七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.55

4.55

The first, the samādhi of emitting light, can sever existence in hell; the undefiled samādhi can sever existence as a hungry ghost; the burning affliction samādhi can sever existence as an animal; the hard-to-subdue samādhi can sever existence as an asura; the bright light samādhi can sever existence in Pūrvavideha; the flame-phantom samādhi can sever existence in Jambudvīpa; the white color samādhi can sever existence in Aparagodānīya; the cyan color samādhi can sever existence in Uttarakuru; the yellow color samādhi can sever existence among the Four Heavenly Kings; the black color samādhi can sever existence in Trāyastriṃśa Heaven; the red color samādhi can sever existence in Yāma Heaven; the wonderful good samādhi can sever existence in Tuṣita Heaven; the virtue-growth samādhi can sever existence in Nirmāṇarati Heaven; the sound and voice samādhi can sever existence in Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven; the wonderful good samādhi can sever existence in the first dhyāna; the obtaining joy samādhi can sever existence in the second dhyāna; the white color samādhi can sever existence in the third dhyāna; the thunder sound samādhi can sever existence in the fourth dhyāna; the wonderful good samādhi can sever existence in the anāgāmin heavens; the emptiness samādhi can sever existence in the sphere of infinite space; the non-conceptualization samādhi can sever existence in the sphere of infinite consciousness; the echo-transformation samādhi can sever existence in the sphere of nothingness; the jewel-accumulation samādhi can sever existence in the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. These are the twenty-five great samādhis, showing the places where sentient beings roam and dwell. The noble and sagely detest them; all the noble hosts of the three vehicles pass through these. [There are] the youth Guangmu of the Lotus Samādhi, the youth Kāśyapa of the Nirvāṇa Samādhi, the youth Mañjuśrī, the youth Mi-shan of the Śūraṅgama Samādhi, the youth Miaoyan of the Emitting Light Samādhi, the youth Sudhana of the Avataṃsaka Samādhi, the youth Weiwu of the Vimalakīrti Samādhi, the youth Fobao of the Great Collection Samādhi, the youth Miezui of the Golden Light Samādhi, the youth Juegou of the Buddha-Treasure Samādhi, the youth Zhangzuigen of the Flower-Head Samādhi, the youth Huiming of the Vajragarbha Samādhi, the youth Hongji of the Bodhisattva-Treasure Samādhi, the youth Miaoda, the youth Shanzhu, the youth Miaoyan, the youth Shanfu, the youth Wushepo, the youth Mishan, the youth Zhouluo, the youth Fazhu, the youth Amiqi, the youth Poxiluo, the youth Shefubei, and the youth Pobidu. These twelve youths preside over the life-spans of sentient beings. When Śākyamuni Buddha appeared in the world, he delivered people from eighteen thousand and ninety-four countries: first, he preached the Dharma in Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven; second, he preached the Dharma in the kingdom of Vārāṇasī; third, he preached the Dharma in Rājagṛha; fourth, he preached the Dharma in the kingdom of Jieqi, delivering seven thousand arhats; fifth, he preached the Dharma in Śrāvastī; sixth, he preached the Dharma in Rājagṛha, delivering the woman Gautamī; seventh, he preached the Dharma in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, delivering King Śuddhodana; eighth, he preached the Dharma in Rājagṛha, [giving] the combined teachings of the three vehicles; ninth, he preached the Dharma in the kingdom of Magadha, delivering King Bimbisāra; tenth, he preached the Dharma in the kingdom of Kuśinagara, delivering hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis, immeasurable, boundless, and incalculable [beings]. (From here, the passage beginning with “Establishment is the sprouting of vegetables” up to “hence called Closing” is absent in the Red edition.)