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English version: If someone uses a hundred kinds of heavenly delicacies to make offerings to as many Tathagatas (Buddha's title) as there are dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions, and to Bodhisattvas (enlightenment beings) who possess divine powers, and continues to make such offerings for as many kalpas (extremely long periods of time) as there are sands in the Ganges River; if another person hears this Dharma gate (teaching) and deeply believes and accepts it, their merit will surpass the former by immeasurable and countless times. 'Manjushri (Bodhisattva of wisdom)! If a good man or good woman builds as many temples as there are dust motes in all the worlds of the ten directions, and makes offerings to as many Pratyekabuddhas (solitary Buddhas) as there are dust motes in the three thousand great thousand worlds, with monastic dwellings all made of Jambudvipa gold (precious gold), adorned with electric lights and Mani jewels (wish-fulfilling jewels), with all kinds of luminous treasures as steps, and decorated with Mani pearls and various jeweled necklaces, with banners and canopies hanging everywhere, using wish-fulfilling jewel king nets and bells as curtains, and using dragon-guarded sandalwood (precious sandalwood) as fragrant mud to coat the ground, scattering Mandala flowers (a type of flower), Mahamandala flowers (large Mandala flowers), Manjushaka flowers (a type of flower), Mahamanjushaka flowers (large Manjushaka flowers), Sumanas flowers (a type of flower), Utpala flowers (blue lotus), Kumuda flowers (white water lily), Pundarika flowers (white lotus), Varshika flowers (a type of flower), Taranika flowers (a type of flower), Gautamika flowers (a type of flower), Varaka flowers (a type of flower), and Sugandhi flowers (fragrant flowers), and making offerings with heavenly exquisite clothing and a hundred kinds of heavenly delicacies, and continuing to make such offerings for as many kalpas as there are sands in the Ganges River; if another person hears the name of the Buddha (Buddha's title), or the name of All-Knowing Wisdom (Sarvajna, Buddha's wisdom), or the name of the Lord of the World (Buddha's title), or sees the image of the Buddha, or even a painting on a scripture scroll, their merit will surpass the former by immeasurable and countless times, how much more so if someone joins their ten fingernails together to show respect, their merit will surpass the former by immeasurable and countless times, and even more so if they use various lamps, incense, and flowers, and even praise one aspect of the Buddha's virtues, their merit will be even greater, and in future lives they will enjoy great wealth and happiness, and eventually attain All-Knowing Wisdom (Sarvajna-jnana, Buddha's complete wisdom).' 'Manjushri! Just as a drop of water thrown into the ocean will never be exhausted, even when the fire of the kalpa (world-ending fire) arises. Manjushri! Bodhisattvas are also like this, using a small amount of good roots to dedicate to the attainment of Buddhahood, and even when the fire of All-Knowing Wisdom (Sarvajna fire, Buddha's wisdom) arises, it will never be exhausted. Manjushri! Just as the moon can surpass the stars, its light is complete, vast, and superior. Bodhisattvas are also like this, using a small amount of good roots to dedicate to the attainment of Buddhahood, and are able to surpass Sravakas (disciples who hear and practice the Dharma) and Pratyekabuddhas.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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，由其善根广大高胜。妙吉祥！如来、应、正等觉有如是等不可思议功德。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声闻独觉及诸菩萨，乃至恒河沙劫如是供养；若复有人能于此经心生信受，其福胜彼无量无数，何况有人书写为人演说，其福最胜。何以故？是成佛因故。 “妙吉祥！若有男子女人，以瞋恶心侵夺无量声闻独觉饮食衣服；若复有人以瞋恶心侵夺信乐大乘菩萨乃至少许饮食衣服，或一日中令其不食，其罪重彼无量无数。何以故？一切三世声闻独觉，于无数劫修行施戒忍辱精进禅定智慧，皆为自身断除烦恼；菩萨不尔，乃至毫厘施傍生时，皆为三宝不断绝故。 “妙吉祥！假使有人以瞋恶心毁坏无量无边无数独觉戒、定、智慧、解脱解脱知见；假使有人以瞋恶心于一信乐大乘菩萨损坏戒支及所学事令不成就，其罪重彼无量无数。何以故？一切三世声闻独觉，于无数劫，所有戒、定、智慧、解脱、解脱知见，皆为自身断除烦恼；菩萨不尔，乃至一日修戒、定、慧、解脱、解脱知见，皆为有情断除烦恼。 “妙吉祥！假使有人以瞋恶心系缚十方一切有情置牢狱中；若复有人以瞋恶心于菩萨所不欲眼视背之而去，其罪重彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使有 现代汉语译本：由于他们的善根广大而殊胜。妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如来、应、正等觉（Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddha，佛的称号）具有如此等等不可思议的功德。妙吉祥！如果善男子、善女人，以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般众多的声闻（Sravaka，听闻佛法而证悟者）、独觉（Pratyekabuddha，不依师教而独自证悟者）以及诸位菩萨（Bodhisattva，发菩提心，誓愿救度一切众生者），乃至像恒河沙数那样多的劫数都这样供养；如果又有人能对这部经典心生信受，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍，更何况有人书写这部经典并为他人演说，他的福报最为殊胜。为什么呢？因为这是成佛的因缘啊。 妙吉祥！如果有男子女人，以嗔恨恶毒之心侵夺无量声闻、独觉的饮食衣服；如果又有人以嗔恨恶毒之心侵夺信乐大乘佛法的菩萨，哪怕是极少许的饮食衣服，或者使他在一天之中没有食物可吃，他的罪过比前者严重无量无数倍。为什么呢？一切三世的声闻、独觉，在无数劫的时间里修行布施、持戒、忍辱、精进、禅定、智慧，都是为了自身断除烦恼；菩萨不是这样，乃至像毫毛那样微小的布施给傍生的时候，都是为了三宝（Buddha, Dharma, Sangha，佛、法、僧）不至于断绝的缘故。 妙吉祥！假使有人以嗔恨恶毒之心毁坏无量无边无数独觉的戒律、禅定、智慧、解脱、解脱知见；假使有人以嗔恨恶毒之心对于一位信乐大乘佛法的菩萨，损坏他的戒律支分以及所学习的事项，使他不能成就，他的罪过比前者严重无量无数倍。为什么呢？一切三世的声闻、独觉，在无数劫的时间里，所有的戒律、禅定、智慧、解脱、解脱知见，都是为了自身断除烦恼；菩萨不是这样，乃至仅仅一天修习戒律、禅定、智慧、解脱、解脱知见，都是为了有情众生断除烦恼。 妙吉祥！假使有人以嗔恨恶毒之心系缚十方一切有情众生，把他们关在牢狱之中；如果又有人以嗔恨恶毒之心对于菩萨，不愿用眼睛去看他，背对着他离去，他的罪过比前者严重无量无数倍。 妙吉祥！假使有
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English version: Because their roots of goodness are vast and supreme. Manjushri (Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom)! The Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddha (Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddha, titles of the Buddha) possesses such inconceivable merits. Manjushri! If a good man or good woman were to offer celestial exquisite clothing and celestial delicacies to a number of Sravakas (Sravaka, one who attains enlightenment by hearing the Buddha's teachings), Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyekabuddha, one who attains enlightenment independently without a teacher), and Bodhisattvas (Bodhisattva, one who aspires to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all beings) as numerous as the dust particles in all the worlds of the ten directions, and continue to make such offerings for kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River; if another person were to generate faith and acceptance in this sutra, their merit would surpass the former immeasurably and countless times. How much more so if someone were to write this sutra and expound it for others, their merit would be the most supreme. Why? Because this is the cause for attaining Buddhahood. Manjushri! If there are men and women who, with hateful and malicious minds, seize the food and clothing of countless Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas; if another person, with hateful and malicious minds, seizes even a small amount of food and clothing from Bodhisattvas who believe in and delight in the Great Vehicle, or causes them to go without food for a single day, their offense is immeasurably and countless times greater than the former. Why? All Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas of the three times, throughout countless kalpas, cultivate giving, morality, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom, all for the sake of eliminating their own afflictions; Bodhisattvas are not like that, even when giving as little as a hair's breadth to animals, it is all for the sake of preventing the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, the Buddha, the teachings, and the community) from being cut off. Manjushri! Suppose someone, with hateful and malicious minds, destroys the precepts, samadhi, wisdom, liberation, and knowledge of liberation of countless, boundless, and innumerable Pratyekabuddhas; suppose someone, with hateful and malicious minds, damages the precepts and the things being learned of a Bodhisattva who believes in and delights in the Great Vehicle, preventing them from achieving accomplishment, their offense is immeasurably and countless times greater than the former. Why? All Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas of the three times, throughout countless kalpas, all their precepts, samadhi, wisdom, liberation, and knowledge of liberation, are all for the sake of eliminating their own afflictions; Bodhisattvas are not like that, even cultivating precepts, samadhi, wisdom, liberation, and knowledge of liberation for just one day, it is all for the sake of eliminating the afflictions of sentient beings. Manjushri! Suppose someone, with hateful and malicious minds, binds all sentient beings in the ten directions and places them in prisons; if another person, with hateful and malicious minds, is unwilling to look at a Bodhisattva and turns their back and leaves, their offense is immeasurably and countless times greater than the former. Manjushri! Suppose there is --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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人以瞋恶心挑出十方一切世界有情眼目；若复有人以瞋恶心于菩萨所不欲眼视背之而去，其罪重彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使十方一切有情皆被挑目；复有余人于彼有情起大慈心令眼平复所得功德，若复有人以清净心而往瞻视大乘菩萨，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使有人能令十方所有狱囚皆得解脱，受转轮圣王天帝释乐；若复有人以清净心瞻视赞叹大乘菩萨，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使有人能令十方一切有情证独觉果所得功德；若复有人教一信乐大乘菩萨，曾于佛所种一善根令得增长，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！若有深信大乘菩萨于十方世界一切有情皆令安住菩提之心所得功德；若复有人以大乘法乃至一颂教示于他，其福胜彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使有人以十方世界微尘数独觉，置于地狱、饿鬼、傍生；若复有人于一初发菩提心者而作障碍，其罪重彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使有人于十方世界一切有情发菩提心者而作障碍；若复有人于一深信大乘菩萨菩提之心而作障碍，其罪重彼无量无数。 “妙吉祥！假使十方一切有情，皆堕地狱、饿鬼、傍生、琰摩王界，设复有人救济令出，复教安住菩提之心所得功德；若复有人令一有情于大乘中 现代汉语译本 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果有人以嗔恨恶毒之心，挖出十方一切世界所有众生的眼睛；如果又有人以嗔恨恶毒之心，对于菩萨不愿意见到的眼睛，背过身去，离开他，那么他的罪过比前者还要严重无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使十方一切众生的眼睛都被挖出；如果另外有人对这些众生生起大慈悲心，使他们的眼睛恢复原状，所得到的功德，如果又有人以清净之心瞻仰大乘菩萨，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使有人能够使十方所有被囚禁的犯人都得到解脱，享受转轮圣王、天帝释的快乐；如果又有人以清净之心瞻仰赞叹大乘菩萨，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使有人能够使十方一切众生证得独觉果位，所得到的功德；如果又有人教导一个信乐大乘的菩萨，曾经在佛那里种下一点善根，使它得以增长，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！如果有人深信大乘菩萨，对于十方世界一切众生，都使他们安住在菩提之心，所得到的功德；如果又有人以大乘佛法，乃至一句偈颂教导他人，他的福报胜过前者无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使有人将十方世界微尘数那么多的独觉，安置在地狱、饿鬼、畜生道中；如果又有人对于一个初发菩提心的人，而加以障碍，他的罪过比前者还要严重无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使有人对于十方世界一切发菩提心的人，而加以障碍；如果又有人对于一个深信大乘菩萨的菩提之心，而加以障碍，他的罪过比前者还要严重无量无数倍。 ‘妙吉祥（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）！假使十方一切众生，都堕入地狱、饿鬼、畜生、阎摩王界，假设又有人救济他们出来，又教导他们安住在菩提之心，所得到的功德；如果又有人使一个众生在大乘法中