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English version: 'It can be attained.' The next day, King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) heard what Zhi (name of a person) said, and stood behind the Buddha with his hands clasped. King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) then spoke to Zhi (name of a person) in front of the Buddha, saying: 'Today you offer a small amount of food and clothing to the Buddha, and you wish to become a Buddha. This is impossible. For ten kalpas, a hundred kalpas, a thousand kalpas, ten thousand kalpas, a hundred million kalpas, you will still not be able to become a Buddha.' Zhi (name of a person) replied to King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas): 'I do not wish to become a Buddha because of a single meal. I will always maintain a good heart, be diligent and unremitting, and seek Buddhahood without ceasing. Eventually, I will become a Buddha.' King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) said to Zhi (name of a person): 'Even if you were to offer a Mount Sumeru (Mount Sumeru, the sacred mountain in Buddhist cosmology) made of the four treasures, and you compassionately think of all the people in the world, for millions and billions of kalpas, you still would not be able to become a Buddha.' Zhi (name of a person) again replied to King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas): 'It is like a craftsman taking an axe into the mountains to find wood. He will always choose the good and straight ones, and he will always choose the ones that please him. I do not seek to become a Buddha because of a single meal or clothing.' King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) again said to Zhi (name of a person): 'It is extremely difficult for you to seek Buddhahood. You might as well seek to become the Seventh Brahma (Brahma, one of the heavens in the Form Realm), or the Second King Śakra of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven (Śakra, the lord of the devas, one of the heavens in the Desire Realm). It is difficult for you to seek Buddhahood.' Zhi (name of a person) again replied to King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas): 'Have you seen inside Jambudvipa (Jambudvipa, the world we live in)?' King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) said: 'I have seen it.' Zhi (name of a person) said: 'If Jambudvipa (Jambudvipa, the world we live in) were filled with a great fire reaching up to the sky, and I threw myself into it, I would still seek Buddhahood and never stop.' King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas) said: 'If you fill the land of Jambudvipa (Jambudvipa, the world we live in) with fire, there will be people, animals, and crawling creatures in it. You should not kill them. If you speak evil words and have evil thoughts, you will fall into hell after death. How can you become a Buddha?' Zhi (name of a person) replied to King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas): 'I entrust all the people and crawling creatures in the world to Maitreya Buddha (Maitreya, the future Buddha) with a compassionate heart. Maitreya Buddha (Maitreya, the future Buddha) will naturally liberate them. I will never stop seeking the path to Buddhahood.' Zhi (name of a person) again replied to King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas): 'The places where the Seventh Brahma Heaven (Brahma, one of the heavens in the Form Realm) and the Second King Śakra (Śakra, the lord of the devas, one of the heavens in the Desire Realm) reside will eventually decline.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ，皆当归死，无有脱不死者。”
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天王释便叉手报制言：“卿持心坚乃如是，念欲求佛不止者，卿会得作佛。” 制复报天王释言：“汝莫持汝天上意，自贡高也，复有胜汝者，我持善心精进不懈，求佛不止，会当得作佛。”天王释便默然无所复语。 佛便语制：“汝前后所承事凡六万佛，汝常当愿求作佛，汝常持心精进承事诸佛，却后二百亿万劫，汝不复更地狱饿鬼畜生中，却后二百亿万劫竟，汝当作遮迦越王，当有十亿小国皆属汝，汝当领四天下当飞行。汝所行当正，寿尽当上生第七梵天、第四兜术天，天上寿尽，当复下生作遮迦越王，寿尽当复上生第七梵天。如是上下百亿万劫竟，汝当作佛字须弥迦罗，当度脱天上、天下人民，汝生下地当照万二千亿天地，上至二十八天上，天地皆为大动，夜明如日出，人民皆寿七千亿岁。汝身当长二百丈，当有万一千城，城皆四百八十里，城皆板着之，皆刻镂金银、琉璃、水精、珊瑚、车𤦲、马瑙七宝。 “汝作佛时，当再会说经，一会时有六千亿沙门皆得阿罗汉；第二会说经时，有四千亿沙门皆得阿罗汉。当尔时，人民无有偷盗者，男子、女人皆同一心无有恶者，亦无山林溪谷，地皆平正，人民无有疾病忧苦，皆安乐，所居皆自守。天日三雨裁淹 现代汉语译本：‘一切众生都终将死亡，没有谁能逃脱死亡。’ 天王释提桓因于是合掌对制说道：‘你持守的决心如此坚定，一心想要成佛，你终将会成佛的。’ 制回答天王释提桓因说：‘你不要仗着自己是天上的神，就自高自大，还有比你更殊胜的。我以善良之心精进不懈，一心求佛，终将会成佛的。’天王释提桓因听后便沉默不语。 佛陀于是对制说：‘你前后供养了六万尊佛，你常发愿求成佛，你常以精进之心供养诸佛，在经历二百亿万劫之后，你将不再堕入地狱、饿鬼、畜生道中。二百亿万劫之后，你将成为转轮圣王（Chakkavatti-raja，拥有统治四天下的轮宝的理想统治者），将有十亿小国归属于你，你将统治四天下，能够飞行。你的行为应当端正，寿命终结后将往生到第七梵天、第四兜率天（Tushita Heaven，弥勒菩萨居住的净土），在天上寿命终结后，将再次下生为转轮圣王，寿命终结后将再次往生到第七梵天。如此上下经历百亿万劫之后，你将成佛，佛号为须弥迦罗（Sumerukara Buddha），将度脱天上、天下的人民。你降生到地上时，光明将照耀万二千亿天地，上至二十八天，天地都将为之震动，夜晚明亮如白昼，人民的寿命都将有七千亿岁。你的身躯将高二百丈，将有一万一千座城池，每座城池都有四百八十里，城池都用木板建造，并雕刻着金银、琉璃、水精、珊瑚、车𤦲（一种宝石）、玛瑙等七宝。 ‘你成佛时，将有两次法会说法，第一次法会时有六千亿沙门（Sramana，佛教出家修行者）证得阿罗汉（Arhat，断尽烦恼，证得解脱的圣者）；第二次法会说法时，有四千亿沙门证得阿罗汉。那时，人民没有偷盗的行为，男子、女人都同心同德，没有邪恶之心，也没有山林溪谷，大地都平坦正直，人民没有疾病忧愁，都安乐自在，所居住的地方都能自己守护。天日三次降雨，雨水刚好淹没’
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English version: 'All beings are subject to death; none can escape it.' Then, King Shakra (Śakra, ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven) clasped his hands and said to Zhi: 'Your resolve is so firm, and your mind is set on attaining Buddhahood. You will surely become a Buddha.' Zhi replied to King Shakra: 'Do not be arrogant because you are a celestial being. There are those who are superior to you. I am diligently and unremittingly seeking Buddhahood with a virtuous mind, and I will surely become a Buddha.' King Shakra then remained silent and said nothing more. The Buddha then said to Zhi: 'You have served a total of sixty thousand Buddhas in the past. You have always vowed to attain Buddhahood. You have always served the Buddhas with a diligent mind. After two hundred billion kalpas (aeons), you will no longer be reborn in hell, as a hungry ghost, or as an animal. After two hundred billion kalpas, you will become a Chakravarti-raja (Chakkavatti-raja, a universal monarch who possesses the wheel-turning jewel and rules the four continents), and you will have ten billion small kingdoms under your rule. You will rule the four continents and be able to fly. Your conduct should be upright. When your lifespan ends, you will be reborn in the Seventh Brahma Heaven and the Fourth Tushita Heaven (Tushita Heaven, the pure land where Maitreya Bodhisattva resides). When your lifespan in heaven ends, you will be reborn as a Chakravarti-raja again. When your lifespan ends, you will be reborn in the Seventh Brahma Heaven again. After a hundred billion kalpas in this cycle, you will become a Buddha named Sumerukara Buddha, and you will liberate the beings in heaven and on earth. When you are born on earth, your light will illuminate twelve thousand billion worlds, reaching up to the twenty-eighth heaven. The heavens and the earth will shake greatly, and the night will be as bright as day. The people will live for seven hundred billion years. Your body will be two hundred zhang (ancient Chinese unit of measurement) tall, and there will be eleven thousand cities, each four hundred and eighty li (ancient Chinese unit of measurement) in circumference. The cities will all be built with wooden planks, carved with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal, coral, tridacna (a type of gemstone), and agate, the seven treasures. 'When you become a Buddha, there will be two assemblies for preaching the Dharma. In the first assembly, six thousand billion Sramanas (Śrāmaṇa, Buddhist renunciates) will attain Arhatship (Arhat, a liberated being who has extinguished all defilements). In the second assembly, four thousand billion Sramanas will attain Arhatship. At that time, there will be no thieves among the people. Men and women will be of one mind and without evil. There will be no mountains, forests, streams, or valleys. The earth will be flat and upright. The people will be free from disease, sorrow, and suffering, and they will live in peace and protect their own dwellings. The sun and the sky will rain three times, and the water will just cover' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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尘土，人欲议语皆大聚会，夏月则不暑，冬月则不寒皆得中适。 “汝教授精舍名为难提陀，若有男子、女人，持戒布施与佛辟支佛阿罗汉，求作佛者皆可得佛。道不可不求，八方上下无有能穷极者，佛智慧如是，天下人不知生所从来，亦不知死趣何道。” 佛说经已，制及诸比丘僧，皆前以头面着佛足，作礼而去。 佛说长者子制经 现代汉语译本： 在没有尘土，人们的愿望和言语都能汇聚的地方，夏天不会感到炎热，冬天也不会感到寒冷，一切都恰到好处。 ‘你教授的精舍名为难提陀（Nandita），如果男女持戒布施，供养佛、辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha）、阿罗汉（Arhat），并求证佛果，都能如愿。道是不可不求的，无论八方上下，都没有人能穷尽其奥妙。佛的智慧就是这样，天下人不知道从何处来，也不知道死后会去向何方。’ 佛说完这部经后，制（Zhi）以及各位比丘僧众，都上前以头面触碰佛的脚，行礼后离去。 佛说《长者子制经》
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English version: Where there is no dust, and people's desires and words can all gather, there is no heat in summer, and no cold in winter; everything is just right. ‘The monastery you teach in is named Nandita. If men and women uphold the precepts, practice generosity, and make offerings to the Buddha, Pratyekabuddha, and Arhats, and seek to attain Buddhahood, they can all achieve their wish. The path is something that must be sought; in all directions, above and below, no one can exhaust its mysteries. The wisdom of the Buddha is like this: people in the world do not know where they come from, nor do they know where they go after death.’ After the Buddha finished speaking this sutra, Zhi and all the Bhikshu (monks) approached, touched the Buddha's feet with their heads, paid their respects, and departed. The Buddha Speaks the Sutra of the Elder's Son Zhi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------