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English version: 'The great general Candalas (meaning outcastes), Vaisya Candalas (meaning merchant outcastes), and Sudra Candalas (meaning laborer outcastes). What is the meaning of Candalas? They refer to those who create various evil mental actions. These evil monks claim to have wisdom, rely on their wealth to give alms, indulge in arrogance and pride, hate and envy other virtuous monks, and fight among themselves. They rely on the power of the king and ministers, taking the property of virtuous monks to flatter the ministers, who then present it to the king; the same is done with the property of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Good man! The king, ministers, and evil monks commit fundamental offenses. The remaining offenses are as previously described. This is called the seventh fundamental grave offense committed by a Bodhisattva who has just begun to develop the aspiration for enlightenment.' 'Furthermore, good man! In the evil future age, Bodhisattvas who have just begun to develop the aspiration for enlightenment will engage in various mixed Candala practices, namely Ksatriya Candalas (meaning warrior outcastes), Brahmana Candalas (meaning Brahmin outcastes), minister Candalas, great general Candalas, Vaisya Candalas, and Sudra Candalas. These evil monks rely on the power of the king and ministers, claim to have wisdom, rely on their wealth to give alms, belittle, ridicule, and insult other virtuous monks, fight and disturb them, say that the Dharma is not Dharma, and that what is not Dharma is Dharma, abandon the correct sutras and precepts, distort the meaning of the teachings, cut off the path of learning Prajna, abandon the heart of compassion, do not believe in the sutras and expedient precepts spoken by the Tathagata, violate the precepts and establish new rules, causing virtuous monks who practice pure conduct to abandon meditation and reciting sutras, causing those who have no suffering to suffer, and causing those who suffer to suffer even more. They constantly harbor evil intentions, destroy good conduct, have no restraint in their walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, violate the precepts, are not actually Sramanas but call themselves Sramanas, are not actually practicing Brahmacharya but call themselves practicing Brahmacharya, do not understand the sutras but explain them to others, thereby seeking offerings and respect from the four assemblies. Good man! The king, ministers, and evil monks commit fundamental offenses. The remaining offenses are as previously described. This is called the eighth fundamental grave offense committed by a Bodhisattva who has just begun to develop the aspiration for enlightenment.' 'Good man! Those virtuous monks who meditate and recite sutras are all the most important causes of the Dharma, the supreme field of merit, and the vessel of patience and Samadhi, capable of expounding the wonderful Dharma to accomplish sentient beings, breaking the darkness of ignorance, opening the eyes of wisdom in the world, and rescuing sentient beings from afflictions and karmic obstacles.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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恶。若彼恼乱，故犯重罪。是善男子犯八根本重罪者，未能深入于佛正法，以功德智慧极微少故。善男子！是初发心菩萨犯此八根本重罪已，先所修习一切善根皆悉烧然，犯波罗夷离安隐处，失人天乐及以大乘境界之乐，坏菩提心堕于恶趣，轮回生死离善知识。善男子！是虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，现种种形示生其土，或现刹利形、或现婆罗门形、或现声闻形、或现辟支佛形，乃至童男童女等形，在彼犯罪初发心菩萨前而为说法，令生惭愧极大惊怖，又教发露忏悔除罪。以善巧便开示甚深无上正真大乘之行三昧总持忍辱之地，舍诸恶趣，得不退转阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心，精进修行六波罗蜜，得力坚固犹如金刚，乃至疾得无上菩提。又善男子！虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，若不现身在其人前教发露者，是初发心菩萨应于后夜合掌至心而向东方，烧坚黑沉水及多伽罗香，请明星言：‘明星明星成大慈悲。汝今初出照阎浮提，大悲护我，可为我白虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，愿于梦中示我方便，发露忏悔犯根本罪，令得大乘方便智眼。’善男子！彼初发心菩萨即于梦中明相出时，虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨随其所应而为现身，以诸方便令彼初发心菩萨于所犯罪深怀惊怖，示方便智令彼菩萨发露忏悔，于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心得不忘三昧坚住大乘，疾得满足六 现代汉语译本 恶。如果他们恼乱他人，就犯下重罪。这些善男子犯下八种根本重罪，是因为他们未能深入佛陀的正法，功德和智慧极其微少。善男子！这些初发心的菩萨犯下这八种根本重罪后，先前所修习的一切善根都会被烧毁，犯下波罗夷（Parajika，意为断头罪，佛教戒律中最重的罪）而离开安稳之处，失去人天之乐以及大乘境界的快乐，破坏菩提心而堕入恶趣，在生死轮回中远离善知识。善男子！虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨（Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva，意为虚空藏菩萨，大乘佛教菩萨之一）会示现种种形象降生到那个地方，有时示现刹利（Kshatriya，意为古印度四大种姓之一的武士阶层）的形象，有时示现婆罗门（Brahmana，意为古印度四大种姓之一的祭司阶层）的形象，有时示现声闻（Sravaka，意为听闻佛陀教诲而修行的人）的形象，有时示现辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，意为独自觉悟的修行者）的形象，乃至示现童男童女等形象，在那些犯下罪行的初发心菩萨面前说法，使他们生起惭愧和极大的惊恐，又教导他们发露忏悔以消除罪业。通过善巧方便，开示甚深无上的正真大乘之行，三昧（Samadhi，意为禅定）总持（Dharani，意为总摄忆持）忍辱（Ksanti，意为忍耐）之地，使他们舍离各种恶趣，获得不退转的阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi-citta，意为无上正等正觉之心），精进修行六波罗蜜（Paramita，意为到达彼岸的修行方法），获得如金刚般坚固的力量，乃至迅速获得无上菩提。又善男子！虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，如果不在那些人面前现身教导他们发露忏悔，那么这些初发心的菩萨应该在后半夜合掌至诚地面向东方，焚烧坚黑沉水香和多伽罗香，祈请明星说：‘明星啊，明星啊，成就大慈悲。你现在初升照耀阎浮提（Jambudvipa，意为我们所居住的世界），以大悲心护佑我，请为我禀告虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，愿在梦中向我示现方便之法，让我发露忏悔所犯的根本罪，使我获得大乘的方便智慧之眼。’善男子！那些初发心的菩萨在梦中，当光明出现时，虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨会根据他们的情况而现身，用各种方便使那些初发心的菩萨对所犯的罪行深感惊恐，示现方便智慧，使他们发露忏悔，在阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心中获得不忘三昧，坚定地安住于大乘，迅速圆满六波罗蜜。
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English version Evil. If they disturb others, they commit a grave offense. These good men commit the eight fundamental grave offenses because they have failed to deeply enter the Buddha's true Dharma, and their merits and wisdom are extremely meager. Good men! After these Bodhisattvas who have just begun their practice commit these eight fundamental grave offenses, all the good roots they had previously cultivated will be burned away. They commit Parajika (a defeat, the most serious offense in Buddhist monastic rules) and leave the place of peace and security, losing the joys of humans and gods, as well as the joy of the Mahayana realm. They destroy their Bodhi mind and fall into evil realms, wandering in the cycle of birth and death, far from good teachers. Good men! The Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akasagarbha (the Bodhisattva of the Treasury of Space) manifests in various forms to be born in that land. Sometimes he manifests as a Kshatriya (warrior caste), sometimes as a Brahmana (priest caste), sometimes as a Sravaka (a disciple who hears the teachings), sometimes as a Pratyekabuddha (a solitary enlightened one), and even as young boys and girls. He appears before those newly initiated Bodhisattvas who have committed offenses and teaches them the Dharma, causing them to feel shame and great fear. He also teaches them to confess and repent to eliminate their offenses. Through skillful means, he reveals the profound and unsurpassed true Mahayana practice, the grounds of Samadhi (meditative absorption), Dharani (retention), and Ksanti (patience), enabling them to abandon all evil realms, attain the irreversible Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi-citta (the mind of unsurpassed perfect enlightenment), diligently practice the six Paramitas (perfections), and gain strength as firm as diamond, until they quickly attain unsurpassed Bodhi. Furthermore, good men! If the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akasagarbha does not appear before them to teach them to confess, then these newly initiated Bodhisattvas should, in the latter part of the night, join their palms together and sincerely face the east, burn black agarwood and Tagara incense, and pray to the morning star, saying: 'Morning star, morning star, accomplish great compassion. You now first rise and illuminate Jambudvipa (the world we live in), protect me with great compassion, and please report to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akasagarbha. May he show me the expedient means in my dream, so that I may confess and repent for the fundamental offenses I have committed, and gain the eye of expedient wisdom of the Mahayana.' Good men! When the light appears in the dreams of those newly initiated Bodhisattvas, the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akasagarbha will manifest according to their needs, using various expedient means to make those newly initiated Bodhisattvas deeply fear the offenses they have committed, reveal expedient wisdom, and cause them to confess and repent. In the Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi-citta, they will attain the unforgetting Samadhi, firmly abide in the Mahayana, and quickly fulfill the six Paramitas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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波罗蜜，不久成就一切种智。善男子！彼虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨勇猛饶益一切众生故，其顶上得有如此如意宝珠，复以无量百千释迦毗楞伽宝而为围绕，不与一切诸菩萨等。善男子！是虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，成就如斯不可思议方便智慧。复次善男子！若有众生闻虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨名，或造形像、或设供养，是人现世无诸灾患，水不能漂、火不能烧、刀不能伤、毒不能中，人及非人无能为害，亦无囹圄盗贼怨家诸恶疾病饥渴之苦，随寿长短必无夭横。临命终时，眼不见色、耳不闻声、鼻不闻香、舌不知味、身不觉触、手足诸根不能为用，唯余微识及身温暖。时虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，随彼众生所事之神而现其身，或转轮圣王身、或提头赖吒身、或毗沙门身、或毗楼勒迦身、或毗楼博叉身、或余天身，或龙、夜叉、乾闼婆、阿修罗、迦楼罗、紧那罗、摩睺罗伽、人非人等身，在其人前而说偈言： “‘四圣谛义， 智者应观， 若解了者， 能离生死。’ “善男子！时彼众生于命临终，既见其昔所事之神，又闻为说如此要偈，既终之后不堕恶趣，因斯力故速免生死。又善男子！若有众生心乐佛法，虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨于其临终而现佛形，为说偈言： “‘佛智真实， 度生死海， 速求佛智， 得尽诸苦 现代汉语译本： 波罗蜜（到达彼岸的智慧），不久就能成就一切种智（佛陀的智慧）。善男子！这位虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨（菩萨中的大菩萨），因为勇猛地利益一切众生，所以他的头顶上才会有这样如意宝珠，并且被无量百千释迦毗楞伽宝（一种珍贵的宝石）围绕，这和其他菩萨都不一样。善男子！这位虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨，成就了如此不可思议的方便智慧。再者，善男子！如果有众生听到虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨的名字，或者塑造他的形象、或者供养他，这个人现世就不会有各种灾祸，水不能淹没他，火不能烧伤他，刀不能伤害他，毒不能侵害他，人和非人（指鬼神等）都不能加害他，也不会有牢狱之灾、盗贼之祸、怨家之苦，以及各种疾病和饥渴的痛苦，无论寿命长短，都不会有意外的死亡。临命终时，眼睛看不见颜色，耳朵听不见声音，鼻子闻不到气味，舌头尝不出味道，身体感觉不到触觉，手脚等各种器官都不能使用，只剩下微弱的意识和身体的温暖。这时，虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨会根据那个众生所信仰的神而显现相应的身形，或者是转轮圣王（拥有统治世界的理想君主）的身形，或者是提头赖吒（东方持国天王）的身形，或者是毗沙门（北方多闻天王）的身形，或者是毗楼勒迦（南方增长天王）的身形，或者是毗楼博叉（西方广目天王）的身形，或者是其他天神的身形，或者是龙、夜叉（一种鬼神）、乾闼婆（天上的乐神）、阿修罗（一种好战的鬼神）、迦楼罗（一种金翅鸟神）、紧那罗（天上的歌神）、摩睺罗伽（一种大蟒神）、人或非人等身形，出现在那个人面前，并说偈语： ‘四圣谛（佛教的基本教义）的意义，智者应当观察，如果理解了，就能脱离生死。’ 善男子！这时，那个众生在临终时，既看到了他过去所信仰的神，又听到了为他说这样的重要偈语，死后就不会堕入恶道，因为这个力量，很快就能脱离生死。还有，善男子！如果有众生喜欢佛法，虚空藏菩萨摩诃萨会在他临终时显现佛陀的身形，为他说偈语： ‘佛陀的智慧是真实的，能度过生死苦海，要快速寻求佛陀的智慧，才能彻底消除各种痛苦。’