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English version: 'Romi (Romi, referring to a certain practice), makes the mind decisively tranquil, light, and peaceful. Furthermore, to generate wisdom, one reads, recites, and discerns subtle scriptures, practicing Prajna Paramita (Prajna Paramita, perfection of wisdom). Thus, after countless kalpas, practicing the Six Paramitas (six perfections to reach the other shore) to seek Sarvajnana (Sarvajnana, all-knowing wisdom), now attaining the complete Buddha-position, subduing all Mara kings, realizing the truth of Nirvana, the form and mind are subtle, possessing the thirty-two marks and eighty minor characteristics, adorned with golden light, the halo like the sun, unparalleled in the Three Realms, escaping the suffering of Samsara, attaining bliss and liberation.' Then, after Mahesvara (Mahesvara, Shiva) spoke these words, Uma (Uma, Shiva's wife) was delighted to hear them, because the great rewards obtained by acts of charity and other practices could now be understood. She then asked: 'Mahesvara, what kind of practices did you cultivate in your previous lives? I hope you can grant me joy and briefly explain it to me.' Then Mahesvara replied: 'Now listen carefully, and I will explain it to you. Queen of Heaven! In the past, countless kotis (koti, an Indian unit of counting, meaning ten million) of kalpas ago, I made offerings, cultivated blessings, upheld precepts, and cultivated wisdom at the place of Mahamuni Buddha (Mahamuni Buddha, the great sage Buddha). Since then, I have obtained the reward of freedom, and in eight lifetimes I have obtained eight kinds of freedom. I have practiced charity, upheld precepts, and practiced asceticism in every life, seeking the freedom of sovereignty, as well as the liberation from the pleasures of desire, and even the ultimate Nirvana is the same. Therefore, one must give alms, observe with wisdom, and diligently protect and cultivate without ceasing.' After saying these words, Mahesvara, in his palace, filled his golden bowl with a hundred flavors of exquisite fragrant rice and offered it to the Venerable Maudgalyayana (Maudgalyayana, Buddha's disciple, known for his supernatural powers) with sincere devotion. Venerable Maudgalyayana then accepted the bowl of rice and prepared to return through the air. Mahesvara, possessing the power of remembering past lives (Purvanivasanusmrti, the ability to recall past lives), said to Maudgalyayana: 'Venerable Mahamaudgalyayana (Mahamaudgalyayana)! Stay here for a moment and listen carefully to what I say. After an extremely long time, a Buddha will appear. I recall that in a past life, I was the ruler of this earth, able to create and destroy the world, and was the teacher of the Three Realms, with no one equal to me. After hearing these words, go with all your heart to the Fragrant Intoxication Mountain.' Then Mahamaudgalyayana used his supernatural powers to fly to the Fragrant Intoxication Mountain. On one side of that mountain was a sacred pool called Heavenly Water, and he bathed in this pool. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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浴已，坐香醉山上开其金钵，其饭殊妙色香具足变成天食。目连食已，忽有天女奉上净水。目连受已，于身五分而皆结净，坐彼山上系意专心入定，作观思惟：“自在天言，极久远时佛乃方出。经于千生不能得知，百千生中亦不能知，经俱胝百千生中亦不能知。”从禅定起，往摩呬印捺啰山，入定思惟亦不能知；复入摩呬印捺啰山王窟，入定思惟亦不能知；从此遍历七十诸山禅观思惟，亦莫能知；又往三十二洲，寂坐思惟亦不能知。 目连曰：“彼大自在天智慧所生言意，诸小声闻、辟支佛亦非能知。”而乃一心告长老舍利弗：“尊者！谛听！我于昆仑山顶见大自在天，而白我言：‘极久远时佛乃出世。’我于此意终不能知。汝今尊者具大智慧深鉴精微，其天降雨经三年三月知其点数，四大海水知其滴数，四大洲人知其心行。如是大智佛子，于此言意应可了知，唯愿慈悲略为显示。” 时，长老舍利弗闻是语已，即入禅定，经百千俱胝生，思惟此事而不能知。尔时，长老大迦叶白舍利弗曰：“大自在天所言之法，其意甚深微妙难测。若汝得其佛力方乃了知；若以自力思惟，如持寸草量须弥山。” 时大迦叶而自思惟：“若电影之间、刹那之顷，观过去久远之事如在掌中，唯佛大智乃能知之。” 现代汉语译本 沐浴完毕，目连（Maudgalyayana，佛陀十大弟子之一，以神通著称）坐在香醉山上，打开他的金钵，钵中的饭食非常殊胜，色香味俱全，变化成为天上的食物。目连吃完后，忽然有天女奉上干净的水。目连接过水后，用它来清洁身体的五处，然后坐在那座山上，集中精神入定，作观思惟：‘自在天（Mahesvara，印度教主神湿婆的别称，佛教吸收为护法神）说，极其久远的时间之后佛才会出现。’经过一千次生死轮回也不能得知，一百千次生死轮回中也不能得知，经过俱胝（koti，印度数字单位，相当于千万）百千次生死轮回中也不能得知。 从禅定中起身，前往摩呬印捺啰山（Mahendra，山名），入定思惟也不能得知；又进入摩呬印捺啰山王窟，入定思惟也不能得知；从此走遍七十座山，禅观思惟，也不能得知；又前往三十二洲，寂静地坐着思惟，也不能得知。 目连说：‘那大自在天智慧所生的言语和意念，不是小乘声闻（Sravaka，听闻佛陀教诲而修行的弟子）、辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，又称缘觉，不依师教，自己悟道的修行者）所能知道的。’于是他一心一意地告诉长老舍利弗（Sariputra，佛陀十大弟子之一，以智慧著称）：‘尊者！请仔细听！我在昆仑山顶见到大自在天，他告诉我：‘极其久远的时间之后佛才会出世。’我对于这个意思始终不能理解。您现在是尊者，具有大智慧，能够深刻地洞察精微之处，天降雨三年三个月，您能知道雨点的数量，四大海水，您能知道水滴的数量，四大洲的人，您能知道他们的心念行为。像您这样具有大智慧的佛子，对于这个言语和意念应该可以了解，唯愿您慈悲地稍微为我开示。’ 当时，长老舍利弗听到这些话后，立即进入禅定，经过百千俱胝次生死轮回，思惟这件事也不能得知。这时，长老大迦叶（Mahakasyapa，佛陀十大弟子之一，以头陀行著称）对舍利弗说：‘大自在天所说的法，它的意思非常深奥微妙，难以测度。如果您得到佛陀的力量才能了解；如果用自己的力量思惟，就像用一寸草来测量须弥山（Sumeru，佛教宇宙观中的圣山）。’ 当时大迦叶自己思惟：‘如果在电影闪过的一瞬间、刹那的短暂时间里，观察过去久远的事情就像在手掌中一样清晰，只有佛陀的大智慧才能做到。’
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English version Having bathed, Maudgalyayana (one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his supernatural powers) sat on Mount Xiangzui, opened his golden bowl, and the food in the bowl was extremely wonderful, with perfect color, fragrance, and taste, transforming into heavenly food. After Maudgalyayana finished eating, a heavenly maiden suddenly offered clean water. Maudgalyayana received the water, used it to purify five parts of his body, and then sat on that mountain, concentrating his mind to enter samadhi, contemplating and thinking: 'Mahesvara (another name for the Hindu deity Shiva, adopted by Buddhism as a protector deity) said that the Buddha would only appear after an extremely long time.' He could not know even after a thousand lifetimes, nor could he know in a hundred thousand lifetimes, nor could he know after koti (an Indian numerical unit, equivalent to ten million) hundred thousand lifetimes. Rising from samadhi, he went to Mount Mahendra, entered samadhi and pondered, but still could not know; then he entered the King's Cave of Mount Mahendra, entered samadhi and pondered, but still could not know; from there, he traveled through seventy mountains, contemplating and thinking in meditation, but still could not know; then he went to the thirty-two continents, sitting quietly and thinking, but still could not know. Maudgalyayana said, 'The words and thoughts born from the wisdom of that great Mahesvara are not something that Sravakas (disciples who practice by listening to the Buddha's teachings) or Pratyekabuddhas (also known as solitary Buddhas, practitioners who attain enlightenment on their own without a teacher) can know.' So he wholeheartedly told the elder Sariputra (one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his wisdom): 'Venerable one! Listen carefully! I saw the great Mahesvara on the summit of Mount Kunlun, and he told me: 'The Buddha will only appear after an extremely long time.' I have never been able to understand this meaning. You are now a venerable one, possessing great wisdom, able to deeply discern subtle and profound things. When the heavens rain for three years and three months, you can know the number of raindrops; for the four great oceans, you can know the number of drops; for the people of the four great continents, you can know their thoughts and actions. As a son of the Buddha with such great wisdom, you should be able to understand this language and thought. I only hope that you will compassionately reveal it to me briefly.' At that time, after the elder Sariputra heard these words, he immediately entered samadhi, and after a hundred thousand koti lifetimes, thinking about this matter, he still could not know. At this time, the elder Mahakasyapa (one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his ascetic practices) said to Sariputra: 'The Dharma spoken by the great Mahesvara, its meaning is very profound and subtle, difficult to fathom. If you obtain the power of the Buddha, then you can understand; if you think with your own power, it is like using an inch of grass to measure Mount Sumeru (the sacred mountain in Buddhist cosmology).' At that time, Mahakasyapa thought to himself: 'If, in the blink of an eye, in a moment, one could observe past events as clearly as in the palm of one's hand, only the great wisdom of the Buddha could do it.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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于是大迦叶发无垢清净之声，告大目连曰：“若大自在天自行仪则，人间天上无人了知，唯三界无等一切智智即可证知。何以故？谓佛世尊于百千俱胝恒河沙数世界，所有过去、现在、一切众生，上中下品根宜心行，皆悉了知如观掌内，如是名为一切智智。” 是时，长老大目乾连、舍利弗、大迦叶同诣佛所，旋绕世尊五体投地，一心敬礼，退坐一面。 尔时，世尊知彼心念，顾示微笑。时大目乾连赞佛功德：“佛面端严如金莲开，慈颜适悦福相深厚，牙齿齐密身体殊妙，放大光明青黄赤白，普照世间，山川幽谷无不朗然，设使百千俱胝日月团聚，光明亦不能及，宣清凉法味三界普沾，一切众生无不蒙益。”如是赞已，恭敬作礼，白言：“世尊！我于一时，持其钵器往大自在宫，于彼乞食。时大自在天见我持钵如法施食，而告我言：‘极久远时，佛乃方出。’我于此言终不通达。佛具一切智，世间所有那臾多俱胝恒河沙世界，众生心行差别，皆悉了知如视掌内，其舌广长上覆面轮，唯愿牟尼为决疑意。” 尔时，世尊以微妙梵音告大目乾连：“汝今谛听，善思念之！吾当为汝分别解说。彼于过去八万四千劫前，彼时有佛、正等正觉出现世间，名功德海。有一大城亦名功德海，彼有婆罗门名曰寂 于是，摩诃迦叶（Mahākāśyapa，佛陀十大弟子之一，以头陀行著称）发出无垢清净的声音，告诉摩诃目犍连（Mahāmaudgalyāyana，佛陀十大弟子之一，以神通第一著称）说：‘如果大自在天（Maheśvara，印度教中的主神湿婆的别称，佛教中也被视为护法神）自己奉行仪轨法则，人间天上没有人能够完全了解，只有三界无与伦比的一切智智（sarvajñāna，佛陀所证得的对一切事物无碍的智慧）才能证知。为什么呢？因为佛陀世尊在百千俱胝恒河沙数（百千俱胝，koti，印度数字单位，表示千万；恒河沙数，比喻极多的数量）的世界中，所有过去、现在的一切众生，上中下品根器的适宜心行，都完全了知，就像观看手掌内的东西一样，这叫做一切智智。’ 这时，长老摩诃目犍连、舍利弗（Śāriputra，佛陀十大弟子之一，以智慧第一著称）、摩诃迦叶一同前往佛陀的住所，围绕世尊，五体投地，一心敬礼，然后退到一旁坐下。 这时，世尊知道他们的心念，显露出微笑。当时，摩诃目犍连赞叹佛陀的功德：‘佛陀的面容端正庄严，像金色的莲花开放一样，慈祥的容颜令人喜悦，福德之相深厚，牙齿整齐紧密，身体非常殊胜美妙，放出广大的光明，青色、黄色、红色、白色，普遍照耀世间，山川幽深的山谷没有不光亮的，即使成百上千俱胝的日月聚集在一起，光明也不能相比，宣扬清凉的法味，三界普遍得到滋润，一切众生没有不蒙受利益的。’这样赞叹完毕后，恭敬地行礼，禀告说：‘世尊！我曾经有一次，拿着钵器前往大自在天宫，在那里乞食。当时，大自在天看到我拿着钵器如法地乞食，就告诉我：‘极久远的时间之后，佛陀才会出现。’我对这句话始终不明白。佛陀具有一切智慧，世间所有那由他俱胝恒河沙（那由他，nayuta，印度数字单位，表示亿；俱胝，koti，印度数字单位，表示千万；恒河沙数，比喻极多的数量）的世界，众生的心行差别，都完全了知，就像观看手掌内的东西一样，您的舌头广长，向上覆盖整个面轮，唯愿牟尼（Muni，对佛陀的尊称，意为‘圣者’或‘贤者’）为我解除疑惑。’ 这时，世尊用微妙的梵音告诉摩诃目犍连：‘你现在仔细听，好好地思考！我将为你分别解说。他在过去八万四千劫（kalpa，时间单位，表示极长的时间）之前，那时有佛陀、正等正觉（Sammasambuddha，佛陀的称号，意为‘正遍知’）出现在世间，名叫功德海（Guṇasāgara）。有一座大城也名叫功德海，那里有一位婆罗门（Brahmin，印度教中的祭司阶层）名叫寂静（Śānta）。’