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English version: The heavenly palaces are such, and those who wish to go to the heavens, it is all due to the majestic power of the Buddha. This is the goodness and joy possessed by the Buddha-land of Akshobhya (the Immovable One). The Buddha further said to Sariputra (one of the ten great disciples of the Buddha, known for his wisdom): 'In the three thousand great thousand worlds of Akshobhya's Buddha-land, the Dharma is preached everywhere, and the four kinds of disciples (bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas, and upasikas) fill the three thousand great thousand worlds without any gaps. The disciples in Akshobhya's Buddha-land do not think: 'What shall I eat today? Who will give me food today?' Nor do they go begging from house to house. When the time comes, food is naturally prepared, and a bowl filled with food naturally appears before them, which they take and eat. After eating, the bowl naturally disappears. Such is the food in their Buddha-land. The disciples no longer need to seek robes and bowls, nor do they need to cut, sew, wash, dye, or make clothes, nor do they teach others to make them. It is all due to the majestic power of the Buddha, and they share in joy and are naturally born into it.' 'Akshobhya Tathagata does not speak of transgressions to his disciples—as I speak of the fourteen precepts to my disciples—Akshobhya Tathagata does not speak of such Dharma to his disciples. Why is that? Because there are no evildoers in his Buddha-land.' 'Akshobhya Buddha also does not give precepts to his disciples. Why is that? Because there are no short-lived beings in his Buddha-land, nor are there those who conceal evil, nor are there defiled kalpas, nor are there various afflictions, nor is there defilement. Seeing his Buddha-land eliminates all evil and defilement.' The Buddha further said to Sariputra: 'When Akshobhya Buddha preaches the Dharma, the disciples are able to transcend their attachment to desires. Why is that? Because they have already abandoned the evil paths, and the disciples in his Buddha-land ultimately have no arrogance or pride. Unlike the disciples in this Buddha-land who practice the precepts in the monasteries, the disciples in his Buddha-land do not engage in such practices. Why is that, Sariputra? Because the people there possess the root of goodness, and the Dharma that is preached and the repentance they do are all appropriate. His Buddha-land does not speak of the five heinous crimes (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and causing disunity in the Sangha), and all kinds of perverse actions have been cut off. The disciples do not crave food, nor do they crave robes and bowls, nor do they crave various desires, nor are they attached. They are only spoken to about good things. Why is that? Because they are content with few desires.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chinese
舍利弗！阿閦佛不复授诸弟子戒——如我于此授诸弟子戒。所以者何？其刹无有恶者，是诸弟子但以苦、空、非常、非身，以是为戒。其刹亦无有受戒事，譬如是刹正士于我法中剃除须发、少欲而受我戒。所以者何？其阿閦佛刹诸弟子得自在聚会，无有怨仇。 “舍利弗！阿閦佛刹诸弟子不共作行便独行道，不乐共行，但行诸善。其刹无有过精进者，亦不可见懈怠者。舍利弗！是为阿閦如来佛刹出家诸弟子之德行。” 佛语舍利弗：“阿閦如来为诸弟子说法时，弟子不左右顾视，一心听经——中有住听经者，身不知罢极；中有坐听经者，身亦不知罢极、意亦不念罢极也。 “阿閦如来于虚空中说法时，诸弟子悉听之，是时得神足比丘、未得神足比丘——承佛威神——皆于虚空中行而听法。是诸弟子于虚空中以三品作行。何等三？一者、住，二者、经，三者、坐。 “中有坐般泥洹波蓝坐居而般泥洹者，诸弟子皆般泥洹，时地即为大动，般泥洹已，诸天、人民共供养之；中有阿罗汉身中自出火还烧身而般泥洹；中有阿罗汉般泥洹时，自以功德行如疾风；中有譬如五色云气于空中行便不复知处；中有弟子自以功德便没去，不复知处，般泥洹如是；中有般泥洹时于虚空身中放水，其水不堕地便灭不 现代汉语译本： 舍利弗（Śāriputra，佛陀十大弟子之一，以智慧著称）！阿閦佛（Akṣobhya，又译不动佛，东方妙喜世界的佛）不会像我这样为弟子授戒。为什么呢？因为他的佛土没有恶人，那些弟子只是以苦、空、无常、无我为戒。他的佛土也没有受戒的仪式，不像我们这个世界的善男子在我法中剃除须发、减少欲望而受我的戒。为什么呢？因为阿閦佛佛土的弟子们能够自在地聚会，没有怨恨和仇敌。 舍利弗！阿閦佛佛土的弟子们不一起修行，而是独自修行，不喜欢一起行动，只做善事。他的佛土没有过于精进的人，也看不到懈怠的人。舍利弗！这就是阿閦如来佛土出家弟子的德行。 佛告诉舍利弗：‘阿閦如来为弟子说法时，弟子们不会左顾右盼，一心听经——其中有站着听经的，身体不知疲惫；也有坐着听经的，身体不知疲惫，心中也不想停止。’ ‘阿閦如来在虚空中说法时，所有弟子都听着，这时，得到神足的比丘和未得到神足的比丘——凭借佛的威神——都在虚空中行走着听法。这些弟子在虚空中以三种方式修行。是哪三种呢？一是站立，二是行走，三是坐着。’ ‘其中有坐着般涅槃（parinirvāṇa，佛教术语，指佛或阿罗汉的死亡）的，当他们般涅槃时，所有弟子都一起般涅槃，那时大地会剧烈震动，般涅槃后，天人和人民会一起供养他们；其中有阿罗汉（arhat，佛教修行者所能达到的最高果位）从自身放出火焰焚烧自身而般涅槃；其中有阿罗汉般涅槃时，凭借自身功德像疾风一样消失；其中有像五色云气在空中飘散，然后就不知道去向的；其中有弟子凭借自身功德就消失了，不知道去向，般涅槃就是这样；其中有般涅槃时从虚空中身体放出水，水不落到地上就消失了。’
English
English version: Śāriputra! The Tathāgata Akṣobhya (Immovable One, Buddha of the Pure Land of Abhirati) does not administer precepts to his disciples as I do here. Why is that? Because in his Buddha-field there are no evil beings; those disciples take the precepts of suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and non-self. In his Buddha-field, there is no ceremony of receiving precepts, unlike in this world where virtuous men shave their heads and beards, reduce their desires, and receive my precepts. Why is that? Because the disciples in the Buddha-field of Akṣobhya can gather freely, without resentment or enmity. Śāriputra! The disciples in the Buddha-field of Akṣobhya do not practice together but walk the path alone, not enjoying communal practice, but only doing good deeds. In his Buddha-field, there are none who are overly diligent, nor can one see any who are lazy. Śāriputra! These are the virtues of the ordained disciples in the Buddha-field of the Tathāgata Akṣobhya. The Buddha said to Śāriputra: 'When the Tathāgata Akṣobhya teaches the Dharma to his disciples, the disciples do not look left or right, but listen to the teachings with one mind—among them are those who stand listening to the teachings, their bodies not knowing fatigue; and there are those who sit listening to the teachings, their bodies not knowing fatigue, and their minds not thinking of stopping.' 'When the Tathāgata Akṣobhya teaches the Dharma in the empty space, all the disciples listen, and at that time, those who have attained supernatural powers and those who have not—through the Buddha's majestic power—all walk in the empty space while listening to the Dharma. These disciples practice in the empty space in three ways. What are the three? One is standing, two is walking, and three is sitting.' 'Among them are those who sit in parinirvāṇa (final liberation from the cycle of rebirth), and when they enter parinirvāṇa, all the disciples enter parinirvāṇa together, and at that time the earth greatly shakes, and after parinirvāṇa, gods and people together make offerings to them; among them are arhats (one who has attained enlightenment) who emit flames from their bodies and burn themselves to enter parinirvāṇa; among them are arhats who, when entering parinirvāṇa, disappear like a swift wind through their own merit; among them are those who, like five-colored clouds, drift in the sky and then are no longer known where they are; among them are disciples who disappear through their own merit, and are no longer known where they are, and their parinirvāṇa is like this; among them are those who, when entering parinirvāṇa, emit water from their bodies in the empty space, and the water does not fall to the ground but disappears.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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现。其刹如是清净，令身灭不现；其刹如是清净，令身灭不现而般泥洹。诸弟子般泥洹如是也，舍利弗！是为阿閦如来、无所著、等正觉昔行菩萨道时所愿而有持成无上正真道，诸弟子以是三品般泥洹。 “复次，舍利弗！阿閦如来佛刹诸弟子——无央数不可计诸弟子——少有不具足四解之事者，多有得四解事具足者；诸弟子少有不得四神足安隐行者，多有得四禅足安隐行者。舍利弗！是为阿閦如来佛刹诸弟子所成德行。” 贤者舍利弗白佛言：“阿閦如来、无所著、等正觉佛刹，诸弟子所行皆无极也。”◎ 阿閦佛国经卷上 大正藏第 11 册 No. 0313 阿閦佛国经 阿閦佛国经卷下 后汉月支国三藏支娄迦谶译 ◎诸菩萨学成品第四 尔时，贤者舍利弗心念言：“佛已说弟子所学成，愿佛当复说诸菩萨所学成。所以者何？皆当学成是诸菩萨所照光明。” 时佛即知贤者舍利弗心所念，即告舍利弗：“其阿閦如来、无所著、等正觉佛刹有若干百菩萨、若干千菩萨、若干亿菩萨、若干亿百千菩萨大会如是。” 佛语舍利弗：“诸菩萨摩诃萨于阿閦佛所下须发皆承佛威神，悉受法语、讽诵、持之。如我于是所说法由为薄少耳，阿閦佛所说法无央 现代汉语译本：他们的佛土如此清净，以至于身体的灭亡不会显现；他们的佛土如此清净，以至于身体的灭亡不会显现而直接进入涅槃（般泥洹，指佛教的最高境界，超越生死轮回）。诸位弟子的涅槃也是如此，舍利弗（佛陀的十大弟子之一）！这就是阿閦如来（Akshobhya，意为不动如来）、无所著（不受任何事物束缚）、等正觉（完全觉悟）在过去行菩萨道时所发的愿力，从而成就了无上正真之道，他的弟子们以这三种方式进入涅槃。 再者，舍利弗！阿閦如来佛土的弟子们——数量众多，不可计数——很少有不具备四解（四种解脱，指对佛法的深刻理解）的，大多数都具备四解；很少有不能以四神足（四种神通，指通过禅定获得的超自然能力）安稳行走的，大多数都能以四禅足（四种禅定，指佛教的四种基本禅定状态）安稳行走。舍利弗！这就是阿閦如来佛土的弟子们所成就的德行。 贤者舍利弗对佛说：‘阿閦如来、无所著、等正觉的佛土，诸位弟子所修行的都是无边无际的。’ 阿閦佛国经卷上 大正藏第 11 册 No. 0313 阿閦佛国经 阿閦佛国经卷下 后汉月支国三藏支娄迦谶译 诸菩萨学成品第四 当时，贤者舍利弗心中想：‘佛陀已经说了弟子们所学成就，希望佛陀再说说菩萨们所学成就。为什么呢？因为我们都应当学习成就这些菩萨所照耀的光明。’ 这时，佛陀立刻知道贤者舍利弗心中所想，就告诉舍利弗：‘在阿閦如来、无所著、等正觉的佛土，有若干百菩萨、若干千菩萨、若干亿菩萨、若干亿百千菩萨聚集在一起。’ 佛陀告诉舍利弗：‘诸位菩萨摩诃萨（Mahasattva，指伟大的菩萨）在阿閦佛那里，剃除须发都承蒙佛的威神之力，全部接受佛的教诲，讽诵、持守。我在这里所说的法，只不过是很少的一部分，阿閦佛所说的法是无量无边的。’
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English version: Their Buddha-land is so pure that the cessation of the body does not appear; their Buddha-land is so pure that the cessation of the body does not appear, and they directly enter Nirvana (Parinirvana, referring to the highest state in Buddhism, beyond the cycle of birth and death). The Nirvana of the disciples is also like this, Shariputra (one of the ten major disciples of the Buddha)! This is the vow made by Akshobhya Tathagata (Akshobhya, meaning the Immovable One), the Unattached One, the Fully Enlightened One, when he practiced the Bodhisattva path in the past, thereby achieving the unsurpassed true path, and his disciples enter Nirvana in these three ways. Furthermore, Shariputra! The disciples in the Buddha-land of Akshobhya Tathagata—countless and immeasurable—few do not possess the four understandings (four liberations, referring to a deep understanding of the Dharma), and most possess the four understandings; few cannot walk securely with the four supernatural powers (four psychic powers, referring to supernatural abilities obtained through meditation), and most can walk securely with the four meditative absorptions (four dhyanas, referring to the four basic meditative states in Buddhism). Shariputra! This is the virtue accomplished by the disciples in the Buddha-land of Akshobhya Tathagata. The venerable Shariputra said to the Buddha: 'The Buddha-land of Akshobhya Tathagata, the Unattached One, the Fully Enlightened One, the practices of all the disciples are boundless.' Akshobhya Buddha Land Sutra, Volume 1 Taisho Tripitaka Volume 11, No. 0313, Akshobhya Buddha Land Sutra Akshobhya Buddha Land Sutra, Volume 2 Translated by the Tripitaka Master Zhi Loujiachen of the Yuezhi Kingdom of the Later Han Dynasty Chapter 4: The Accomplishment of the Bodhisattvas' Learning At that time, the venerable Shariputra thought in his heart: 'The Buddha has already spoken about the accomplishments of the disciples' learning, I hope the Buddha will also speak about the accomplishments of the Bodhisattvas' learning. Why? Because we should all learn to accomplish the light illuminated by these Bodhisattvas.' At this time, the Buddha immediately knew what the venerable Shariputra was thinking, and told Shariputra: 'In the Buddha-land of Akshobhya Tathagata, the Unattached One, the Fully Enlightened One, there are several hundred Bodhisattvas, several thousand Bodhisattvas, several million Bodhisattvas, and several million hundred thousand Bodhisattvas gathered together.' The Buddha told Shariputra: 'All the Bodhisattva Mahasattvas (Mahasattva, referring to a great Bodhisattva) under Akshobhya Buddha, when they shave their hair and beard, all receive the power of the Buddha's divine might, and all receive the Buddha's teachings, reciting and upholding them. The Dharma that I speak here is only a small part, the Dharma that Akshobhya Buddha speaks is immeasurable and boundless.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------