的过失。佛陀认为这样的人不能达到究竟，不能断绝生死轮回的根源，这些人必定会堕入地狱。为什么呢？如果有人寻找法师的过失，那就是憎恨佛陀、厌恶佛经；轻视法师就是不尊敬佛陀。’
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English version: This is due to the majestic power of the Buddha. Therefore, son of a noble family! If one slanders a Dharma teacher, seeking their faults, it is equivalent to slandering the Tathagata. After the Tathagata's Parinirvana, if there are those who understand the appropriate time to teach, and expound the Dharma according to the original faith and conduct of sentient beings, if a Bodhisattva in the assembly, even for the briefest moment, generates the thought of enlightenment, their hair will stand on end; if they hear the sutras and immediately recite them, then know that they are being received by the Tathagata's holy will. In that era, there will be foolish people, who, without the practice of a Bodhisattva, claim to be Bodhisattvas. Among the Bodhisattvas, they are stubborn and self-willed, discriminating against the scriptures, concealing their own merits, and thinking they alone have attained understanding, considering themselves to be of two practices. They often say to themselves: 'What does this person know? What can they understand?' The Buddha told Maitreya: 'The teachings I proclaim in this life, and when I practiced the Buddha path, I gave away my head, eyes, limbs, muscles, wife, and country, the Buddha remembers all of it, and for the sake of one verse, I gave away the whole world.' These foolish and deluded people, seeking profit and offerings, do not go to respect the Buddha, proclaim the Dharma, do not follow the Buddha's teachings, and violate the principles of the path. The Buddha said: 'Ajita! One should uphold this Dharma with a pure and peaceful mind, not with contention.' 'Ajita! Look at these beings, they are accustomed to following their own flaws, giving rise to anger, not thinking deeply, and not understanding the true meaning of the Dharma. Just as I have attained the supreme enlightenment, and proclaim the Buddha's wisdom by teaching the Dharma, they will say: 'Do not transmit this teaching, because in that era, doing so is for the sake of receiving offerings.' Those Bhikkhus who expound more than a thousand volumes of the Vaipulya Sutras, and cultivate the four Dhyanas, have thus encountered such difficulties. How much more so those who speak falsely, violate the meaning of the Dharma, and do not follow the Buddha's teachings?' 'If there are Bhikkhus who uphold the teachings of the Vaipulya Sutras, expound the Vaipulya Pitaka, and originally generated the aspiration for the path, but then turn around and slander the Dharma teachers, they are slandering the scriptures of all Buddhas. They are arrogant and reckless, seeking the faults of the Dharma teachers. The Buddha does not consider such people to be able to reach the ultimate, to cut off the source of birth and death. Such people will surely fall into hell. Why is this so? If one seeks the faults of the Dharma teachers, it is equivalent to hating the Buddha and being disgusted with the scriptures; to despise the Dharma teachers is to disrespect the Buddha.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。若不欲睹于法师者，其人则为不欲见佛；若毁法师，为毁诸佛。若兴害心念初发意菩萨恶者，从其发心害意，诸无数劫若干劫失其道意；以其恶眼视菩萨数，更若干世世世生盲；从本字数口宣诽谤说法师恶，更若干劫喑哑无舌。” 佛告阿逸：“佛普观察，见诸菩萨不因余法速堕恶趣，惟由恶心向余菩萨。想吾我人贪住求法，故堕恶趣。” 佛言：“阿逸！如来不谓宣传经典随颠倒教、念在生死自恣放逸、住我人想行若干法，为是菩萨。因是之故，故堕地狱。是故，阿逸！菩萨遵习六波罗蜜，能成佛慧无上正真。 “或有愚人口自宣言：‘菩萨惟当学般若波罗蜜，其余经者非波罗蜜，说其乏短。’于阿逸意所趣云何？本时国王所以持头施与人者，为无智乎？” 弥勒答曰：“不也。世尊！佛本所修六波罗蜜，所为至诚真实行乎。” “为不行是得佛道耶？” 弥勒报曰：“不也。世尊！” 佛语阿逸：“仁本宿世具六十劫行檀波罗蜜、尸羼惟逮，所修禅定、般若波罗蜜亦复如是，各六十劫。而愚憃等各自发言：‘当以一品行般若波罗蜜至于佛道。’奉随颠倒，无所慕乐。是等之类虽口有言，行不清白；虚言反教，常行猗着；悕望于空，不肯作行。但口发言以为第一，虽 现代汉语译本：如果有人不想见到法师，那这个人就是不想见到佛；如果有人诋毁法师，那就是诋毁诸佛。如果有人对初发菩提心的菩萨产生恶意，从他产生恶意的那一刻起，在无数劫中会失去菩提道心；因为他用恶眼看菩萨的缘故，会在若干世中生为盲人；因为他用言语诽谤说法师的过错，会在若干劫中变成喑哑无舌的人。 佛告诉阿逸（弥勒菩萨的别名）说：‘佛普遍观察，看到诸位菩萨不是因为其他原因迅速堕入恶道，而是因为对其他菩萨怀有恶意。他们执着于“我”、“人”的观念，贪恋求法，所以堕入恶道。’ 佛说：‘阿逸！如来不认为那些宣讲经典时颠倒教义、心中想着生死、放纵自己、执着于“我”、“人”的观念而修行各种法门的人是菩萨。正是因为这些原因，他们才会堕入地狱。所以，阿逸！菩萨应当遵循修习六波罗蜜（布施、持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、智慧），才能成就佛的无上正真智慧。’ ‘或者有些愚人自己宣称：“菩萨只需要学习般若波罗蜜（智慧的圆满），其他的经典不是波罗蜜，说它们缺少不足。”阿逸，你认为这是什么意思？当初国王之所以把头施舍给别人，是因为他没有智慧吗？’ 弥勒回答说：‘不是的，世尊！佛陀您本所修的六波罗蜜，是为了达到至诚真实的修行。’ ‘不修行这些能得到佛道吗？’ 弥勒回答说：‘不能，世尊！’ 佛告诉阿逸说：‘你本在过去世中用了六十劫修行檀波罗蜜（布施的圆满）、尸罗波罗蜜（持戒的圆满），所修的禅定波罗蜜、般若波罗蜜也是如此，各用了六十劫。而愚蠢的人却各自说：“只要修行一种般若波罗蜜就能达到佛道。”他们奉行颠倒的教义，没有丝毫的向往和喜悦。这些人虽然口头上说，但行为不清净；他们虚言反教，常常执着于事物；他们希望得到空无，却不肯实际修行。他们只在口头上说自己是第一，虽然’
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English version: If someone does not wish to see a Dharma teacher, that person does not wish to see the Buddha; if someone slanders a Dharma teacher, that is slandering all Buddhas. If someone harbors malicious thoughts towards a Bodhisattva who has just generated the aspiration for enlightenment, from the moment that malicious thought arises, they will lose their aspiration for enlightenment for countless kalpas; because they look at Bodhisattvas with evil eyes, they will be born blind in several lifetimes; because they verbally slander the faults of a Dharma teacher, they will become mute and tongueless for several kalpas. The Buddha told Ajita (another name for Maitreya Bodhisattva): 'The Buddha observes universally and sees that Bodhisattvas do not fall into evil realms quickly for any other reason, but only because they harbor malicious thoughts towards other Bodhisattvas. They cling to the notions of “self” and “person,” and are greedy for the Dharma, thus falling into evil realms.' The Buddha said: 'Ajita! The Tathagata does not consider those who preach the scriptures with inverted teachings, who think about birth and death, who indulge themselves, who cling to the notions of “self” and “person” while practicing various Dharmas, to be Bodhisattvas. It is because of these reasons that they fall into hell. Therefore, Ajita! Bodhisattvas should follow and practice the Six Paramitas (generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom) in order to achieve the unsurpassed and true wisdom of the Buddha.' 'Or some foolish people proclaim themselves: “Bodhisattvas only need to study the Prajna Paramita (perfection of wisdom), other scriptures are not Paramitas, and they say they are lacking and insufficient.” Ajita, what do you think this means? When the king originally gave his head to others, was it because he lacked wisdom?' Maitreya replied: 'No, World Honored One! The Six Paramitas that the Buddha originally practiced were for the purpose of achieving sincere and true practice.' 'Can one attain Buddhahood without practicing these?' Maitreya replied: 'No, World Honored One!' The Buddha told Ajita: 'You originally practiced Dana Paramita (perfection of generosity) for sixty kalpas, Sila Paramita (perfection of discipline) for sixty kalpas, and the same for Dhyana Paramita (perfection of meditation) and Prajna Paramita (perfection of wisdom), each for sixty kalpas. But foolish people say: “One can attain Buddhahood by practicing only one kind of Prajna Paramita.” They follow inverted teachings, without any aspiration or joy. Although these people speak with their mouths, their actions are not pure; they speak falsely and teach against the truth, they are always attached to things; they hope for emptiness, but are unwilling to practice. They only say with their mouths that they are the best, although' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------