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English version: Etc. In an instant, (through the mudra) it is completely eradicated without any residue, and one attains the first Bhumi (the first of the ten Bodhisattva grounds, Joyful Ground). All sentient beings will also be unaware. If one enters the demon palace and forms this Mudra, the demon king will submit and abandon his demonic deeds. If one enters the royal palace and forms this Mudra, one can govern the people with the righteous Dharma of compassion and forbearance. If one encounters royal calamities, etc., and is imprisoned in state or county jails, wearing shackles, forming this Mudra will release the shackles, and the officials will show mercy, and both parties will reach a reconciliation. If a person can do this every day, all the world will be harmonious and smooth. The Dragon King will also be pleased and bring rain. All harmful thoughts in the world will become peaceful and joyful. If one enters a battlefield and points at the opponent with the Mudra, the two armies will reconcile and there will be no damage. Good man, the merits of this Mudra I speak of are incomparable, and can be understood with an analogy. Good man, the combined power of all the gods in the ten directions is not equal to the power of one Narayana (Vishnu). The combined power of all the Narayanas in the ten directions is not equal to the power of one joint of a Bodhisattva's body. The combined power of all the Bodhisattvas in the ten directions is not equal to the power of one hair tip of a Tathagata. Good man, even if one Buddha can manifest all kinds of inconceivable powers, it is still not equal to the power of countless Buddhas. Why? Because all the Tathagatas dwell together, rejoice together, and approve together. The Tathagatas of the ten directions are born from this (Mudra), and the Bodhisattvas and Vajras constantly protect and assist, until Bodhi, without dualistic views. Good man, if one were to describe the functions of this Mudra, it would be inexhaustible even after countless kalpas, it is inconceivable. If there are sentient beings who wish to attain Buddhahood, having just obtained this Mudra and attained the small first Bhumi, they have not yet heard or understood it, and it cannot be fully described. The root of Bodhi arises from one mind, arises from one Dharma, arises from eliminating different views, arises from cutting off love and hatred, arises from abstaining from killing, arises from the pure mind from the beginningless past, arises from a determined mind, arises from simplicity, honesty, and non-action, arises from gentleness, kindness, and forbearance, arises from courage, diligence, and effort, arises from compassion for all sentient beings, arises from great compassion, arises from fearlessness, arises from difficult practices, arises from not abandoning sentient beings, arises from respecting and supporting parents and being filial to teachers, arises from a calm mind, arises from not belittling oneself, arises from purifying the three karmas of body, speech, and mind. Good man, this is the root of Bodhi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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契。善男子一切天仙龙神四天王金刚。声闻辟支佛四果圣众。及菩萨摩诃萨。行此菩萨事。得彻到者。无有是处。何以故。如此事者是诸佛行。除佛以外能行此者。即是佛身不可思议。非菩萨也。善男子乃至菩萨金刚不持此契。纵至法云地。亦不得受记。何以故。无菩提故。善男子若有或修一法百法千万法不可数法。不持此契。无一法之分。众圣不喜天神不卫。所修灵业虽得小通。魔王共为亦非正仕。若持此契。无间净与不净。持与不持。供养与不供养。乃至一切诸不善业悉皆具造。能于一念之间。暂忆此契记持不忘。临命终时生善住天证菩提王。亦得作灌顶金轮王于大千界。若能净心及身。日十二时。十时造恶。二时忆念。思法涅槃不谬不退。肉身即证菩提。游腾十方如佛无异。善男子如此契者。十方世界所有印契之根原也。若常持此契不舍。能动十方世界。时大神大药叉王。菩萨金刚龙天八部。常来卫护如佛无异。唯除如来余无此力。诸有所须便自持来亦无乏少。智惠门闻佛智者悉皆解了。菩萨之智亦不足言。此契无本流行。秘之不得辄说如此神通加护。已告众人。虽见众不借人。何以故。疲命根故。所得神通但自知之。 八家秘录云。大随求八印法一卷(惟谨仁运)盖当此法延宝三乙卯年正月写挍讫。 现代汉语译本： 契（Qì，梵文 Mudra 的音译，意为手印、印契）。善男子，一切天仙（tiān xiān，指天界的仙人）、龙神（lóng shén，指龙族的神灵）、四天王（Sì Tiānwáng，佛教护法神）、金刚（jīngāng，佛教护法神）、声闻（shēngwén，听闻佛陀教诲而证悟的修行者）、辟支佛（pìzhīfó，又称缘觉，不依师教，自身证悟的修行者）、四果圣众（sì guǒ shèngzhòng，指证得须陀洹果、斯陀含果、阿那含果、阿罗汉果的圣者），以及菩萨摩诃萨（púsà móhēsà，指大菩萨），如果修行这种菩萨行，想要完全通达，是不可能的。为什么呢？因为这种行为是诸佛（zhū fó，指所有的佛）的行为。除了佛以外，能够做到这些的，就是佛身，不可思议，不是菩萨能够做到的。善男子，即使是菩萨金刚（púsà jīngāng，指具有金刚般坚定意志的菩萨）如果不持此契，纵然到达法云地（fǎ yúndì，菩萨十地中的第十地），也不能得到授记（shòujì，佛对菩萨未来成佛的预言）。为什么呢？因为没有菩提（pútí，指觉悟）的缘故。善男子，如果有人修习一种法、一百种法、一千种法、一万种法，乃至无数种法，但不持此契，那么他没有获得任何法的机会。众圣（zhòng shèng，指诸位圣人）不喜悦，天神（tiānshén，指天界的神灵）不护卫。所修的灵业即使得到一些小神通，也是魔王（mówáng，指障碍修行的魔）共同作用的结果，不是真正的修行。如果持有此契，无论清净与不清净，持有与不持有，供养与不供养，乃至一切诸不善业全部都造作，如果能在一念之间，暂时忆起此契，牢记不忘，临命终时，就能往生善住天（shàn zhù tiān，指天界），证得菩提王（pútí wáng，指觉悟的佛），也可以成为灌顶金轮王（guàndǐng jīn lún wáng，指统治世界的转轮圣王）于大千世界（dàqiān shìjiè，指广大的世界）。如果能够清净身心，每天十二个时辰，十个时辰造恶，两个时辰忆念，思维佛法涅槃（nièpán，指寂灭）的道理，就不会有谬误和退转，肉身就能证得菩提，游历十方世界，和佛没有差别。善男子，这种契，是十方世界所有印契的根源。如果经常持有此契不舍弃，能够震动十方世界。那时，大神（dàshén，指强大的神灵）、大药叉王（dà yàchā wáng，指强大的药叉之王，药叉是一种守护神）、菩萨金刚、龙天八部（lóng tiān bā bù，指天龙八部，佛教的护法神）会经常来卫护，和佛没有差别。只有如来（rúlai，指佛）才有这种力量，其他人都做不到。他们会自己带来你所需要的一切，不会有任何缺乏。智慧之门，听闻佛的智慧的人，全部都能理解。菩萨的智慧也不足以形容。这种契没有原本流传，要秘密保存，不能轻易说出这种神通加持。已经告诉了众人，即使看见众人也不借给他们。为什么呢？因为会耗尽他们的生命力。所得的神通自己知道就好。 《八家秘录》记载，《大随求八印法》一卷（惟谨仁运）。大概是此法在延宝三年乙卯年正月抄写校对完毕。
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English version: Mudra (Qì, transliteration of Sanskrit Mudra, meaning hand seal or symbol). Good man, all Devas (tiān xiān, celestial beings), Nagas (lóng shén, dragon deities), Four Heavenly Kings (Sì Tiānwáng, Buddhist guardian deities), Vajras (jīngāng, diamond-like beings, Buddhist protectors), Sravakas (shēngwén, disciples who hear the Buddha's teachings and attain enlightenment), Pratyekabuddhas (pìzhīfó, also known as Solitary Buddhas, who attain enlightenment on their own without a teacher), the Four Fruition Saints (sì guǒ shèngzhòng, those who have attained the four stages of Arhatship: Srotapanna, Sakrdagamin, Anagamin, and Arhat), and Bodhisattva Mahasattvas (púsà móhēsà, great Bodhisattvas), if they practice this Bodhisattva conduct, it is impossible to fully comprehend it. Why? Because this conduct is the conduct of all Buddhas (zhū fó, all Buddhas). Apart from the Buddhas, those who can accomplish this are the Buddha's body, inconceivable, not something a Bodhisattva can do. Good man, even a Vajra Bodhisattva (púsà jīngāng, a Bodhisattva with diamond-like resolve) without holding this Mudra, even if they reach the Dharma Cloud Ground (fǎ yúndì, the tenth and final Bhumi of a Bodhisattva), they cannot receive prediction (shòujì, Buddha's prophecy of a Bodhisattva's future Buddhahood). Why? Because they lack Bodhi (pútí, enlightenment). Good man, if someone practices one Dharma, a hundred Dharmas, a thousand Dharmas, ten thousand Dharmas, even countless Dharmas, but does not hold this Mudra, then they have no share in any Dharma. The Saints (zhòng shèng, all the Saints) are not pleased, the Devas (tiānshén, celestial beings) do not protect. The spiritual deeds they cultivate, even if they gain some minor supernatural powers, are the result of the Mara King's (mówáng, demon king who obstructs practice) influence, not true cultivation. If they hold this Mudra, regardless of purity or impurity, holding or not holding, offering or not offering, even if they commit all kinds of unwholesome deeds, if they can, in a single thought, temporarily remember this Mudra, remember it without forgetting, at the time of death, they will be reborn in the Good Abode Heaven (shàn zhù tiān, a heavenly realm), attain the Bodhi King (pútí wáng, the enlightened Buddha), and can also become a Crown-Anointing Wheel-Turning King (guàndǐng jīn lún wáng, a Chakravartin, a universal monarch) in the Great Thousand World (dàqiān shìjiè, a vast world system). If they can purify their mind and body, twelve hours a day, ten hours creating evil, two hours remembering, contemplating the Dharma of Nirvana (nièpán, cessation), they will not be mistaken or regress, and their physical body will attain Bodhi, traveling the ten directions, no different from the Buddha. Good man, this Mudra is the root of all Mudras in the ten directions. If they constantly hold this Mudra without abandoning it, they can shake the ten directions. At that time, great gods (dàshén, powerful deities), great Yaksha Kings (dà yàchā wáng, powerful Yaksha kings, Yakshas are guardian spirits), Vajra Bodhisattvas, and the Eight Divisions of Dragons and Devas (lóng tiān bā bù, the eight classes of beings, protectors of Buddhism) will constantly come to protect them, no different from the Buddha. Only the Tathagata (rúlai, the Buddha) has this power, no one else can do it. They will bring everything you need themselves, without any lack. The gate of wisdom, those who hear the Buddha's wisdom, all can understand. The wisdom of Bodhisattvas is not enough to describe it. This Mudra has no original transmission, it must be kept secret, one cannot easily speak of this supernatural blessing. I have already told everyone, even if I see them, I will not lend it to them. Why? Because it will exhaust their life force. The supernatural powers they obtain, they should know for themselves. The 'Eight Houses Secret Records' states, 'The Great Compassion Dharani Eight Mudra Method,' one volume (Wei Jin Ren Yun). It is likely that this Dharma was copied and proofread in the first month of the third year of the Enpō era (1675).
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金刚乘佛子净严(三十七) 天明改元辛丑年闰五月。以宇治慧心院藏本书写竟。 智积院东武慈忍 享和改元酉秋七月。以件本令写之。更校对点国字。命工上木。 丰山沙门快道志 一校毕 享和三年四月五日 晖时阁笔 慈顺 现代汉语译本： 天明改元辛丑年闰五月。以宇治慧心院藏本书写完毕。智积院东武慈忍。 享和改元酉秋七月。以该版本令人抄写。重新校对并标点国字。命工匠刻板。丰山沙门快道志。 一校完毕 享和三年四月五日 晖时阁笔 慈顺
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English version: In the intercalary fifth month of the Xin Chou year (1781) of the Tenmei era, completed the transcription based on the book stored at Uji Eshin-in (宇治慧心院). Written by Jionin Tobu (智積院東武慈忍) of Chishaku-in (智積院). In the seventh month of the autumn of the You year (1801) of the Kyowa era, ordered the transcription of this version. Re-collated and added punctuation to the national characters. Ordered the craftsmen to carve the woodblocks. Written by Kaido-shi (快道志), a monk of Mt. Toyo (丰山). First proofreading completed. April 5th, Kyowa 3 (1803) Written by Kishun (慈順) at Kitoki (晖時閣). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------