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劣弊恶之家而过时日，亦不足知是何人类生于我腹。’如是，如是！善男子！一切有情无主无依，生三有中，寄于下劣弊恶之舍，为生死苦之所逼迫。然一一有情有如来界、具如来藏，是彼有情不觉不知。善男子！如来不令一切有情而自欺诳，佛为说法：‘善男子！汝等莫自欺诳，发大坚固精进之心，汝等身中皆有佛体，于其后时毕成正觉。汝今已入于菩萨数，即非凡夫；久后亦堕于如来数，即非菩萨。’” 尔时世尊说伽他曰： “譬如妇人无依主， 形容丑恶令厌怖； 寄于弊恶下劣家， 或时而有王胎孕。 彼怀如是之胎孕， 决定是为转轮王； 其王威德七宝围， 统领四洲为主宰。 彼愚丑女曾不知， 于已腹中有如是， 在于贱贫弊恶舍， 怀贫穷苦心忧恼。 我见一切诸有情， 无主受于穷迫苦； 在于三界中耽乐， 身中法藏如胎藏。 如是见已告菩萨， 一切有情具法性； 胎中世利有光明， 应生恭敬勿欺诳。 发坚精进以修持， 不久自身成作佛； 不久当坐菩提场， 解脱无量俱胝众。 “复次，善男子！譬如以蜡作模，或作马形、象形、男形、女形，泥裹其上而用火炙，销炼真金铸于模内，候其冷已，是其工匠将归舍宅； 现代汉语译本 ‘在低劣贫困的家庭中度日，也不知道是什么样的人类投生在我的腹中。’就是这样，就是这样！善男子！一切有情众生没有依靠，没有归宿，生于欲界、色界、无色界（三有）之中，寄身于低劣贫困的住所，被生死之苦所逼迫。然而每一个有情众生都具有如来界（如来的境界）、具足如来藏（如来所藏的功德），但这些有情众生却不觉悟，也不知道。善男子！如来不会让一切有情众生自我欺骗，佛为他们说法：‘善男子！你们不要自我欺骗，要发起坚定精进之心，你们的身中都具有佛的本体，在将来必定成就正觉（完全的觉悟）。你们现在已经进入菩萨的行列，就不是凡夫；将来也会进入如来的行列，就不是菩萨了。’ 当时世尊说偈颂道： ‘譬如一个妇人没有依靠， 容貌丑陋令人厌恶； 寄身于贫困低劣的家庭， 有时却怀有王者的胎儿。 她怀着这样的胎儿， 注定是转轮圣王（拥有统治世界的轮宝的国王）； 这位国王拥有威德和七宝围绕， 统治四大部洲（世界的四个主要大陆）作为主宰。 那个愚蠢丑陋的女子却不知道， 在自己的腹中怀有这样的人物， 身处卑贱贫困的住所， 怀着贫穷困苦的心情忧愁烦恼。 我看见一切有情众生， 没有依靠而遭受贫困的痛苦； 在欲界、色界、无色界（三界）中贪图享乐， 身中的法藏（佛法的宝藏）如同胎藏。 这样观察之后，我告诉菩萨们， 一切有情众生都具有佛性（成佛的可能性）； 胎中的世间利益具有光明， 应当生起恭敬心，不要欺骗自己。 发起坚定精进心来修行， 不久自身就能成就佛果； 不久将坐在菩提树下（觉悟之树）， 解脱无量无数的众生。 ‘再者，善男子！譬如用蜡制作模具，或者制作成马的形状、象的形状、男人的形状、女人的形状，用泥土包裹在蜡模外面，然后用火烧烤，熔化蜡模，将真金倒入模具里面，等到冷却之后，工匠就将它带回家中；’
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English version ‘Living in a poor and wretched home, one would not know what kind of human being is born in my womb.’ Thus it is, thus it is! Good man! All sentient beings are without a master and without refuge, born in the three realms (threefold existence), dwelling in inferior and wretched houses, oppressed by the suffering of birth and death. However, each and every sentient being has the realm of the Tathagata (the state of the Tathagata), possesses the Tathagatagarbha (the womb of the Tathagata), but these sentient beings are unaware and do not know it. Good man! The Tathagata does not allow all sentient beings to deceive themselves, the Buddha teaches them: ‘Good men! Do not deceive yourselves, arouse a great and firm mind of diligence, in your bodies you all have the Buddha-nature, and in the future you will surely attain perfect enlightenment (complete awakening). You have now entered the ranks of Bodhisattvas, and are no longer ordinary beings; after a long time you will also enter the ranks of the Tathagatas, and will no longer be Bodhisattvas.’ At that time, the World Honored One spoke this verse: ‘Like a woman without support, Whose ugly appearance causes aversion; Dwelling in a poor and wretched home, Sometimes she carries the embryo of a king. She carries such an embryo, Destined to be a Chakravartin (wheel-turning king); That king possesses majestic virtue and is surrounded by seven treasures, Ruling over the four continents (the four major continents of the world) as sovereign. That foolish and ugly woman does not know, That in her womb she carries such a person, Living in a humble and poor dwelling, Harboring sorrow and distress with a poor and suffering heart. I see all sentient beings, Without a master, suffering the pain of poverty; Delighting in the three realms (the realms of desire, form, and formlessness), The treasure of Dharma (the treasure of the Buddha's teachings) in their bodies is like an embryo. Having seen this, I tell the Bodhisattvas, All sentient beings possess Buddha-nature (the potential for Buddhahood); The worldly benefits in the womb have light, One should generate reverence and not deceive oneself. Arouse firm diligence to cultivate, Before long, one will become a Buddha oneself; Soon one will sit at the Bodhi tree (tree of enlightenment), Liberating countless millions of beings. ‘Furthermore, good man! For example, using wax to make a mold, or making the shape of a horse, the shape of an elephant, the shape of a man, the shape of a woman, wrapping the wax mold with clay, and then roasting it with fire, melting the wax and pouring real gold into the mold, and after it has cooled, the craftsman will take it home;’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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其模外为黑泥覆弊，形状燋恶内有金像，或工匠及工匠弟子，知其模冷，即坏其泥，既净持已，于须臾顷，是金宝像则便清净。如是，如是！善男子！如来以如来眼观见一切有情，如金像模，外为烦恼泥所覆裹，于内虚冲满有佛法无漏智宝。善男子！我今观见一切有情悉皆如是，在菩萨众而说妙法，若菩萨摩诃萨，若得寂静清凉，如来为彼有情，以金刚器仗净其法眼，除其烦恼及随烦恼，为净如来智宝藏故。善男子！如来犹如持宝像者善男子，而破彼色及随烦恼，令得解脱是名如来。善男子！如来、应、正等觉，见一切有情如来藏，为无边俱胝烦恼藏中之所沉没，为彼有情破烦恼藏，于佛智见安立无上正等菩提。” 尔时世尊说伽他曰： “譬如外色泥作模， 于内空虚无所有， 销炼真金满铸泻， 其数或百或一千， 工匠之人知冷已， 则破其泥现于像； 泥除则净其宝像， 匠意雕琢皆成就。 我见一切诸有情， 犹如金像在泥模， 烦恼于外而盖覆， 如来之智处于内。 若得寂静及清凉， 前际清净智菩萨， 以法器仗而捶击， 烦恼由斯悉摧坏。 所有如来之佛子， 犹如金像令可爱， 常得天世人供养， 圆满身相具十力。 我见一切诸有情， 现代汉语译本： 就像（金像）模型外层覆盖着黑泥，形状丑陋粗糙，但里面却有金像。或者工匠以及工匠的弟子，知道模型冷却后，就打破泥模，清理干净后，在很短的时间内，这尊金宝像就会变得清净。就像这样，就像这样！善男子！如来用如来之眼观察到一切有情众生，就像金像被泥模包裹一样，外层被烦恼的泥土覆盖，内在空虚却充满佛法无漏的智慧珍宝。善男子！我现在观察到一切有情众生都像这样，所以在菩萨众中宣说微妙之法，如果菩萨摩诃萨能够获得寂静清凉，如来就会为了这些有情众生，用金刚器仗来净化他们的法眼，去除他们的烦恼以及随烦恼，为了清净如来的智慧宝藏。善男子！如来就像持有宝像的人一样，善男子，打破那些色（rupa）以及随烦恼，使他们得到解脱，这就是如来。善男子！如来、应供（Arhat）、正等觉（Samyaksambuddha），见到一切有情众生都具有如来藏（Tathagatagarbha），却被无边的俱胝（koti，意为千万）烦恼所淹没，为了这些有情众生打破烦恼之藏，在佛的智慧和见解中安立无上的正等菩提（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）。 这时，世尊说偈颂道： ‘譬如外表是泥土做的模型，里面空虚什么都没有， 熔炼的真金灌注其中，数量或者一百或者一千。 工匠知道（泥模）冷却后，就打破泥模显现出金像； 泥土去除后就干净了，工匠的雕琢也完成了。 我看见一切有情众生，就像金像在泥模之中， 烦恼在外层覆盖着，如来的智慧在里面。 如果获得寂静和清凉，前际清净的智慧菩萨， 用法器击打（泥模），烦恼因此全部摧毁。 所有如来的佛子，就像金像一样令人喜爱， 常常得到天、世间人的供养，圆满的身相具备十力（十种力量）。 我看见一切有情众生，’
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English version: It is like a black mud covering the outside of a mold, its shape burnt and ugly, but inside there is a golden image. When the craftsman and his disciples know that the mold is cool, they break the mud, clean it, and in a short moment, the golden treasure image becomes pure. Thus, thus! Good man! The Tathagata, with the eye of the Tathagata, sees all sentient beings as if they were golden images in molds, covered with the mud of afflictions on the outside, but inside, empty and filled with the treasure of the Buddha-dharma's un-outflowed wisdom. Good man! I now see all sentient beings in this way, and so I speak the wonderful Dharma among the Bodhisattva assembly. If a Bodhisattva-Mahasattva attains stillness and coolness, the Tathagata, for the sake of these sentient beings, uses the vajra (diamond) weapon to purify their Dharma-eye, removing their afflictions and secondary afflictions, in order to purify the Tathagata's treasure of wisdom. Good man! The Tathagata is like one who holds a treasure image, good man, breaking through those rupa (form) and secondary afflictions, causing them to attain liberation; this is called the Tathagata. Good man! The Tathagata, Arhat (Worthy One), Samyaksambuddha (Perfectly Enlightened One), sees that all sentient beings possess the Tathagatagarbha (Buddha-nature), but are submerged in the midst of countless kotis (ten millions) of afflictions. For the sake of these sentient beings, he breaks the store of afflictions, and establishes unsurpassed Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (Unsurpassed Perfect Enlightenment) in the wisdom and vision of the Buddha. At that time, the World Honored One spoke in verse: ‘It is like a mold made of mud on the outside, empty inside and without anything, Melted true gold is poured into it, in numbers of a hundred or a thousand. When the craftsman knows it is cool, he breaks the mud and reveals the image; When the mud is removed, the treasure image is clean, and the craftsman's work is accomplished. I see all sentient beings, like golden images in mud molds, Afflictions cover the outside, while the Tathagata's wisdom is inside. If they attain stillness and coolness, the Bodhisattvas of pure wisdom from the past, Strike with the weapon of Dharma, and the afflictions are all destroyed. All the Buddha's children of the Tathagata, are as lovable as golden images, They constantly receive offerings from gods and humans, their perfect forms possessing the ten powers (ten strengths). I see all sentient beings.’ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 如是清净成善逝， 成就善逝成佛眼， 满足无上萨婆若。”
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佛告金刚慧菩萨言：“善男子！若在家出家善男子、善女人，于此如来藏经典法要，受持、读诵、书写经卷，为他广说，得福无量。或有善男子、善女人，或余菩萨，为于积集如来智故，精勤供养一切如来，于一一世界，成就如是色三摩地；由此色三摩地威力，过恒河沙诸佛世界；过恒沙数俱胝那庾多现在诸佛，于一一佛所供养承事，并及菩萨声闻僧众。如是乃至过五十恒河沙诸佛世尊，当于和畅安乐之时，各送百千珍妙楼阁，一一量高十逾缮那，纵广正等一逾缮那，如是一切以宝成天妙香器，散种种花，成办种种受用之具，日日如是乃至千劫。金刚慧！若苾刍、苾刍尼、邬波索迦、邬波斯迦，发菩提心于此如来藏经，取其一喻，或在于身，或在经卷。金刚慧！以此福业与前福业，如来安立百分、迦罗分、千分、百千分、俱胝分、俱胝百分、俱胝千分、俱胝百千分、俱胝那庾多百千分，不及于此迦罗一分，乃至算数譬喻所不能及。金刚慧！若有善男子、善女人求无上菩提者，于彼诸佛世尊，并及菩萨声闻大众，取曼陀罗花百千斛，日日供养，复满千劫。金刚慧！若余苾刍、苾刍尼、邬波索迦、邬波斯迦，发菩提心闻此如来藏经法要，乃至合掌礼 现代汉语译本： ‘像这样清净成就善逝（Sugata，如来十号之一）， 成就善逝即成就佛眼（Buddha-cakṣus，五眼之一）， 满足无上萨婆若（Sarvajña，一切智）。’ 佛告诉金刚慧菩萨（Vajramati Bodhisattva）说：‘善男子！若在家或出家的善男子、善女人，对于这《如来藏经》（Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra）的经典法要，受持、读诵、书写经卷，为他人广泛解说，得到的福德无量。或者有善男子、善女人，或者其他菩萨，为了积聚如来的智慧，精勤供养一切如来，在每一个世界，成就这样的色三摩地（rūpa-samādhi，色界的禅定）；凭借这色三摩地的威力，超过恒河沙数诸佛世界；超过恒河沙数俱胝那庾多（koṭi-nayuta，极大数量单位）现在诸佛，在每一位佛的处所供养承事，以及菩萨、声闻僧众。像这样乃至超过五十恒河沙数诸佛世尊，当他们在和畅安乐之时，各自赠送百千珍妙楼阁，每一座楼阁高十逾缮那（yojana，长度单位），纵广相等一逾缮那，像这样一切用宝物制成天妙香器，散布种种花，备办种种受用之具，日日如此乃至千劫。金刚慧！如果比丘（bhikṣu，出家男众）、比丘尼（bhikṣuṇī，出家女众）、邬波索迦（upāsaka，在家男众）、邬波斯迦（upāsikā，在家女众），发菩提心，从此《如来藏经》中，取其中一个譬喻，或者佩戴在身上，或者放在经卷中。金刚慧！以此福业与前面的福业相比，如来安立百分之一、迦罗分（kalā，时间或数量单位）之一、千分之一、百千分之一、俱胝分（koṭi，数量单位）之一、俱胝百分之一、俱胝千分之一、俱胝百千分之一、俱胝那庾多百千分之一，也比不上这迦罗分之一，乃至用算数譬喻都不能比及。金刚慧！如果有善男子、善女人求无上菩提者，对于那些诸佛世尊，以及菩萨声闻大众，取曼陀罗花（mandārava，天花）百千斛（hú，容量单位），日日供养，再满千劫。金刚慧！如果其他比丘、比丘尼、邬波索迦、邬波斯迦，发菩提心，听闻此《如来藏经》的法要，乃至合掌礼敬，’