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English version If someone hears the name of the World Honored One, the Medicine Master瑠璃光(Bhaisajyaguru) Tathagata (Thus Come One), at the time of approaching death, eight Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) will come on spiritual powers to show them the way. They will then be naturally born in that realm, amidst various colored jeweled flowers. Or, some may be born in the heavens because of this. Even though born in the heavens, their original roots of goodness will not be exhausted, and they will not be reborn in any of the evil realms. When their lifespan in the heavens ends, they will be reborn in the human realm. Or they will become a Wheel-Turning King (Chakravartin), ruling over the four continents, possessing majestic virtue and freedom, establishing countless hundreds of thousands of sentient beings in the Ten Good Deeds. Or they will be born into wealthy families of Kshatriyas (warriors), Brahmins (priests), or householders, possessing abundant wealth, overflowing storehouses, dignified appearance, complete family, intelligence, wisdom, courage, and might, like a powerful strongman. If a woman hears the name of the World Honored One, the Medicine Master Tathagata, and sincerely accepts and upholds it, she will not receive a female body again in the future. 述曰 (Commentary): This reveals the ability to eliminate obstacles to being born in a happy place. This can be further divided into two aspects. The first aspect reveals the elimination of obstacles to being born in a pure and happy land, as mentioned in the sutra about being born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Here, those who uphold the Eight-Fold Abstinence for months or years, Master Mai says that 'for a year' refers to the six fasting days of each month throughout the year, which are the eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth days of both the dark and bright lunar months. Or 'for three months' refers to those who cannot observe the six fasting days of each month throughout the year, but can observe the three long fasting months of the year, which are the first month of January, May, and September, representing the constant cultivation of goodness throughout the year. As the Song Dynasty version of the sutra says, 'constantly cultivate the six fasting days of each month, and the three long fasting months of the year.' The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom (Mahaprajnaparamita-sastra), in its thirteenth chapter, says that those who observe the Eight Precepts on fasting days do so because on that day, evil ghosts chase after people, wanting to take their lives. The sages of the beginning of the kalpa (aeon) taught people to observe fasting. However, at that time, people did not uphold the Eight Precepts, but simply abstained from eating for one day as fasting. Later, the Buddha appeared in the world and established the Eight Precepts. Someone asks, 'Which is superior, the Five Precepts or the Eight Precepts?' The answer is that due to the causes and conditions, both precepts are equal. Because the time and the number of precepts differ from each other. Someone asks, 'Even just ten recitations of the Buddha's name can lead to rebirth, so why is it not certain after a year?' The answer is that there is a difference between being courageous and diligent, and being lax and indulgent. As the Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom says, 'A single moment of intense mindfulness at the time of death surpasses a hundred years of practice.' 'Naturally born' is like what the Nirvana Sutra says about the daughter of the Amra tree, who was born from the flowers of the tree, and is called 'moisture-born.' The Pure Land is born from lotuses, so why is it called 'transformation-born?' Master Mai says that before conception, the tree has moisture. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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气。净土莲华与人化生。第二能除秽土乐生障。如经或有因此生于天上等故。此复有四。生天轮王贵胜男身。如文可解。 本愿药师经古迹上(终) 大正藏第 38 册 No. 1770 本愿药师经古迹 本愿药师经古迹下 药师琉璃光如来本愿功德经。 尔时曼殊室利童子白佛言。世尊。我当誓于像法转时以种种方便令诸净信善男子善女人等得闻世尊药师琉璃光如来名号。乃至睡中亦以佛名觉悟其耳。世尊。若于此经受持读诵或复为他演说开示。若自书。若教人书。恭敬尊重以种种华香涂抹香烧香华鬘璎珞幡盖伎乐而为供养。以五色彩作囊盛之扫洒净处敷设高座而用安处。尔时四大天王与其眷属及余无量百千天众皆诣其所供养守护。世尊。若此经宝流行之处有能受持以彼世尊药师琉璃光如来本愿功德及闻名号。当知是处无复横死。亦复不为诸恶鬼神夺其精气。设已夺者还得如故身心安乐。 述曰。大段第二劝物利益门。此有五门。一誓愿警觉门。如经我当誓于像法转时方便令闻如来名号由于此经受持供养天众守护无灾横故。 佛告曼殊室利。如是如是。如汝所说。曼殊室利。若有净信善男子善女人等欲供养彼世尊药师琉璃光如来者。应先造立彼佛形像。敷清净座而安 气（prana）。在净土（Pure Land）以莲花化生，而不是由人道转生。第二，能够去除秽土（defiled land）的乐生之障碍。如经文所说，‘或者有人因此而生于天上’等等。这又包含四种情况：生于天上、成为转轮王（Chakravartin，统治世界的理想君主）、拥有尊贵殊胜的男身，这些都如经文所能解释的那样。 《本愿药师经古迹》上（终） 大正藏第 38 册 No. 1770 《本愿药师经古迹》 《本愿药师经古迹》下 《药师琉璃光如来本愿功德经》 尔时，曼殊室利童子（Manjushri，文殊菩萨）对佛说：‘世尊，我当发誓在像法（semblance dharma）时期，以种种方便，令那些具有清净信仰的善男子、善女人等，能够听闻世尊药师琉璃光如来（Bhaisajyaguru，药师佛）的名号，乃至在睡梦中，也以佛的名号来觉悟他们的耳朵。世尊，如果有人对此经受持读诵，或者又为他人演说开示，或者自己书写，或者教人书写，恭敬尊重，以种种华香、涂抹香、烧香、华鬘、璎珞、幡盖、伎乐而为供养，用五种颜色的彩线制作囊袋盛放此经，扫洒干净的地方，敷设高座来安放此经。那时，四大天王（Four Heavenly Kings）与其眷属，以及其余无量百千天众，都来到这个地方供养守护。世尊，如果这部经宝流行的地方，有人能够受持，凭借世尊药师琉璃光如来的本愿功德以及听闻名号，应当知道这个地方没有横死，也不会被诸恶鬼神夺取精气。即使已经被夺取，也能恢复如初，身心安乐。’ 述曰：大段第二，劝物利益门。这里有五门：一是誓愿警觉门。如经文所说，‘我当发誓在像法转时，方便令听闻如来名号，由于对此经受持供养，天众守护，没有灾祸横死。’ 佛告诉曼殊室利：‘是这样，是这样，正如你所说。曼殊室利，如果有具有清净信仰的善男子、善女人等，想要供养那位世尊药师琉璃光如来，应当先造立那位佛的形像，敷设清净的座位来安放。
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Qi (prana). Being born from a lotus in the Pure Land, rather than being transformed from the human realm. Second, it can remove the obstacles to joyful birth in the defiled land. As the sutra says, 'Or some may be born in the heavens because of this,' and so on. This further includes four situations: being born in the heavens, becoming a Chakravartin (ideal universal ruler), possessing a noble and superior male body, as can be understood from the text. Ancient Traces of the Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Medicine Master, Part 1 (End) Taisho Tripitaka Volume 38, No. 1770, Ancient Traces of the Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Medicine Master Ancient Traces of the Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Medicine Master, Part 2 The Sutra of the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Medicine Master, the Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata At that time, Manjushri (Manjushri Bodhisattva) said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One, I vow that during the era of the Semblance Dharma, I will use various skillful means to enable pure believing good men and good women to hear the name of the World Honored One, Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata (Bhaisajyaguru), and even in their sleep, awaken their ears with the Buddha's name. World Honored One, if someone upholds, recites, or explains and reveals this sutra to others, or writes it themselves, or instructs others to write it, respectfully honoring it with various flowers, incense, perfumed ointment, burning incense, floral garlands, necklaces, banners, canopies, and music as offerings, making a pouch of five-colored threads to contain it, sweeping and cleaning a place, and setting up a high seat to place it. At that time, the Four Heavenly Kings and their retinues, as well as countless hundreds of thousands of heavenly beings, will all come to that place to make offerings and protect it. World Honored One, if this precious sutra circulates in a place where someone can uphold it, relying on the fundamental vows and merits of the World Honored One, Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, and hearing the name, know that there will be no untimely death in that place, nor will their essence be taken away by evil ghosts and spirits. Even if it has been taken away, it will be restored as before, and their body and mind will be peaceful and happy.' Commentary: The second major section is the gate of encouraging offerings and benefits. There are five gates here: first, the gate of vows and awakening. As the sutra says, 'I vow that during the era of the Semblance Dharma, I will use skillful means to enable hearing the name of the Tathagata, and because of upholding and making offerings to this sutra, the heavenly beings will protect it, and there will be no disasters or untimely deaths.' The Buddha told Manjushri: 'It is so, it is so, just as you say. Manjushri, if there are pure believing good men and good women who wish to make offerings to that World Honored One, Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, they should first create an image of that Buddha and prepare a clean seat to place it on.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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处之。散种种华烧种种香以种种幢幡庄严其处。七日七夜受八分斋戒。食清净食。澡浴香洁着新净衣。应生无垢浊心无怒害心。于一切有情起利益安乐慈悲喜舍平等之心。鼓乐歌赞右绕佛像。复应念彼如来本愿功德读诵此经思惟其义演说开示。随所乐愿一切皆遂。求长寿得长寿。求富饶得富饶。求官位得官位。求男女得男女。若复有人忽得恶梦见诸恶相。或怪鸟来集。或于住处百怪出现。此人若以众妙资具恭敬供养彼世尊药师琉璃光如来者。恶梦恶相诸不吉祥皆悉隐没不能为患。或有水火刀毒悬险恶象师子虎狼熊罴毒蛇恶蝎蜈蚣蚰蜒蚊虻等怖。若能至心忆念彼佛恭敬供养。一切怖畏皆得解脱。若他国侵扰盗贼反乱。忆念恭敬彼如来者亦皆解脱。复次曼殊室利。若有净信善男子善女人等乃至尽形不事余天。唯当一心归佛法僧受持禁戒。若五戒十戒菩萨四百戒苾刍二百五十戒苾刍尼五百戒。于所受中或有毁犯怖堕恶趣。若能专念彼佛名号恭敬供养者。必定不受三恶趣生。或有女人临当产时受于极苦。若能至心称名礼赞恭敬供养彼如来者众苦皆除。所生之子身分具足形色端正见者欢喜利根聪明安稳少病。无有非人夺其精气。 述曰。此即第二如来述成门。于中有二。初明供养后说获益。供养有三。一财物供养。如经造 现代汉语译本： 应在该处布置。散布各种鲜花，焚烧各种香，用各种幢幡装饰那个地方。七天七夜受持八分斋戒，食用清净的食物，沐浴身体使之香洁，穿上新的干净衣服。应当生起没有污垢和杂念的心，没有愤怒和损害他人的心。对于一切有情众生，生起利益、安乐、慈悲、喜舍、平等的心。敲鼓奏乐，歌唱赞颂，右绕佛像。还应当忆念那位如来（Tathagata）的本愿功德，读诵这部经典，思考其中的意义，演说开示。随其所乐，一切愿望都能实现。求长寿的得到长寿，求富饶的得到富饶，求官位的得到官位，求男求女的得到男女。如果又有人忽然做了恶梦，见到各种不好的景象，或者有怪鸟飞来聚集，或者在居住的地方出现各种怪异的事情。这个人如果用各种美好的资具，恭敬供养那位世尊药师琉璃光如来（Bhaisajyaguru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja），那么恶梦恶相，各种不吉祥的事情都会消失，不能造成祸患。或者有水、火、刀、毒、悬崖、危险、恶象、狮子、老虎、狼、熊、罴、毒蛇、恶蝎、蜈蚣、蚰蜒、蚊子、虻虫等等的恐怖。如果能至诚恳切地忆念那位佛，恭敬供养，一切恐怖都能得到解脱。如果有其他国家侵扰，盗贼叛乱，忆念恭敬那位如来（Tathagata）也能得到解脱。再者，曼殊室利（Manjusri），如果有清净信仰的善男子、善女人等，乃至终身不侍奉其他天神，只应当一心皈依佛、法、僧三宝，受持禁戒。无论是五戒、十戒、菩萨四百戒、比丘二百五十戒、比丘尼五百戒，在所受持的戒律中，如果有所毁犯，害怕堕入恶趣。如果能专心忆念那位佛的名号，恭敬供养，必定不会在三恶趣中受生。或者有女人临近生产的时候，承受极大的痛苦。如果能至诚恳切地称念、礼赞、恭敬供养那位如来（Tathagata），各种痛苦都会消除。所生下的孩子，身体各部分都健全，容貌端正，见到的人都欢喜，具有敏锐的根器，聪明，安稳，很少生病，没有非人夺取他的精气。 述曰：这就是第二如来述成门。其中有二部分。首先说明供养，然后说明获得的利益。供养有三种。第一种是财物供养，如经中所说造...