釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.28

5.28

復次，提婆初出世時，伏外道已，諸人信敬，度人出家，不可稱數。於是大集在家、出家七眾弟子及剎利、婆羅門等，大眾之中，昇師子座，淚下如雨。爾時，大眾皆悉默念：「將非佛法欲滅，外道復興邪？將非國大擾亂，疫病流行邪？」菩薩爾時知大眾心念，以白㲲巾拭淚，更整容服，舉右手而言：「亦非佛法欲滅，外道將興，非國不安，疫病流行，但傷佛日潛輝，賢聖月沒，袈裟之中空無所有耳。」于時大眾聞此語已，各自感傷，發聲大哭。爾時，飛鳥雜類在虛空中，繽紛亂墜，皆悉悲鳴。爾時，菩薩以慈軟音安慰大眾，而說偈言：

Furthermore, when Āryadeva first appeared in the world, having subdued the non-Buddhists, people had faith and reverence, and those whom he crossed over into the renunciant life were beyond counting. Thereupon he gathered the assemblies of the seven classes of disciples, both householders and renunciants, as well as kṣatriyas, brahmins, and others. In the midst of the great assembly he mounted the lion throne, and tears fell like rain. At that time, the great assembly all silently thought: "Could it be that the Buddhadharma is about to perish and the non-Buddhists will rise again? Could it be that the country is in great turmoil and an epidemic is spreading?" The Bodhisattva, knowing the thoughts in the assembly's minds, wiped his tears with a fine white woolen cloth, straightened his robes and demeanor, raised his right hand, and said: "It is not that the Buddhadharma is about to perish and the non-Buddhists are going to rise, nor is it that the country is troubled and an epidemic is spreading; I grieve only that the Buddha sun has hidden its radiance, the sages' moon has set, and within the kāṣāyas there is nothing at all." When the great assembly heard these words, each felt sorrowful and broke into loud weeping. At that time, varied flocks of flying birds fell tumbling from the sky, all crying out in lamentation. Then the Bodhisattva comforted the great assembly with a gentle and compassionate voice, uttering verses: