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English version The All-Knowing One (Sammasambuddha) lifted his foot, and a Padma flower (Padma, a type of lotus) sprang up from the pit. At that moment, the All-Knowing One gracefully lifted his foot, stepped on the lotus, and entered Gupta's residence. Seeing this, Gupta was filled with a sense of wonder and said to Pūrṇa, 'Please behold the miraculous transformation of the Blessed One (Bhagavan).' He said to the Elder (Elder, referring to a virtuous and wealthy person), 'You are now following the illusion conjured by Gautama (Gautama, the surname of Shakyamuni).' The Elder said, 'Even if it is an illusion, if you are truly all-knowing, can you attempt to create such an illusion?' At that moment, those naked ascetics, feeling ashamed and fearful, lowered their heads to the ground, bent their bodies, and left. Then, the Elder felt deep remorse and dared not face the Buddha. He went to his wife and said, 'Noble Consort (Noble Consort, a respectful term for one's wife)! Now you may come out and pay homage to the feet of the Blessed One.' She replied, 'Where is the Blessed One? You and the wicked have already killed the Tathāgata (Tathāgata, one of the titles of the Buddha).' At that moment, the Elder replied, 'Noble Consort! Who can harm the Tathāgata? It is only that I am ashamed and dare not face the Buddha.' His wife then came out, took the Elder to the Blessed One, and together they paid homage to the Buddha's feet. At that moment, the Elder prostrated himself on the ground, unable to rise, and said, 'What face do I have to dare look upon your venerable countenance?' The wife then joined her palms and bowed her head, saying to the Blessed One, 'May the Buddha have compassion and forgive the Elder's extremely grave transgression deserving of the Avīci hell (Avīci, the most painful hell in Buddhism).' The Blessed One said to her, 'You may rise now, I have already forgiven him.' He then exclaimed, 'The Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyak-saṃbuddha (Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyak-saṃbuddha, three titles of the Buddha) truly has no distinction of opposition or compliance.' The Elder immediately rose from the ground, rejoicing and leaping for joy, as if resurrected from the dead, and said to the Buddha, 'May the compassionate Buddha stay a little longer, I shall prepare food.' The Buddha said, 'Elder! Was it not you who sent a messenger to inform me that the time had come, saying, 'Gautama has arrived, the food is ready, you should know the time'?' He replied, 'Indeed, there were such words. Venerable Sir (Bhante, a term of respect for monks)! I have done something unprofitable to the Blessed One.' The Buddha said, 'I have already completely eradicated all unprofitable things, what unprofitable thing can you do?' He said, 'Blessed One! I have placed poison in the food, intending to harm the Tathāgata and all the noble ones.' The Buddha said to the Elder, 'The fires of greed, hatred, and delusion I have already extinguished, what else remains to be said?' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 食若熟者应持供养。”
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尔时世尊就座而坐，所有供食置上座前，佛告具寿阿难陀曰：“汝可遍语诸苾刍等：‘若未唱三钵罗佉多已来，不应一人辄先受食。’”时具寿阿难陀如佛所敕，告诸苾刍：“次遣一人于上座前，唱三钵罗佉多。”由是力故，于饮食内诸毒皆除。是时长者便自行食，初从上座终至下行，周遍观察作如是念：“奈何今日从老至少，被毒所中闷绝于地，唯有世尊少动容色，然此众中竟无一人为毒害者。”既见此已深起信心，夫妇二人见食事了澡漱复讫，即取卑座在佛前坐为欲听法。尔时世尊观彼二人，随其根性为说法要。既闻法已，以智金刚杵破二十有身见山，证预流果。既获果已，白言：“世尊！今此所证非我父母等之所能作，乃至受三归生净信。”广说如上。白言：“世尊！我从今已往，于诸外道若男若女，永闭其门，于佛僧众及邬波索迦邬波斯迦等，长开其户。”世尊令彼得见谛已即便起去，还本住处安庠而坐告诸苾刍：“僧伽上座所有行法，我今制之：凡于众首为上座者，所有供食置在众前，先令一人执持饮食，或先行盐在上座前曲身恭敬，唱三钵罗佉多，未唱已来不得受食。当知此言有大威力，辄违受食得恶作罪。(三钵罗佉多，译为正至，或为时至，或是密语神咒，能除毒故。 现代汉语译本： ‘如果食物煮熟了，就应该拿来供养。’ 当时，世尊就座而坐，所有的供养食物都放在上座的前面。佛告诉具寿阿难陀（Ananda，佛陀的十大弟子之一）说：‘你应当告诉所有的比丘（Bhikkhu，佛教僧侣）：在没有唱诵三钵罗佉多（Samabalakatha，意义见文末）之前，不应该有一个人擅自先吃东西。’当时，具寿阿难陀按照佛的吩咐，告诉各位比丘：‘然后派一个人在上座前，唱诵三钵罗佉多。’由于这种力量，食物中的各种毒素都被清除了。这时，长者（长者，古印度一种富裕阶层）便开始分发食物，首先从上座开始，最后到下座，他周遍观察，心中想：‘为什么今天从老到少，都被毒所侵害而昏倒在地，只有世尊（世尊，对佛陀的尊称）稍微动了动脸色，然而这些人中竟然没有一个人受到毒害。’ 看到这些后，他深深地生起了信心。夫妇二人见供养食物完毕，洗漱完毕后，就拿了矮座在佛前坐下，想要听法。当时，世尊观察他们二人，随着他们的根性为他们宣说佛法的要义。听闻佛法后，用智慧金刚杵摧毁了二十种有身见山，证得了预流果（Sotapanna，佛教修行第一阶段的果位）。 获得果位后，他们说道：‘世尊！今天所证得的果位，不是我的父母等人所能做到的，乃至接受三归依（Trisarana，皈依佛、法、僧）而生起清净的信心。’（详细内容如前所述）。他们说道：‘世尊！我从今以后，对于各种外道（Tirthika，指佛教以外的其他宗教或哲学派别），无论是男是女，永远关闭门户，对于佛僧（Sangha，佛教僧团）以及邬波索迦（Upasaka，男居士）邬波斯迦（Upasika，女居士）等，永远敞开大门。’世尊让他们得见真谛后，就起身离去，回到原来的住处安详地坐下，告诉各位比丘：‘僧伽（Samgha，佛教僧团）上座（长老）的所有行法，我现在制定：凡是在大众中为上座的人，所有的供养食物都放在大众面前，先让一个人拿着食物，或者先拿着盐，在上座前弯腰恭敬，唱诵三钵罗佉多，没有唱诵之前不得食用。应当知道这句话有很大的威力，擅自违背食用会得到恶作罪（Dukkata，佛教戒律中的一种轻罪）。（三钵罗佉多，翻译为正至，或者为时至，或者是一种秘密的神咒，能够消除毒素。）’
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English version: ‘If the food is cooked, it should be offered.’ At that time, the World-Honored One (Bhagavan, an epithet for the Buddha) sat down, and all the offered food was placed in front of the senior monk. The Buddha said to the Venerable Ananda (Ananda, one of the Buddha's ten principal disciples): ‘You should tell all the Bhikkhus (Bhikkhu, Buddhist monks): Before the Samabalakatha (Samabalakatha, meaning see below) has been chanted, no one should presume to eat first.’ At that time, the Venerable Ananda, as instructed by the Buddha, told the Bhikkhus: ‘Then send one person to chant the Samabalakatha in front of the senior monk.’ Because of this power, all the toxins in the food were removed. At this time, the householder (Grahapati, a wealthy person in ancient India) began to distribute the food, starting from the senior monk and ending with the junior monks. He observed everything and thought: ‘Why is it that today, from the old to the young, everyone has been poisoned and fainted on the ground, except for the World-Honored One, who only slightly changed color, yet none of these people have been harmed by the poison?’ Seeing this, he deeply aroused faith. The couple, seeing that the offering of food was completed and they had washed and rinsed, took low seats and sat before the Buddha, wanting to hear the Dharma. At that time, the World-Honored One observed the two of them and, according to their dispositions, expounded the essentials of the Dharma for them. After hearing the Dharma, they used the Vajra (Vajra, diamond) pestle of wisdom to destroy the mountain of twenty kinds of personality belief and attained the fruit of Stream-enterer (Sotapanna, the first stage of enlightenment in Buddhism). After attaining the fruit, they said: ‘World-Honored One! The fruit that I have attained today is not something that my parents or others could have done, even to the point of taking refuge in the Three Jewels (Trisarana, taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) and generating pure faith.’ (The details are as described above). They said: ‘World-Honored One! From now on, I will forever close the doors to all the Tirthikas (Tirthika, non-Buddhist religious or philosophical schools), whether male or female, and I will forever open the doors to the Buddha Sangha (Samgha, Buddhist monastic community) and the Upasakas (Upasaka, male lay devotees) and Upasikas (Upasika, female lay devotees).’ After the World-Honored One allowed them to see the truth, they rose and left, returning to their original dwelling and sitting peacefully, telling the Bhikkhus: ‘All the practices of the senior monk of the Sangha, I now establish: Whenever someone is the senior monk in the assembly, all the offered food should be placed before the assembly, and first let one person hold the food, or first hold the salt, and bow respectfully before the senior monk, chanting the Samabalakatha, and no one should eat before it has been chanted. You should know that these words have great power, and whoever violates this and eats will incur a Dukkata (Dukkata, a minor offense in Buddhist monastic rules). (Samabalakatha, translated as ‘right arrival,’ or ‘time arrival,’ or a secret mantra that can eliminate toxins.)’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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昔云僧跋者，讹也。佛教遣唱食前，今乃后称，食遍非直，失于本意。上座未免其愆，讹替多时，智者详用)” 佛在室罗伐城。时有长者，造一住处修营才半便即命终。长者之子次绍家业，诸苾刍等就长者宅告其子言：“贤首！汝父造寺功已将半，不幸命终，所有残功汝可修造。”彼便告曰：“阿遮利耶！寺极宏壮我无力造，若佛见听减小作者，我当营造。”时诸苾刍以缘白佛，佛言：“不能大造听其小作。”复有俗人造一住处未了而终，子继父业，时诸苾刍同前告子，子言：“我爱宏壮，若听大者我当为作。”佛言：“随情大作。”复有长者，造小窣睹波造半命终，子知家业，时诸苾刍往诣宅所告其子言：“贤首！汝父先造窣睹波，功已半讫遂便命终，所有残功汝宜修造。”彼便告曰：“圣者！我爱壮丽，此塔形小，若佛见听增大作者，我当修造。”以缘白佛，佛言：“如乐大者随意大作。”复有长者，造大窣睹波，其功已半忽然命过，同前告子，子言：“我今贫乏不能大作，若听小者我当作之。”佛言：“随情小作。然造窣睹波，小者得增大，大者不应减小。若有俗人能大作者善，如不能办，苾刍应可劝化助造。”若塔相轮久故破坏，佛言：“应可修营。”时有先下故轮更造新者，时久不成，佛言：“不 过去所说的‘云僧跋者’，是讹传的说法。佛教规定在吃饭前唱诵，现在却在饭后才唱诵，而且唱诵的内容也不正确，失去了原本的意义。上座（指寺院中地位较高的僧人）也难免犯这样的错误，讹传替代的情况已经很久了，有智慧的人应该详细地加以辨别采用。 佛陀在室罗伐城（Śrāvastī）(古印度城市)时。当时有一位长者（指富有的居士），建造一处住所，才修到一半就去世了。长者的儿子继承家业，各位苾刍（bhikṣu）(比丘)到长者的家中，告诉他的儿子说：‘贤首（对居士的尊称）！你父亲建造寺庙的功德已经完成一半了，不幸去世，剩下的工程你可以继续完成。’他便回答说：‘阿遮利耶（ācārya）(导师)！寺庙非常宏伟，我没有能力建造，如果佛陀允许缩小规模建造，我就建造。’当时各位苾刍将此事禀告佛陀，佛陀说：‘不能建造大的，允许他建造小的。’ 又有一位俗人建造一处住所，还没有完成就去世了，他的儿子继承父业，各位苾刍像之前一样告诉他的儿子，儿子说：‘我喜欢宏伟的，如果允许建造大的，我就建造。’佛陀说：‘随他的意愿建造大的。’ 又有一位长者，建造小的窣睹波（stūpa）(佛塔)，建造到一半就去世了，他的儿子继承家业，各位苾刍前往他的住所，告诉他的儿子说：‘贤首！你父亲先前建造窣睹波，工程已经完成一半了，就去世了，剩下的工程你应该继续完成。’他便回答说：‘圣者！我喜欢壮丽的，这座塔的形状太小了，如果佛陀允许增大规模建造，我就修造。’将此事禀告佛陀，佛陀说：‘如果喜欢大的，就随他的意愿建造大的。’ 又有一位长者，建造大的窣睹波，工程已经完成一半了，忽然去世了，各位苾刍像之前一样告诉他的儿子，儿子说：‘我现在贫穷，没有能力建造大的，如果允许建造小的，我就建造。’佛陀说：‘随他的意愿建造小的。然而建造窣睹波，小的可以增大，大的不应该减小。如果有俗人能够建造大的，很好，如果不能办到，苾刍应该劝募化缘帮助建造。’ 如果塔的相轮（塔顶的装饰）因为年代久远而损坏，佛陀说：‘应该加以修缮。’当时有人先把旧的相轮拆下来，准备建造新的，但很久都没有完成，佛陀说：‘不要…’