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English version: The Buddha said to the elder Ananda, 'You should not be sorrowful, nor weep again, nor cry out loudly, beat your chest, choke with sobs, faint, or fall to the ground. Why is this? All beings in the world that are born are conditioned phenomena (samskrta-dharma), which will eventually return to impermanence. To wish that this dharma would not be lost or destroyed and would remain forever is not possible.' At that time, the World Honored One used various teachings to comfort, encourage, instruct, and delight him. After entrusting the Dharma treasury, he remained silent. At that time, the World Honored One again thought, 'The thorn of sorrow has deeply pierced the heart of the bhikkhu Ananda. I should now remove that thorn of sorrow.' He said to Ananda, 'Do you wish to see future events? I see the future as if it were the present. I will explain it to you.' At that time, Ananda bared his right shoulder, knelt on his right knee, joined his palms, bowed to the Buddha's feet, and said to the Buddha, 'Great Virtuous World Honored One! Please explain it to me. Now is the right time. After hearing the Dharma, I will uphold it, practice it, and widely propagate it.' The Buddha said to Ananda, 'Listen carefully and attentively. I will now speak. Ananda! In the future, there will be some bhikkhus who have broken the precepts, wearing the kasaya (monk's robe), going to and fro in cities and villages, staying in the homes of relatives and friends. They are neither bhikkhus nor laypeople, keeping wives and concubines, and having children. There will also be bhikkhus living in brothels; there will also be bhikkhus having sexual relations with bhikkhunis; there will also be bhikkhus storing up gold and silver, engaging in business to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus acting as messengers to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus specializing in medicine to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus playing chess and liubo to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus telling fortunes for others to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus chanting mantras for others to make corpses rise and send them to kill enemies to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus chanting mantras for others to drive away ghosts and spirits, and taking much wealth to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus specializing in killing to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus living in sangharamas (monasteries), privately spending the property of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha to support themselves; there will also be bhikkhus who inwardly break the precepts but outwardly pretend to uphold them, receiving offerings from others; there will also be bhikkhus who, although not breaking the precepts, are stingy and miserly with clothing, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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饮食，及以鄙吝众僧之物不与客僧；复有比丘虽不破戒，吝惜众僧房舍、床座不与客僧；复有比丘虽不破戒，为诸檀越供养礼拜多得财利，其心不欲令余比丘受人信施，唯欲自受；复有比丘实非罗汉，而常诈称得罗汉果，欲令人知我是罗汉；复有比丘多受檀越四事供养，内无实德唯增贪心，但为活命不为修道；复有比丘兴利商贾以自养活；复有比丘专行偷盗以自养活；复有比丘畜养象、马、驼、驴、牛、羊，乃至卖买以自养活；复有比丘贩卖奴婢以自养活；复有比丘屠杀牛、羊以自养活；复有比丘受募入阵，征战讨伐多杀众人以求勋赏；复有比丘穿逾墙壁，盗他财物以自活命；复有比丘专行劫夺，攻破城邑及与聚落以自活命；复有比丘毁坏佛塔，取其宝物以自活命。如是无量地狱因缘，舍命之后皆堕地狱。 “阿难！譬如师子命绝身死，若空、若地、若水、若陆，所有众生不敢食彼师子身肉，唯师子身自生诸虫，还自啖食师子之肉。阿难！我之佛法非余能坏，是我法中诸恶比丘犹如毒刺，破我三阿僧祇劫积行勤苦所集佛法。阿难！譬如有人入于大海，至宝渚中多取宝物置于船上，欲渡大海于中沉没。佛之正法如彼宝船，当来破戒诸恶比丘多乐造作种种恶业，灭我佛法沉没不现。 “阿难！如来涅槃不久之 现代汉语译本：'饮食方面，以及吝啬僧众的物品不给来客僧人；还有比丘虽然不破戒，却吝惜僧众的房舍、床铺不给来客僧人；还有比丘虽然不破戒，因为接受施主的供养礼拜而得到很多财利，心里不希望其他比丘接受别人的布施，只想自己接受；还有比丘实际上不是罗汉（Arhat，已证悟的圣者），却常常假装自己证得了罗汉果，想让别人知道自己是罗汉；还有比丘接受施主大量的四事供养（衣物、饮食、住所、医药），内心没有真实的德行，只是增长贪心，只为了活命而不是为了修行；还有比丘从事商业买卖来养活自己；还有比丘专门偷盗来养活自己；还有比丘畜养象、马、骆驼、驴、牛、羊，甚至进行买卖来养活自己；还有比丘贩卖奴婢来养活自己；还有比丘屠杀牛羊来养活自己；还有比丘接受招募进入军队，参与征战讨伐，杀害很多人来求取功勋赏赐；还有比丘穿墙越壁，偷盗别人的财物来维持生命；还有比丘专门进行抢劫，攻破城池和村落来维持生命；还有比丘毁坏佛塔，拿走里面的宝物来维持生命。像这样无量的地狱因缘，舍弃生命之后都会堕入地狱。 ‘阿难（Ananda，佛陀的十大弟子之一）！譬如狮子生命终结死去，无论在空中、地上、水里、陆地，所有的众生都不敢吃那狮子的肉，只有狮子身体自己生出的虫子，反过来吃狮子的肉。阿难！我的佛法不是被外人破坏的，而是我佛法中的那些恶比丘，就像毒刺一样，破坏我三大阿僧祇劫（asamkhya kalpa，极长的时间单位）积累修行所成就的佛法。阿难！譬如有人进入大海，到达宝藏之地，取了很多宝物放在船上，想要渡过大海，结果船在途中沉没。佛的正法就像那艘宝船，未来那些破戒的恶比丘，喜欢造作各种恶业，会灭掉我的佛法，使其沉没不现。’ ‘阿难！如来（Tathagata，佛陀的称号）涅槃（Nirvana，佛教的最高境界）不久之后，'
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English version: 'Regarding food and drink, and being stingy with the Sangha's (monastic community) belongings, not giving them to visiting monks; also, there are monks who, though not breaking precepts, are stingy with the Sangha's lodgings and bedding, not giving them to visiting monks; also, there are monks who, though not breaking precepts, receive much wealth and profit from the offerings and worship of donors, and in their hearts do not wish other monks to receive the faith offerings of others, desiring only to receive them themselves; also, there are monks who are not actually Arhats (enlightened beings), but constantly falsely claim to have attained the fruit of Arhatship, wishing to make others know that they are Arhats; also, there are monks who receive abundant four requisites (clothing, food, lodging, and medicine) from donors, but have no real virtue within, only increasing their greed, living only for the sake of survival and not for the sake of cultivation; also, there are monks who engage in trade and commerce to support themselves; also, there are monks who specialize in stealing to support themselves; also, there are monks who raise elephants, horses, camels, donkeys, cows, and sheep, even selling them to support themselves; also, there are monks who sell slaves to support themselves; also, there are monks who slaughter cows and sheep to support themselves; also, there are monks who accept recruitment into the army, participating in campaigns and conquests, killing many people to seek merit and rewards; also, there are monks who break through walls, stealing the property of others to sustain their lives; also, there are monks who specialize in robbery, attacking and destroying cities and villages to sustain their lives; also, there are monks who destroy stupas (Buddhist shrines), taking the treasures within to sustain their lives. Such are the immeasurable causes of hell, and after abandoning life, they will all fall into hell.' 'Ananda (one of the Buddha's ten principal disciples)! It is like when a lion's life ends and it dies, whether in the sky, on the ground, in the water, or on land, all living beings dare not eat the flesh of that lion, only the insects that are born from the lion's own body, in turn, eat the lion's flesh. Ananda! My Dharma (Buddhist teachings) is not destroyed by outsiders, but it is the evil monks within my Dharma, like poisonous thorns, who destroy the Dharma that I have accumulated through diligent practice over three asamkhya kalpas (immeasurably long periods of time). Ananda! It is like a person who enters the great ocean, reaches a treasure island, takes many treasures and places them on a ship, wanting to cross the great ocean, but the ship sinks in the middle of the journey. The true Dharma of the Buddha is like that treasure ship, and in the future, those evil monks who break the precepts, delighting in creating all kinds of evil deeds, will extinguish my Dharma, causing it to sink and disappear.' 'Ananda! Soon after the Tathagata (the Buddha's title) enters Nirvana (the ultimate state of enlightenment),' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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间正法当乱，正法乱已，复有种种诸恶比丘出现于世，不信如来得证无漏寂灭涅槃，况复信有世间余人得阿罗汉入涅槃者。阿难！如来所有正法名味句义所谓修多罗、祇夜、鞞迦曷罗、伽陀、忧陀那、尼陀那、阿波陀那、伊帝鼻利多伽、阇多迦、裴富略、阿浮陀达摩、优波提舍，十二部经为恶比丘之所毁灭，彼诸人等，乐作文章绮饰言辞。多有如是诸恶比丘，破我佛法。” 尔时阿难白佛言：“世尊！当来之世，如是破戒诸恶比丘而出生耶？” 佛言：“如是，如是！阿难！未来之世当有如是诸恶比丘出现于世，虽披法服剃除须发，破我佛法。” 尔时阿难作如是念：“以佛力故，可令我见未来之世如是事不？” 尔时，如来以神通力，即令阿难悉见未来诸恶比丘，以儿坐膝置妇其傍。复见种种诸非法事。尔时，阿难见此事已，心大怖畏身毛皆竖，即白佛言：“世尊！如来速入涅槃，今正是时，何用见此未来之世如是恶事？” 佛告阿难：“汝意云何？如来向说诸恶比丘恶业报果，岂是余人所能知不？” 阿难白佛言：“世尊！唯有如来，乃能知此未来之世诸恶业报。” 佛言：“善哉，善哉！阿难！实如汝说，唯有如来乃能知之。阿难！汝今颇见佛未涅槃诸恶比丘围绕 现代汉语译本：当正法衰落混乱时，正法混乱之后，会有各种邪恶的比丘（佛教出家人）出现在世上，他们不相信如来（佛陀）已经证得无漏寂灭的涅槃（佛教的最高境界），更何况相信世间其他人能证得阿罗汉（断绝烦恼的圣人）而入涅槃。阿难！如来所有的正法，包括其名称、意义、语句，也就是修多罗（经）、祇夜（偈颂）、鞞迦曷罗（记说）、伽陀（讽诵）、忧陀那（自说）、尼陀那（因缘）、阿波陀那（譬喻）、伊帝鼻利多伽（本事）、阇多迦（本生）、裴富略（方广）、阿浮陀达摩（未曾有法）、优波提舍（论议），这十二部经会被邪恶的比丘所毁灭。那些人喜欢写作华丽的文章，用虚饰的言辞。会有很多这样的邪恶比丘，破坏我的佛法。”， 那时，阿难对佛说：‘世尊！未来的时代，真的会有这样破戒的邪恶比丘出现吗？’ 佛说：‘是的，是的！阿难！未来的时代会有这样的邪恶比丘出现在世上，他们虽然披着僧袍，剃除了须发，却会破坏我的佛法。’ 那时，阿难心中想：‘凭借佛陀的力量，或许我可以看见未来时代发生这样的事情吗？’ 这时，如来用神通力，让阿难看见了未来那些邪恶的比丘，他们让孩子坐在膝上，妻子在身旁。还看见了种种非法的事情。那时，阿难看见这些事情后，心中非常恐惧，汗毛都竖了起来，立刻对佛说：‘世尊！如来您还是快点进入涅槃吧，现在正是时候，何必看见未来时代这些邪恶的事情呢？’ 佛告诉阿难：‘你觉得怎么样？我之前说的那些邪恶比丘的恶业报应，难道是其他人能够知道的吗？’ 阿难对佛说：‘世尊！只有如来您，才能知道未来时代这些恶业的报应。’ 佛说：‘说得好，说得好！阿难！确实像你所说，只有如来才能知道。阿难！你现在看见我还没涅槃，那些邪恶的比丘围绕着我吗？’
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English version: When the true Dharma is in decline and chaos, and after the true Dharma has become chaotic, various evil Bhikkhus (Buddhist monks) will appear in the world. They will not believe that the Tathagata (Buddha) has attained Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (the highest state of enlightenment) and Nirvana (the ultimate state of peace), let alone believe that others in the world can attain Arhatship (a saint who has extinguished all defilements) and enter Nirvana. Ananda! All the true Dharma of the Tathagata, including its names, meanings, and phrases, namely Sutra (scriptures), Geya (verses), Vyakarna (explanations), Gatha (hymns), Udana (spontaneous utterances), Nidana (causes), Avadana (parables), Itivuttaka (sayings), Jataka (birth stories), Vaipulya (extensive teachings), Adbhuta-dharma (miraculous teachings), and Upadesha (commentaries), these twelve divisions of scriptures will be destroyed by evil Bhikkhus. Those people will enjoy writing flowery articles and using embellished words. There will be many such evil Bhikkhus who will destroy my Buddha-dharma. At that time, Ananda said to the Buddha, 'World Honored One! In the future, will such evil Bhikkhus who break the precepts really appear?' The Buddha said, 'Yes, yes! Ananda! In the future, there will be such evil Bhikkhus appearing in the world. Although they wear monastic robes and shave their heads and beards, they will destroy my Buddha-dharma.' At that time, Ananda thought, 'By the power of the Buddha, perhaps I can see such things happening in the future?' Then, the Tathagata, using his supernatural power, allowed Ananda to see the evil Bhikkhus of the future, with their children sitting on their laps and their wives by their sides. He also saw various unlawful things. When Ananda saw these things, his heart was filled with great fear, and his hair stood on end. He immediately said to the Buddha, 'World Honored One! It is time for the Tathagata to enter Nirvana quickly. Why see such evil things of the future?' The Buddha said to Ananda, 'What do you think? The retribution of evil deeds of those evil Bhikkhus that I mentioned earlier, is it something that others can know?' Ananda said to the Buddha, 'World Honored One! Only the Tathagata can know the retribution of these evil deeds in the future.' The Buddha said, 'Well said, well said! Ananda! It is indeed as you say, only the Tathagata can know. Ananda! Do you now see that I have not yet entered Nirvana, and that those evil Bhikkhus are surrounding me?' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 如来为说法不？” 阿难白言：“无如是事。”