菩薩瓔珞本業經 2.72

2.72

佛言：「佛子！快發斯問。佛子！先當為聽法者與授菩薩法戒，然後為說菩薩之本行六入法門。佛子！次第為授四歸法：歸佛、歸法、歸僧、歸戒。得四不壞信心故，然後為授十戒：不殺、不盜、不妄語、不婬、不沽酒、不說在家出家菩薩罪過、不慳、不瞋、不自讚毀他、不謗三寶，是十波羅夷不可悔法。佛子！受十戒已，復為聽者教供養法師，常以天上無量華香、百千燈明、百千天衣瓔珞、百千妓樂、百味飲食屋宅經書，一切所須之物皆悉給與。弘通法師當如敬佛、如事父母、如事火婆羅門法。佛子！如事帝釋父母師僧，日日三時禮敬。為法捨身沒命，乃是佛子。如是求法之人，乃可為說菩薩之本行、百千萬佛轉授瓔珞法門。」時十億大眾歎言：「未來世中無法、無三寶、無賢人，時劫從惡世起故。其說法者、其聽法者，甚難甚難。」復從坐起各各悲泣，號聲大慟，地轉海波、三千倒覆、二十八宿日月不現。是時大眾還攝神力僉然而敬，受持讀誦解說義句，十劫不滅無窮無盡。各各歡喜奉行，作禮而退。

The Buddha said: "Buddha son! Excellent is this question you have asked. Buddha son! First, one should confer the bodhisattva Dharma precepts upon those who listen to the Dharma, and afterward expound for them the bodhisattva's original practices, the Dharma-gate of the six entries. Buddha son! Successively confer upon them the four refuges: taking refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in the Dharma, taking refuge in the Saṃgha, and taking refuge in the precepts. Having thereby attained the four indestructible faithful minds, afterward confer upon them the ten precepts: not killing, not stealing, not engaging in false speech, not committing sexual misconduct, not selling liquor, not speaking of the transgressions of householder or renunciant bodhisattvas, not being stingy, not giving way to anger, not praising oneself and disparaging others, and not slandering the Three Jewels. These are the ten pārājikas, dharmas that cannot be repented. Buddha son! Having received the ten precepts, further teach the listener to make offerings to the Dharma master, constantly providing immeasurable celestial flowers and incense, hundreds of thousands of lamps, hundreds of thousands of celestial robes and necklaces, hundreds of thousands of musical entertainments, food and drink of a hundred flavors, dwellings, and sūtras, fully supplying all necessary articles. One should propagate and honor the Dharma master just as one reveres the Buddha, just as one serves one's father and mother, and just as in the Brahmanical Dharma of serving fire. Buddha son! Just as one serves Śakra, parents, teachers, and monks, pay homage three times each day. Giving up body and life for the sake of the Dharma—such a person is truly a Buddha son. For such seekers of the Dharma, one may then expound the original practices of the bodhisattva, the necklace Dharma-gate transmitted successively by hundreds of thousands of myriads of Buddhas." At that time the assembly of one billion lamented, saying: "In future ages there will be no Dharma, no Three Jewels, and no worthy persons, because the times and kalpas will arise from an evil age. Those who expound the Dharma and those who listen to the Dharma will be rare indeed, rare indeed!" Again rising from their seats, they each wept sorrowfully, wailing with great grief, so that the earth shook, the ocean billowed, the three thousand worlds turned upside down, and the twenty-eight lunar mansions, sun, and moon disappeared. At that time the great assembly withdrew their supernatural powers and solemnly stood in reverence, accepting, upholding, reciting, and expounding the meaning and phrases, imperishable through ten kalpas, boundless and inexhaustible. Each rejoicing and putting it into practice, they paid homage and withdrew.