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English version: This is clear proof that she was a great person among women! The time was the third month of the Guisi year (1653 AD) of the Shunzhi reign, and she lived to the age of forty-one. ○ Post Collection: Sutras, Mantras, and Vows If one wishes to diligently cultivate superior karma, one must rely on the sacred teachings as a compass. To achieve extraordinary merits that transcend the world, it is certainly not possible to reach the goal through mere speculation and conjecture. Therefore, principle and practice must be in harmony, like the coordination of eyes and feet; blessings and wisdom must be cultivated together, like the mutual dependence of sails and rudder. Thus, the sutra says: 'One cannot be born into that Pure Land with only a small amount of good roots, blessings, and karmic conditions.' It also says: 'If there are those who diligently cultivate various merits, such as sweeping stupas, painting the ground, practicing various samadhis, reciting scriptures, and making grand vows, they will be reborn before Maitreya Buddha (the future Buddha) in the Tushita Heaven.' However, because we are now in the degenerate age, people compete to become frivolous and insincere, neglecting various good deeds and stubbornly pursuing empty principles. Actions and words contradict each other, yet they boast of surpassing the ancient sages. When they encounter practitioners, they slander them as being attached to appearances and using emotions to speculate, vainly attempting to reach the profound state of non-birth. How can they know that the Tathagata (Buddha) established teachings, both exoteric and esoteric, adapting to different capacities, sometimes gradual and sometimes sudden, employing various skillful means? Sometimes one principle is used to manifest various practices, and sometimes various practices are used to perfect one principle. The so-called actual ground of reality is not defiled by a single speck of dust; within the gate of myriad practices, not a single dharma, word, or letter is abandoned. It secretly accords with the Middle Way; a single glance or a single prostration all enter the profound gate of the Avatamsaka world. Moreover, the Tathagata's true Dharma is difficult to encounter even in thousands of lifetimes; how easily can it be heard in remote regions? The *Fayuan Zhulin* says: 'Since the end of the Jin Dynasty, this sutra began to be transmitted, and during the Song and Ming Dynasties, this endeavor began to flourish.' Carving thousand-foot-tall Buddha images, depicting ten-thousand-foot-tall Bodhi trees, setting up offerings, and gathering large assemblies. Thus, the fourfold assembly rejoiced and enthusiastically propagated the Dharma. Every auspicious day of the year, the three assemblies were never absent. Since the reign of the Qi Dynasty, the scale of the Dharma assemblies has been further expanded, widely proclaiming virtuous teachings, encompassing these aims. Since then, large assemblies have rarely been held, and practitioners are also scarce. Even if there is practice, the mind is without method. Therefore, now only various sutras and mantras are recorded, so that people may know the direction to return to and enter the path of practice. If one practices according to these sutras and mantras, then the merit will be higher than that of the Inner Court of Contentment (the inner court of Tushita Heaven), and contemplating the sutras, the spirit will be concentrated in the Tushita Heaven. Therefore, one will gradually advance without regression, and ultimately achieve the fruit of Maitreya Bodhisattva's three assemblies at Longhua. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 法华经普贤菩萨劝发品
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若有人受持读诵。解其义趣。是人命终。为千佛授手。令不恐怖。不堕恶趣。即往兜率天上。弥勒菩萨所。菩萨有三十二相。大菩萨众。所共围绕。有千百万亿天女眷属。而于中生。有如是等功德利益。是故智者。应当一心自书。若使人书。受持读诵。正忆念。如说修行。 大灌顶经 佛告文殊师利。若欲生十方妙乐国土者。亦当礼敬药师琉璃光佛。若欲得生兜率天上见弥勒者。亦当礼敬药师琉璃光佛。 大乘本生心地观经 尔时如来为妙德等五百长者。说报恩品已。复告五百长者言。未来世中。一切众生。若有得闻此心地观报四恩品。受持诵习。解说书写。广令流布。如是人等。福智增长。诸天卫护。现身无疾。寿命延长。若命终时。即得往生弥勒内宫。睹白毫相。超越生死。龙华三会。当得解脱。十方净土。随意往生。见佛闻法。入正定聚。速成阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。 智光诸长者等。既出家已。请问如来。云何修习。无垢之业。时佛即为说无垢性品已。告诸大众。若有净信。善男子善女人。得闻如是四无垢性。甚深法门。受持读习。解说书写。如是人等。所生之处。遇善知识。修菩萨行。永不退转。不为一切诸业烦恼之所扰乱。而于现世获大福 现代汉语译本 《法华经·普贤菩萨劝发品》 如果有人受持读诵《法华经》，理解其中的意义和旨趣，这个人临命终时，会有千佛伸出手来接引他，使他不感到恐怖，不堕入恶道，立即往生到兜率天（Tushita Heaven），弥勒菩萨（Maitreya Bodhisattva）所在之处。弥勒菩萨具有三十二种殊胜的相好，被众多的大菩萨围绕，还有千百万亿的天女眷属。这个人将往生在那里，享受种种功德利益。因此，有智慧的人应当一心一意地亲自书写《法华经》，或者请人书写，受持读诵，正确地忆念，按照经中所说的去修行。 《大灌顶经》 佛告诉文殊师利（Manjushri）菩萨，如果想要往生到十方美妙快乐的国土，也应当礼敬药师琉璃光佛（Bhaisajyaguru）。如果想要往生到兜率天见到弥勒菩萨，也应当礼敬药师琉璃光佛。 《大乘本生心地观经》 当时，如来为妙德等五百位长者宣说了《报恩品》之后，又告诉五百位长者说，未来世中，一切众生，如果能够听闻这部《心地观报四恩品》，受持诵读，理解解说，书写传抄，广泛地流通传播，这样的人，福德和智慧都会增长，诸天神会护卫他们，现世身体健康无病，寿命延长。如果命终时，就能往生到弥勒菩萨的内院，亲眼见到弥勒菩萨的白毫相，超越生死轮回，在龙华三会（弥勒菩萨成佛时举行的三次法会）上，当能得到解脱。可以随意往生到十方净土，见到佛，听闻佛法，进入正定之聚，迅速成就阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）。 智光等各位长者，出家之后，请问如来，如何修习没有污染的业。当时佛就为他们宣说了《无垢性品》之后，告诉大众，如果有清净的信心，善男子善女人，能够听闻这四种无垢性的甚深法门，受持读诵，理解解说，书写传抄，这样的人，无论出生在何处，都能遇到善知识，修习菩萨行，永远不会退转，不会被一切诸业烦恼所扰乱，而且在现世就能获得大的福报。
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English version 《Lotus Sutra, Chapter on Encouragement of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy》 If there is anyone who receives, upholds, reads, and recites this Sutra, and understands its meaning, when that person's life comes to an end, a thousand Buddhas will extend their hands to him, causing him not to feel fear and not to fall into evil realms. He will immediately be reborn in the Tushita Heaven (Tushita Heaven), in the presence of Maitreya Bodhisattva (Maitreya Bodhisattva). That Bodhisattva possesses thirty-two marks of excellence and is surrounded by great Bodhisattvas and hundreds of thousands of millions of heavenly maidens. He will be born among them and will have such merits and benefits. Therefore, a wise person should wholeheartedly write this Sutra himself, or have others write it, receive, uphold, read, and recite it, correctly remember it, and practice according to what is said in the Sutra. 《Great Consecration Sutra》 The Buddha told Manjushri (Manjushri) Bodhisattva, 'If you wish to be born in the wonderful and joyful lands of the ten directions, you should also pay homage to Bhaisajyaguru (Bhaisajyaguru). If you wish to be born in the Tushita Heaven and see Maitreya, you should also pay homage to Bhaisajyaguru.' 《Great Vehicle Sutra of the Contemplation of the Ground of Mind》 At that time, after the Tathagata had spoken the Chapter on Repaying Kindness for the sake of the five hundred elders, such as Wondrous Virtue, he further told the five hundred elders, 'In the future world, if all sentient beings are able to hear this Chapter on Contemplating the Ground of Mind and Repaying the Four Kinds of Kindness, receive, uphold, recite, explain, write, and widely circulate it, such people will increase in blessings and wisdom, be protected by the gods, be free from illness in their present lives, and have their lifespans extended. When their lives come to an end, they will be reborn in the inner palace of Maitreya, behold the white hair mark, transcend birth and death, and at the three assemblies of the Dragon Flower Tree (the three Dharma assemblies held when Maitreya becomes a Buddha), they will attain liberation. They can be reborn in any of the pure lands of the ten directions, see the Buddha, hear the Dharma, enter the group of those who are rightly established, and quickly attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, unsurpassed perfect enlightenment).' After the elders, such as Wisdom Light, had left home, they asked the Tathagata, 'How should we cultivate undefiled karma?' At that time, the Buddha spoke the Chapter on Undefiled Nature for them and told the assembly, 'If there are men and women of pure faith who are able to hear these four undefiled natures, these profound Dharma gates, receive, uphold, read, explain, and write them, such people, wherever they are born, will meet good teachers, cultivate the Bodhisattva path, never regress, and will not be disturbed by all karmic afflictions, and in their present lives, they will obtain great blessings.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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智。住持三宝。得自在力。绍继佛种。使不断绝。命终必生知足天宫。奉勤弥勒。证不退位。龙华初会。得闻正法。受菩提记。速成佛道。若欲愿生十方佛土。随其所愿。而得往生。见佛闻法。究竟不退阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。 又世尊为弥勒等诸大大菩萨。说阿兰若功德庄严品已。告弥勒菩萨摩诃萨言。善男子。我涅槃后五百岁。法欲灭时。无量众生厌离世间。渴仰如来。发无上菩提心。入阿兰若为无上道。修习如是菩萨行愿。于大菩提。得不退转。如是发心。无量众生命终。上生睹史天宫。得见汝身。无边福智之所庄严。超越生死。证不退转。于当来世。大宝龙华菩提树下。得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。 分别功德论 昔舍卫城中。有夫妇二人。而无子息。敬信三宝。时妇先亡。由敬信故。生忉利天。颜面端正。彼自念言。我今端正。此间谁堪为我作夫。便以天眼观见本夫。今已出家。年老闇钝。专信而已。常勤扫洒塔寺为业。必应生天。时天女降下。住其夫前。比丘见已。问其因缘。天女答曰。我是君妇。今为天女。我观天上无堪为我夫。见君精进。常勤扫塔。必应生天。愿同一处。还为我夫。故来陈其情状。言讫。还归天上。时比丘见此事已。增加精进。修补塔寺。积功转胜。应生第四兜率天上 现代汉语译本： 智慧增长，能护持三宝（佛、法、僧），获得自在的力量，继承佛的种子，使之永不中断。寿命终结后必定往生到知足天宫（兜率天），侍奉弥勒（Maitreya），证得不退转的果位。在龙华树下的第一次集会中，得闻正法，接受成佛的授记，迅速成就佛道。如果想要往生到十方佛土，都能随其所愿，而得以往生，见佛闻法，最终不会从阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）的境界退转。 世尊又为弥勒（Maitreya）等各位大菩萨，宣说了阿兰若（aranya，寂静处）功德庄严品之后，告诉弥勒菩萨摩诃萨（bodhisattva-mahasattva，大菩萨）说：‘善男子，我涅槃后五百年，正法将要灭亡的时候，无数众生厌离世间，渴望见到如来，发起无上菩提心，进入阿兰若（aranya，寂静处）为了无上道，修习这样的菩萨行愿，对于大菩提，能够得到不退转。’这样发心的无数众生，寿命终结后，往生到兜率天宫，得见你的身相，被无边的福德和智慧所庄严，超越生死，证得不退转。在未来的世界，大宝龙华菩提树下，证得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提（anuttara-samyak-sambodhi，无上正等正觉）。 《分别功德论》 过去在舍卫城中，有一对夫妇，没有子女，敬信三宝（佛、法、僧）。后来妻子先去世了，由于敬信的缘故，往生到忉利天（Trayastrimsa heaven）。容貌端正美丽。她自己心想：‘我现在如此端正美丽，这里谁能做我的丈夫呢？’便用天眼观察到自己的丈夫，现在已经出家，年老昏聩，只是虔诚地信仰，经常勤奋地打扫塔寺作为事业，必定应该往生到天上。当时天女降临下来，站在她的丈夫面前。比丘见到后，问她是什么缘故。天女回答说：‘我是您的妻子，现在是天女。我观察天上没有能做我丈夫的，看到您精进修行，经常勤奋地扫塔，必定应该往生到天上，希望能在同一个地方，还做我的丈夫。’所以前来陈述我的心意。说完，就返回天上。当时比丘见到这件事后，更加精进，修补塔寺，积累的功德更加殊胜，应该往生到第四层兜率天（Tusita Heaven）上。