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English version 'Food, medicine, bedding, and after entering Nirvana, they all erect great stupas, offering lamps, burning incense, applying fragrant powders, garlands, clothing, umbrellas, banners, and so on. Ananda (Ananda)! What do you think, does this person generate much merit because of this cause?' Ananda (Ananda) said: 'Very much. World Honored One (Bhagavan)! Very much. Sugata (Sugata)! This person generates much merit because of this cause.' The Buddha said: 'Ananda (Ananda)! Set aside Jambudvipa (Jambudvipa) for now. Aparagodaniya (Aparagodaniya) is eight thousand yojanas (yojana) in breadth and length, the shape of that continent is like a half-moon, and the faces of the people are also like that. It is filled with Srotapannas (Srotapanna) up to Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyekabuddha), like sugarcane forests, bamboo forests, reed forests, or flax fields, rice fields, dense and not empty. Thus, Ananda (Ananda)! This Aparagodaniya (Aparagodaniya) is entirely filled with Srotapannas (Srotapanna) up to Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyekabuddha). If there is a person who, for their entire life, offers clothing, food, medicine, and bedding, and after entering Nirvana, they all erect great stupas, offering lamps, burning incense, applying fragrant powders, garlands, clothing, umbrellas, banners, and so on. Ananda (Ananda)! What do you think, does this person generate much merit because of this cause?' Ananda (Ananda) said: 'Very much. World Honored One (Bhagavan)! Very much. Sugata (Sugata)!' 'Ananda (Ananda)! Set aside Aparagodaniya (Aparagodaniya) for now. Purvavideha (Purvavideha) is nine thousand yojanas (yojana) in breadth and length, the shape of that continent is round like a full moon, and the faces of the people are also like that. It is filled with Srotapannas (Srotapanna) up to Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyekabuddha), like sugarcane forests, bamboo forests, reed forests, or flax fields, rice fields, dense and not empty. Thus, Ananda (Ananda)! This Purvavideha (Purvavideha) is entirely filled with Srotapannas (Srotapanna) up to Pratyekabuddhas (Pratyekabuddha). If there is a person who, for their entire life, offers clothing, food, medicine, and bedding, and after entering Nirvana, they all erect great stupas, offering lamps, burning incense, applying fragrant powders, garlands, clothing, umbrellas, banners, and so on. Ananda (Ananda)! What do you think, does this person generate much merit because of this cause?' Ananda (Ananda) said: 'Very much. World Honored One (Bhagavan)! Very much. Sugata (Sugata)!' 'Ananda (Ananda)! Set aside Purvavideha (Purvavideha) for now. Uttarakuru (Uttarakuru) is ten thousand yojanas (yojana) in breadth and length, the shape of that continent is square, and the faces of the people --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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亦尔，满中须陀洹乃至辟支佛，譬如蔗林竹林荻林、若麻田若稻田，稠密不空。如是，阿难！此郁单越满中须陀洹乃至辟支佛等，若有一人尽形寿，供养衣服饮食汤药卧具，入涅槃后悉起大塔，供养然灯烧香涂香末香、华鬘衣服伞盖幡幢等。阿难！于意云何，是人以是因缘，生功德多不？” 阿难言：“甚多。世尊！甚多。修伽陀！” “阿难！且置北郁单越洲。天帝释天宫住处，有大飞阁名常胜殿，八万四千高楼围绕，八万四千青琉璃柱，真金宝网罗覆其上，金绳铃网四面张施，金银宝砂、栴檀香水、杂种天华洒布其地，八万四千绮饰窗牖，毗琉璃宝、因陀尼罗宝、颇梨宝、莲华色宝等间错庄严，八万四千扶栏阶道，纯青琉璃之所合成。阿难！若有清信善男子、善女人，造作如帝释天宫飞阁高楼常胜宝殿百千拘胝施与四方众僧；若复有人如来般涅槃后，取舍利如芥子大，造塔如摩罗子大，戴刹如针大，露槃如枣叶大，造佛形像如麦子大，此功德于前所说，百分不及一，千万亿分乃至僧祇数分所不及一，分分不相及，譬喻所不能及。何以故？如来无量故。阿难！且置如是功德。此阎浮提、西瞿耶尼、东弗于逮、北郁单越，大海须弥及铁围山，并娑诃世界碎为微尘，以此次第数，悉是须陀洹、斯陀含、阿那 现代汉语译本： ‘是的，阿难！’佛说，‘即使郁单越洲（Uttara Kuru，北俱卢洲）遍布须陀洹（Srotapanna，入流果）、斯陀含（Sakadagamin，一来果）、阿那含（Anagamin，不还果）乃至辟支佛（Pratyekabuddha，缘觉），就像甘蔗林、竹林、荻林，或者麻田、稻田一样，稠密而不空旷。阿难！如果有人尽其一生，供养郁单越洲所有这些须陀洹乃至辟支佛衣服、饮食、汤药、卧具，并在他们入涅槃后，为他们建造巨大的佛塔，供养燃灯、烧香、涂香、末香、华鬘、衣服、伞盖、幡幢等。阿难！你认为这个人因为这些因缘，所生的功德多吗？’ 阿难回答说：‘非常多，世尊！非常多，修伽陀（Sugata，善逝）！’ ‘阿难！暂且放下北郁单越洲。在天帝释（Śakra，帝释天）的天宫住处，有一座巨大的飞阁，名为常胜殿（Vaijayanta），周围环绕着八万四千座高楼，有八万四千根青琉璃柱，上面覆盖着真金宝网，四面张设着金绳铃网，地面洒布着金银宝砂、栴檀香水、各种各样的天华，有八万四千个装饰华丽的窗户，用毗琉璃宝（Vaidurya，青琉璃）、因陀尼罗宝（Indranila，蓝宝石）、颇梨宝（Sphatika，水晶）、莲华色宝等交错装饰，有八万四千个扶栏阶道，完全由青琉璃构成。阿难！如果有清净信心的善男子、善女人，建造像帝释天宫飞阁高楼常胜宝殿一样的一百千拘胝（koti，千万）座，施舍给四方众僧；如果有人在如来般涅槃（Parinirvana，完全的涅槃）后，取舍利像芥子那么大，建造佛塔像摩罗子（Amalaka，庵摩罗果）那么大，戴刹（Chhatra，伞盖）像针那么大，露槃（Adhishthana，基座）像枣叶那么大，塑造佛的形象像麦子那么大，这种功德比前面所说的功德，百分不及一，千万亿分乃至僧祇（Asamkhya，无数）数分所不及一，分分都不能相比，譬喻也不能相比。为什么呢？因为如来是无量的。阿难！暂且放下这样的功德。将此阎浮提（Jambudvipa，南赡部洲）、西瞿耶尼（Godaniya，西牛贺洲）、东弗于逮（Purvavideha，东胜身洲）、北郁单越，大海、须弥山（Sumeru，妙高山）以及铁围山，连同娑诃世界（Saha world，堪忍世界）一起粉碎成微尘，用这些微尘的数量来依次计数，全部都是须陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、'
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English version: ‘Yes, Ānanda,’ the Buddha said, ‘Even if Uttara Kuru (the Northern Kurus) were filled with Srotapannas (Stream-enterers), Sakadagamins (Once-returners), Anagamins (Non-returners), and even Pratyekabuddhas (Solitary Buddhas), like sugarcane groves, bamboo groves, reed groves, or fields of hemp or rice, densely packed without any empty space. Ānanda! If someone were to spend their entire life offering clothes, food, medicine, and bedding to all these Srotapannas to Pratyekabuddhas in Uttara Kuru, and after they enter Nirvana, build great stupas for them, offering lamps, incense, scented powders, garlands, clothes, umbrellas, banners, and streamers, etc. Ānanda! What do you think, would that person generate much merit from these causes?’ Ānanda replied, ‘Very much, Lord! Very much, Sugata (Well-gone One)!’ ‘Ānanda! Set aside the Northern Kuru continent for now. In the dwelling place of Śakra (Lord of the Devas), there is a great flying palace called Vaijayanta (the Palace of Constant Victory), surrounded by eighty-four thousand high towers, with eighty-four thousand blue lapis lazuli pillars, covered with a net of pure gold treasures, with golden rope nets and bells spread on all four sides, the ground sprinkled with gold and silver treasure sand, sandalwood water, and various kinds of heavenly flowers, with eighty-four thousand ornate windows, decorated with Vaidurya (beryl), Indranila (sapphire), Sphatika (crystal), lotus-colored jewels, and other gems interspersed, with eighty-four thousand balustraded stairways, made entirely of blue lapis lazuli. Ānanda! If a faithful good man or good woman were to build a hundred thousand koti (ten million) of such flying palaces and high towers like the Vaijayanta Palace of Śakra, and donate them to the Sangha (community) of the four directions; if someone, after the Parinirvana (final Nirvana) of the Tathagata (Thus Come One), were to take a relic as small as a mustard seed, build a stupa as large as an Amalaka (myrobalan fruit), place a Chhatra (parasol) as small as a needle, a Adhishthana (base) as large as a jujube leaf, and create an image of the Buddha as small as a grain of wheat, the merit of this would not be equal to one percent of the merit mentioned earlier, not even one in ten million billion parts, not even one in an asamkhya (innumerable) number of parts, the parts cannot be compared, and metaphors cannot describe it. Why? Because the Tathagata is immeasurable. Ānanda! Set aside such merit. If this Jambudvipa (Southern Continent), Godaniya (Western Continent), Purvavideha (Eastern Continent), and Uttara Kuru, the great ocean, Mount Sumeru (Mount Meru), and the Iron Mountain Range, along with the Saha world (world of suffering), were all crushed into fine dust, and each of these dust particles were counted in sequence, they would all be Srotapannas, Sakadagamins, Anagamins,' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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含、阿罗汉、辟支佛，若有清信善男子、善女人，尽形寿供养，若灭度后起塔供养。于意云何？是善男子、善女人得福多不？” “甚多。世尊！甚多。修伽陀！” 佛告阿难：“若有善男子、善女人，佛涅槃后取舍利如芥子大，造塔如阿摩罗子大，戴刹如针大，露槃如枣叶大，造佛如麦子大，此功德于前所说，百分不及一，千万亿分不及一，乃至算数譬喻所不能及。阿难！若此功德不回向阿耨多罗三藐三菩提，此功德聚所获福报，尽娑诃世界微尘数，作他化自在天王、化乐天王、兜率陀天王、夜摩天王、三十三天王，况复转轮圣王。” 无上依经如来界品第二 佛告阿难：“佛婆伽婆般涅槃后，起刹立塔造像供养，功德福报不可称量，微尘算数所不能知。云何如此？阿难！如来希有，不可思议。所以者何？为界为性不可思议，为菩提为证得不可思议，为功德为法不可思议，为利益为作事不可思议。阿难！何者是如来界？云何如来为界不可思议？阿难！一切众生有阴入界，胜相种类内外所现，无始时节相续流来，法尔所得至明妙善。此处若心意识不能缘起，觉观分别不能缘起，不正思惟不能缘起。若与不正思惟相离，是法不起无明；若不起无明，是法非十二有分起缘；若非十二有分起缘，是 现代汉语译本： ‘须菩提，如果有人供养如来、阿罗汉（梵语，指断尽烦恼，证得解脱的圣者）、辟支佛（梵语，指无师自悟的圣者），或者有清净信心的善男子、善女人，终身供养他们，或者在他们灭度后建造佛塔供养。你认为怎么样？这些善男子、善女人得到的福报多吗？’ ‘非常多，世尊！非常多，修伽陀（梵语，如来十号之一，意为善逝）！’ 佛告诉阿难：‘如果有善男子、善女人，在佛涅槃后取舍利，像芥菜籽那么大，建造的塔像余甘子那么大，塔刹像针那么大，露盘像枣叶那么大，造的佛像像麦子那么大，这种功德与前面所说的功德相比，百分之一都不到，千万亿分之一都不到，乃至用算术譬喻都无法比及。阿难！如果这种功德不回向阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（梵语，无上正等正觉），这种功德聚集所获得的福报，即使整个娑婆世界（梵语，指我们所居住的这个世界）的微尘数那么多，可以做他化自在天王、化乐天王、兜率陀天王、夜摩天王、三十三天王，更何况是转轮圣王。’ 《无上依经·如来界品》第二 佛告诉阿难：‘佛婆伽婆（梵语，世尊）般涅槃后，建造塔刹、设立佛塔、塑造佛像供养，这种功德福报不可称量，即使用微尘数来计算也无法知道。为什么这样说呢？阿难！如来是稀有难得，不可思议的。因为如来之界、如来之性不可思议，如来之菩提、如来之证得不可思议，如来之功德、如来之法不可思议，如来之利益、如来之作为不可思议。阿难！什么是如来界？为什么说如来之界不可思议？阿难！一切众生都有阴、入、界，殊胜的相、种类，内外所显现的，从无始以来相续流传，自然而然获得的，达到明妙至善的境界。这个地方，如果心意识不能缘起，觉观分别不能缘起，不正思惟不能缘起。如果与不正思惟相分离，这种法就不会生起无明；如果不生起无明，这种法就不是十二有分（十二因缘）生起的因缘；如果不是十二有分生起的因缘，那么’