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English version Wisdom is like a high and vast mountain, its peaks and ridges extremely steep and severe, The valleys are deep and wide, with clear springs always flowing abundantly. Various medicinal herbs for curing diseases, grow luxuriantly on its slopes, If anyone takes these herbs, they will obtain endless joy. Like the seed of sugarcane, its inner nature is inherently sweet, A wise person who presses it well, will obtain sweet and delicious flavor. The Dharma (Buddhist teachings) expounded by the World Honored One (Buddha), is fundamentally pure, If anyone believes and accepts it, the blessings they receive will be endless. All sentient beings, wish for boundless happiness, Only Muni (another name for Shakyamuni Buddha), can fulfill all their desires. The afflictions and sufferings of sentient beings, have been constantly raging since beginningless time, The Tathagata (another name for Buddha) is like a great physician king, who prescribes the right medicine for the illness. The crooked path of birth and death, is difficult and dangerous to tread, Kaundinya (one of the first five disciples of Buddha) and the other five, wander in it without knowing how to return. The Tathagata, with great compassion, personally went to Varanasi (ancient Indian city, where Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma), To turn the wheel of Dharma (teach the Dharma) for them, enabling them to attain the fruit of the path. Eighty thousand devas (gods), in the sky, obtained the Dharma eye (eye of wisdom) upon hearing the Dharma, If not for the great teacher, who could turn them around? Sariputra (one of the ten great disciples of Buddha), Maudgalyayana (one of the ten great disciples of Buddha), Kasyapa (one of the ten great disciples of Buddha), Katyayana (one of the ten great disciples of Buddha), These four great Sravakas (disciples of Buddha), before they left home, Were highly talented, with vast wisdom, arrogant and looked down upon the world, The whole country respected them, their fame and virtue were unmatched. Once they heard the nectar-like Dharma, they subdued their arrogance and became Arhats (Buddhist practitioners who have attained enlightenment), Gradually assisting the master (Buddha), following the Dharma to turn the wheel of Dharma. Like the Nigrodha tree, its seed is very tiny, But as time passes, it grows luxuriantly, with branches spreading far and wide; The beings that the World Honored One teaches and transforms, their growth is also like this. Like Angulimala (a disciple of Buddha, formerly a murderer), who had killed many beings, The World Honored One also had compassion for him, and transformed him to enter the Buddhist path. That Devadatta (Buddha's cousin, who later betrayed Buddha), committed the five rebellious acts (the most serious crimes in Buddhism), Ordered ghosts to lift a large stone, wanting to harm the Tathagata; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 世尊平等视， 犹如罗睺罗。 又彼鬼子母， 恒啖于人儿， 以佛怜愍故， 藏其子不现， 慞惶竞求觅， 莫知所在处， 回来问世尊， 求示子所在。 如来以方便， 即事反诘之： ‘汝自念子故， 驰走急求觅。 云何无慈心， 恒啖他人儿？ 恕己可为譬， 勿杀、勿行杖， 若能改此心， 汝子今可见。’ 其闻是语已， 惭喜头面礼， 亦兼为子故， 合掌白佛言： ‘从今尽形寿， 舍离贪害心。’ 即前受五戒， 乃至得道果。 如彼鬼子母， 自爱其子故， 广及于他人， 究竟永断杀。 唯愿大悲尊， 今者亦如是， 以愍所生母， 普及余一切， 愿速开正法， 悉令众听受。”
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尔时，摩诃摩耶说此偈已而白佛言：“世尊！一切众生在于五道，皆由烦恼过患所致，故有结缚不得自在。愿我来世得成正觉，当断一切此患根本。唯是大师慈念世间生、老、病、死、忧、悲、苦恼，无常之火恒烧众生，长夜炽然未曾休息，而呼弟子令归其所，显示生死根本之患而语之言：‘汝等何故长眠三界火轮床上——无常杀鬼伺捕求便，诸病风刀欲断人命？譬如盗贼见珍宝藏，执持器杖而来攻伐，百千亿劫受余杂形， 现代汉语译本 世尊以平等之心看待一切，就像对待他的儿子罗睺罗（佛陀的儿子）一样。 又如那鬼子母（Hariti，一个喜欢吃人小孩的夜叉），她总是吞食别人的孩子。 因为佛陀的怜悯，他藏起了鬼子母的孩子不让她看见。 鬼子母惊慌失措地到处寻找，却不知道孩子在哪里。 她回来问世尊，请求告知她孩子所在的地方。 如来用方便法门，就此事反问她： ‘你因为思念自己的孩子，所以奔走急切地寻找。 为何你没有慈悲心，总是吞食别人的孩子呢？’ ‘将心比心，不要杀生，不要使用暴力。 如果你能改变这种心念，你的孩子现在就可以见到。’ 她听了这些话后，惭愧又欢喜地向佛陀顶礼。 也为了自己的孩子，她合掌对佛陀说： ‘从今往后，直到生命终结，我将舍弃贪婪和伤害的心。’ 她当即受持五戒，最终证得道果。 就像那鬼子母，因为爱自己的孩子， 从而推及到他人，最终永远断绝了杀戮。 唯愿大悲的世尊，现在也能像这样， 以怜悯您所生的母亲（摩诃摩耶，佛陀的生母），普及到其余一切众生， 愿您迅速开示正法，让所有众生都能听闻和接受。” 那时，摩诃摩耶（Mahamaya，佛陀的生母）说完这偈颂后，对佛陀说：“世尊！一切众生在五道（地狱、饿鬼、畜生、人、天）中轮回，都是因为烦恼的过患所导致，所以被束缚而不得自在。愿我来世能够成就正觉，断除一切这些痛苦的根本。唯有大师您慈悲怜悯世间众生的生、老、病、死、忧愁、悲伤、痛苦，无常的火焰恒常燃烧着众生，长夜炽热从未停息，您呼唤弟子们回到您的身边，显示生死根本的祸患，并告诉他们：‘你们为何长久地沉睡在三界（欲界、色界、无色界）的火轮床上——无常的杀鬼伺机捕捉，各种疾病的风刀想要断绝人的性命？譬如盗贼看见珍宝的宝藏，拿着武器前来攻打，百千亿劫都在承受各种不同的形体，’
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English version The World Honored One views all beings with equality, just like he views Rahula (Buddha's son). And like that Hariti (a Yaksha who likes to eat human children), she constantly devours other people's children. Because of the Buddha's compassion, he hid her child from her sight. Hariti frantically searched everywhere, but did not know where her child was. She returned to ask the World Honored One, requesting to be told where her child was. The Tathagata, using skillful means, questioned her in return about this matter: 'Because you miss your own child, you run around anxiously searching. Why do you not have a compassionate heart, and constantly devour other people's children?' 'Put yourself in their place, do not kill, do not use violence. If you can change this mindset, your child can now be seen.' After hearing these words, she was ashamed and joyful, and bowed her head to the Buddha. Also for the sake of her child, she put her palms together and said to the Buddha: 'From now until the end of my life, I will abandon the heart of greed and harm.' She immediately received the five precepts, and eventually attained the fruit of the path. Just like that Hariti, because she loved her own child, she extended that love to others, and ultimately forever ceased killing. May the greatly compassionate World Honored One, now also be like this, with compassion for your mother (Mahamaya, Buddha's birth mother), extend it to all other beings, May you quickly reveal the true Dharma, so that all beings can hear and accept it.” At that time, Mahamaya (Buddha's birth mother), after speaking this verse, said to the Buddha: “World Honored One! All sentient beings in the five paths (hell, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, and gods) are in the cycle of rebirth due to the faults of afflictions, and therefore are bound and not free. May I in the future attain perfect enlightenment, and cut off the root of all these sufferings. Only the Master, with compassion, is mindful of the world's beings' birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, grief, and suffering. The fire of impermanence constantly burns sentient beings, blazing throughout the long night without rest. You call your disciples back to your side, revealing the root of the suffering of birth and death, and tell them: 'Why do you sleep for so long on the fiery bed of the three realms (desire realm, form realm, formless realm) - where the impermanent killing ghosts lie in wait, and the wind-knives of various diseases seek to end human lives? It is like thieves seeing a treasure trove, holding weapons and coming to attack, enduring various forms for hundreds of thousands of billions of kalpas,' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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修行十善方得人身；虽得人身长寿亦难，无常恶贼复加逼迫，宜应防慎犹自放逸。’愚痴之人虚计日、月、年岁多少谓为定期，不觉念念变移潜逝，及至寿终随业所生，室家、眷属悲哭相对，传互如此无有穷已。 “人在世间犹如电光，又于其中生起憍慢，或有称言：‘我是国王，统领天下，势力自在。’或有称言：‘我是大臣，助理国事，抂直由己。’或有称言：‘我富长者，多饶财宝，所欲随意。’或有称言：‘我婆罗门族姓高贵，聪明博达，先祖相承为刹利师。’世尊！此等诸人在世之时，种种快乐恣意自在，初无忧虑；一旦死至方怀悔恨，何所复及？ “强壮之时亲戚相随，嬉戏纵逸，不造微善；无常卒至，各散五道，千万亿劫难复相值。生死无实，如乾闼婆城，乃至辟支佛等尽诸结漏、具大神力，自在无畏——身上出火、身下出水，身上出水、身下出火，飞腾空中，行、住、坐、卧、去、来迅疾，石壁无碍——形貌端正、诸相具足，能为众生作大福田，犹亦未免无常之患，如以大水用灭小火。世间之人犯于王法，罪应及死闭在囹圄，犹可嘱救而令得脱；无常之法不可嘱及。贤圣之力尚不得免，岂况凡夫而无忧惧？ “五通仙人名曰逮波耶那，又有仙人名郁陀罗翅，又有仙人名毗失波蜜多 现代汉语译本 ‘修行十善才能获得人身；即使得到人身，长寿也很难，无常的恶贼又加以逼迫，应该谨慎防备却仍然放纵自己。’愚痴的人虚妄地计算日子、月份、年岁多少，以为有定期，不觉察到念念都在变化迁移，悄然流逝，等到寿命终结，就随着业力所生，家人、眷属悲伤哭泣，互相传递，如此没有穷尽。 ‘人在世间犹如闪电，又在其中生起骄慢，或者有人说：‘我是国王，统治天下，势力自在。’或者有人说：‘我是大臣，辅助国家政事，曲直由我。’或者有人说：‘我是富有的长者，拥有很多财富，想要什么就有什么。’或者有人说：‘我婆罗门种姓高贵，聪明博学，祖先相传是刹帝利的老师。’世尊！这些人活着的时候，种种快乐，恣意自在，最初没有忧虑；一旦死亡来临，才感到后悔，又有什么用呢？ ‘强壮的时候，亲戚跟随，嬉戏放纵，不造一点善事；无常突然到来，各自散落五道，千万亿劫都难以再次相遇。生死没有实体，如同乾闼婆城，乃至辟支佛等，断尽所有烦恼，具有大神力，自在无畏——身上出火、身下出水，身上出水、身下出火，飞腾空中，行走、站立、坐着、躺着、去、来迅速，穿过石壁没有障碍——形貌端正、诸相具足，能为众生作大福田，仍然不能免除无常的祸患，如同用大水来熄灭小火。世间的人触犯王法，罪应当死，被关在监狱里，还可以嘱托营救而得以脱身；无常的法则无法嘱托。贤圣的力量尚且不能免除，何况凡夫而没有忧虑恐惧呢？’ ‘五通仙人名叫逮波耶那（Daiboyena），又有仙人名叫郁陀罗翅（Yudaluochi），又有仙人名叫毗失波蜜多（Pishibomita）。’
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English version 'Practicing the ten virtues is the way to obtain a human body; even having obtained a human body, longevity is difficult, and the impermanent thief of death further presses upon you. You should be cautious and vigilant, yet you still indulge in laxity.' Foolish people vainly calculate the days, months, and years, thinking there is a fixed time, unaware that every moment is changing and passing away. When their lifespan ends, they are born according to their karma. Family and relatives weep in sorrow, passing this on to each other, endlessly. 'People in the world are like a flash of lightning, and yet they give rise to arrogance. Some say, 'I am a king, ruling the world, with power and freedom.' Others say, 'I am a minister, assisting in state affairs, with the power to decide right and wrong.' Others say, 'I am a wealthy elder, possessing much wealth, able to get whatever I desire.' Others say, 'I am of the noble Brahmin caste, intelligent and learned, with ancestors who were teachers of the Kshatriyas.' World Honored One! These people, while alive, enjoy all kinds of pleasures, indulging freely without any worries; but once death arrives, they feel regret, and what good does that do? 'When they are strong, relatives follow them, indulging in play and not doing even the smallest good deed; when impermanence suddenly arrives, they scatter into the five realms, and it is difficult to meet again for billions of kalpas. Birth and death are unreal, like a Gandharva city. Even Pratyekabuddhas, who have exhausted all defilements, possess great spiritual powers, are free and fearless—fire comes from their bodies, water from below, water from their bodies, fire from below, they fly in the air, walk, stand, sit, lie down, go, and come swiftly, passing through stone walls without obstruction—their forms are upright, with all the marks of greatness, able to be great fields of merit for sentient beings, yet they cannot avoid the suffering of impermanence, like using a large amount of water to extinguish a small fire. People in the world who violate the king's law, whose crimes deserve death, are imprisoned, and can still be rescued through intercession; but the law of impermanence cannot be interceded. Even the power of the wise and holy cannot avoid it, how much more so for ordinary people who have no worries or fears?' 'There was a five-spiritual-power ascetic named Daiboyena, another ascetic named Yudaluochi, and another ascetic named Pishibomita.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------