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法器，真是福田、真实福器，为世间眼，为彼世间作大光明显示善路，为建业地于烦恼田，教彼众生皆令得度，度已建立涅槃之道。善男子！是名初行菩萨有八种重罪而不用功舍离二处。彼初行菩萨犯大重罪因缘力故，所有往昔作诸善根皆悉忘失，忘失已后堕于恶道。违于本誓，被烦恼降失天人乐，虚妄迷惑失菩提心。善男子！为如是等诸善男子故，此虚空孕菩萨生彼国中，为彼众生示现身相、或作比丘身威仪庠序、或作婆罗门身显现威仪具足成就，乃至应以畜生而得化者即现畜生威仪之相，略说乃至如首楞严三昧所说。当知是处亦复如是，巧知根机种种心器随应现身，于彼众生随顺说法，教彼种种未曾有法，于一切智之所宣说微妙经典诸陀罗尼诸忍地等普为显现，令彼诸恶犯重罪者初行菩萨教生惭愧，令其怖惧悔没之心忏彼重罪，远离弃舍永不敢作。 “善男子！彼等众生以犯重罪恐怖因缘，闻是虚空孕菩萨名号，欲自见身者，畏堕恶道悔彼罪故，是诸众生应当顶礼虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨足，复应至心称其名号。时彼虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨，随其根业以菩萨身相即在现前，应以比丘身得度者，即现比丘身相；应以婆罗门身度者，即现婆罗门身相；应以童男童女身度者，即现童男童女身相。观彼初行菩萨如所犯重即现如 现代汉语译本：法器，真是福田（能生长福德的田地）、真实的福器（能带来福报的器具），是世间的眼睛，为那个世界显示大光明，指引善路，是建立功业的场所，在烦恼的田地里，教导那些众生都得以解脱，解脱后建立涅槃之道。善男子！这就是初行菩萨有八种重罪却不努力舍离两种处境。那些初行菩萨因为犯下大重罪的因缘，所有过去所做的善根都会全部忘失，忘失之后就会堕入恶道。违背了本来的誓愿，被烦恼降伏，失去天人的快乐，虚妄迷惑，失去菩提心。善男子！为了这些善男子，虚空孕菩萨会降生在那个国度中，为那些众生示现各种身相，或者作为比丘，威仪庄严，或者作为婆罗门，显现威仪具足，乃至应该以畜生的形象才能度化众生的，就显现畜生的形象，简略地说，乃至如《首楞严三昧》所说。应当知道，这里也是如此，巧妙地了解众生的根基和各种心性，随应显现身相，对那些众生随顺说法，教导他们种种未曾有过的佛法，对于一切智者所宣说的微妙经典、各种陀罗尼、各种忍地等，普遍地为他们显现，让那些犯下重罪的初行菩萨产生惭愧，让他们感到恐惧，生起忏悔之心，忏悔他们的重罪，远离并永远不敢再犯。 善男子！那些众生因为犯下重罪而感到恐惧，因为这个因缘，听到虚空孕菩萨的名号，想要亲自见到菩萨的，因为害怕堕入恶道而忏悔罪过，这些众生应当顶礼虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨的足，并且应当至诚称念他的名号。这时，虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨，会根据他们的根基和业力，以菩萨的身相立即出现在他们面前，应该以比丘身得度的，就显现比丘的身相；应该以婆罗门身得度的，就显现婆罗门的身相；应该以童男童女身得度的，就显现童男童女的身相。观察那些初行菩萨所犯的重罪，就显现相应的身相。
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English version: Dharma instruments are truly fields of merit (fields where merit can grow), true instruments of merit (instruments that bring merit), they are the eyes of the world, they show great light to that world, they guide the path of goodness, they are the place to build one's career, in the field of afflictions, they teach those sentient beings to all be liberated, and after liberation, they establish the path to Nirvana. Good men! This is what is meant by the initial-stage Bodhisattvas having eight grave offenses but not diligently abandoning two situations. Those initial-stage Bodhisattvas, due to the causes and conditions of committing great grave offenses, will completely forget all the good roots they had made in the past, and after forgetting, they will fall into evil paths. They violate their original vows, are subdued by afflictions, lose the joy of gods and humans, are falsely deluded, and lose their Bodhi mind. Good men! For the sake of these good men, the Akasagarbha Bodhisattva will be born in that country, manifesting various forms for those sentient beings, either as a Bhikshu, with dignified conduct, or as a Brahmin, manifesting complete and accomplished conduct, even manifesting the form of an animal if that is how sentient beings can be transformed. Briefly speaking, it is even as described in the Shurangama Samadhi. It should be known that this place is also like that, skillfully understanding the roots and various mental capacities of sentient beings, manifesting forms accordingly, speaking the Dharma in accordance with those sentient beings, teaching them various unprecedented Dharmas, universally revealing the subtle scriptures, various Dharanis, various stages of patience, etc., which are proclaimed by the All-Knowing One, causing those initial-stage Bodhisattvas who have committed grave offenses to feel shame, causing them to feel fear, to generate a heart of repentance, to repent their grave offenses, to abandon them, and never dare to commit them again. Good men! Those sentient beings, because of the fear caused by committing grave offenses, and because of this cause and condition, upon hearing the name of the Akasagarbha Bodhisattva, and desiring to see the Bodhisattva in person, and because of the fear of falling into evil paths, and repenting their offenses, these sentient beings should prostrate at the feet of the Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva, and should sincerely recite his name. At that time, the Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva, according to their roots and karma, will immediately appear before them in the form of a Bodhisattva. If they should be liberated by the form of a Bhikshu, he will manifest the form of a Bhikshu; if they should be liberated by the form of a Brahmin, he will manifest the form of a Brahmin; if they should be liberated by the form of a young boy or girl, he will manifest the form of a young boy or girl. Observing the grave offenses committed by those initial-stage Bodhisattvas, he will manifest the corresponding form. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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是。如是方便教令忏悔，于甚深法无上乘中显示善巧方便之行，若正地若非正地、若诸三昧、若诸陀罗尼、若诸忍中示现教行，乃至次第教令建立八正道处。以虚空孕菩萨力故，彼等众生得脱一切诸恶道苦，脱恶道已建立置于不退转地，后得建立，必得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。善男子！如是如是。彼菩萨等于六波罗蜜行中大力精勤犹如电光，速得成就阿耨多罗三藐三菩提道。 “善男子！若虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨，于犯重罪菩萨前不现身相者，其犯重罪初行菩萨知自罪失故，欲请虚空孕菩萨，于后夜时以香汤洗浴，着净衣裳，胡跪合掌，向于东面烧沉水香，至心劝请东方黄白阿楼那天子。应作是言：‘阿楼那！阿楼那！汝有大慈悲、有大功德。汝初出东方普照阎浮提，以慈悲故愿覆护我，为我速疾劝请虚空孕菩萨具大悲者，令彼菩萨特为我故于睡眠中显示巧便。以巧方便故，教我忏悔所犯重罪，于大圣大乘中速得智眼。’作是语已，彼重罪初行菩萨还入室中寝卧睡息。 “尔时东方黄白阿楼那阎浮提显现之时，彼虚空孕菩萨即随后来作菩萨身，在彼初行菩萨目前，于睡梦中现巧方便，教犯罪者忏悔恶业，于初行菩萨前作如是等方便知见。作是方便已，其初行菩萨即时得一三昧，名不忘失菩提，于大乘中得决定住 现代汉语译本：是的。像这样方便教导他们忏悔，在甚深佛法无上乘中展示善巧方便的修行，无论是在正道还是非正道，无论是在各种禅定（三昧，Samadhi）中，还是在各种陀罗尼（Dharani，总持）中，还是在各种忍辱中，都示现教导修行，乃至逐步教导他们建立八正道之处。因为虚空孕菩萨（Akasagarbha Bodhisattva）的力量，那些众生得以脱离一切恶道的痛苦，脱离恶道后被安置在不退转的地位，之后得以建立，必定证得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）。善男子！正是这样，正是这样。那些菩萨在六波罗蜜（Paramita，到彼岸）的修行中，以强大的精进力，犹如闪电般迅速成就阿耨多罗三藐三菩提之道。 “善男子！如果虚空孕菩萨摩诃萨（Mahasattva，大菩萨）在犯下重罪的菩萨面前不显现身相，那么犯下重罪的初行菩萨因为知道自己的罪过，想要请虚空孕菩萨，在后半夜用香汤沐浴，穿上干净的衣服，右膝跪地合掌，面向东方焚烧沉水香，至诚劝请东方黄白阿楼那（Aruna）天子。应该这样说：‘阿楼那！阿楼那！您有大慈悲、有大功德。您初升起于东方普照阎浮提（Jambudvipa，我们所居住的世界），以慈悲的缘故，愿您覆护我，为我迅速劝请具有大悲的虚空孕菩萨，让那位菩萨特别为了我，在睡眠中显示巧妙方便。以巧妙方便的缘故，教我忏悔所犯的重罪，在大圣大乘中迅速获得智慧之眼。’说完这些话后，那位犯下重罪的初行菩萨回到房间里睡觉休息。 “那时，当东方黄白阿楼那在阎浮提显现的时候，那位虚空孕菩萨就随后化作菩萨身，在那位初行菩萨的面前，在睡梦中显现巧妙方便，教导犯罪者忏悔恶业，在那位初行菩萨面前做出这样的方便知见。做出这样的方便后，那位初行菩萨立刻获得一种三昧，名为不忘失菩提，在大乘中获得决定安住。
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English version: Yes. In this way, they are conveniently taught to repent, and in the profound Dharma of the unsurpassed vehicle, the skillful means of practice are shown, whether in the right path or the wrong path, whether in various Samadhis (meditative states), or in various Dharanis (mantras), or in various forms of patience, they are shown the teachings and practices, and even gradually taught to establish the Eightfold Noble Path. Because of the power of Akasagarbha Bodhisattva (the Bodhisattva who embodies the space element), those beings are able to escape all the sufferings of the evil realms, and after escaping the evil realms, they are placed in the state of non-retrogression, and after being established, they will surely attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment). Good man! It is so, it is so. Those Bodhisattvas, in the practice of the Six Paramitas (perfections), with great diligence, like lightning, quickly attain the path of Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. “Good man! If Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva (great Bodhisattva) does not appear in form before a Bodhisattva who has committed a serious offense, then the initial-practitioner Bodhisattva who has committed a serious offense, knowing his own faults, wishes to invite Akasagarbha Bodhisattva. In the latter part of the night, he should bathe with fragrant water, put on clean clothes, kneel on his right knee, join his palms, face east, burn aloeswood incense, and sincerely invite the eastern yellow-white Aruna (the dawn deity) Deva. He should say: ‘Aruna! Aruna! You have great compassion and great merit. You first rise in the east, illuminating Jambudvipa (the world we live in), and out of compassion, may you protect me, and quickly invite Akasagarbha Bodhisattva, who has great compassion, so that that Bodhisattva, especially for my sake, may show skillful means in my sleep. By skillful means, teach me to repent of the serious offenses I have committed, and quickly obtain the eye of wisdom in the Great Sage's Great Vehicle.’ After saying these words, that initial-practitioner Bodhisattva who has committed a serious offense returns to his room to sleep and rest. “At that time, when the eastern yellow-white Aruna appears in Jambudvipa, that Akasagarbha Bodhisattva immediately follows and transforms into a Bodhisattva form, appearing before that initial-practitioner Bodhisattva, and in his sleep, shows skillful means, teaching the offender to repent of his evil deeds, and makes such expedient knowledge and views before that initial-practitioner Bodhisattva. After making such expedient means, that initial-practitioner Bodhisattva immediately obtains a Samadhi called ‘Non-forgetting Bodhi,’ and attains a firm dwelling in the Great Vehicle. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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不可退动，速得成就六波罗蜜，不久当证阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。 “善男子！此虚空孕菩萨，最大勤劳办最胜事，成就胜妙如意摩尼微妙宝珠，贯在其顶奇特显现。善男子！此虚空孕菩萨，有如是等无量无边不可思议功德之聚。 “复次善男子！若有众生闻是虚空孕菩萨名者，或作形像以种种供具供是菩萨，尊重恭敬礼拜赞叹，以种种香花花鬘涂香末香烧香、以种种幡盖宝幢供养于彼。供养是已，复更供养尊重恭敬，将自身命付彼菩萨。彼等众生以是菩萨威神力故，火不能烧、水不能、溺杖不能伤、一切国土所不能害，于一切处人与非人毕竟不能夺其精气，唯除命尽。设有重病不得久停，不为饥逼而取命终，不为县官横所触娆，不犯重罪。乃至命尽之时，眼不睹色、耳不闻声、鼻不闻香、舌不得味、身不得触，唯有微细气息身中暖气及微细识犹在未离。当是时间，虚空孕菩萨为彼众生示现己身。若有众生在世之时信婆罗门者，是善男子于最后识欲离身时，作婆罗门身于前显现令生欢欣。若有众生先事魔王者，后命尽时，是虚空孕菩萨现魔王身。乃至在世事那罗延天者、若大自在天、若帝释天、若转轮圣王、若日月天、若提头赖吒天、若毗楼勒叉天、毗楼博叉天、若毗沙门天，乃至世间种种山神树神河神泉 现代汉语译本 不会退转，迅速成就六波罗蜜（六种到达彼岸的方法），不久将证得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（无上正等正觉）。 ‘善男子！这位虚空孕菩萨，以最大的勤劳成就最殊胜的事业，成就了胜妙如意摩尼（能满足愿望的宝珠）微妙宝珠，镶嵌在他的头顶，奇特地显现出来。善男子！这位虚空孕菩萨，具有如此等等无量无边不可思议的功德聚集。 ‘再者，善男子！如果有众生听闻这位虚空孕菩萨的名号，或者塑造他的形像，用种种供品供养这位菩萨，尊重恭敬地礼拜赞叹，用种种香花、花鬘、涂香、末香、烧香，用种种幡盖、宝幢供养他。供养之后，又更加供养、尊重、恭敬，将自己的生命托付给这位菩萨。这些众生因为这位菩萨的威神力，火不能烧、水不能淹、棍棒不能伤、一切国土都不能加害，在一切地方，人和非人最终都不能夺取他们的精气，除非寿命终尽。即使有重病也不会久留，不会因为饥饿而丧命，不会被官府横加骚扰，不会犯下重罪。乃至寿命终尽的时候，眼睛看不到颜色、耳朵听不到声音、鼻子闻不到气味、舌头尝不到味道、身体感觉不到触觉，只有微细的气息、身体中的暖气和微细的意识还在，没有离开。在这个时候，虚空孕菩萨会为这些众生示现自己的身形。如果有的众生在世的时候信仰婆罗门，这位善男子在最后意识要离开身体的时候，会化现成婆罗门的身形在他面前显现，让他感到欢喜。如果有的众生先前侍奉魔王，在寿命终尽的时候，这位虚空孕菩萨会显现魔王的身形。乃至在世侍奉那罗延天（印度教神祇）、或者大自在天（湿婆神）、或者帝释天（因陀罗神）、或者转轮圣王（统治世界的理想君主）、或者日月天、或者提头赖吒天（持国天）、或者毗楼勒叉天（增长天）、毗楼博叉天（广目天）、或者毗沙门天（多闻天），乃至世间种种山神、树神、河神、泉神，