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English version: Observing sentient beings in poverty and lowliness, (the Bodhisattva) can enable them to attain wealth and nobility, and can also enable other sentient beings to observe those in poverty and lowliness and enable them to attain wealth and nobility. 'A Bodhisattva-Mahasattva, towards all sentient beings, generates great compassion, wishing it to be all-pervasive, thinking thus: ‘Those sentient beings have no support, no refuge, no home, nowhere to go, no island to rest on, no dwelling, no protector. When will I be able to act as a protector for these sentient beings?’ Manjushri (文殊菩萨)! Just like a young and strong Garuda (妙翅鸟王), king of birds, with great power, can freely fly to the summit of Mount Meru (妙高山). The Tathagata's (如来) miraculous power-acting Bodhisattva is also like this, possessing great roots of virtue and the power of courage and speed, able to freely go to be born in the Buddha's assembly, able to act as a protector for sentient beings in the evil realms. Manjushri! This is called the Tathagata's miraculous power-acting Bodhisattva.' Manjushri! If a good man or good woman, every day, with exquisite heavenly garments and heavenly foods of a hundred flavors, makes offerings to Buddhas as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions, and further uses wish-fulfilling jewels filling worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River for giving alms, making such offerings for as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River; if someone then teaches one sentient being to attain the fruit of a Stream-enterer (Sotapanna, 须陀洹果), their merit surpasses the former immeasurably and countless times. Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to attain the fruit of a Stream-enterer; if someone then teaches one sentient being to attain the fruit of a Once-returner (Sakadagami, 斯陀含果), their merit surpasses the former immeasurably and countless times. Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to attain the fruit of a Once-returner; if someone then teaches one sentient being to attain the fruit of a Non-returner (Anagami, 阿那含果), their merit surpasses the former immeasurably and countless times. Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to attain the fruit of a Non-returner; if someone then teaches one sentient being to attain the fruit of an Arhat (阿罗汉果), their merit surpasses the former immeasurably and countless times. Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to attain the fruit of an Arhat; if someone then teaches one sentient being to realize... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 独觉果，其福胜彼无量无数。
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“妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，教彼十方一切世界微尘数有情得独觉果；若复有人教一羊车行菩萨令其安住菩提之心，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，教彼十方一切世界微尘数有情得羊车行菩提之心；若复有人教一有情得象车行菩提之心，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，教彼十方一切世界微尘数有情得象车行菩提之心；若复有人教一有情得日月神力行菩提之心，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，教彼十方一切世界微尘数有情得日月神力行菩提之心；若复有人教一有情得声闻神力行菩提之心，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，教彼十方一切世界微尘数有情得声闻神力行菩提之心；若复有人教一有情得如来神力行菩提之心，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，于日日中以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数有情，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一近事——归依三宝、受五学处、于佛教法生正信者——其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数近事，乃至恒河沙劫如是 现代汉语译本 独觉果（Pratyekabuddha-phala，证悟者之果位），其福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，教导十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生证得独觉果；如果又有人教导一位羊车行菩萨（Sravakayana Bodhisattva，声闻乘菩萨）安住于菩提之心，他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，教导十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生发起羊车行菩提之心；如果又有人教导一个有情众生发起象车行菩提之心，他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，教导十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生发起象车行菩提之心；如果又有人教导一个有情众生发起日月神力行菩提之心，他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，教导十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生发起日月神力行菩提之心；如果又有人教导一个有情众生发起声闻神力行菩提之心，他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，教导十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生发起声闻神力行菩提之心；如果又有人教导一个有情众生发起如来神力行菩提之心，他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，每天都用天上的美妙衣服和天上的百味饮食，供养十方一切世界如微尘般众多的有情众生，乃至像恒河沙数劫那么长的时间都这样供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位近事（Upasaka/Upasika，在家男女居士）——皈依三宝、受持五戒、对佛教的教法生起真正信心的人——他的福德胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的百味饮食，供养十方一切世界如微尘般众多的近事，乃至像恒河沙数劫那么长的时间都这样供养
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English version The fruit of a Pratyekabuddha (Pratyekabuddha-phala, the fruit of a self-enlightened one) surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri (Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom)! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to attain the fruit of a Pratyekabuddha; and if someone teaches a Sravakayana Bodhisattva (Sravakayana Bodhisattva, a Bodhisattva of the Hearer Vehicle) to abide in the mind of Bodhi, their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to generate the mind of Bodhi of the Sravakayana; and if someone teaches one sentient being to generate the mind of Bodhi of the Mahayana, their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to generate the mind of Bodhi of the Mahayana; and if someone teaches one sentient being to generate the mind of Bodhi with the divine power of the sun and moon, their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to generate the mind of Bodhi with the divine power of the sun and moon; and if someone teaches one sentient being to generate the mind of Bodhi with the divine power of a Sravaka, their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman teaches sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions to generate the mind of Bodhi with the divine power of a Sravaka; and if someone teaches one sentient being to generate the mind of Bodhi with the divine power of a Tathagata, their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman offers celestial fine clothing and celestial delicacies of a hundred flavors to sentient beings as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions, every day, and continues to do so for as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River; and if someone offers a single meal to a Upasaka/Upasika (Upasaka/Upasika, a lay practitioner) – one who has taken refuge in the Three Jewels, observes the five precepts, and has generated genuine faith in the Buddha's teachings – their merit surpasses that immeasurable and countless times. ‘Manjushri! If a good man or good woman offers celestial fine clothing and celestial delicacies of a hundred flavors to Upasaka/Upasikas (Upasaka/Upasika, a lay practitioner) as numerous as dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions, and continues to do so for as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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供养；若复有人以一饮食施第八人，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数第八人，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一预流果，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数预流果，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一一来果，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数一来果，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一不还果，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数不还果，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一阿罗汉果，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数阿罗汉果，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一独觉，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若善男子、善女人，以天妙衣天百味食，供养十方一切世界微尘数独觉，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人以一饮食施一羊车行菩萨，其福胜彼无量无数。何以故？妙吉祥！是菩萨摩诃萨，随于 现代汉语译本 供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给第八位普通人，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的第八位普通人，乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位预流果（Srotapanna，须陀洹），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。’ ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的预流果（Srotapanna，须陀洹），乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位一来果（Sakrdagamin，斯陀含），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。’ ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的一来果（Sakrdagamin，斯陀含），乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位不还果（Anagamin，阿那含），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。’ ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的不还果（Anagamin，阿那含），乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位阿罗汉果（Arhat，阿罗汉），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。’ ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的阿罗汉果（Arhat，阿罗汉），乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位独觉（Pratyekabuddha，辟支佛），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。’ ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果善男子、善女人，用天上的美妙衣服和天上的各种美味食物，供养十方一切世界如微尘数般多的独觉（Pratyekabuddha，辟支佛），乃至像恒河沙劫（Ganges-sand kalpa，极长的时间单位）那样长的时间进行供养；如果又有人用一份饮食布施给一位羊车行菩萨（a Bodhisattva who travels by sheep cart），他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。为什么呢？妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！这位菩萨摩诃萨（Bodhisattva-Mahasattva，大菩萨），随顺于