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English version: Because the subtlety of a single verse can completely encompass all meanings; because the merit of a single gatha can destroy the suffering of hell. According to the 'Zuan Ling Ji' (Records of Assembled Spirits), Wang Minggan of Jingzhao originally had no precepts or practice, nor had he cultivated good deeds. Due to illness, he died and was led by two messengers to the gate of hell. He remembered Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏菩萨) in his heart, and then saw a monk teaching him to recite a gatha, saying: 'If one wishes to understand, all Buddhas of the three worlds, one should contemplate the nature of the Dharma realm, everything is created by the mind.' After the Bodhisattva (菩萨) finished the prediction, he told him: 'Reciting this gatha can destroy the suffering of hell.' After that person recited it, he entered and saw King Yama. King Yama asked this person what merits he had. He replied: 'I only hold one gatha, as described above.' King Yama then released him. When he recited the gatha, wherever the sound reached, all suffering beings were liberated. Three days later, he woke up, recalled and remembered this gatha, and told it to monks and laypeople. Comparing the gatha, he realized that it was the gatha spoken by Kakuda Buddhas (觉林菩萨) in the Avatamsaka Sutra (华严经), where countless Bodhisattvas (菩萨) gathered. The meaning is to explain that hell is created by the mind, and knowing that the mind can become a Buddha, hell will naturally be empty. Therefore, know that if you observe this mind, you can not only escape suffering, not only destroy the hell realm, but even destroy all ten Dharma realms at once, thereby entering the Dharma realm of true emptiness and oneness. Next, form the mudra for breaking hell. Form the mudra and recite the mantra to increase your own mind, visualizing yourself as the red Avalokiteshvara (观世音). The mudra, heart, and tongue all have red Hrih (𠶹哩) syllables emitting light, like the rising sun. The three lights shine together on Avici Hell (阿鼻地狱). The beings in hell, receiving the light, are all destroyed. The Buddha Samadhi Sea Sutra (观佛三昧海经) says that at this time, the Buddha's heart is like a red lotus flower, and the lotus petals open with eighty-four thousand white rays of light. These rays of light shine throughout the five realms of beings. When the light appears, all suffering beings are liberated, the so-called Avici Hell, the eighteen minor hells, the eight cold and eight hot hells, and even hundreds of millions of forests of knives, are all destroyed. Now practitioners should also imitate this visualization. Someone asks: One place emitting light is enough to destroy hell, why use three places to emit light? The answer is: Because those beings created this hell by falsely creating evil karma with their body, speech, and mind, so now we also use body, speech, and mind to emit light to destroy it. Someone also asks: Hell is... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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众生别业而成。云何能破。答。虽云别业。同是一心。以智照之。众生尚无。况地狱乎。由迷一心。妄造众恶。报在地狱。妄见受苦。譬如梦中为彼虎狼狮子所噬。或为贼害。或遭王难受种种苦。及至于醒。了无所得。今观地狱受苦亦复如是。假以智照之力。亦无有不破也。问。地狱既然本空。何得破而救之。答。我虽以智照知其本空。彼无智照焉得不苦。圆觉云。梦时非无。及至于醒。了无所得。今正欲破此地狱及苦空也。诚知诸众生。以恶业因缘而成此狱。则实非本有矣。我今以智照因缘而破之。一禅定。二手印。三真言。四作观。五智照。有此五缘。何事而不办耶。岂唯地狱。即三界二十五有亦皆破矣。今时学者。滥称阇黎。唯是音声嘹喨。振铃击节。虑恐负于请主之意多矣。 由此印咒(至)豁然自开。 真言咒印威神之力不可思议也。次运心执炉而请。 奉请地藏菩萨(至)临法会。 破狱之后。然后请者何也。以此菩萨是幽冥教主。又三界总是一生死狱。菩萨示生三界。得三界空。然后成佛。常在狱中教化众生。是故先破令空。方运请也。请已。当伸四转轮印。念五供施宝错运心等咒而供养之。此处宣祖宗亡灵附荐等疏。次承毫光召请十方众类孤魂。先逐一列名。次振铃叹悼。 现代汉语译本： 众生的不同业力形成了地狱。要如何才能破除它呢？回答说：虽然说是不同的业力，但同是一个心所显现。用智慧去观照它，众生尚且是虚幻不实的，更何况是地狱呢？由于迷惑于这唯一的心，虚妄地造作各种恶业，因此在地狱中，虚妄地见到种种痛苦。譬如在梦中被虎狼狮子所吞噬，或者被盗贼所伤害，或者遭遇王法的灾难而承受各种痛苦，等到醒来时，却什么也得不到。现在观察地狱中受苦的情形也是这样。假如用智慧观照的力量，没有什么不能破除的。问：地狱既然本来是空，怎么能破除并救度呢？回答说：我虽然用智慧观照知道它本来是空，但那些没有智慧观照的人怎么能不感到痛苦呢？《圆觉经》说：‘梦时非无，及至于醒，了无所得。’现在正是要破除这地狱以及其中的痛苦和空虚。确实知道一切众生，因为恶业的因缘才形成这地狱，那么它实际上并非本来就有的。我现在用智慧观照因缘来破除它，包括：一、禅定；二、手印；三、真言（mantra）；四、作观；五、智慧观照。有了这五种因缘，还有什么事情办不成呢？岂止是地狱，即使是三界二十五有也都能破除。现在的学人，滥称阇黎（ācārya，阿阇黎，轨范师），只是声音洪亮，摇铃击节，恐怕更多的是为了不辜负施主的心意吧。 由此印咒（到）豁然自开。 真言咒印的威神之力不可思议。接下来用心执持香炉而进行奉请。 奉请地藏菩萨（Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva，地藏菩萨）……降临法会。 在破狱之后，然后才进行奉请，这是为什么呢？因为这位菩萨是幽冥界的教主。而且三界总的来说就是一个生死牢狱。菩萨示现降生于三界，证得三界皆空，然后成就佛果，常在地狱中教化众生。所以先破除地狱使其空寂，然后才进行奉请。奉请完毕后，应当结四转轮印，念诵五供施宝错运心等咒语来供养他。在这里宣读祖宗亡灵附荐等的文疏，然后承接毫光召请十方众类的孤魂，先逐一列出他们的名字，然后摇铃叹息哀悼。
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English version: Sentient beings' distinct karmas create the hells. How can they be broken? The answer is: Although they are called distinct karmas, they are all of one mind. Illuminate them with wisdom. Sentient beings are already unreal, let alone hells. Due to being deluded by the one mind, they falsely create all kinds of evil deeds, and as a result, they falsely see suffering in hells. It is like being devoured by tigers, wolves, and lions in a dream, or being harmed by thieves, or encountering royal troubles and suffering all kinds of pain. But upon waking up, nothing is obtained. Now, observing the suffering in hells is also like this. If one uses the power of wisdom to illuminate, there is nothing that cannot be broken. Question: Since hells are originally empty, how can they be broken and saved? Answer: Although I know that they are originally empty through wisdom, how can those without wisdom not suffer? The *Perfect Enlightenment Sutra* says: 'It is not non-existent in a dream, but upon waking up, nothing is obtained.' Now, I intend to break these hells and their suffering and emptiness. Truly knowing that all sentient beings form these hells due to the causes and conditions of evil karma, then they are not originally existent. Now, I use wisdom to illuminate the causes and conditions to break them, including: 1. Samadhi (禅定); 2. Mudra (手印); 3. Mantra (真言); 4. Visualization (作观); 5. Wisdom illumination (智照). With these five conditions, what cannot be accomplished? Not only hells, but also the Three Realms and the Twenty-Five Existences can all be broken. Nowadays, scholars falsely call themselves ācāryas (阇黎, ācārya, a spiritual teacher), only having loud voices, shaking bells, and striking rhythms, probably worrying more about failing the expectations of the patrons. From this mudra and mantra (to) suddenly opening by itself. The majestic and divine power of the mantra and mudra is inconceivable. Next, use your mind to hold the incense burner and invite. Inviting Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏菩萨, Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva)... to descend upon the Dharma assembly. Why invite after breaking the hells? Because this Bodhisattva is the lord of the dark realms. Moreover, the Three Realms are all a prison of birth and death. The Bodhisattva manifests birth in the Three Realms, attains emptiness of the Three Realms, and then attains Buddhahood, constantly teaching sentient beings in hells. Therefore, first break the hells to make them empty, and then invite. After inviting, one should form the Four Turning Wheel Mudra and recite the mantras such as the Five Offerings, Treasure Arrangement, and Mind Movement to make offerings to him. Here, proclaim the memorial for the ancestral spirits to be attached and recommended, and then receive the light to summon the solitary souls of all kinds of beings in the ten directions, first listing their names one by one, and then shaking the bell and lamenting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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名为显召。若鬼住处。在南赡部洲下五百逾缮那。有琰摩界。是一切鬼住处。若依楞严。鬼等住处。在水轮之下。火轮之上。地狱又在风火交过之地。自此已下。即八大。极底。名阿鼻也。梵语捺洛伽。或云泥犁。此云苦极。即地狱之总名耳。 一心召请(至)西来战舰。 即晋王浚王浑伐吴事。有诗曰。王浚楼船下益州。金陵王气黯然收。千寻铁锁沉江底。一片降幡出石头。人世几回伤往事。山形依旧枕寒流。从今四海为家日。故垒萧萧芦荻秋。 北去銮舆。 即北宋时。金辽虏徽宗钦宗举族入沙漠。遂卒于五城国。 杜䳌。 此鸟名。昔蜀望帝因贪色。误入武臣家。被臣幽禁。一心思归。遂化一杜䳌。从口而出。飞在桃枝上。诗云啼得血流无用处。是其事也。三王。即禹汤文武。五伯。即齐桓晋文秦穆宋襄楚庄。今曰前王后羁。不止此等而已。 筑坛拜将。 即韩信常与萧何语。何奇之。信在汉。汉即高祖。初或小觑韩信。委以轻职。讵时未利而偾其事。自度王不用。乃私遁去。萧何自追之。王曰。诸将亡者众。而独追信。何也。何曰。诸将易得。若韩信者。国士无双。王乃筑坛拜韩信为将。后伐楚得功。封为淮阴侯。复封齐王。 建节封侯。 现代汉语译本： 名为显召。若鬼的住处，在南赡部洲（Jambudvipa，四大部洲之一，我们所居住的洲）下五百逾缮那（Yojana，古印度长度单位）。有琰摩界（Yamaloka，阎摩王的境界），是一切鬼的住处。若依据《楞严经》，鬼等的住处，在水轮之下，火轮之上。地狱又在风火交过之地。自此以下，即八大（八大地狱），极底，名为阿鼻（Avici，无间地狱）也。梵语捺洛伽（Naraka），或云泥犁（Niraya），此云苦极，即地狱的总名罢了。 一心召请（至）西来战舰。 即晋王浚王浑攻打吴国之事。有诗曰：‘王浚楼船下益州，金陵王气黯然收。千寻铁锁沉江底，一片降幡出石头。人世几回伤往事，山形依旧枕寒流。从今四海为家日，故垒萧萧芦荻秋。’ 北去銮舆。 即北宋时，金辽虏徽宗钦宗举族入沙漠，遂卒于五城国。 杜䳌。 此鸟名。昔蜀望帝因贪色，误入武臣家，被臣幽禁，一心思归，遂化一杜䳌，从口而出，飞在桃枝上。诗云‘啼得血流无用处’，是其事也。三王，即禹汤文武。五伯，即齐桓晋文秦穆宋襄楚庄。今曰前王后羁，不止此等而已。 筑坛拜将。 即韩信常与萧何语，何奇之。信在汉，汉即高祖。初或小觑韩信，委以轻职，讵时未利而偾其事。自度王不用，乃私遁去。萧何自追之。王曰：‘诸将亡者众，而独追信，何也？’何曰：‘诸将易得，若韩信者，国士无双。’王乃筑坛拜韩信为将。后伐楚得功，封为淮阴侯，复封齐王。 建节封侯。
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English version: Named Xian Zhao. If the dwelling place of ghosts is five hundred Yojana (Yojana, an ancient Indian unit of length) below Jambudvipa (Jambudvipa, one of the four continents, the continent we live on). There is Yamaloka (Yamaloka, the realm of King Yama), which is the dwelling place of all ghosts. According to the Surangama Sutra, the dwelling places of ghosts and the like are below the water wheel and above the fire wheel. Hell is also in the place where wind and fire intersect. From here downwards, there are the eight great (eight great hells), the very bottom, called Avici (Avici, the uninterrupted hell). In Sanskrit, it is called Naraka, or Niraya, which means extreme suffering, which is the general name for hell. Wholeheartedly invoke (to) the warships coming from the West. This refers to the event of Jin kings Wang Jun and Wang Hun attacking the state of Wu. There is a poem that says: 'Wang Jun's warships sailed down Yizhou, the royal aura of Jinling was sadly收. Thousand-foot iron chains sank to the bottom of the river, a piece of surrender flag came out of Stone City. How many times in the world have past events been grieved, the mountain shape still pillows the cold current. From now on, the four seas are home, the old fortress is desolate with reeds in autumn.' The imperial carriage going north. This refers to the time of the Northern Song Dynasty when the Jin and Liao captured Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong and their entire clan into the desert, and they eventually died in the Five Cities State. Du Juan (Cuckoo). This is the name of a bird. In the past, the Emperor Wang of Shu, because of greed for beauty, mistakenly entered the house of a military official and was imprisoned by the official. He一心思归, then transformed into a Du Juan, came out of his mouth, and flew on the peach branch. The poem says 'Crying until blood flows is useless', that is the matter. The Three Kings are Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu. The Five Hegemons are Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin, Duke Xiang of Song, and King Zhuang of Chu. Now it is said that the former kings were followed by later restraints, not just these. Building an altar to appoint a general. This refers to Han Xin often talking to Xiao He, and He was surprised by him. Xin was in Han, and Han was Gaozu (Emperor Gao of Han). At first, he looked down on Han Xin and entrusted him with a light position, but he failed because the time was not favorable. He thought that the king would not use him, so he privately escaped. Xiao He chased after him himself. The king said, 'Many generals have fled, but you alone chase Xin, why?' He said, 'Generals are easy to obtain, but Han Xin is a peerless national scholar.' The king then built an altar and appointed Han Xin as a general. Later, he made contributions in attacking Chu and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Huaiyin and then as the King of Qi. Establishing a banner and enfeoffing a marquis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------