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大正藏第 21 册 No. 1358 佛说花聚陀罗尼咒经 No. 1358 [Nos. 1356, 1357, 1359] 佛说花聚陀罗尼咒经 失译人名今附东晋录 如是我闻。一时佛在阿耨达多龙王宫中。与诸比丘五百人俱。菩萨摩诃萨满足一千。尽是一生补处。皆得陀罗尼位阶十地。犹如王子不久当得绍继王位。此诸菩萨亦复如是。有大功德而自庄严。不久当得灌顶之位得成作佛。此诸菩萨各从他方诸佛世界而来集会。于诸佛所心无疑滞。时会众中有一菩萨。名曰师子奋迅。从座而起偏袒右肩右膝着地。合掌向佛而白佛言。世尊若有善男子善女人。尽其形寿一切乐具供养如来。得福多不。 佛告师子奋迅菩萨。莫作是说心生疑惑。供养如来得福甚多。何以故。如来有无量戒德无量禅定三昧无量智慧无量解脱无量解脱知见。并诸声闻缘觉辟支佛。及一切贤圣其福甚多不可限量。尔时师子奋迅菩萨。闻佛所说心生信解。倍加恭敬供养尊重赞叹。即以衣服房舍卧具病瘦汤药。如是种种一切乐具。皆悉供养令无所乏。若有善男子善女人。于如来灭度之后。取佛舍利如芥子许供养礼拜。比前功德其福正等。若复有人持以七宝如须弥山等。于一劫中布施声闻辟支佛。得 现代汉语译本 《佛说花聚陀罗尼咒经》 失译人名，今附东晋录 如是我闻。一时，佛在阿耨达多（Anavatapta）龙王宫中，与五百比丘俱。菩萨摩诃萨一千位，皆是一生补处（Ekajatipratibaddha），皆得陀罗尼（Dharani）位阶十地。犹如王子不久将绍继王位，此诸菩萨亦复如是，有大功德而自庄严，不久当得灌顶之位，得成作佛。此诸菩萨各从他方诸佛世界而来，于诸佛所心无疑滞。时会众中有一菩萨，名曰师子奋迅（Simhavikridita），从座而起，偏袒右肩，右膝着地，合掌向佛，而白佛言：‘世尊，若有善男子善女人，尽其形寿，一切乐具供养如来，得福多不？’ 佛告师子奋迅菩萨：‘莫作是说，心生疑惑。供养如来得福甚多。何以故？如来有无量戒德、无量禅定三昧、无量智慧、无量解脱、无量解脱知见，并诸声闻、缘觉、辟支佛，及一切贤圣，其福甚多不可量。’尔时，师子奋迅菩萨闻佛所说，心生信解，倍加恭敬供养尊重赞叹，即以衣服、房舍、卧具、病瘦汤药，如是种种一切乐具，皆悉供养，令无所乏。若有善男子善女人，于如来灭度之后，取佛舍利如芥子许供养礼拜，比前功德，其福正等。若复有人持以七宝如须弥山等，于一劫中布施声闻、辟支佛，得
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English version 《Buddha Speaks the Flower Gathering Dharani Mantra Sutra》 Name of translator lost, now appended to the Eastern Jin record Thus have I heard. At one time, the Buddha was in the dragon king's palace of Anavatapta (阿耨达多, name of a lake), together with five hundred Bhikshus. There were one thousand Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas, all being Ekajatipratibaddha (一生补处, those who will be reborn only once more before attaining Buddhahood), all having attained the Dharani (陀罗尼, a type of mantra or spell) position and the ten Bhumi (十地, ten stages of Bodhisattva path). Just as a prince will soon inherit the throne, so too were these Bodhisattvas, adorned with great merit, and soon to attain the position of Abhisheka (灌顶, empowerment) and become Buddhas. These Bodhisattvas came from various Buddha-worlds in other directions, and had no doubts or hesitations regarding the Buddhas. At that time, in the assembly, there was a Bodhisattva named Simhavikridita (师子奋迅, Lion-like Play), who rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, knelt on his right knee, joined his palms, and said to the Buddha: 'World-Honored One, if there are good men and good women who, throughout their lives, offer all kinds of delightful things to the Tathagata (如来, Thus Come One), how great is the merit they obtain?' The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Simhavikridita: 'Do not speak like that, giving rise to doubts in your mind. Offering to the Tathagata brings immense merit. Why? Because the Tathagata has immeasurable precepts and virtues, immeasurable Samadhi (禅定, meditative absorption), immeasurable wisdom, immeasurable liberation, and immeasurable knowledge and vision of liberation, as well as all the Shravakas (声闻, Hearers), Pratyekabuddhas (缘觉, Solitary Buddhas), and Pratyekabuddhas (辟支佛, Solitary Buddhas), and all the virtuous and noble ones. Their merit is immense and immeasurable.' At that time, the Bodhisattva Simhavikridita, hearing what the Buddha said, gave rise to faith and understanding in his mind, and with redoubled reverence, made offerings, honored, respected, and praised the Buddha. He offered clothing, dwellings, bedding, medicine for illnesses, and all kinds of delightful things, providing everything without lack. If there are good men and good women who, after the Parinirvana (灭度, passing away) of the Tathagata, take a grain-sized relic of the Buddha and make offerings and prostrations, their merit is equal to the previous merit. If someone were to use the seven treasures, as numerous as Mount Sumeru (须弥山, the central mountain in Buddhist cosmology), to make offerings to Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas for one Kalpa (劫, eon), they would obtain --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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福多不。不也世尊。佛言若有出家在家之人。能持一钱以用布施初发菩提心人。得福德比前功德。百分千分百千万分不及其一。乃至算数譬喻所不能及。如是如是如佛所说。若复有人。于如来灭度之后行于旷路。见于如来塔庙。若善男女。能于一华若一灯烛。若一团泥用涂像前以用供养。若有善男子善女人。持一铜钱施于佛像。为补治故。若以一掬水用洒佛塔地。除去不净干花烛烬。若烧香供养。举足一步诣于塔寺。若一称南无佛。欲使此人堕三恶道。百千万劫终无是处。 佛告师子奋迅菩萨。有陀罗尼名曰花聚。多所饶益诸天世人。有能受持读诵通利如法修行。所得福德倍过于上。复有善男子。供养声闻缘觉辟支佛菩萨。百千万倍不及其一。乃至算数譬喻所不能知。是人命终终不生于八难之处卑贱之家。在所生处六情完具。自识宿命。常值三宝见佛闻法。终不忘失菩提之心。能得甚深无量辩才。乘六神通游至十方诸佛世界。咨受妙法教化众生。尔时世尊即说咒曰。 多狄他 度罗尼 陀罗尼 陀罗尼 磨祢波 步婆散尼 悉题 旃题 涅目脂 涅呵梨 虑伽钵帝 佛陀钵帝 帝梨 乌迦啰[口*知]佉伽罗[口*知] 啰殊波伽帝 帝阇和帝 毗舍罗佛题 昙摩波嘶 阿叉夜羯卑羯波和帝 阿弥多羯卑 现代汉语译本 福德多吗？‘不多，世尊。’佛说：‘如果有人，无论是出家还是在家之人，能用一个铜钱来布施给初发菩提心的人，所得的福德比之前的功德，百分、千分、百千万分都不及其一，乃至用算数譬喻都无法比拟。’‘是的，是的，正如佛所说。’如果又有人，在如来灭度之后行走在旷野道路上，看见如来的塔庙，无论是善男子还是善女人，能用一朵花、一盏灯烛，或一团泥土涂抹在佛像前用来供养；如果有善男子善女人，用一个铜钱施舍给佛像，为了修补的缘故；或者用一捧水洒在佛塔的地上，除去不干净的东西、干枯的花朵、蜡烛残烬；或者烧香供养，抬脚一步走向塔寺，或者念一声‘南无佛’（皈依佛），想要使这个人堕入三恶道，百千万劫也不会有这样的事。 佛告诉师子奋迅菩萨（Lion's Courage Bodhisattva）：‘有一种陀罗尼（dharani，总持），名叫花聚（Flower Cluster），能大大饶益诸天和世人。有人能受持、读诵、通达、如法修行，所得的福德超过上面所说的。’‘供养声闻（sravaka，听闻佛法者）、缘觉（pratyekabuddha，独自觉悟者）、辟支佛（pratyekabuddha，同缘觉）、菩萨（bodhisattva，立志成佛者），百千万倍都不及其一，乃至用算数譬喻都无法知道。’‘这个人命终之后，终究不会生于八难之处（八种难以修行的地方）、卑贱的家庭。所生之处六根完具，能自己认识宿命，常能遇到三宝（佛、法、僧），见佛闻法，终不忘失菩提之心，能得到甚深无量的辩才，乘六神通游历到十方诸佛世界，请教接受妙法，教化众生。’这时，世尊就说了咒语： 多狄他 度罗尼 陀罗尼 陀罗尼 磨祢波 步婆散尼 悉题 旃题 涅目脂 涅呵梨 虑伽钵帝 佛陀钵帝 帝梨 乌迦啰[口*知]佉伽罗[口*知] 啰殊波伽帝 帝阇和帝 毗舍罗佛题 昙摩波嘶 阿叉夜羯卑羯波和帝 阿弥多羯卑
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English version 'Is merit much?' 'No, World Honored One.' The Buddha said, 'If there is someone, whether a monastic or a layperson, who can use one copper coin to give alms to someone who has initially aroused the Bodhi mind (bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment), the merit obtained is such that the previous merit cannot compare to it by one percent, one thousandth, one hundred millionth, or even by calculation or analogy.' 'Yes, yes, as the Buddha said.' If there is someone who, after the Nirvana (parinirvana, complete liberation) of the Tathagata (tathāgata, 'the one who has thus come' or 'the one who has thus gone', referring to the Buddha), walks on a wilderness road and sees a stupa (stupa, a dome-shaped structure serving as a Buddhist shrine) or temple of the Tathagata, whether a good man or a good woman, who can use one flower, one lamp, or one lump of mud to smear before the Buddha image for offering; if there is a good man or good woman who donates one copper coin to the Buddha image for the sake of repair; or who sprinkles a handful of water on the ground of the Buddha's stupa, removing impurities, withered flowers, and candle remnants; or who burns incense for offering, takes one step towards the stupa or temple, or utters once 'Namo Buddha' (Homage to the Buddha), wanting to make this person fall into the three evil realms, for hundreds of thousands of kalpas (kalpa, an aeon, a very long period of time) there will never be such a thing.' The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Simha Vikridita (Simhavikridita Bodhisattva, Lion's Courage Bodhisattva): 'There is a dharani (dharani, a sacred utterance or spell) called Flower Cluster (Puspakuta), which greatly benefits gods and people. If someone can receive, uphold, recite, understand, and practice it according to the Dharma (dharma, the teachings of the Buddha), the merit obtained exceeds what was mentioned above.' 'Offering to Sravakas (sravaka, a hearer or disciple), Pratyekabuddhas (pratyekabuddha, a solitary Buddha), and Bodhisattvas (bodhisattva, an enlightened being), it cannot compare by one hundred thousand times, or even be known by calculation or analogy.' 'After this person's life ends, they will never be born in the eight difficult places (eight conditions where practicing the Dharma is difficult) or a lowly family. In the place where they are born, the six senses will be complete, they will be able to recognize their past lives, they will always encounter the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), see the Buddha and hear the Dharma, they will never forget the Bodhi mind, they will be able to obtain profound and immeasurable eloquence, ride the six supernormal powers and travel to the Buddha worlds in the ten directions, consult and receive the wonderful Dharma, and teach sentient beings.' At that time, the World Honored One spoke the mantra: Tadyatha Om Dharaṇi Dharaṇi Dharaṇi Maṇibhadre Subhasani Siddhe Candre Nermale Nirahare Lokapati Buddhapati Tili Ukkacolkhi Khakacolki Rasupagate Tejavati Visala Buddhe Dharmapasi Aksayakarpe Vikaravati Amitakarpe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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休多舍尼 帝阇啝帝 泥句婆摩一唏帝 帝阇伽呵和帝 因题夜佛题 咥拏佛 提 莎诃 佛言有善男子善女人。欲行此陀罗尼者。若二月三月若八月中。从白月八日至十五日。净自澡浴着新净衣。当于静处坐佛形像。悬缯幡盖。花香供养礼拜忏悔。昼夜六时诵此陀罗尼。若坐若行莫令心乱。满七日已当得见佛。若不见者复更二七三七日。专心诵此陀罗尼。必得见佛坐莲华上而为说法。是时即得自识宿命念力坚固。得陀罗尼无碍辩才若求多闻若求禅定。若求智慧若求辩才。若求医方若求咒术。若求工巧若求文艺。如是种种随心所愿悉皆得之。乃至成佛终不忘失。除其四谛。尔时师子奋迅菩萨。诸天人民及阿修罗诸比丘众。闻佛所说欢喜奉行。 佛说花聚陀罗尼咒经 现代汉语译本 休多舍尼，帝阇（dì shé）啝（hé）帝，泥句（ní jù）婆摩一唏（pó mó yī xī）帝，帝阇（dì shé）伽呵和帝，因题（yīn tí）夜佛题，咥（xì）拏（ná）佛提，莎诃（suō hē）。 佛说：如果有善男子、善女人，想要修持这个陀罗尼（tuó luó ní，总持、真言），可以在二月、三月或八月中，从白月（指农历初一到十五）的初八到十五，清净地沐浴，穿上新的干净衣服，在安静的地方安坐于佛的形像前，悬挂丝绸幡盖，用鲜花和香供养，礼拜忏悔，日夜六时诵持这个陀罗尼。无论是坐着还是行走，都不要让心散乱。满了七天之后，应当能够见到佛。如果见不到，就再继续两个七天、三个七天，专心诵持这个陀罗尼，必定能够见到佛坐在莲花上为你说法。那时，就能自己认识到宿命，念力坚固，得到陀罗尼的无碍辩才。如果求多闻、求禅定、求智慧、求辩才、求医方、求咒术、求工巧、求文艺，像这样种种随心所愿，全部都能得到。乃至成佛，最终也不会忘失，除了四谛（sì dì，苦、集、灭、道）。 这时，师子奋迅菩萨（shī zi fèn xùn pú sà），诸天人民以及阿修罗（ā xiū luó），各位比丘众，听闻佛所说，欢喜地信奉修行。 《佛说花聚陀罗尼咒经》
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English version Xiū duō shě ní, dì shé hé dì, ní jù pó mó yī xī dì, dì shé qié hē hé dì, yīn tí yè fó tí, xì ná fó tí, suō hē. The Buddha said: If there are good men and good women who wish to practice this Dharani (陀罗尼, Dhāraṇī, a mnemonic device, incantation), they should, in the second, third, or eighth month, from the eighth to the fifteenth day of the white month (referring to the period from the first to the fifteenth of the lunar month), purify themselves by bathing and wearing new, clean clothes. They should sit in a quiet place before an image of the Buddha, hang silk banners and canopies, offer flowers and incense, and perform prostrations and repentance. They should recite this Dharani six times day and night. Whether sitting or walking, they should not let their minds be disturbed. After seven days, they should be able to see the Buddha. If they do not see the Buddha, they should continue for another two or three weeks, reciting this Dharani with focused attention. They will surely see the Buddha sitting on a lotus flower, expounding the Dharma for them. At that time, they will be able to recognize their past lives, their power of mindfulness will be strengthened, and they will attain unobstructed eloquence in Dharani. If they seek extensive learning, seek meditative concentration, seek wisdom, seek eloquence, seek medical knowledge, seek incantations, seek skillful craftsmanship, or seek artistic talent, in this way, whatever they desire in their hearts, they will all obtain. Even until they attain Buddhahood, they will never forget, except for the Four Noble Truths (四谛, sì dì, the Four Noble Truths: suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path to its cessation). At this time, the Lion Swift Bodhisattva (师子奋迅菩萨, Shī zi fèn xùn pú sà), the gods, people, asuras (阿修罗, ā xiū luó), and all the Bhikshus (比丘, bǐ qiū) joyfully accepted and practiced what the Buddha had said. 'The Flower Gathering Dharani Sutra Spoken by the Buddha' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------