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English version: The Buddha spoke to his father, the King, and all the assembly. In the past, there was a Buddha named Kong Wang (空王, meaning Empty King). During the Dharma-resemblance Age when he dwelt in the world, there were four Bhikshus (比丘, meaning monks) who broke the precepts and committed grave offenses. At that time, the Buddha Kong Wang emitted a voice from the night sky, telling the four Bhikshus, 'The offenses you have committed are called incurable. Those who wish to extinguish their offenses may enter my stupa and contemplate my image, sincerely repenting, and they can extinguish these offenses.' At that time, the four Bhikshus abandoned all affairs and single-mindedly followed the teachings, entering the stupa and prostrating themselves before the Buddha's image to repent, as if a great mountain were collapsing, rolling on the ground, wailing and crying towards the Buddha, day and night continuously, until death. After giving up their lives, they were able to be reborn in the Buddha-land of Kong Wang. Now, this Sutra is used to prove that when practitioners wish to repent, they should also follow this teaching method. The Buddha said, 'If, after my extinction, my disciples can abandon all evil deeds, delight in few scriptures and rules, and during the six periods of the day and night, can divide one period into a short time, and within that short time, in an instant, recite the Buddha's Baihao Xiang (白毫相, meaning white hair mark between the eyebrows), if they cannot see it, such people can eliminate the sins of birth and death of ninety-six billion nayutas of Ganges river sand fine dust kalpas. If there is someone who hears of this Baihao Xiang and is not alarmed or doubtful in their heart, but joyfully believes and accepts it, this person can also eliminate the sins of birth and death of eighty billion kalpas. If any Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, men, or women commit the four root offenses, the ten evil deeds, the five rebellious acts, and slander the Mahayana, if such people can repent, day and night during the six periods, without ceasing in body and mind, prostrating themselves with their five limbs on the ground, as if a great mountain were collapsing, wailing and weeping, joining their palms towards the Buddha, reciting the light of the white hair mark between the Buddha's eyebrows, for one to seven days, the first four types of offenses can be mitigated. Those who contemplate the Baihao Xiang but see darkness should enter the stupa and contemplate the white hair mark between the eyebrows, for one to three days, joining their palms and weeping, and even just hearing it temporarily can eliminate the sins of three kalpas.' The Buddha told his father, the King, and instructed Anan (阿难, meaning Ananda), 'I will now fully reveal my bodily form and light to you. If there are those with unkind hearts, or those who violate the Buddha's precepts, their visions of the Buddha will be different.' At that time, five hundred Shakya clan sons saw the Buddha's body as if it were a person made of ashes, a thousand Bhikshus saw the Buddha as if he were red earth, sixteen laymen and twenty-four women saw the Buddha as purely black, and the Bhikshunis saw the Buddha as silver-colored. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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时诸四众白佛。我今者不见佛妙色。自拔头发。举身投地。啼泣雨泪。自扑婉转。佛言。善男子。如来出现正为除灭汝等罪咎。汝今可称过去七佛为佛作礼。说汝先世邪见之罪。汝当向诸大德僧众发露悔过随顺佛语。于佛法众中。五体投地。如大山崩。向佛忏悔。既忏悔已。心眼得开。见佛色身。心大欢喜。佛告诸比丘。汝等先世无量劫时。邪见疑师。无戒虚受信施。以此因缘故。堕饿鬼地狱。八万岁受苦。今虽得出。于无量世不见诸佛。但闻佛名。今见佛身如赤土色。正长五尺。佛说语已。千比丘等向佛忏悔。五体投地。如大山崩。悲号雨泪。犹如风吹重云四散。显发金颜。既见佛已。比丘欢喜发菩提心。佛告父王。此千比丘殷勤求法。心无懈息。佛与授记同号南无光照如来。已前忏悔法出观佛三昧海经第二第三卷。 佛说观佛三昧海经密行品第十二卷第十。佛告阿难。未来众生其有得是念佛三昧者。观佛诸相好者。得诸佛现前三昧者。当教是人。密身口意。莫起邪命。莫生贡高。若起邪命及贡高法。当知此人是增上慢。破灭佛法。多使众生起不善心。乱和合僧。显异惑众。是恶魔伴。如是恶人虽复念佛。失甘露味。此人生处以贡高故。身恒卑小。生下贱家。贫穷诸衰。无量恶业以为严饰。如此种种众多恶事 现代汉语译本 这时，四众弟子对佛说：‘我们现在看不见佛的妙色，只能拔头发，全身投地，啼哭流泪，捶胸顿足。’佛说：‘善男子，如来出现正是为了消除你们的罪过。你们现在可以称念过去七佛的名号，为佛作礼，说出你们前世邪见的罪过。你们应当向诸位大德僧众坦白忏悔，随顺佛的教诲，在佛法僧众中，五体投地，如大山崩塌一般，向佛忏悔。’忏悔之后，心眼得以开启，就能看见佛的色身，心中大为欢喜。佛告诉诸位比丘：‘你们前世无量劫时，因为邪见、疑惑师长，没有持戒却虚受信徒的供养，因为这样的因缘，堕入饿鬼地狱，受苦八万岁。如今虽然脱离恶道，在无量世中却不能见到诸佛，只能听到佛的名号。现在见到佛身，却如同赤土的颜色，只有五尺高。’佛说完这些话后，一千位比丘等向佛忏悔，五体投地，如大山崩塌一般，悲号流泪，如同风吹散重云，显露出佛的金颜。见到佛后，比丘们欢喜地发起菩提心。佛告诉父王：‘这一千位比丘殷勤地寻求佛法，心中没有懈怠。’佛为他们授记，共同名为南无光照如来（Namo Guangzhao Tathagata）。以上忏悔法出自《观佛三昧海经》第二、三卷。 《佛说观佛三昧海经》密行品第十二卷第十。佛告诉阿难（Ananda）：‘未来世的众生，如果有人得到念佛三昧（nianfo sanmei），观想佛的诸种相好，得到诸佛现前三昧，应当教导这个人，秘密地守护身口意，不要以邪命（xieming）为生，不要生起贡高我慢之心。如果生起邪命和贡高我慢之心，应当知道这个人是增上慢者，会破灭佛法，多使众生生起不善之心，扰乱和合僧团，显现怪异之象迷惑大众，是恶魔的同伴。这样的恶人即使念佛，也会失去甘露之味。这种人因为贡高我慢的缘故，生生世世身体矮小，出生在屠夫之家，贫穷衰败，以无量的恶业作为装饰。’像这样种种众多的恶事。
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English version At that time, the fourfold assembly said to the Buddha: 'We cannot see the Buddha's wondrous form now. We can only pull out our hair, throw ourselves to the ground, weep and shed tears, and beat our chests in despair.' The Buddha said: 'Good men, the Tathagata (如来) appears precisely to eliminate your sins. You can now recite the names of the past seven Buddhas, pay homage to the Buddha, and confess the sins of your past lives' wrong views. You should confess and repent to the virtuous Sangha (僧众), follow the Buddha's teachings, and prostrate yourselves before the Buddha, Dharma (佛法), and Sangha, like a mountain collapsing, and repent to the Buddha.' After repenting, your mind's eye will be opened, and you will be able to see the Buddha's form, and your hearts will be filled with great joy. The Buddha told the Bhikkhus (比丘): 'In your past lives, for countless kalpas (劫), because of wrong views, doubting the teachers, and receiving offerings without upholding the precepts, you fell into the realm of hungry ghosts and hell, suffering for eighty thousand years. Although you have now escaped, you will not be able to see the Buddhas for countless lifetimes, only hear their names. Now you see the Buddha's body, but it is the color of red earth and only five feet tall.' After the Buddha spoke these words, a thousand Bhikkhus repented to the Buddha, prostrating themselves like a mountain collapsing, weeping and shedding tears, like heavy clouds scattered by the wind, revealing the Buddha's golden face. After seeing the Buddha, the Bhikkhus joyfully aroused the Bodhi mind (菩提心). The Buddha told the King: 'These thousand Bhikkhus diligently seek the Dharma, and their minds are without懈怠. ' The Buddha prophesied that they would all be named Namo Guangzhao Tathagata (南无光照如来). The above method of repentance comes from the second and third volumes of the Sutra of Contemplating the Buddha Samadhi Sea (观佛三昧海经). The Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Samadhi Sea of Contemplating the Buddha, Chapter Twelve on Secret Practices, tenth section. The Buddha told Ananda (阿难): 'In the future, if there are beings who attain the Samadhi of Buddha Recitation (念佛三昧), contemplate the Buddha's various marks and characteristics, and attain the Samadhi of the Buddhas appearing before them, you should teach these people to secretly guard their body, speech, and mind, not to make a living through wrong livelihood (邪命), and not to give rise to arrogance and pride. If they give rise to wrong livelihood and arrogance and pride, you should know that this person is an arrogant person, who will destroy the Buddha's Dharma, cause many beings to give rise to unwholesome thoughts, disrupt the harmonious Sangha, display strange phenomena to deceive the masses, and is a companion of demons. Even if such an evil person recites the Buddha's name, they will lose the taste of nectar. Because of arrogance and pride, this person will be born with a short stature in every lifetime, born into a butcher's family, poor and declining, adorned with countless evil deeds.' Like this, there are many evil things. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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当自防护令永不生。若起如是邪命业者。此邪命业犹如狂象坏莲华池。此邪命业亦复如是坏败善根。佛告阿难。有念佛者。当自防护勿令放逸。念佛三昧人若不防护生贡高者。邪命恶风吹憍慢火。烧灭善法。善法者。所谓一切无量禅定诸念佛法从心想生。是名功德藏。佛告阿难。此经名系想不动。如是受持。亦名观佛白毫相。如是受持。亦名逆顺观如来身分。亦名一一毛孔分别如来身分。亦名观三十二相八十随形好诸智慧光明。亦名观佛三昧海。亦名念佛三昧门。亦名诸佛妙华庄严色身经。汝好受持慎勿忘失。又如大集经济龙品说。时娑伽罗龙王请佛。入宫设供。佛受龙请。佛与圣众食讫。时大龙王又请说法。时龙王太子名曰华面。自起佛前。四支布施。悲声忏悔。过去作何罪业受此龙身。又以此经证。亦是忏悔至诚方法。应知。一切经内皆有此文。不可广录。今略钞三部经。以示后学。除不至心。作者皆知。佛不虚言。又如木槵经说。时有难陀国王。名波琉璃。遣使来到佛所。顶礼佛足。白佛言。世尊我国边小。频岁寇贼。五谷踊贵。疫疾流行。人民困苦。我恒不得安卧。如来法藏多悉深广。我有忧务不得修行。唯愿世尊。特垂慈愍赐我要法。使我日夜易得修行。未来世中远离众苦。佛告使言。语卿大王。若欲灭烦 现代汉语译本 当自我防护，使防护的戒律永不失效。如果产生了这种以不正当手段谋生的行为（邪命业），这种邪命业就像狂象破坏莲花池一样，破坏和败坏善根。佛陀告诉阿难（Ananda，佛陀的十大弟子之一）：修习念佛的人，应当自我防护，不要放纵。修习念佛三昧（Samadhi，佛教术语，指心专注一境而不散乱的状态）的人如果不防护自己，产生了贡高我慢之心，邪命的恶风就会吹动憍慢之火，烧毁一切善法。所谓的善法，就是指一切无量的禅定和各种念佛法，这些都是从心中生起的，这就是功德的宝藏。佛陀告诉阿难：这部经的名字叫做‘系想不动’，应当这样受持。也可以叫做‘观佛白毫相’，应当这样受持。也可以叫做‘逆顺观如来身分’，也可以叫做‘一一毛孔分别如来身分’，也可以叫做‘观三十二相八十随形好诸智慧光明’，也可以叫做‘观佛三昧海’，也可以叫做‘念佛三昧门’，也可以叫做‘诸佛妙华庄严色身经’。你要好好受持，千万不要忘记。又如《大集经济龙品》所说，当时娑伽罗龙王（Sagara，印度神话中的龙王）邀请佛陀到龙宫接受供养。佛陀接受了龙王的邀请。佛陀和圣众用斋完毕，当时大龙王又请求佛陀说法。当时龙王的太子，名叫华面，自己从佛前站起，布施自己的四肢，悲伤地忏悔自己过去所造的罪业，以至于受此龙身。又以此经来证明，这也是忏悔的最真诚的方法。应当知道，一切经书中都有这样的文字，不能全部记录下来。现在略微抄录三部经，来给后来的学习者看。只要不是不至诚的人，作者都知道，佛陀的话是真实不虚的。又如《木槵经》所说，当时有难陀国王（Nanda），名叫波琉璃（Virudhaka），派遣使者来到佛陀处所，顶礼佛足，禀告佛陀说：‘世尊，我的国家边境狭小，连年遭受寇贼侵扰，五谷价格飞涨，瘟疫流行，人民困苦，我常常不得安宁。如来的法藏广大深邃，我因为忧虑国事而无法修行。唯愿世尊特别慈悲怜悯，赐予我简要的修行方法，使我日夜都能容易地修行，在未来世中远离各种痛苦。’佛陀告诉使者说：‘告诉你的大王，如果想要灭除烦恼’