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English version King Riguangde (Sunlight Virtue) governed his people with the Ten Virtues, bringing peace and happiness to the kingdom, like a Chakravartin (Wheel-Turning King). At that time, the great king taught the people to recite the 'Veda' (ancient Indian scriptures). In the school, there were a thousand boys, each fifteen years old, intelligent and knowledgeable, who heard the monks praising the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. One of the boys, named Lianhuade (Lotus Virtue), asked the monk Shancheng (Good Name): 'What is called Buddha? What is called Dharma? What is called Sangha?' The monk replied in verse: 'The Paramitas (perfections) are fulfilled, Pure nature and awakened wisdom, The supreme mind is accomplished, Therefore, it is called Buddha. The undefiled nature is pure, Forever detached from the world, Not observing the five skandhas (form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness) of the world, The constant abode is called Dharma. Body and mind are always non-active, Forever free from the four kinds of food (physical food, contact, volition, consciousness), Being a field of merit for the world, Therefore, it is called the Bhikshu Sangha.' At that time, the thousand boys, upon hearing the names of the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), each took incense and flowers and followed the monks to the monastery, entered the pagoda to worship, and saw the physical image of the Buddha. The Buddha's image was sixty-two nayutas (ancient Indian unit of distance) yojanas (another ancient Indian unit of distance) tall, and all eighty-four thousand marks and characteristics were fully present. Then, the thousand boys, having seen the Buddha's image, asked the monk: 'Such a supreme and unsurpassed person, what merits did he cultivate in past lives to attain such unsurpassed and excellent features?' The monk replied: 'Good men! Listen carefully! The World Honored Buddha, in the past, cultivated eighty-four thousand Paramitas, and also practiced the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment (practices that aid in achieving enlightenment), thus attaining such a dignified and majestic body. The Tathagata's body not only has these eighty-four thousand marks and characteristics, but also possesses the Ten Powers (ten wisdom powers of the Buddha), the Four Fearlessnesses (four kinds of fearlessness of the Buddha), the Eighteen Unique Qualities (eighteen unique qualities of the Buddha), Great Compassion, the Three Foundations of Mindfulness (body, feeling, mind), the Three Clear Knowledges (knowledge of past lives, divine eye, extinction of outflows), the Six Supernatural Powers (divine eye, divine ear, knowledge of others' minds, knowledge of past lives, magical powers, extinction of outflows), and the Eight Liberations, etc.' At that time, the thousand boys, having heard the monk praise the Buddha, prostrated themselves on the ground and made a great vow before the image: 'We now, each of us, should generate the mind of Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (unexcelled, complete, and perfect enlightenment).' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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心，过算数劫，必得成佛，如今世尊，等无有异。’ “第三童子名莲华藏，复发誓愿：‘我等今者，因比丘故闻三宝名，复得见于如来色像，于未来世成佛无疑，未成佛间，恒与比丘共生一处。’ “跋陀波罗！汝今当知，时千童子闻三宝名，身心欢喜，随寿长短后皆命终。临命终时，以闻三宝，善根因缘力故，除却五十一劫生死之业。命终之后，得生梵世，诸天生法，生梵宫已，即得三念，自忆往世闻三宝名，以是因缘得生天上。 “时，千梵王各乘宫殿，与诸梵俱持七宝华，至故塔前供养佛像。时千梵王异口同音，而说偈言： “‘慧日大名称， 久住善寂地， 闻名除诸恶， 自然生梵世， 我今头面礼， 归依大解脱。’ “说此偈已，各还梵世。 “跋陀波罗！汝今当知，时彼国王十善化人者，久已成佛，毗婆尸如来是；善称比丘，尸弃如来是；时千童子岂异人乎？今拘留秦佛，乃至最后楼至如来是。 “跋陀波罗！汝今当知，我与贤劫千菩萨，从彼佛所闻三宝名，始发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心，其事如是。” 佛告跋陀波罗：“汝今当知，我念过去无量、无数阿僧祇劫，此娑婆世界有一大国，名波罗㮈，王名梵德，常以善法化诸人民，彼时 现代汉语译本 ‘心，经过无数劫的修行，必定能够成佛，如今的世尊，和他们没有什么不同。’ ‘第三个童子名叫莲华藏，又发誓愿：‘我们现在，因为比丘的缘故听闻了三宝的名号，又得见如来的色身形像，在未来世成佛无疑，在未成佛之前，恒常与比丘共同生活在一起。’ ‘跋陀波罗（Bhadrapala）！你现在应当知道，当时一千个童子听闻三宝的名号，身心欢喜，随着寿命的长短先后命终。临命终时，因为听闻三宝的善根因缘的力量，消除了五十一劫生死的业报。命终之后，得以往生梵天，诸天众生，生到梵宫之后，立即获得三种忆念，自己回忆起往世听闻三宝的名号，因为这个因缘而得以往生天上。 ‘当时，一千个梵王各自乘坐宫殿，与诸梵天一起拿着七宝花，来到旧塔前供养佛像。当时一千个梵王异口同声，说偈颂道：’ ‘智慧的太阳，大名声， 长久安住于寂静之地， 听闻名号消除诸恶， 自然往生梵天世界， 我今头面顶礼， 归依大解脱。’ ‘说完这个偈颂后，各自返回梵天世界。 ‘跋陀波罗！你现在应当知道，当时那位以十善教化人民的国王，早已成佛，就是毗婆尸如来（Vipasyin）；善称比丘，就是尸弃如来（Sikhin）；当时的一千个童子难道是其他人吗？就是现在的拘留秦佛（Krakucchanda），乃至最后的楼至如来（Rucika）。’ ‘跋陀波罗！你现在应当知道，我和贤劫（Bhadrakalpa）的千位菩萨，从那位佛那里听闻三宝的名号，才开始发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心（anuttara-samyak-sambodhi），事情就是这样。’ 佛告诉跋陀波罗：‘你现在应当知道，我忆念过去无量无数阿僧祇劫（asamkhya kalpa），这个娑婆世界（Sahā）有一个大国，名叫波罗㮈（Varanasi），国王名叫梵德（Brahmadatta），常常用善法教化人民，那时
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English version 'The mind, after countless kalpas of cultivation, will surely attain Buddhahood, and the present World Honored One is no different from them.' 'The third boy, named Lotus Treasury, further made a vow: 'We now, because of the bhikshus, have heard the names of the Three Jewels, and have also seen the physical form of the Tathagata. In the future, we will undoubtedly attain Buddhahood. Before attaining Buddhahood, we will always live in the same place with the bhikshus.' 'Bhadrapala! You should know now that at that time, the thousand boys heard the names of the Three Jewels, and their bodies and minds were filled with joy. According to the length of their lives, they all passed away. At the time of their death, because of the power of the good roots and conditions from hearing the Three Jewels, they eliminated the karma of fifty-one kalpas of birth and death. After death, they were reborn in the Brahma world. The heavenly beings, after being born in the Brahma palace, immediately obtained three recollections, remembering that in their past lives they had heard the names of the Three Jewels, and because of this cause, they were reborn in the heavens.' 'At that time, the thousand Brahma kings, each riding in their palaces, together with the Brahma beings, held seven-jeweled flowers and went to the old stupa to make offerings to the Buddha image. At that time, the thousand Brahma kings spoke in unison, reciting the following verse:' 'The sun of wisdom, of great renown, Long dwells in the land of tranquility, Hearing the name eliminates all evils, Naturally born in the Brahma world, I now bow my head in reverence, Taking refuge in the great liberation.' 'After reciting this verse, they each returned to the Brahma world.' 'Bhadrapala! You should know now that the king who at that time transformed the people with the ten virtues had long ago attained Buddhahood, and is the Vipasyin Tathagata; the bhikshu named Good Fame is the Sikhin Tathagata; and were the thousand boys different people? They are the present Krakucchanda Buddha, and even the last Rucika Tathagata.' 'Bhadrapala! You should know now that I and the thousand Bodhisattvas of the Bhadrakalpa, from that Buddha, heard the names of the Three Jewels, and only then did we begin to generate the mind of anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. The matter is like this.' The Buddha told Bhadrapala: 'You should know now that I remember in the past, immeasurable, countless asamkhya kalpas ago, in this Saha world, there was a great country named Varanasi, and the king was named Brahmadatta. He always used good teachings to transform the people. At that time, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 人寿八万四千劫。
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“时王梵德自见衰相，以国付子，出家学道，于仙人生地，忧昙钵林中。晨朝出家，端坐思惟，经一食顷，逆顺观于十二因缘，往复观察凡十八遍，应时即得辟支佛道，踊身虚空作十八变。 “优昙林中有五百梵志，见辟支佛足下有十二因缘文字：无明缘行、行缘识、识缘名色、名色缘六入、六入缘触、触缘受、受缘爱、爱缘取、取缘有、有缘生、生缘老死忧悲苦恼。 “五百梵志见此文字，有观无明缘行、无所依起，有三百人，应时即得辟支佛道；又二百人，观无明缘行，及爱取有，应时即得成辟支佛；又观无明，乃至老死忧悲苦恼，因无常行成辟支佛。优昙钵林一日之中，有五百一辟支佛出现于世。 “是时，大地六种震动，乃至梵世诸天宫殿。时，千梵王各以衣裓，盛曼陀罗华、摩诃曼陀罗华、曼殊沙华、摩诃曼殊沙华，至优昙林中供养辟支佛，头面礼足，白言：‘大德！为我说法。’ “时，辟支佛踊身虚空作十八变，舒手现足。时，千梵王见其足下十二因缘文字相现、见其掌中有十善文，于顶光中见五戒法、八支斋文。 “时千梵王身心欢喜，受持读诵发弘誓愿：‘我等今者，见诸快士，结加趺坐，如入禅定，身分光明，有此文字令我读诵。’ 现代汉语译本：那时人们的寿命是八万四千劫。 当时，梵德王（Brahmadatta）看到自己衰老的迹象，便将王位传给儿子，自己出家修行，在仙人居住的地方，忧昙钵林（Udumbara Grove）中。他早上出家，端坐思惟，经过一顿饭的时间，逆向和顺向地观察十二因缘，反复观察了十八遍，立刻就证得了辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha）的果位，身体腾空，示现了十八种神通变化。 忧昙林中有五百位婆罗门修行者，他们看到辟支佛的脚下有十二因缘的文字：无明缘行、行缘识、识缘名色、名色缘六入、六入缘触、触缘受、受缘爱、爱缘取、取缘有、有缘生、生缘老死忧悲苦恼。 五百位婆罗门修行者看到这些文字，其中有三百人观察到无明缘行，无所依而生起，立刻就证得了辟支佛的果位；又有二百人，观察无明缘行，以及爱、取、有，立刻就证得了辟支佛的果位；还有人观察无明，乃至老死忧悲苦恼，因无常的运行而证得辟支佛的果位。在忧昙钵林中，一天之内，有五百零一位辟支佛出现在世间。 当时，大地发生了六种震动，甚至震动了梵天世界的诸天宫殿。当时，一千位梵天王各自用衣襟盛着曼陀罗花（Mandara flower）、摩诃曼陀罗花（Mahamandara flower）、曼殊沙花（Manjusaka flower）、摩诃曼殊沙花（Mahamanjusaka flower），来到忧昙林中供养辟支佛，头面礼足，说道：‘大德！请为我们说法。’ 当时，辟支佛身体腾空，示现了十八种神通变化，伸出手掌，显现出脚。当时，一千位梵天王看到他的脚下显现出十二因缘的文字，看到他的手掌中有十善的文字，在头顶的光芒中看到五戒法和八支斋的文字。 当时，一千位梵天王身心欢喜，受持读诵，发下宏大的誓愿：‘我们现在，看到这些伟大的修行者，结跏趺坐，如同进入禅定，身体发出光明，有这些文字让我们读诵。’
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English version: At that time, the lifespan of people was eighty-four thousand kalpas. Then, King Brahmadatta, seeing the signs of his own aging, entrusted the kingdom to his son and renounced the world to practice the Way. He went to the place where the immortals lived, in the Udumbara Grove. He renounced the world in the morning, sat in meditation, and after the time it takes to eat a meal, he contemplated the twelve links of dependent origination in both forward and reverse order, observing them eighteen times. He immediately attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha, and his body rose into the air, manifesting eighteen kinds of miraculous transformations. In the Udumbara Grove, there were five hundred Brahmin ascetics. They saw the twelve links of dependent origination written under the feet of the Pratyekabuddha: ignorance conditions volitional formations, volitional formations condition consciousness, consciousness conditions name and form, name and form condition the six sense bases, the six sense bases condition contact, contact conditions feeling, feeling conditions craving, craving conditions grasping, grasping conditions becoming, becoming conditions birth, and birth conditions old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair. When the five hundred Brahmin ascetics saw these words, three hundred of them, observing that ignorance conditions volitional formations without any basis for arising, immediately attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha. Another two hundred, observing ignorance conditions volitional formations, as well as craving, grasping, and becoming, immediately attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha. Others, observing ignorance, and so on, up to old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair, attained the state of a Pratyekabuddha through the impermanent nature of existence. In the Udumbara Grove, five hundred and one Pratyekabuddhas appeared in the world in a single day. At that time, the earth shook in six ways, even shaking the palaces of the gods in the Brahma world. Then, a thousand Brahma kings each filled their robes with Mandara flowers, Mahamandara flowers, Manjusaka flowers, and Mahamanjusaka flowers, and came to the Udumbara Grove to make offerings to the Pratyekabuddhas. They bowed their heads to the ground at their feet and said, 'Great Virtuous Ones! Please teach us the Dharma.' Then, the Pratyekabuddha rose into the air, manifesting eighteen kinds of miraculous transformations, extending his hands and revealing his feet. Then, the thousand Brahma kings saw the twelve links of dependent origination written under his feet, saw the ten wholesome actions written in his palms, and saw the five precepts and the eight precepts written in the light above his head. Then, the thousand Brahma kings were filled with joy in body and mind, and they received, recited, and made great vows: 'Now we see these great practitioners, sitting in the lotus position, as if in meditation, their bodies emitting light, and these words that we can read.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------