The Lotus Sūtra 4.7

4.7

「諸比丘諦聽！佛子所行道，
善學方便故，不可得思議。
知眾樂小法，而畏於大智，
是故諸菩薩，作聲聞緣覺，
以無數方便，化諸眾生類。
自說是聲聞，去佛道甚遠，
度脫無量眾，皆悉得成就，
雖小欲懈怠，漸當令作佛。
內祕菩薩行，外現是聲聞，
少欲厭生死，實自淨佛土。
示眾有三毒，又現邪見相，
我弟子如是，方便度眾生。
若我具足說，種種現化事，
眾生聞是者，心則懷疑惑。
今此富樓那，於昔千億佛，
勤修所行道，宣護諸佛法。
為求無上慧，而於諸佛所，
現居弟子上，多聞有智慧。
所說無所畏，能令眾歡喜，
未曾有疲惓，而以助佛事。
已度大神通，具四無礙智，
知諸根利鈍，常說清淨法。
演暢如是義，教諸千億眾，
令住大乘法，而自淨佛土。
未來亦供養，無量無數佛，
護助宣正法，亦自淨佛土。
常以諸方便，說法無所畏，
度不可計眾，成就一切智。
供養諸如來，護持法寶藏，
其後得成佛，號名曰法明。
其國名善淨，七寶所合成，
劫名為寶明。菩薩眾甚多，
其數無量億，皆度大神通，
威德力具足，充滿其國土。
聲聞亦無數，三明八解脫，
得四無礙智，以是等為僧。
其國諸眾生，婬欲皆已斷，
純一變化生，具相莊嚴身。
法喜禪悅食，更無餘食想。
無有諸女人，亦無諸惡道。
富樓那比丘，功德悉成滿，
當得斯淨土，賢聖眾甚多。
如是無量事，我今但略說。」

"Bhikṣus, listen attentively! The path practiced by the Buddha's sons, / Because they are skilled in learning upāya, is inconceivable. / Knowing that the multitude delights in minor dharmas and fears great wisdom, / The Bodhisattvas therefore manifest as śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, / Using countless upāyas to transform the varieties of sentient beings. / Proclaiming themselves to be śrāvakas, far removed from the Buddha path, / They deliver immeasurable multitudes, all of whom achieve fulfillment; / Though [these beings] have slight desires and are indolent, they will gradually be led to become Buddhas. / Internally concealing their Bodhisattva practice, outwardly they appear as śrāvakas; / Having few desires and weary of saṃsāra, they are actually purifying the Buddha-lands. / Displaying the three poisons to the multitude, they also manifest signs of wrong views; / Thus do my disciples use upāya to liberate sentient beings. / If I were to fully expound their various manifested transformations, / Sentient beings, upon hearing this, would harbor doubts in their minds. / Now this Pūrṇa, under a thousand billion Buddhas in the past, / Diligently cultivated the path he practiced, propagating and protecting the Dharma of the Buddhas. / Seeking the supreme wisdom, he, before those Buddhas, / Manifested as the foremost among disciples, being learned and possessing wisdom. / His preaching was fearless, able to cause the multitude to rejoice, / Never knowing weariness in assisting with the Buddha's work. / Having already crossed over into great supernatural powers and possessing the four unobstructed knowledges, / He knew the sharpness or dullness of faculties, and constantly preached the pure Dharma. / Expounding such meanings, he instructed thousands of billions of beings, / Causing them to abide in the Mahāyāna Dharma, while purifying his own Buddha-land. / In the future he will also make offerings to immeasurable and countless Buddhas, / Protecting and assisting in proclaiming the true Dharma, and likewise purifying his own Buddha-land. / Constantly using various upāyas, he will preach the Dharma fearlessly, / Delivering incalculable multitudes and accomplishing all-knowledge. / Making offerings to the Tathāgatas, protecting the treasury of the Dharma jewel, / He will later become a Buddha, named Dharmaprabhāsa. / His land will be named Suviśuddha, formed of the seven jewels; / The kalpa will be named Ratnāvabhāsa. The assembly of Bodhisattvas will be extremely numerous, / Incalculable billions in number, all having crossed over into great supernatural powers, / Fully endowed with mighty virtue, filling that land. / The śrāvakas will also be countless, possessing the three knowledges and eight liberations, / And having attained the four unobstructed knowledges; such as these will form the Saṅgha. / The sentient beings of that land will have all cut off sexual desire, / Born purely by transformation, their bodies adorned with the marks. / Sustained by Dharma joy and delight in dhyāna, they will have no thought of other food. / There will be no women, nor any evil destinies. / The bhikṣu Pūrṇa, with his merits fully perfected, / Will obtain such a pure land, with many wise and noble beings. / Of such immeasurable matters, I now speak only in brief."