[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [太子瑞應本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185) › 2.17 # 太子瑞應本起經 2.17 太子瑞應本起經 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.17) 「『聽我歌十力，棄蓋寂定禪； 光徹照七天，德香踰栴檀。 上帝神妙來，歎仰欲見尊； 梵釋齎敬意，稽首欲受聞。 佛所本行願，精進百劫勤； 四等大布施，十方受弘恩。 持戒淨無垢，慈軟護眾生； 勇決入禪智，大悲敷度經。 苦行積無數，功勳成於今； 戒忍定慧力，動地魔已擒。 德普蓋天地，神智過靈聖； 相好特無比，八聲震十方。 志高於須彌，清妙莫能論； 永離婬怒癡，無復老死患。 唯哀從定覺，愍傷諸天人； 為開法寶藏，敷惠甘露珍。 令從憂畏解，危厄得以安； 迷惑見正道，邪疑覩真言。 一切皆願樂，欲聽受無厭； 當開無死法，垂化於無窮。』 > "‘Listen to me sing of the Ten Powers, > Who abandoned the hindrances in tranquil dhyāna; > His light penetrates and illuminates the seven heavens, > His fragrant virtue surpasses sandalwood. > The High Gods, wondrous and divine, have come, > Praising and looking up, longing to behold the Honoured One; > Brahmā and Śakra bear reverent intentions, > Bowing their heads, wishing to receive and hear \[the Dharma\]. > The vows and practices the Buddha originally undertook, > Diligent striving through a hundred kalpas of exertion; > The great giving of the four immeasurables, > Through which the ten directions received his vast grace. > Keeping the precepts purely without defilement, > Compassionate and gentle, protecting sentient beings; > Courageously entering the wisdom of dhyāna, > With great compassion unfolding the scriptures of deliverance. > Ascetic practices accumulated without count, > His merits and achievements are fulfilled today; > By the power of precepts, patience, concentration, and wisdom, > He shook the earth, and Māra is already subdued. > His virtue universally covers heaven and earth, > His spiritual wisdom surpasses the divine and sage; > His physical marks are extraordinarily peerless, > His eightfold voice shakes the ten directions. > His aspiration is higher than Mount Sumeru, > Pure and wondrous beyond description; > Forever free from lust, anger, and delusion, > He has no further affliction of old age and death. > Only pray, awakened from samādhi out of pity, > Pitying all gods and humans, > Open the treasury of the Dharma-jewel for their sake, > And bestow the rare treasure of amṛta. > Cause them to be freed from grief and fear, > So that in danger and distress they may find peace; > Let the deluded behold the correct path, > And the crooked and doubting see the true words. > All yearn and delight, > Desiring to hear and receive without satiety; > Pray open the deathless Dharma, > And bestow transformation for endless ages.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [普曜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lalitavistara*zh-dharmaraksa.7.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.2.17) · Pramāṇa