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English version The Buddha, like the sun rising from the clouds, shone with golden light, generating a pure intention, prostrated himself with five limbs to the ground, bowed his head to the Buddha's feet, and then sat to one side. The Buddha said to Naǐ nǚ (name of a person): 'Women are easily deluded by emotions and attached to the five desires. If you can control your mind, turn towards the Buddha, and delight in the wonderful Dharma teachings, it will be of the greatest benefit to you. Men are stable and grounded, with less worldly defilement, and readily accept the Dharma teachings, which is not surprising. Women are easily entangled in worldly affairs, caught in the net of worldly defilements, circling around obstacles, unable to recognize the path to liberation, not understanding that all things in the world are suffering, empty, impermanent, and unreliable. Strength is eroded by illness, youth loses its beauty to old age, death robs life, danger threatens peace. If you wish to escape these sufferings, you must diligently and wholeheartedly receive the Dharma, diligently practice and uphold it, and then you can be freed from these sufferings. Women are prone to resentment and hatred, encountering each other with animosity, but also easily develop strong love and admiration, intertwined with affection and separation. As women, they often cannot escape these two situations. Therefore, women should diligently uphold the Dharma, so that they can be freed from the suffering of meeting with resentment and separation from affection, no longer encountering birth, old age, sickness, and death, and all suffering will be completely extinguished.' Naǐ nǚ, hearing the Buddha's teachings about the impurities of women, felt ashamed and immediately rose to kneel, placing her palms together and saying to the Buddha: 'May you have compassion and mercy, and together with the Sangha (holy assembly), come to my home to receive offerings.' The Buddha silently accepted. Thereupon, Naǐ nǚ bowed to the Buddha and withdrew, returning to prepare various delicious foods, sweet and crisp, exquisite and beautiful, hanging banners and canopies, setting up beds and fine cushions, sprinkling the ground with fragrant water, burning incense and scattering flowers, kneeling and inviting the Buddha: 'The time has come, may you and the Sangha mercifully descend.' The Buddha and his disciples put on their robes, carried their bowls, and came to Naǐ nǚ's house, led by the fragrance of flowers and music, and were invited into the house. Everyone took their seats, and Naǐ nǚ personally poured drinks, offered water and food. After the meal, the Buddha extensively spoke to them about the blessings of generosity, the fruits of observing precepts, and that the happiness of gods and humans, though wonderful, is not lasting, that danger and separation are unreliable, that only the Four Noble Truths (sì shèng dì, suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path to its cessation) and the Eightfold Noble Path (bā xián shèng dào, right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration) can lead to true peace, forever free from sorrow and suffering. Everyone was filled with joy, their doubts were dispelled, their afflictions were resolved, and they attained Srotapanna (xū tuó huán, stream-enterer). Those present were filled with doubt: 'What merits did Naǐ nǚ accumulate in her past life, that she could be born from a flower on a tree, and be so beautiful and dignified?' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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者阿难，知众怀疑，长跪叉手，前白佛言：“众坐悉疑，柰女前世于何福田，植何德本，今遇世尊，服甘露药？” 佛告阿难：“乃前过世，迦叶佛时，人寿二万岁，佛事终竟，复舍寿命。尔时有王，名曰善颈，供养舍利，起七宝塔，高一由延。一切众生，然灯烧香，花盖缯彩，供养礼事。时有众女，欲供养塔，便共相率，扫除塔地。时有狗粪，污秽塔地。有一女人，手撮除弃。复有一女，见其以手除地狗粪，便唾笑之曰：‘汝手以污，不可复近。’彼女逆骂：‘汝弊淫物，水洗我手，便可得净。佛天人师敬意无已。’手除不净已，便澡手，绕塔求愿：‘今扫塔地，污秽得除，令我来世劳垢消灭清净无秽。’ “时诸女人扫塔地者，今此会中诸女人是。尔时扫地，愿灭尘劳，服甘露味，尔时以手除狗粪女，今柰女是。尔时发愿，不与污秽会，所生清净。以是福报，不因胞胎臭秽之处，每因花生。以其尔时，发一恶声，骂言淫女，故今受是淫女之名。” 佛为广说善恶报应，天上世间荣乐欢娱，三恶道苦，更相吞啖愁毒号哭。 尔时众会，闻佛所说，归命三尊，佛法圣众，除身口意，奉行十善。无央数人，各于三乘，建立道意。一切欢喜，绕佛三匝，作礼而去。于是，世尊还至精舍。 阿难知道大家心存疑惑，便长跪合掌，上前对佛说：‘在座的各位都心存疑惑，奈女（Nai Nu，人名）前世在什么样的福田里，种下了什么样的德行根本，今生才能遇到世尊，服食甘露妙药？’ 佛告诉阿难：‘在过去很久以前，迦叶佛（Kasyapa Buddha）住世的时候，人们的寿命有两万岁。迦叶佛的教化事业圆满结束后，也舍弃了寿命。当时有一位国王，名叫善颈（Shan Jing，人名），他供养迦叶佛的舍利，建造了一座七宝塔，高一由延（yojana，长度单位）。所有的众生都点灯、烧香，用花、伞盖、丝绸彩带等来供养和礼拜。当时有一些女子，想要供养佛塔，便一起去打扫佛塔的地面。当时有狗粪，污染了佛塔的地面。其中有一个女人，用手捡起狗粪扔掉。又有一个女人，看见她用手捡地上的狗粪，便唾弃她，笑着说：“你的手已经脏了，不可以再靠近了。”那个捡狗粪的女人反过来骂她：“你这个下贱的淫物，用水洗我的手，就可以干净了。我对佛、天、人师的敬意是无穷无尽的。”她用手捡起不净之物后，便洗手，绕塔祈愿：“今天我打扫佛塔的地面，污秽得以清除，希望我来世的劳苦和污垢都能够消灭，变得清净没有污秽。”’ ‘当时那些一起扫塔地的女子，就是现在法会中的这些女人。她们当时扫地，发愿消除尘劳，服食甘露妙味。当时用手捡狗粪的女子，就是现在的奈女。她当时发愿，不与污秽相会，所生之处都是清净的。因为这个福报，她不是从胞胎臭秽之处出生，而是每次都从莲花中化生。因为她当时，发了一句恶语，骂人**，所以今生才承受**这个名字。’ 佛陀为大家广泛地讲述了善恶报应的道理，天上世间的荣华快乐，以及三恶道（three evil realms）的痛苦，互相吞食、愁苦中毒、号啕大哭的情形。 当时在法会中的大众，听了佛陀所说，都归依三宝（Three Jewels），佛、法、圣众，断除身、口、意三业的恶行，奉行十善。无数的人，各自在声闻乘（Śrāvakayāna）、缘觉乘（Pratyekabuddhayana）、菩萨乘（Bodhisattvayāna）中，建立了修道的意愿。大家都非常欢喜，绕佛三圈，顶礼后离去。于是，世尊回到了精舍。
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Ānanda, knowing that the assembly had doubts, knelt down, joined his palms, and stepped forward to say to the Buddha: 'All those present are filled with doubt. In what field of merit did Nai Nu (Nai Nu, a personal name) plant the roots of virtue in her previous life, that she now encounters the World-Honored One and partakes of the nectar-like medicine?' The Buddha told Ānanda: 'In the distant past, during the time of Kasyapa Buddha (Kasyapa Buddha), people lived for twenty thousand years. After the Buddha's work was completed, he also relinquished his lifespan. At that time, there was a king named Shan Jing (Shan Jing, a personal name), who offered alms to the relics of Kasyapa Buddha and built a seven-jeweled pagoda, one yojana (yojana, a unit of length) in height. All beings lit lamps, burned incense, and used flowers, canopies, and silk banners to make offerings and pay homage. At that time, some women wanted to make offerings to the pagoda, so they gathered together to sweep the ground around the pagoda. There was dog feces that soiled the ground. One of the women picked up the dog feces with her hand and threw it away. Another woman, seeing her pick up the dog feces with her hand, spat at her and laughed, saying, 'Your hand is now soiled; you cannot come near.' The woman who picked up the dog feces retorted, 'You vile slut, washing my hand with water will make it clean. My reverence for the Buddha, the celestial beings, and the teacher of humanity is endless.' After picking up the impure matter with her hand, she washed her hands and circumambulated the pagoda, making a vow: 'Today, I sweep the ground around the pagoda, and the filth is removed. May I, in future lives, have my toil and defilements eliminated, becoming pure and without impurity.'' 'The women who swept the pagoda ground at that time are the women in this assembly now. At that time, they swept the ground, vowing to eliminate the dust of afflictions and partake of the nectar-like taste. The woman who picked up the dog feces with her hand is now Nai Nu. At that time, she vowed not to associate with filth, and wherever she is born, it is pure. Because of this merit, she is not born from the foul place of the womb, but always from a lotus flower. Because at that time, she uttered an evil word, cursing someone as **, she now bears the name **.' The Buddha extensively explained the principles of karmic retribution, the glory and joy of the heavens and the world, and the suffering of the three evil realms (three evil realms), where beings devour each other, filled with sorrow, poison, and wailing. At that time, the assembly, hearing what the Buddha said, took refuge in the Three Jewels (Three Jewels)—the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha—ceased the evil deeds of body, speech, and mind, and practiced the ten virtues. Countless people, each in the Śrāvakayāna (Śrāvakayāna), Pratyekabuddhayana (Pratyekabuddhayana), and Bodhisattvayāna (Bodhisattvayāna), established the intention to cultivate the path. Everyone was very happy, circumambulated the Buddha three times, paid homage, and departed. Then, the World-Honored One returned to the monastery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------