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English version: A family favored by the gods. When (the layman) appears, he is often surrounded by gods. Strange fragrances often arrive, and strange fruits often appear. Sometimes at night, when reciting scriptures, light emanates from his mouth, illuminating more than forty 'li' (a Chinese unit of distance, approximately 500 meters), the color of the light like gold. People near and far are amazed. Some people went to search and reached the mountain, only to see the layman reciting scriptures with light emanating from his mouth. At that time, the layman was ninety-two years old and died without illness. During cremation, his teeth transformed into 'śarīra' (Buddhist relics, usually referring to the remains left after the cremation of a high monk), obtaining more than a hundred grains, all emitting light, which continued for several days without ceasing. The monks and laypeople at that time collected them and built a pagoda to enshrine them. During the Yonghui era, there were two monks in Chan Ding Temple, named Dao Xiang (transliteration, monk's name) and Hui Wu (transliteration, monk's name), who both lived in seclusion in Mount Taibai. Dao Xiang focused on reciting the 'Nirvana Sutra' (name of a Buddhist scripture), and Hui Wu focused on reciting the 'Avatamsaka Sutra' (name of a Buddhist scripture). They consumed pine nuts and herbs, performed repentance rituals six times a day, and recited scriptures day and night, accumulating years of practice. Suddenly one day, they saw a layman with white hair, dressed in clean and simple clothes, with a beautiful appearance. He came to pay respects and said slowly: 'My residence has prepared a vegetarian meal, and I would like to invite a monk.' The monk said, 'There are only two of us monks here, is it okay to go together?' The layman said, 'This disciple's family is poor and originally only intended to invite one monk.' The monk asked who he wanted to invite. The layman said, 'Please invite the 'Avatamsaka' Dharma master.' Hui Wu then accepted the invitation and went. After following the layman for about a hundred steps, the layman soared into the air and asked Hui Wu, 'Why doesn't the master ascend into the air?' Hui Wu replied, 'This poor monk has no wings and cannot ascend.' The layman asked Hui Wu, 'Has the master not yet attained supernatural powers?' Hui Wu replied, 'Indeed, I have not attained them.' The layman came down from the air and had Hui Wu sit in his lap, and then told him to close his eyes. At that time, he only heard the sound of wind rushing past his ears. After about half the time it takes to eat a meal, he put him back on the ground and told him to open his eyes. He didn't know where he was. Looking around, he only saw mountains. Looking at the houses, they all seemed to emerge from the ground. He led Hui Wu into the hall. After paying respects to the Buddha, he suddenly saw five hundred strange monks, holding 'khakkhara' (a monk's staff) and 'patra' (a monk's bowl), flying in the air. Hui Wu respected these strange monks and did not dare to sit above them, so he went to sit below. The layman came and said to him, 'The master upholds the 'Avatamsaka Sutra', which is the realm of the Buddha, how can you sit below the lesser saints?' So he pulled Hui Wu up again and had him sit above the five hundred saints. After washing up after the vegetarian meal, the saints soared into the air and --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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去。居士乃遣人擎一床宝物。将以䞋悟。令与咒愿。悟曰。贫道来不由地。居士携摄至此。自回不得。请垂送归。诵经报德。居士曰。本所斋意在师一人。虽有五百罗汉来食。皆临时相请耳。师且与咒愿。当即发遣人。送归本居。悟与咒愿已。𨓍前有三五童子。各可六七岁。居士呼之。又重标名于一童子遽来。居士语曰。汝可祇事此法师。童子便请于悟曰。师暂开口。悟即依开。童子观之云。师甚多病。童子即将手。向身上摩。遂取少药。大如麻子。分为三丸。与悟吞之。又请开口。童子忽飞入口中。悟当时便腾虚。还本所居。住空中谓祥曰。向蒙神仙居士请斋。遂获神通。今欲暂之蓬莱金阙紫微等宫。以持诵本业。言讫辞祥。摄三衣瓶钵及所受经。升空而去。 显。庆年中。九陇山有一尼师。志精佛乘华严秘藏。入山受持。二十余载。礼诵无替。依教修行。性定心寂。遂证惠眼。得因陀罗网境界。十方世界微尘刹海九会道场。了了明见。如镜中像焉。 总章元年。西域有三藏梵僧。来至京洛。高宗师事。道俗归敬。华严藏公。犹为童子。顶礼三藏。请受菩萨戒。时众白三藏言。此童子诵得华严大经。兼解其义。三藏惊叹曰。华严一乘是诸佛秘藏。难可遭遇。况通其义。若有人诵得华严净行一品。其人已 现代汉语译本：于是，这位居士就派人捧来一床的宝物，想要用来供养悟禅师，并请他诵经祈福。悟禅师说：‘贫僧来这里不是自己来的，是居士您把我请到这里，现在我自己回不去了，请您派人送我回去吧，我会诵经来报答您的恩德。’居士说：‘我本来斋僧的用意只在于您一位禅师，即使有五百罗汉来吃饭，也都是临时邀请的。禅师您先诵经祈福，我马上就派人送您回原来的地方。’悟禅师诵经祈福完毕后，忽然前面出现了三五个童子，大约六七岁的样子。居士呼唤他们，又特别指名一个童子，那童子立刻走上前来。居士对童子说：‘你可以侍奉这位法师。’童子便请求悟禅师说：‘师父您暂时张开嘴。’悟禅师就照着做了。童子看了看说：‘师父您有很多病。’童子随即用手在悟禅师身上摩擦，然后取出一点药，像麻子那么大，分成三丸，给悟禅师吞下。又请悟禅师张开嘴，童子忽然飞入口中。悟禅师当时就腾空而起，回到自己原来的住处。他停留在空中对祥禅师说：‘先前承蒙神仙居士邀请斋饭，因此获得了神通。现在我想暂时去蓬莱、金阙、紫微等宫殿，以继续我持诵佛经的本业。’说完，就向祥禅师告辞，带着三衣、瓶钵以及所受的经书，升空而去。 显庆年间，九陇山有一位尼师，立志精研佛法中的《华严经》秘藏，进入山中受持佛法二十多年，礼拜诵经从不间断，依照教义修行，心性安定寂静，于是证得了慧眼，得到了因陀罗网（Indra's net）的境界，十方世界微尘刹海九会道场，都清清楚楚地显现在眼前，就像镜子中的影像一样。 总章元年，西域有一位三藏梵僧（Tripitaka monk），来到京洛，高宗皇帝对他非常尊敬，道俗两界都归顺敬仰他。华严藏公（Huayan Zang Gong）当时还是个童子，顶礼三藏梵僧，请求受菩萨戒。当时众人对三藏梵僧说：‘这位童子能够背诵《华严经》大经，并且理解其中的含义。’三藏梵僧惊讶赞叹道：‘《华严经》一乘法门是诸佛的秘密宝藏，难以遇到，更何况是通晓其中的含义。如果有人能够背诵《华严经·净行品》一品，这个人已经……’
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English version: Thereupon, the lay devotee sent someone to carry a bed of treasures, intending to make offerings to Master Wu and request him to chant sutras and offer blessings. Master Wu said, 'This poor monk did not come here on his own accord. It was you, the lay devotee, who brought me here. Now I cannot return on my own. Please send someone to take me back, and I will repay your kindness by chanting sutras.' The lay devotee said, 'My original intention in offering this vegetarian meal was solely for you, Master. Even if five hundred Arhats were to come to eat, they would only be invited temporarily. Master, please offer blessings first, and I will immediately send someone to take you back to your original residence.' After Master Wu finished chanting sutras and offering blessings, suddenly three to five children, each about six or seven years old, appeared in front of him. The lay devotee called them over and specifically pointed to one child, who immediately came forward. The lay devotee said to the child, 'You may serve this Dharma Master.' The child then requested Master Wu, saying, 'Master, please open your mouth briefly.' Master Wu did as he was asked. The child looked and said, 'Master, you have many illnesses.' The child then rubbed Master Wu's body with his hand, and then took out a little medicine, as big as a sesame seed, divided it into three pills, and gave them to Master Wu to swallow. He then asked Master Wu to open his mouth again, and the child suddenly flew into his mouth. At that moment, Master Wu soared into the sky and returned to his original residence. He stayed in the air and said to Master Xiang, 'Previously, I was invited to a vegetarian meal by an immortal lay devotee, and thus I obtained supernatural powers. Now I wish to temporarily visit the palaces of Penglai, the Golden Gate, and the Purple Micro, etc., to continue my original practice of reciting scriptures.' After speaking, he bid farewell to Master Xiang, took his three robes, alms bowl, and the scriptures he had received, and ascended into the sky and departed. During the Xianqing era, there was a nun on Mount Jiulong who aspired to deeply study the secret teachings of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing), entering the mountains to uphold the Dharma for more than twenty years. She never ceased her prostrations and recitations, practicing according to the teachings, her nature settled and her mind tranquil. Thus, she attained the Wisdom Eye and gained the realm of Indra's net (Indra's net), clearly seeing the ten directions of the world, the dust-mote kalpas, and the nine assemblies of the Dharma realm, just like images in a mirror. In the first year of the Zongzhang era, a Tripitaka monk (Tripitaka monk) from the Western Regions came to Jingluo. Emperor Gaozong revered him, and both monks and laypeople turned to him with respect and admiration. Huayan Zang Gong (Huayan Zang Gong) was still a child at the time, and he prostrated before the Tripitaka monk, requesting to receive the Bodhisattva precepts. At that time, the crowd said to the Tripitaka monk, 'This child can recite the great Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing) and also understands its meaning.' The Tripitaka monk exclaimed in amazement, 'The One Vehicle of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing) is the secret treasure of all Buddhas, difficult to encounter, let alone understand its meaning. If someone can recite even one chapter of the Pure Conduct Chapter (Jingxing Pin) of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing), that person is already...' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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得菩萨净戒具足。不复更受菩萨戒。西域传记中说。有人转华严经。以洗手水。滴着一蚁子。其蚁命终。生忉利天。而况有人能得受持。当知此童子。于后必当广大饶益。能施群生无生甘露。 上元年中。洛州敬爱寺有僧。生缘在郑州。归奉觐所亲。行及郑洲界。暮宿店家。次有僧来。不知名号。亦投店宿。与前来僧。并房安置。其后来僧谓主人曰。贫道远来。疲顿馁乏。主人有酒酤三升。有肉买一斤。具有资直。请速致之。无至迟也。主人遽依请办。僧尽啖之。其敬爱律师。怒而诃之。身披法服。对俗士恣啖酒肉。不知惭愧。其僧默而不答。至于初夜。索水漱口。端身趺坐。缘发梵音。诵大方广佛华严经。初标品题。次诵如是我闻一时佛在摩竭提国寂灭道场。其僧口角两边。俱发光明。状若金色。闻者垂泪。见者发心。律师亦生羡慕。窃自念言。彼酒肉僧。乃能诵斯大经。比至三更。犹闻诵经声声不绝。四帙欲满。口中光明。转更增炽。遍于𨓍宇。透于孔隙。照明两房。律师初不知是光而云。彼客何不息灯。损主人油。律师因起如厕方。窥见金色光明自僧之口两角而出。诵至五帙已上。其光渐收。却入僧口。夜五更诵终六帙。僧乃却卧。须臾天明。律师涕泣。而来五体投地。求哀忏过。轻谤贤圣。愿罪消灭。 现代汉语译本 获得圆满的菩萨净戒后，就不需要再次受菩萨戒了。西域的传记中记载，有人转诵《华严经》，用洗手水滴到一只蚂蚁身上，这只蚂蚁死后，转生到忉利天（Trayastrimsa，佛教欲界六天之一）。更何况有人能够受持《华严经》呢？应当知道这个童子，将来必定能够广大利益众生，施予众生无生的甘露。 上元年间，洛州敬爱寺有一位僧人，他的出生地在郑州。他返回郑州探望亲人，走到郑州境内时，傍晚住在一家客店里。后来又有一位僧人来到客店，不知道他的名字，也在这家客店住宿，和先来的僧人安排在同一个房间。后来来的僧人对店主说：‘贫僧从远方而来，疲惫饥饿。店主如果有酒三升，有肉一斤，我都出钱购买，请尽快准备，不要耽误。’店主立刻按照他的要求准备了酒肉，僧人全部吃光了。敬爱寺的律师（Vinaya Master）生气地责备他说：‘你身披法服，却在俗人面前恣意吃喝，不知羞愧。’那位僧人沉默不语。到了初夜时分，他要了水漱口，端正身体，结跏趺坐，开始用梵音诵读《大方广佛华严经》。先是标明品题，然后诵读‘如是我闻，一时佛在摩竭提国寂灭道场’。那位僧人的嘴角两边，都发出光明，形状如同金色。听到的人都流下了眼泪，见到的人都发了菩提心。律师也心生羡慕，暗自想道，‘那位吃酒肉的僧人，竟然能够诵读这样的大经。’到了三更时分，还能听到诵经的声音不绝于耳。快要诵完四帙（帙，古代书籍的计量单位）时，口中的光明，更加炽盛，遍照整个屋宇，穿透缝隙，照亮两个房间。律师起初不知道那是光明，还说，‘那位客人为什么不熄灯，浪费店主家的油。’律师因为要上厕所，才窥见到金色的光明从僧人的嘴角两边发出。诵到五帙以上时，光明渐渐收敛，回到僧人的口中。五更时分诵完了六帙，僧人就躺下睡觉了。不久天亮了，律师哭泣着，五体投地，向僧人求哀忏悔，忏悔自己轻慢诽谤贤圣，希望罪业能够消灭。