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佛告阿难：“如是二人，得福正等，功德广大，无量无边，乃至毕苦，其福不尽。” 阿难复白佛言：“若佛现在，若复有人，如上深心，一切供养、恭敬如来；佛涅槃后，若复有人，如上深心，供养、恭敬半身舍利。世尊！如是二人，所得福德何者为多？” 佛告阿难：“如是二人，深心供养，得福无异，所得福德无量无边。阿难！若佛灭后，若复有人，深心供养如来舍利四分之一、八分之一、十六分之一、百分之一、千分之一、万分之一、恒河沙分之一，乃至如芥子许，皆以深心供养、恭敬、尊重、赞叹；若佛现在，若复有人，深心供养、恭敬如来。如是二人，所得福德皆悉无异，其福无量不可称计。阿难当知，若佛现在、若涅槃后，若复有人深心恭敬、供养、礼拜、尊重、赞叹，如是二人，所得福德无二无别。” 佛告阿难及诸大众：“我涅槃后，天上、人间一切众生，得我舍利，悲喜交流，哀感欣庆，恭敬、礼拜、深心供养，得无量无边功德。阿难！若见如来舍利即是见佛、见佛即是见法、见法即是见僧、见僧即见涅槃。阿难！当知以是因缘，三宝常住，无有变易，能为众生作归依处。” 阿难复白佛言：“佛涅槃后，一切大众依何法则，茶毗如来，而得舍 现代汉语译本 ‘世尊，这两种人谁的功德更大呢？’ 佛陀告诉阿难：‘这两种人，得到的福报是相等的，功德广大，无量无边，乃至到生命终结，他们的福报也不会用尽。’ 阿难又对佛说：‘如果佛陀在世时，有人像上面所说的那样以深切的诚心，供养、恭敬如来；佛陀涅槃后，如果有人也像上面所说的那样以深切的诚心，供养、恭敬佛陀的半身舍利。世尊！这两种人，所得的福德谁的更多呢？’ 佛陀告诉阿难：‘这两种人，以深切的诚心供养，得到的福报没有差别，所得的福德无量无边。阿难！如果佛陀灭度后，如果有人以深切的诚心供养如来舍利的四分之一、八分之一、十六分之一、百分之一、千分之一、万分之一、恒河沙分之一，乃至像芥子那么小，都以深切的诚心供养、恭敬、尊重、赞叹；如果佛陀在世时，有人以深切的诚心供养、恭敬如来。这两种人，所得的福德完全没有差别，他们的福报无量，不可计数。阿难你要知道，如果佛陀在世，或者涅槃后，如果有人以深切的诚心恭敬、供养、礼拜、尊重、赞叹，这两种人，所得的福德没有两样，没有分别。’ 佛陀告诉阿难和所有大众：‘我涅槃后，天上、人间一切众生，得到我的舍利，悲喜交集，哀伤感动又欣喜庆幸，恭敬、礼拜、以深切的诚心供养，会得到无量无边的功德。阿难！如果见到如来的舍利，就是见到佛陀，见到佛陀就是见到法，见到法就是见到僧，见到僧就是见到涅槃。阿难！你要知道，因为这个因缘，三宝（佛、法、僧）常住，不会改变，能够成为众生皈依之处。’ 阿难又对佛说：‘佛陀涅槃后，所有大众依照什么法则，火化如来，才能得到舍利呢？’
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English version 'World Honored One, which of these two has more merit?' The Buddha told Ananda, 'These two people receive equal blessings. Their merits are vast, immeasurable, and boundless. Even until the end of their lives, their blessings will not be exhausted.' Ananda then asked the Buddha, 'If the Buddha is present, and someone with deep sincerity makes offerings and shows reverence to the Tathagata; and after the Buddha's Nirvana, if someone with the same deep sincerity makes offerings and shows reverence to half of the Buddha's relics. World Honored One! Which of these two people will receive more merit?' The Buddha told Ananda, 'These two people, with deep sincerity in their offerings, receive the same blessings. The merit they receive is immeasurable and boundless. Ananda! If after the Buddha's passing, someone with deep sincerity makes offerings to one-fourth, one-eighth, one-sixteenth, one-hundredth, one-thousandth, one-ten-thousandth, or even one part of the Ganges River's sand of the Tathagata's relics, even as small as a mustard seed, and with deep sincerity makes offerings, shows reverence, respects, and praises; and if when the Buddha is present, someone with deep sincerity makes offerings and shows reverence to the Tathagata. These two people receive the same merit, their blessings are immeasurable and cannot be counted. Ananda, you should know that whether the Buddha is present or after Nirvana, if someone with deep sincerity shows reverence, makes offerings, bows, respects, and praises, these two people receive the same merit, without any difference.' The Buddha told Ananda and all the assembly, 'After my Nirvana, all beings in heaven and on earth, upon receiving my relics, will experience a mixture of sorrow and joy, feeling both grief and happiness. They will show reverence, bow, and make offerings with deep sincerity, and will receive immeasurable and boundless merit. Ananda! To see the Tathagata's relics is to see the Buddha, to see the Buddha is to see the Dharma, to see the Dharma is to see the Sangha, and to see the Sangha is to see Nirvana. Ananda! You should know that because of this cause, the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) are eternal, unchanging, and can be a place of refuge for all beings.' Ananda then asked the Buddha, 'After the Buddha's Nirvana, according to what rules should the assembly cremate the Tathagata to obtain relics?' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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利，深心供养？”佛告阿难：“我般涅槃，汝等大众当依转轮圣王茶毗方法。”阿难复白：“转轮圣王茶毗法则，其事云何？” 佛告阿难：“转轮圣王命终之后，经停七日，乃入铁棺。既入棺已，即以微妙香油注满棺中，闭棺令密。复经七日，从棺中出，以诸香水灌洗、沐浴；既灌洗已，烧众名香而以供养；以兜罗绵遍体儭身，然后即以无价上妙白㲲千张，次第相重，遍缠王身。既已缠讫，以众香油满铁棺中，圣王之身尔乃入棺。密闭棺已，载以香木、七宝车上，其车四面垂诸璎珞、一切宝绞，庄严其车，无数花幡、七宝幢盖、一切妙香、一切天乐，围绕供养。尔乃纯以众妙香木表里文饰，微妙香油茶毗转轮圣王之身。茶毗已讫，收取舍利，于都城内四衢道中起七宝塔，塔开四门，安置舍利，一切世间所共瞻仰。 “阿难！其转轮王以少福德绍此王位，未脱诸有，具足五欲、妻妾、婇女、恶见、三毒，一切烦恼诸结使等，未断一毫，命终之后，世间犹乃如是法则，起塔供养一切瞻仰。阿难！何况如来已于无量无边无数阿僧祇劫，永舍五欲、妻妾、婇女，于世间法已作霜雹。难勤能勤、难行能行，一切菩萨出世苦行，勤苦修习；十方三世一切诸佛所行之道，甚深微妙清净戒、定、慧解脱、解脱知见、六波 现代汉语译本：‘世尊，我们应当如何以深切的虔诚之心供养您呢？’佛陀告诉阿难：‘我入涅槃后，你们大众应当按照转轮圣王（Chakravartin，统治世界的理想君主）的荼毗（火葬）方法来处理。’阿难又问：‘转轮圣王的荼毗法则，具体是怎样的呢？’ 佛陀告诉阿难：‘转轮圣王去世后，遗体停放七日，然后放入铁棺。放入棺材后，用精妙的香油注满棺材，封闭棺材使其密封。再过七日，从棺材中取出遗体，用各种香水灌洗、沐浴；灌洗完毕后，焚烧各种名贵的香料进行供养；用兜罗绵（一种柔软的棉花）包裹全身，然后用无数张无价的上等白色细布，依次重叠，缠绕王身。缠绕完毕后，用各种香油注满铁棺，然后将圣王的遗体放入棺材。密封棺材后，将其放置在香木和七宝装饰的车上，车身四面垂挂着璎珞（一种珠宝装饰）、各种宝物编织的装饰，庄严华丽，无数的幡旗、七宝幢盖、各种妙香、各种天乐，围绕着进行供养。然后用各种精妙的香木从里到外装饰，用精妙的香油荼毗转轮圣王的遗体。荼毗完毕后，收取舍利（遗骨），在都城内的四通八达的道路中央建造七宝塔，塔开四门，安置舍利，供一切世人瞻仰。 ‘阿难！转轮王以微薄的福德继承王位，尚未脱离诸有（三界轮回），具足五欲（色、声、香、味、触）、妻妾、宫女、邪见、三毒（贪、嗔、痴），一切烦恼和结使（烦恼的束缚）等，没有断除丝毫，去世后，世间尚且如此按照法则，建造佛塔供养，让众人瞻仰。阿难！更何况如来（Tathagata，佛的称号）已经在无量无边无数阿僧祇劫（极长的时间单位）中，永远舍弃了五欲、妻妾、宫女，对于世间法已经如同霜雹般不再执着。难勤能勤、难行能行，一切菩萨出世的苦行，勤苦修习；十方三世一切诸佛所行之道，甚深微妙的清净戒、定、慧、解脱、解脱知见、六波罗蜜（布施、持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、智慧）等，都已圆满成就。’
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English version: 'World Honored One, how should we offer deep and sincere devotion to you?' The Buddha told Ananda, 'After my Parinirvana (final passing away), you all should follow the cremation method of a Chakravartin (ideal universal ruler).' Ananda then asked, 'What exactly is the cremation method of a Chakravartin?' The Buddha told Ananda, 'After a Chakravartin passes away, the body is kept for seven days before being placed in an iron coffin. Once in the coffin, it is filled with exquisite fragrant oil, and the coffin is sealed tightly. After another seven days, the body is taken out of the coffin and washed and bathed with various fragrant waters. After the washing, various precious incenses are burned as offerings. The body is wrapped in fine cotton, and then countless sheets of priceless white cloth are layered and wrapped around the king's body. Once wrapped, the iron coffin is filled with various fragrant oils, and the king's body is placed inside. After sealing the coffin, it is placed on a chariot adorned with fragrant wood and seven treasures. The chariot is decorated with hanging jewels, various precious ornaments, countless banners, seven-jeweled canopies, various exquisite incenses, and heavenly music, all surrounding it as offerings. Then, the chariot is decorated inside and out with various exquisite fragrant woods, and the body of the Chakravartin is cremated with exquisite fragrant oils. After the cremation, the relics (remains) are collected, and a seven-jeweled stupa (tower) is built in the center of the city's crossroads. The stupa has four doors, and the relics are placed inside for all the world to venerate.' 'Ananda! A Chakravartin, with limited merit, inherits the throne, has not escaped the realms of existence (samsara), is full of the five desires (form, sound, smell, taste, touch), wives, concubines, evil views, the three poisons (greed, hatred, delusion), all afflictions and fetters (bonds of suffering), and has not severed even a single one. After death, the world still follows this method, building a stupa for offerings and veneration. Ananda! How much more so for the Tathagata (title of the Buddha), who has, for countless, immeasurable, and incalculable kalpas (eons), forever abandoned the five desires, wives, and concubines, and for whom worldly matters are like frost and hail. He has done what is difficult to do, practiced what is difficult to practice, all the ascetic practices of the Bodhisattvas, diligently cultivated; the path followed by all Buddhas of the ten directions and three times, the profound and subtle pure precepts, concentration, wisdom, liberation, the knowledge of liberation, the six paramitas (generosity, morality, patience, diligence, meditation, wisdom), all have been perfectly accomplished.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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罗蜜，无不具足。修习如来十力、大悲、四无所畏、三解脱门、十八大空、六通、五眼、三十七品、十八不共法、三十二相、八十种好、一切诸佛寿命、一切净佛国土、一切成就众生、一切难行苦行、一切摄善法戒、一切摄众生戒、一切摄律仪戒、一切功德、一切智慧、一切庄严、一切大愿、一切方便，如是等不可思议福德智慧，皆已成就，无不具足。断除一切不善、断除一切烦恼、断除一切烦恼余习，通达四谛十二因缘，于菩提树降伏四魔，成就种智，如是妙法悉修习已；尔乃一切诸佛唱言：‘善哉！善哉！’同以法性智水灌法身顶，乃成阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。以是因缘，我今号天人师十方种觉至极世尊、天上人间无与等者，等视众生如罗睺罗，故名如来、应供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世间解、无上士、调御丈夫、天人师、佛、世尊，怜愍世间，化缘周毕，为众生故，今入涅槃，随世间法，如转轮王，为令众生普得供养。 “阿难！我入涅槃，如转轮王，经停七日，乃入铁棺，以妙香油注满棺中，密盖棺门，其棺四面应以七宝间杂庄严，一切宝幢香花供养。经七日已，复出铁棺；既出棺已，应以一切众妙香水灌洗、沐浴如来之身；既灌洗已，以上妙兜罗绵遍体缠身，次以微妙无价白㲲千张，复于绵上，缠如 现代汉语译本：罗蜜（波罗蜜，指到达彼岸的修行），无不圆满具足。修习如来的十力（如来所具有的十种力量）、大悲（伟大的慈悲心）、四无所畏（佛陀的四种无所畏惧的自信）、三解脱门（空、无相、无愿三种解脱之门）、十八大空（十八种空性）、六通（六种神通）、五眼（肉眼、天眼、慧眼、法眼、佛眼）、三十七品（三十七道品，菩提道的三十七种修行方法）、十八不共法（佛陀独有的十八种功德）、三十二相（佛陀的三十二种殊胜外貌）、八十种好（佛陀的八十种细微美好特征）、一切诸佛寿命、一切清净佛国土、一切成就众生、一切难行苦行、一切摄善法戒（摄取一切善法的戒律）、一切摄众生戒（摄取一切众生的戒律）、一切摄律仪戒（摄取一切律仪的戒律）、一切功德、一切智慧、一切庄严、一切大愿、一切方便，像这样不可思议的福德和智慧，都已成就，无不圆满具足。断除一切不善、断除一切烦恼、断除一切烦恼的残余习气，通达四谛（苦、集、灭、道四种真理）和十二因缘（十二种相互依存的因果关系），在菩提树下降伏四魔（烦恼魔、五蕴魔、死魔、天魔），成就一切种智（佛陀所具有的智慧），像这样微妙的佛法都已修习完毕；这时一切诸佛都赞叹说：‘善哉！善哉！’一同以法性智水灌注法身之顶，才成就阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（无上正等正觉）。因为这个因缘，我今天号称天人师（天界和人间的导师）、十方种觉（十方一切觉悟者）、至极世尊（最受尊敬的世尊）、天上人间无与伦比者，平等看待众生如同罗睺罗（佛陀的儿子），所以名为如来（乘如实之道而来）、应供（应受人天供养）、正遍知（真正普遍知道一切）、明行足（智慧和行为都圆满）、善逝（善于到达涅槃）、世间解（了解世间一切）、无上士（无上的人）、调御丈夫（调伏众生的丈夫）、天人师、佛、世尊，怜悯世间，教化因缘圆满，为了众生的缘故，现在进入涅槃，顺应世间法则，如同转轮王，为了让众生普遍得到供养。 阿难！我进入涅槃，如同转轮王，停放七日，然后放入铁棺，用妙香油注满棺中，密封棺门，棺材四面应该用七宝间杂装饰，用一切宝幢香花供养。经过七日后，再从铁棺中取出；取出棺材后，应该用一切美妙的香水灌洗、沐浴如来的身体；灌洗完毕后，用上好的兜罗绵遍身缠绕，然后用微妙无价的白色细布千张，再缠绕在兜罗绵上，缠绕如