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English version The youngest son of the king, seeing his father's royal canopy adorned with seven treasures, asked his mother, 'When will I be able to wear this canopy to adorn myself?' His mother said, 'My son, among the king's many sons, you are the youngest. If there is no great king, the crown prince will inherit the throne; if the crown prince dies, the others will inherit in turn. Rotating through a thousand sons, even if your bones rot, you may not get the canopy.' He asked his mother again, 'Is there no hope for me to get the canopy?' Because he heard about death, knowing that the body would eventually decay, and thinking about the good deeds he had done in the past would follow him, he felt fear in his heart, thinking that everyone in the world must die. So he told his mother, 'I hope you will allow me to leave home to study the Way.' His mother felt very sorry for him and did not go against his wishes. His mother told him, 'I allow you to leave home, but if you succeed in your practice, you must come back to see me, and then I will believe you.' He replied, 'As you command, I will return when I succeed in my practice.' He then went to the forest, shaved his head and beard, put on the Dharma robes, lived quietly and practiced diligently, striving tirelessly, exhausting the troubles of the world, and finally attained the state of Pratyekabuddha (one who attains enlightenment on their own, without a teacher). He traveled to various countries, counties, villages, and towns, teaching sentient beings with merit. After planting many good roots, he suddenly remembered his promise to his mother, so he ascended into the sky, like a wild goose king, and returned to his country to see his mother. The entire palace, from top to bottom, was delighted to see the Taoist's (referring to the son who became a Pratyekabuddha) supernatural powers. The king's many concubines, a total of eighty-four thousand, together asked him to stay; the Taoist was compassionate and kind, and did not refuse anyone's request, so he accepted their request. The concubines built a residence for him in the back garden of the palace, where he stayed. The entire palace provided him with food, clothing, bedding, medicine, and other necessities, and paid homage to him morning and evening. Everything in the world, the strong will grow old, the healthy will get sick, and the living will die. At that time, this Pratyekabuddha (one who attains enlightenment on their own, without a teacher) gave up his life in the garden of his palace. The concubines of the entire palace used firewood, oil, flowers, and incense to make offerings to him with rituals, collected his remains to build a pagoda, and worshiped him morning and evening, burning incense and lighting lamps. At that time, King Datian (name of the king) returned from inspecting the four regions and came to the back garden. Seeing this pagoda, he asked his attendants, 'Why is there a pagoda here?' The concubines replied, 'This is the youngest son of the holy king, who left home to study the Way and died here, so we built this pagoda for him.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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塔。’因重发问：‘是谁之子？何缘舍家？’便召其母而问之曰：‘是卿子耶？’对曰：‘唯尔。’又复问曰：‘何缘学道？’其母白王：‘是儿往昔见王出游，即还见问：“王七宝盖，不审何时在我上旋？”妾便告言：“太子应继，承嗣圣王，展转千子，汝骨朽败，永无盖望。”子闻妾言，惨然畏死，求行学道。妾辄听之，勤学道成。妾等请住供养尽寿，建立此塔。’王复问曰：‘子以盖故，行学道耶！’对曰：‘如是。’ “王愍其子不得盖故，学道尽寿，生不得盖，今便以盖，覆其塔上。王因发愿：‘今以此盖，奉得道塔，缘是福报，愿成佛道，济度众生生老病死。’王心悚然，知世非常，无免死者，因立太子，承嗣圣位。王舍四域、七宝、千子、八万四千后宫婇女，除剃须发，行作沙门，静处学道，修四净行，慈悲喜护，毕其形寿，上生梵天。” 佛告大众：“于卿等意，所志云何？王大天者，岂异人乎？莫造斯观，则吾是也。时以一盖，上缘觉塔，缘是福报，于此地上为转轮王，不可称数。上为天王，天上世间，受福无限。一盖余福，吾应于世二千五百返为转轮王，主四天下。” 阿难又问：“世尊！何故不受一盖？” 佛言：“是吾一世转轮王福，所以舍置而不受者，以此福报 ‘塔。’因此国王再次发问：‘他是谁的儿子？因为什么原因离家？’于是便召来他的母亲询问说：‘这是你的儿子吗？’回答说：‘是的。’又问：‘因为什么原因学道？’他的母亲告诉国王：‘这孩子过去看见大王您出游，回来就问：“大王您的七宝华盖，不知什么时候才能在我头上旋转？”我便告诉他说：“太子应该继承王位，承嗣圣王，辗转经历千代，即使你骨朽身死，也永远没有希望得到华盖。”儿子听了我的话，非常害怕死亡，请求出家学道。我便听从了他，他勤奋学习最终得道。我们请求留在这里供养他直到寿命终结，并建立这座塔。’国王又问：‘你因为华盖的缘故，才出家学道的吗？’回答说：‘是的。’ 国王怜悯他的儿子因为得不到华盖的缘故，学道直到终老，活着的时候得不到华盖，现在就用华盖，覆盖在他的塔上。国王因此发愿：‘现在用这个华盖，供奉得道的塔，因为这个福报，愿我成就佛道，救济众生脱离生老病死。’国王内心感到恐惧，知道世事无常，没有人能免于死亡，于是立太子，继承王位。国王舍弃四域、七宝、千子、八万四千后宫婇女，剃除须发，出家做沙门，安静地修习佛道，修习四净行，慈悲喜舍，直到寿命终结，往生到梵天。’ 佛告诉大众：‘你们认为，这位国王大天是谁呢？难道是别人吗？不要这样认为，就是我啊。当时因为一个华盖，供养缘觉塔，因为这个福报，在这个地上做了无数次的转轮王。在天上做天王，天上人间，享受无尽的福报。一个华盖的剩余福报，我应该在世间二千五百次做转轮王，统治四天下。’ 阿难又问：‘世尊！为什么不受用一个华盖的福报呢？’ 佛说：‘那是我一世转轮王的福报，之所以舍弃而不受用，是因为这个福报……’
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‘Stupa.’ Thereupon, the king asked again: ‘Whose son is he? What is the reason for leaving home?’ Then he summoned his mother and asked, ‘Is this your son?’ She replied, ‘Yes, he is.’ He further asked, ‘What is the reason for studying the Dao (the Way)?’ His mother told the king, ‘This child once saw Your Majesty on a tour, and upon returning, he asked, “When will the King’s Seven-Jeweled Canopy (Qī bǎo gài) (Seven-Jeweled Canopy) rotate above my head?” I then told him, “The crown prince should inherit the throne, succeeding the Holy King, passing through thousands of generations. Even if your bones decay, you will never have the hope of obtaining the canopy.” Upon hearing my words, the child became terrified of death and sought to practice the Dao. I then allowed him, and he diligently studied and attained the Dao. We request to stay here to support him until the end of our lives and to build this stupa.’ The king then asked, ‘Did you leave home to study the Dao because of the canopy?’ He replied, ‘Yes, it is so.’ The king, pitying his son for studying the Dao until old age because he could not obtain the canopy, and not obtaining the canopy while alive, now uses the canopy to cover his stupa. The king then made a vow: ‘Now, with this canopy, I offer it to the stupa of the one who attained the Dao. Because of this merit, may I attain Buddhahood and deliver sentient beings from birth, old age, sickness, and death.’ The king felt a sense of awe, knowing that the world is impermanent and no one can escape death. Therefore, he established the crown prince to inherit the throne. The king abandoned the four realms, the seven treasures, the thousand sons, and the eighty-four thousand concubines of the harem, shaved his head and beard, became a Shramana (Śrāmaṇa) (a wandering ascetic), quietly studied the Dao, practiced the Four Pure Conducts (sì jìng xíng), loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, until the end of his life, and was reborn in the Brahma Heaven.’ The Buddha told the assembly, ‘What do you think, who is this King Datian (Dàtiān) (Great Heaven)? Is he someone else? Do not think so, for it is I. At that time, because of a single canopy, I made offerings to the Pratyekabuddha (Yuánjué) (Solitary Buddha)'s stupa. Because of this merit, I became a Chakravartin (zhuǎnlún wáng) (Wheel-Turning King) countless times on this earth. I became a Deva King (tiānwáng) (Heavenly King) in the heavens, enjoying endless blessings in both the heavens and the human world. The remaining merit of a single canopy should cause me to be a Chakravartin two thousand five hundred times in the world, ruling the four continents.’ Ananda (Ānán) (One of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha) then asked, ‘World Honored One (Shìzūn) (an epithet of the Buddha), why did you not accept the merit of a single canopy?’ The Buddha said, ‘That was the merit of my lifetime as a Chakravartin. The reason I abandoned it and did not accept it is because of this merit...’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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，施后末世受吾法化为弟子者、学士、学女，欲令此等不乏衣食、床卧、疾药。过去诸佛，法没尽时，其有学道，或因恐怖、或因饥穷，不得行道。正法没尽，其有末世，于吾法化，舍家学道，被服法衣，称佛为师，畜妻养子，此等皆尚得人供养，何况精勤修奉禁戒，守净行者，至吾法尽不得供养耶？” 罗阅祇王，敕其部界，令于江上更造新桥，佛与圣众得乘度江。维耶离国亦复造桥，欲使佛过。恒水、诸龙还相交编结龙为桥，请佛乘度。时佛思惟：“若乘罗阅祇所造桥度，恐维耶离国及诸龙王心怀微恨。乘维耶离所造桥度，恐阿阇世及龙怀恨。欲乘龙桥，恐二王有恨。”佛又思惟：“今当分身，令于三桥皆有佛过。” 佛垂临桥，王阿阇世与其将从数亿众生，香花杂宝伎乐，供养佛法圣众。王与群臣一切大众，数亿千人，五体投地，自归悔过，垂泣送佛。佛现神化，于二王桥及诸龙桥，皆现有佛与圣众俱，天、龙、鬼神乘桥度江。王舍国王、维耶离王、恒水诸龙，各自见其所作桥上，佛将大众乘桥度江；各不知见更有佛在余桥上，独自见桥，佛登度江。 佛适度江已竟，见八万四千饿鬼，身出烟火。其中未得道者，见此火皆恐怖，是何大火？譬如烧其大山，见此大火，或来近水，或远于水。阿 现代汉语译本：'施舍之后，在末法时代接受我的教化成为弟子的学士和学女们，希望这些人不缺乏衣食、床铺卧具和医药。过去的诸佛，正法灭尽之时，那些修道之人，有的因为恐惧，有的因为饥饿贫穷，无法修行。正法灭尽之后，在末法时代，于我的教化中，舍弃家庭出家修道，身穿袈裟，称佛为师，却蓄养妻子儿女，这样的人尚且能够得到人们的供养，更何况那些精勤修行，奉持戒律，守护清净行为的人，难道到了我的正法灭尽之时反而得不到供养吗？' 罗阅祇王（Rāmagṛha，国王名），命令他的管辖区域内，在江上重新建造新桥，以便佛陀和圣众能够乘坐渡江。维耶离国（Vaiśālī，古印度城市）也建造桥梁，希望佛陀从此经过。恒河（Ganges River）的诸龙互相交织，编结成龙桥，邀请佛陀乘坐渡河。当时佛陀心想：‘如果乘坐罗阅祇王所建造的桥渡河，恐怕维耶离国和诸龙王心怀怨恨。如果乘坐维耶离国所建造的桥渡河，恐怕阿阇世王（Ajātaśatru，国王名）和龙王怀恨。如果乘坐龙桥，恐怕两位国王心怀怨恨。’佛陀又想：‘现在应当分身，让三座桥上都有佛陀经过。’ 佛陀将要来到桥边时，阿阇世王和他的将领以及数亿众生，用香花、各种珍宝和伎乐，供养佛法和圣众。国王和群臣以及一切大众，数亿千人，五体投地，忏悔自己的过错，流着眼泪送别佛陀。佛陀显现神变，在两位国王所造的桥以及诸龙所造的桥上，都显现有佛陀和圣众一起，天、龙、鬼神乘坐桥梁渡江。王舍城（Rāmagṛha，古印度城市）国王、维耶离国王、恒河的诸龙，各自看见自己所建造的桥上，佛陀带领大众乘坐桥梁渡江；各自都不知道还另有佛陀在其他的桥上，只是看见自己所造的桥，佛陀登桥渡江。 佛陀刚刚渡江完毕，看见八万四千饿鬼，身上冒出烟火。其中没有得道的饿鬼，看见这火焰都感到恐惧，这是什么大火？就像燃烧大山一样，看见这大火，有的靠近水边，有的远离水边。阿
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English version: 'After giving, in the future age when my Dharma is accepted and disciples, scholars, and women scholars are made, I wish to ensure that these people do not lack clothing, food, bedding, and medicine. When the Dharma of past Buddhas was about to end, those who practiced the Way, some due to fear, some due to hunger and poverty, were unable to practice. After the Proper Dharma has ended, in the future age, those who renounce their homes to practice the Way in my Dharma, wearing Dharma robes, calling the Buddha their teacher, yet keeping wives and raising children, even these people are still able to receive offerings from others. How much more so should those who diligently practice and uphold the precepts, guarding pure conduct, not receive offerings until my Dharma ends?' King Rāmagṛha (Rāmagṛha, name of a king) ordered his territory to build a new bridge over the river, so that the Buddha and the Sangha could cross. The country of Vaiśālī (Vaiśālī, an ancient Indian city) also built a bridge, hoping that the Buddha would pass through it. The Nāgas (dragons) of the Ganges River (Ganges River) intertwined and braided themselves into a dragon bridge, inviting the Buddha to cross. At that time, the Buddha thought: 'If I cross on the bridge built by King Rāmagṛha, I fear that the country of Vaiśālī and the Nāga kings will harbor resentment. If I cross on the bridge built by the country of Vaiśālī, I fear that King Ajātaśatru (Ajātaśatru, name of a king) and the Nāgas will harbor resentment. If I cross on the dragon bridge, I fear that both kings will harbor resentment.' The Buddha then thought: 'Now I should manifest multiple bodies, so that there will be a Buddha crossing on all three bridges.' As the Buddha was about to approach the bridge, King Ajātaśatru and his generals, along with hundreds of millions of beings, offered incense, flowers, various treasures, and music to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. The king, his ministers, and all the masses, hundreds of millions of people, prostrated themselves with their five limbs touching the ground, repented of their faults, and tearfully bid farewell to the Buddha. The Buddha manifested a divine transformation, and on the bridges built by the two kings and the bridge built by the Nāgas, there appeared a Buddha and the Sangha together, with devas, nāgas, and spirits crossing the river on the bridges. The king of Rāmagṛha (Rāmagṛha, an ancient Indian city), the king of Vaiśālī, and the Nāgas of the Ganges River, each saw the Buddha leading the Sangha across the river on the bridge they had built; each did not know that there was another Buddha on the other bridges, but only saw the Buddha ascending and crossing the river on their own bridge. As soon as the Buddha had finished crossing the river, he saw eighty-four thousand hungry ghosts, with smoke and fire coming from their bodies. Those among them who had not attained the Way were terrified upon seeing this fire. What great fire is this? It is like burning a great mountain. Seeing this great fire, some approached the water, and some stayed far away from the water. A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------