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English version: Recite the names of the Seven Buddhas of the Past and Maitreya Bodhisattva (the future Buddha), and single-mindedly recite the Pratimoksha Sutra (the code of monastic discipline) one hundred times by counting breaths. These evil ghosts will each be subdued and will ultimately not disturb the fourfold assembly of practitioners. The Buddha told Ananda (the Buddha's attendant): 'You should uphold well this method of purifying body, speech, and mind, subduing dignified conduct, and banishing evil ghosts. In order to increase the fourfold assembly of disciples—to prevent them from arising with disordered thoughts and to enable them to enter Samadhi (meditative absorption)—you should uphold it well and never forget it.' At that time, Venerable Ananda, having heard what the Buddha said, joyfully accepted and practiced it. 'Furthermore, Ananda! If a practitioner, when sitting in meditation, suffers from fullness in both ears, pain in the joints, itching in both palms, pain under both feet, palpitations below the heart, twisting of the neck tendons, and dizziness, or if Pisacha ghosts (flesh-eating demons) come to whisper in the place where they are sitting, or scatter fragrant flowers and create various monsters, they should be quickly treated.' 'The method of treatment is that one should first visualize Bhaisajyaraja Bodhisattva (the Medicine King Bodhisattva) and Bhaisajyasamudgata Bodhisattva (the Medicine Superior Bodhisattva) holding golden vases in their hands, using the water in the vases to pour on the practitioner. Secondly, one should visualize the Snow Mountain God King holding a white flower and covering the practitioner's head with it. The white light flows in and nourishes the pores of the whole body, and the body immediately becomes soft, with no other abnormal phenomena. Then, visualize Jivaka (a famous physician in ancient India) holding celestial flowers and scattering them on the practitioner. Between each flower, various wonderful medicines rain down, nourishing the pores. All the pain, itching, various sufferings, subtle voices, and all kinds of ghosts and spirits brought by the Pisacha ghosts will be completely eliminated without remainder.' 'Bhaisajyaraja Bodhisattva and Bhaisajyasamudgata Bodhisattva preach the equal Mahayana Dharma for the practitioner. All the God Kings of Fragrant Mountain and Snow Mountain, and Jivaka, also preach various Twelve Gates of Dhyana (twelve methods of meditation), medicines according to the illness, medical prescriptions, and mantras according to the practitioner's capacity. Therefore, the practitioner is able to see Venerable Pindola (one of the Sixteen Arhats) and all the Arhats, five hundred Shramaneras (novice monks) such as Cunda (a name), all coming to the practitioner's place at the same time, each Shravaka (disciple of Buddha) preaching various methods of curing diseases.' 'Or some Arhats, according to what the Buddha said, teach this Bhikshu (monk) to hollow out the top of his head, gradually making it empty, and the whole body is empty, and then pour oil into it; Brahma (the lord of the Form Realm heaven) holds medicine—the medicine is golden in color—and pours it over the whole body, filling it up; the Bodhisattva Medicine King preaches various Dharmas. If one develops the Shravaka mind (the mind seeking self-liberation), then do as Pindola says.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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须陀洹；若发大乘心，随药王、药上二菩萨所说，即得诸佛现前三昧。” 佛告阿难：“佛灭度后，四部弟子若欲坐禅，先当寂静端坐七日，然后修心数息七日。复当服此除病等药，除声去肶、定心守意、修心修身，调和诸大令不失时。一心一意不犯轻戒及与威仪，于所持戒如护眼目、如重病人随良医教。行者亦尔，随数数增不令退失，如救头燃，顺贤圣语，是名治病服暖身药。” 佛告阿难：“汝好受持，慎莫忘失。” 时尊者阿难闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 治禅病秘要法卷下 后序 河西王从弟，优婆塞大沮渠安阳侯，于于填国衢摩帝大寺金刚阿练若住处，天竺比丘大乘沙门佛陀斯那，其人天才特拔，国中独步，口诵半亿偈，兼明禅法，内外综博，无籍不练，故世人咸曰：“人中师子！”沮渠亲面禀受，忆诵无滞。以孝建二年九月八日于竹园精舍书出此经，至其月二十五日讫。 现代汉语译本：‘须陀洹（Srota-apanna，入流果）；若发大乘心，随药王（Bhaisajya-raja）菩萨、药上（Bhaisajya-samudgata）菩萨二位菩萨所说，即得诸佛现前三昧（Samadhi，等持）。’ 佛告阿难：‘佛灭度后，四部弟子若欲坐禅，先当寂静端坐七日，然后修心数息七日。复当服此除病等药，除声去肶，定心守意，修心修身，调和诸大令不失时。一心一意不犯轻戒及与威仪，于所持戒如护眼目、如重病人随良医教。行者亦尔，随数数增不令退失，如救头燃，顺贤圣语，是名治病服暖身药。’ 佛告阿难：‘汝好受持，慎莫忘失。’ 时尊者阿难闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 治禅病秘要法卷下 后序 河西王从弟，优婆塞大沮渠安阳侯，于于填国衢摩帝大寺金刚阿练若住处，天竺比丘大乘沙门佛陀斯那，其人天才特拔，国中独步，口诵半亿偈，兼明禅法，内外综博，无籍不练，故世人咸曰：‘人中师子！’沮渠亲面禀受，忆诵无滞。以孝建二年九月八日于竹园精舍书出此经，至其月二十五日讫。
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English version: ‘Srota-apanna (Stream-enterer); if one generates the Mahayana mind, and follows what the two Bodhisattvas Bhaisajya-raja (Medicine King) and Bhaisajya-samudgata (Medicine Superior) have said, one will attain the Samadhi (concentration) of the Buddhas appearing before one.’ The Buddha told Ananda: ‘After the Buddha's Parinirvana, if the fourfold assembly of disciples wish to practice seated meditation, they should first sit quietly and upright for seven days, and then practice mindfully counting breaths for seven days. They should also take medicine to eliminate illness, eliminate noise and remove fat, settle the mind and guard the intention, cultivate the mind and body, and harmonize the four great elements so that they are not out of sync. With one mind and one intention, do not violate minor precepts and proper conduct, and guard the precepts you hold as you would your eyes, like a seriously ill person following the instructions of a good doctor. The practitioner should also increase the practice frequently without regressing, as if putting out a fire on one's head, and follow the words of the wise and holy. This is called curing illness and taking warming medicine.’ The Buddha told Ananda: ‘You should receive and uphold this well, and be careful not to forget or lose it.’ At that time, the Venerable Ananda, hearing what the Buddha had said, rejoiced and practiced accordingly. The Secret Essential Method for Curing Meditation Sickness, Volume Two Postscript The younger brother of the King of Hexi, the Upasaka (lay practitioner) Great Juqu Anyang Marquis, at the Vajra Aranya residence of the Qumo Emperor Great Temple in the country of Khotan, the Indian Bhiksu (monk) Mahayana Sramana (ascetic) Buddhasena, was a person of outstanding talent, unparalleled in the country, who could recite half a billion verses, and was also versed in meditation methods, comprehensively learned both internally and externally, and practiced without neglecting any text. Therefore, people all said: ‘A lion among men!’ Juqu personally received his teachings and remembered them without error. This sutra was written out at the Bamboo Garden Vihara on the eighth day of the ninth month of the second year of Xiaojian, and completed on the twenty-fifth day of that month. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------