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English version: Meaning. Various deer herds obtain peace, and the king obtains benevolence and trust. Such things are called body diligence. Regarding all good dharmas, practice and believe in them, without generating doubt or regret, and without being lazy. From all sages and saints, down to ordinary people, seeking the Dharma without satiety, like the sea swallowing rivers. This is the Bodhisattva's mind diligence. According to the *Avatamsaka Sutra*, there are three karmic diligences: First, body karma diligence, respectfully making offerings to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and all fields of merit, without retreating; Second, speech karma diligence, hearing and upholding all the Buddhas' true Dharma, never forgetting, praising the Tathagata, and widely explaining the Dharma as heard to others without fatigue; Third, mind karma diligence, skillfully entering the samadhi of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, continuously without retreating. Question: With a pure mind, one can naturally generate superior understanding. What does this signify, and why abandon the home to seek the essential path? Answer: Although one knows purity and goodness, and has long understood, being in the secular world is still like being in prison, entangled in various affairs. Therefore, one must abandon the home to study the path. The eleventh chapter of the *Nirvana Sutra* says: 'Living at home is narrow, like a prison, from which all afflictions arise; leaving home is vast, like the sky, from which all good dharmas grow.' Also, the *Ugrapariprccha Sutra* says: 'Being at home is lowly, leaving home is noble; being at home is the boundary of birth and death, leaving home is the boundary of Nirvana.' Furthermore, the fifth volume of the *Mahavaipulya Buddhavatamsaka Sutra* says: 'At that time, the Shakya women had their ears and noses cut off by King Virudhaka, their hands and feet severed, and were discarded in the graveyard. Receiving the Buddha's power, they were restored as before. The women thought: We now want to repay the Buddha's kindness, we should all leave home, practice the precepts, and protect the true Dharma.' Therefore, they sought robes and bowls, went to the gardens of the kings, and to the nunneries, requesting to leave home. At that time, six groups of nuns saw the Shakya women, who were young and beautiful, and thought, 'How can they abandon what is difficult to abandon and seek to leave home? We should tell them about the pleasures of the five desires of the world, wait until the time is right, and then leave home, wouldn't that be more enjoyable? If they return to lay life, they will surely offer their robes and bowls to us.' After thinking this, they spoke the above matters to the women in front of the Shakya women. The women heard this and felt distressed, 'How can there be such great terror in this peaceful place?' Just like delicacies mixed with poison, the five desires of the world have many faults, which I already fully know.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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云何而更反叹其美。作是语已举声大哭。还出僧坊。有比丘尼。名曰华色。即问诸女何为啼哭。诸女答言。不果所愿。比丘尼言。汝愿何等。女答尼言。愿欲出家。不蒙听许。时华色尼问言。诸女欲出家者。我能度汝。诸女闻己心生欢喜。即便随从度为弟子。时诸释女既蒙听许。悲喜交集。而作是言。和上当知我等在家众苦非一。亲族丧亡。割削耳鼻截断手足祸患滋甚。尔时和上报诸弟子。汝等辛苦何足言也。我在家时荷负众苦其事众多。时诸禅女长跪白师愿说在家众苦因缘。时华色尼即入三昧。以神通力放大光明。召集有缘大众。既集即自说言。我在家时。是舍卫国人父母嫁我与北方人。彼国风俗。其妇有身垂欲产时还父母家。如是次第数年生子后。复有身垂产之日。皆乘车马夫妻相将归父母家。中路有河其水暴涨。其路旷绝。多诸贼难。既至河已不能得渡。住宿岸边。于初夜时我腹卒痛即便起坐。未久之间即便免身生一男儿。崖边草中有大毒蛇。闻新血香即来趣我。未至我所。我夫及奴眠在道中。蛇至奴所寻便螫杀。前至夫所夫眠不觉。复螫夫杀。我时唱唤蛇来蛇来唤既不应。夫奴已死。尔时毒蛇复螫牛马。至曰出已。夫等身体膀胀烂虫骨已解散狼藉在地。忧悲恐怖闷绝躄地举声大哭。以手椎胸自拔头发。尘土忿 身寻复闷绝举身投骨。如是忧故。经留数日独在岸边。其水渐小。荷负小儿以手牵持。其新产者以裾盛之衔着口中。即前入水正到何半反视大儿。见一猛虎奔走驰逐开口唱唤口即失裾婴儿没水。以手探捕而竟不获。其背上者失手落水寻没丧失其岸上者为虎所食。我见是以心肝分裂口吐热血举声大唤。怪哉怪哉。我今一旦见此祸酷。即到岸上闷绝躄地。未久之间有一伴至。尔时伴中有一长者。是我父母旧所知识。我即前问父母消息。尔时长者即答我。汝父母家昨夜失火所烧蕴尽。父母亦丧。我闻是已闷绝躄地。良久乃苏。未久之间有五百群贼。即坏众伴。尔时贼主便将我去作贼主妇。贼主妇法常使守门。若有缘急为人所遂须速开门。后于一时夫与群贼共行抄劫。尔时贼主王及聚落并力驰逐即遣其家。尔时其妇在于舍内免身生子。夫在门外再三唤已内无人开门。尔时贼主即作是念。今此妇者欲危害我。思惟是已即缘墙入语其妇言。以何事故不开门耶。妇言以产生故而不及耳。尔时贼主见是事已瞋恚小息。语其妇言。人有身者便当有子。汝为产故危害于我用是子为速往杀之。尔时其妇心生怜愍不忍杀之。尔时贼主寻拔刀斫解断手足。语其妇言。汝可还啖。若不食者当断汝头。尔时其妇以恐怖故即还食之。既还食已瞋恚便息。 现代汉语译本： 我感到极度痛苦，甚至想跳入水中自尽。因为这些忧虑，我在岸边停留了数日。后来，河水渐渐变浅，我便开始带着孩子们过河。我用手牵着较大的孩子，用衣襟兜着刚出生的婴儿，嘴里还衔着衣襟的边缘。我向前走入水中，刚到河中央，回头一看，发现一只猛虎正在追赶我的大儿子，它张开大口，发出吼叫。我惊慌失措，嘴里衔着的衣襟松开了，婴儿掉入水中。我伸手去捞，却怎么也抓不到。背上的孩子也失手掉入水中，很快就沉没了。岸上的孩子则被老虎吃掉了。我看到这一幕，心肝俱裂，口吐鲜血，大声呼喊，‘太可怕了！太可怕了！我竟然在一天之内遭遇如此惨烈的灾祸！’我瘫倒在岸边，昏厥过去。 过了不久，我的一个同伴赶来。当时，同伴中有一位长者，是我的父母旧相识。我立刻上前询问父母的消息。那位长者回答我说：‘你父母家昨夜失火，房屋全部烧毁，你的父母也丧生了。’我听了之后，再次昏厥倒地，过了很久才苏醒。不久之后，五百名强盗冲散了我们的队伍。强盗头子把我抓走，让我做了他的妻子。强盗头子的妻子通常负责守门，如果情况紧急，有人追赶，必须迅速开门。 后来有一次，我的丈夫和强盗们一起去抢劫。当时，官兵和村民合力追赶他们，他们便逃回了家。当时，我正在屋里分娩。我的丈夫在门外再三呼唤，屋里却没有人开门。这时，强盗头子心想：‘这个女人想害我！’他这样想着，便翻墙进入，问我：‘为什么不开门？’我回答说：‘因为我正在生产，来不及开门。’强盗头子看到这种情况，怒气稍减，对我说：‘凡是有了身孕的人，就应该有孩子。你因为生孩子而耽误了我，要这个孩子有什么用？快去杀了他！’我心中充满怜悯，不忍心杀害自己的孩子。这时，强盗头子拔出刀，砍断了孩子的四肢，对我说：‘你把它吃掉！如果不吃，我就砍掉你的头！’我因为恐惧，只好把孩子吃掉了。吃完之后，他的怒气才平息下来。
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English version: I felt extremely distressed and even wanted to throw myself into the water to end my life. Because of these worries, I stayed on the shore for several days. Later, the water gradually became shallow, and I began to cross the river with my children. I held the older child by the hand, carried the newborn in my skirt, and held the edge of the skirt in my mouth. I walked forward into the water, and when I reached the middle of the river, I looked back and saw a fierce tiger chasing after my eldest son, its mouth wide open, roaring. In a panic, the edge of the skirt I was holding in my mouth came loose, and the baby fell into the water. I reached out to grab it, but I couldn't catch it. The child on my back also slipped and fell into the water, quickly sinking. The child on the shore was eaten by the tiger. Seeing this scene, my heart broke, I vomited blood, and shouted loudly, 'How terrible! How terrible! I have encountered such a tragic disaster in one day!' I collapsed on the shore and fainted. After a while, one of my companions arrived. At that time, there was an elder among the companions who was an old acquaintance of my parents. I immediately went forward to ask about my parents. The elder replied, 'Your parents' house caught fire last night, and the house was completely burned down. Your parents also perished.' Hearing this, I fainted again and fell to the ground, waking up after a long time. Soon after, five hundred bandits scattered our group. The bandit leader grabbed me and made me his wife. The bandit leader's wife was usually responsible for guarding the gate, and if there was an emergency and someone was chasing them, she had to open the gate quickly. Later, on one occasion, my husband and the bandits went out to rob. At that time, the officials and villagers joined forces to chase them, and they fled back home. At that time, I was giving birth inside the house. My husband called out repeatedly from outside the door, but no one inside opened the door. At this time, the bandit leader thought to himself, 'This woman wants to harm me!' Thinking this, he climbed over the wall and entered, asking me, 'Why didn't you open the door?' I replied, 'Because I am giving birth and didn't have time to open the door.' Seeing this situation, the bandit leader's anger subsided slightly, and he said to me, 'Anyone who is pregnant should have children. You delayed me because of giving birth, what use is this child? Go and kill him quickly!' My heart was filled with compassion, and I couldn't bear to kill my own child. At this time, the bandit leader drew his sword, cut off the child's limbs, and said to me, 'Eat it! If you don't eat it, I will cut off your head!' Because of fear, I had to eat the child. After eating it, his anger subsided. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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其夫于后续复劫盗为王所得。即治其罪治贼之法。要断其命合妇生埋。我时身体着妙璎珞。尔时有人贪我璎珞。于后夜时即便开冢取我璎珞并将我去。复经少时王家伺官即伺捉得以法断之。如治贼罪治贼之法即断其命合妇生埋。埋之不固。于后夜时多诸虎狼圮发冢开食啖死尸。我因此故寻时得出。既得出已荒错迷闷不知东西。即便驰走路见多人。即便问言。诸人当知。我今苦恼何处能有忌忧除患。时有长老婆罗门等。以怜愍故即语我言。曾释迦牟尼佛法之中多诸安隐无诸衰恼。我闻是己心生欢喜。诸大爱道憍昙弥比丘尼。所出家次第修习。即得道果三明六通具八解脱。以是因缘。汝等当知。我在家时勤苦如是。以是因缘自致得道。时诸释女闻是说己心大欢喜得法眼净。问出家学道有何胜利。答僧祇律云。若人百千岁供养及罗汉不如一日夜出家修梵行。又智度论第三卷云。孔雀虽有色严身不如鸿雁能远飞。白衣虽有富贵力不如出家功德胜。又佛本行集经云。假使恩爱久共处时至命尽会别离见此无常须臾间。是故我今求解脱。又出家功德经云。假使有人遍阎浮提造舍宝塔檐檐相。次至于梵天。所获功德不如有人放一奴婢出家学道。假使有人放奴婢出家遍阎浮提。如稻麻竹苇。所获功德不如有人放一男女出家为道广如经说。 现代汉语译本： 她的丈夫后来再次抢劫，被国王抓获。国王判处他盗贼的罪行，要处死他，并将他的妻子一同活埋。当时我身上佩戴着精美的璎珞（一种装饰品）。那时有人贪图我的璎珞，在夜里偷偷挖开坟墓，取走我的璎珞，并将我带走。过了不久，国王的侦查官抓住了他，依法判处他盗贼的罪行，也要处死他，并将他的妻子一同活埋。因为埋葬得不牢固，在后半夜，许多虎狼扒开坟墓，啃食尸体。我因此得以逃脱。逃脱后，我惊慌失措，迷失方向。我便四处奔走，看见许多人，便问他们：‘各位，你们知道吗？我如今非常痛苦，哪里可以消除忧患？’当时有年长的婆罗门等人，出于怜悯，告诉我：‘在释迦牟尼佛的教法中，有很多安稳，没有衰败和烦恼。’我听了之后，心中非常欢喜。大爱道·乔达弥比丘尼（Mahaprajapati Gautami，佛陀的姨母）所带领的出家众，次第修习，证得了道果，具足三明六通八解脱。因为这个因缘，你们应当知道，我在家时是如此的勤苦，因此才证得了道果。当时，各位释迦族的女子听了这些话，心中非常欢喜，获得了清净的法眼。她们问：‘出家学道有什么殊胜的利益？’回答说：《僧祇律》（Mahasanghika Vinaya）中说：‘如果有人用百千年的时间来供养罗汉，不如用一日一夜的时间出家修习梵行。’又《智度论》（Mahaprajnaparamita-sastra）第三卷中说：‘孔雀虽然有美丽的羽毛来装饰身体，不如鸿雁能够远飞。在家之人虽然有富贵的势力，不如出家之人的功德殊胜。’又《佛本行集经》（Abhinişkramaṇa Sūtra）中说：‘即使恩爱之人长久相处，时至命终也会分离，见到这种无常的现象，只是须臾之间。因此我如今求解脱。’又《出家功德经》中说：‘假使有人在整个阎浮提（Jambudvipa，指我们所居住的这个世界）建造房屋宝塔，塔檐相连，一直到梵天，所获得的功德不如有人放一个奴婢出家学道。假使有人放奴婢出家，遍布整个阎浮提，像稻麻竹苇一样众多，所获得的功德不如有人放一个男女出家为道。’（更详细的功德）广如经中所说。