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大正藏第 17 册 No. 0787 曼殊室利咒藏中校量数珠功德经 No. 787 [No. 788] 曼殊室利咒藏中校量数珠功德经 大唐三藏沙门释义净译 尔时，曼殊室利法王子菩萨摩诃萨，于大众中从座而起，整理衣服，偏袒右肩，合掌恭敬白佛言：“世尊！我今为欲利益诸有情故，说受持数珠功德，校量福分利益差别。唯愿世尊哀愍听许。” 佛告曼殊室利：“善哉，善哉！听汝为说。” 曼殊室利菩萨摩诃萨言：“若善男子善女人有能诵念诸陀罗尼及佛名者，为欲自利及护他人，速成诸法而得验者，其数珠法应当如是作意受持。然其珠体种种不同，若以铁为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福五倍；若用赤铜为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福十倍；若用真珠、珊瑚等宝为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福百倍；若用槵子为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福千倍；若用莲子为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福万倍；若用因陀啰佉叉为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福百万倍；若用乌嚧陀啰佉叉为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福百亿倍；若用水精为数珠者，诵掐一遍得福千亿倍；若用菩提子为数珠者，或时掐念或但手持，诵数一遍其福无量不可算计难可校量。若欲愿生诸佛净土者，应当依法受持此珠。” 曼殊室利菩 现代汉语译本 《曼殊室利咒藏中校量数珠功德经》 大唐三藏沙门释义净译 这时，曼殊室利（Manjusri，文殊菩萨）法王子菩萨摩诃萨（Bodhisattva-Mahasattva，大菩萨）在大众中从座位上站起来，整理好衣服，袒露右肩，合掌恭敬地对佛说：‘世尊！我现在为了利益一切有情众生，想说受持数珠的功德，以及校量福德利益的差别。希望世尊慈悲允许。’ 佛告诉曼殊室利：‘很好，很好！听你说吧。’ 曼殊室利菩萨摩诃萨说：‘如果善男子善女人能够诵念各种陀罗尼（dharani，真言）以及佛的名号，为了自己得利益以及保护他人，快速成就各种法门而得到应验，那么数珠的使用方法应当这样用心受持。然而数珠的材质种种不同，如果用铁来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到五倍的福德；如果用赤铜来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到十倍的福德；如果用珍珠、珊瑚等宝物来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到百倍的福德；如果用槵子（一种树的种子）来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到千倍的福德；如果用莲子来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到万倍的福德；如果用因陀啰佉叉（Indraksha，一种植物的种子）来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到百万倍的福德；如果用乌嚧陀啰佉叉（Rudraksha，金刚菩提子）来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到百亿倍的福德；如果用水晶来做数珠，诵念掐动一遍得到千亿倍的福德；如果用菩提子来做数珠，有时掐念，有时只是用手拿着，诵念一遍，它的福德无量，不可算计，难以校量。如果想要往生到诸佛的清净国土，应当依法受持这串数珠。’ 曼殊室利菩
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English version The Sutra on the Merit and Virtue of Counting Beads, Discriminated in the Manjushri (Manjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom) Incantation Treasury Translated by the Shramana Yijing (Yijing, a famous Chinese Buddhist monk and translator) of the Great Tang Dynasty At that time, Manjushri (Manjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom), the Dharma Prince Bodhisattva-Mahasattva (Bodhisattva-Mahasattva, a great Bodhisattva), arose from his seat in the assembly, arranged his robes, bared his right shoulder, and, with palms joined respectfully, said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! I now wish to speak, for the benefit of all sentient beings, about the merit and virtue of receiving and upholding counting beads, and to discriminate the differences in merit and benefit. I beseech the World Honored One to listen with compassion and permit me.' The Buddha said to Manjushri: 'Excellent, excellent! I will listen to your discourse.' Manjushri Bodhisattva-Mahasattva said: 'If good men or good women are able to recite various dharanis (dharani, a type of mantra) and the names of Buddhas, for their own benefit and to protect others, and to quickly accomplish all dharmas and attain verification, then the method of using counting beads should be undertaken and upheld with such intention. However, the materials of the beads are various. If iron is used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields five times the merit; if red copper is used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields ten times the merit; if pearls, coral, or other jewels are used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields a hundred times the merit; if Sapindus seeds (Sapindus, a type of tree seed) are used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields a thousand times the merit; if lotus seeds are used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields ten thousand times the merit; if Indraksha (Indraksha, a type of plant seed) are used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields a million times the merit; if Rudraksha (Rudraksha, a type of seed often used for prayer beads) are used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields a hundred million times the merit; if crystal is used for the counting beads, reciting and moving them once yields a billion times the merit; if Bodhi seeds are used for the counting beads, whether reciting and moving them or simply holding them in hand, reciting once yields immeasurable, incalculable, and difficult-to-estimate merit. If one wishes to be reborn in the pure lands of all Buddhas, one should receive and uphold these beads according to the Dharma.' Manjushri Bo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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萨言：“菩提子者，若复有人手持此菩提珠，不能依法念诵佛名及陀罗尼，但能手持随身，行、住、坐、卧，所出言说，若善若恶，斯由此人以持菩提子故，所得功德如念诸佛诵咒无异，获福无量。其数珠者要当须满一百八颗。如其难得，或五十四，或二十七，或但十四，此乃数珠功德差别。以何因缘，我今偏赞用菩提子获益最胜？” 曼殊室利菩萨言：“乃往过去有佛出世，在此树下成等正觉。时，一外道邪见坏心毁谤三宝，彼有一男，忽被非人之所打杀。外道念言：‘我今邪见，未审诸佛有何神力，如来今既在此树下成等正觉，若其实圣，树应有感。’即将亡子卧菩提树下，作如是言：‘佛树若圣，我子应苏。’以经七日诵念佛名，子乃重苏。外道欢喜，赞言：‘诸佛有大神力，我未曾见。佛成道树现此希奇，甚大威德，难可思议。’时，诸外道闻此事已，舍邪归正，发菩提心，信佛神力不可思议。以此因缘，世人皆号为延命树。其菩提树遂有二名：一名菩提树，二名延命树。” 尔时，曼殊室利菩萨摩诃萨说是语已，佛言：“善哉，善哉！曼殊室利！如汝所说。” 尔时，大众闻说持珠功德经已，皆大欢喜，信受奉行。 曼殊室利校量数珠功德经 现代汉语译本 萨言：‘菩提子（Bodhi beads）啊，如果有人手持这菩提珠（Bodhi beads），不能依法念诵佛名以及陀罗尼（dharani），但能手持随身携带，行走、站立、坐着、躺着，所说的话，无论是好是坏，都因为这个人持有菩提子（Bodhi beads）的缘故，所得到的功德和念诵诸佛、持咒没有区别，获得无量的福报。这念珠应当必须满一百零八颗。如果难以得到，或者五十四颗，或者二十七颗，或者只有十四颗，这是念珠功德的差别。因为什么因缘，我现在特别赞叹用菩提子（Bodhi beads）获得的利益最为殊胜呢？’ 曼殊室利菩萨（Manjushri Bodhisattva）说：‘过去有佛出世，在这树下成就正等正觉。当时，有一个外道邪见，心怀恶意，毁谤三宝。他有一个儿子，忽然被非人打杀。外道想：‘我现在邪见，不知道诸佛有什么神力，如来现在既然在这树下成就正等正觉，如果他真的是圣人，这树应该有感应。’就将死去的儿子放在菩提树（Bodhi tree）下，这样说：‘佛树如果灵圣，我的儿子应该复活。’经过七天诵念佛名，儿子就复活了。外道欢喜，赞叹说：‘诸佛有大神力，我从未见过。佛成道的树显现出这种稀奇，甚大的威德，难以思议。’当时，各位外道听到这件事后，舍弃邪见归于正道，发起菩提心，相信佛的神力不可思议。因为这个因缘，世人都称它为延命树。这菩提树（Bodhi tree）于是有了两个名字：一个叫菩提树（Bodhi tree），一个叫延命树。’ 当时，曼殊室利菩萨摩诃萨（Manjushri Bodhisattva-Mahasattva）说完这些话后，佛说：‘好啊，好啊！曼殊室利（Manjushri）！正如你所说。’ 当时，大众听完这部《持珠功德经》后，都非常欢喜，信受奉行。 《曼殊室利校量数珠功德经》
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English version Sayan said: 'O Bodhi beads, if someone holds these Bodhi beads but cannot recite the names of the Buddhas and dharanis according to the Dharma, but can carry them with them, walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, whatever they say, whether good or bad, because this person holds Bodhi beads, the merits they obtain are no different from reciting the names of all Buddhas and chanting mantras, and they obtain immeasurable blessings. These rosary beads must have one hundred and eight beads. If they are difficult to obtain, or fifty-four, or twenty-seven, or only fourteen, these are the differences in the merits of the rosary beads. For what reason do I now particularly praise the benefits of using Bodhi beads as the most supreme?' Manjushri Bodhisattva said: 'In the past, there was a Buddha who appeared in the world and attained perfect enlightenment under this tree. At that time, there was a heretic with evil views who maliciously slandered the Three Jewels. He had a son who was suddenly killed by a non-human being. The heretic thought: 'I now have heretical views and do not know what divine power the Buddhas have. Since the Tathagata has now attained perfect enlightenment under this tree, if he is truly a sage, the tree should be responsive.' He then placed his dead son under the Bodhi tree and said: 'If the Buddha tree is sacred, my son should revive.' After reciting the names of the Buddhas for seven days, his son revived. The heretic was delighted and praised: 'The Buddhas have great divine power, which I have never seen before. The tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment has manifested such a miracle, with great power and virtue, which is inconceivable.' At that time, when the heretics heard about this, they abandoned their heretical views and returned to the right path, generated the Bodhi mind, and believed that the Buddha's divine power was inconceivable. Because of this, the world calls it the Life-Extending Tree. The Bodhi tree then had two names: one is the Bodhi tree, and the other is the Life-Extending Tree.' At that time, after Manjushri Bodhisattva-Mahasattva finished speaking these words, the Buddha said: 'Good, good! Manjushri! As you have said.' At that time, after the assembly heard the Sutra of the Merits of Holding Rosary Beads, they were all very happy and accepted it with faith and practiced accordingly. The Sutra of Manjushri's Assessment of the Merits of Rosary Beads --------------------------------------------------------------------------------