樂邦文類 1.129

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往昔過恒河沙阿僧祇劫有世界，名刪提嵐，劫名善持。有轉輪王，名無諍念，主四天下。有一大臣，名曰寶海，是梵志種。時生一子，有三十二相八十種好，常光一尋。生時有百千諸天來共供養，因為作字號曰寶藏。其後出家，剃除須髮，成菩提道，還號寶藏如來，廣為聖王說於正法，王請如來及諸聖眾三月供養。王有千子，王及千子如是供養滿二百五十歲，各各向佛及比丘僧悔諸不及。爾時如來即入三昧放大光明，現十方世界，或有世界五濁弊惡、或有世界清淨微妙等。王白佛言：「諸菩薩等，以何業故取淨世界？以何業故取不淨世界？」佛言：「菩薩以願力故，取清淨土、離五濁惡。復有菩薩以願力故，求五濁惡。」王言：「我今真實欲得菩提，不願取不淨佛土。我已先於十歲之中端坐思惟，莊嚴清淨佛土。我今發願：願成道時，世界之中無有地獄、畜生、餓鬼；眾生皆作金色，人天無別；無有女人；等一化生，壽命無量。世界清淨，無有臭穢，所有宮殿種種莊嚴如第六天。餘佛世界若有眾生聞我名者，修諸善本欲生我界，願其命終必定得生，唯除五逆、誹謗聖人、破壞正法等（《安養記》云：《悲華經》備有二十四願，但文略耳）。」輪王發深願已，佛即告曰：「大王！汝見西方過百千萬億佛土，有尊音王如來，世界清淨莊嚴，悉如大王所願。如是四佛出現入滅過一恒河沙阿僧祇劫，入第二恒河沙阿僧祇劫，是時世界轉名安樂。汝於是時當得作佛，號無量壽如來等。爾時寶藏如來，尋為第一不眴太子授記曰：『汝觀天人三惡一切眾生，生大悲心，欲斷眾生諸苦惱故、欲令眾生住安樂故，今當字汝為觀世音。』無量壽佛般涅槃已，彼土轉名一切珍寶所成就世界，種種莊嚴，安樂世界所不及也。汝成菩提道，號徧出一切光明功德山王如來。又告第二尼摩太子：『汝今所願，取大世界。如汝所願，汝當成菩提道，號曰善住珍寶山王如來。由汝取大世界故，因是字汝為得大勢至（三聖因願、授記、劫國、名號，經涉第二第三，以上但略錄耳）。』」

In the past, past asaṃkhyeya kalpas numerous as the sands of the Ganges, there was a world named Śāntā, and the kalpa was named Subhāra. There was a wheel-turning king named Araṇemin who ruled over the four continents. He had a great minister named Samudrareṇu, who was of the brahmin lineage. At that time, a son was born [to the minister] endowed with the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs, with a permanent aura of light one fathom across. When he was born, hundreds of thousands of devas came together to make offerings to him, and they therefore gave him the name Ratnagarbha. Later he went forth from the household life, shaved his hair and beard, and attained the path of bodhi, being likewise titled Ratnagarbha Tathāgata. He extensively expounded the true Dharma for the sacred king, and the king invited the Tathāgata and the assembled sages to receive offerings for three months. The king had one thousand sons; the king and his thousand sons thus made offerings for a full two hundred and fifty years, each confessing to the Buddha and the saṅgha of monks where they had fallen short. At that time, the Tathāgata entered samādhi and emitted a great brilliant light, manifesting the worlds of the ten directions—some worlds corrupt and vile with the five turbidities, and some worlds pure and wondrously subtle. The king addressed the Buddha, saying: 'Bodhisattvas, by what karma do they adopt a pure world? By what karma do they adopt an impure world?' The Buddha said: 'Bodhisattvas, by the power of vows, adopt a pure land and depart from the evils of the five turbidities. There are other bodhisattvas who, by the power of vows, seek the evils of the five turbidities.' The king said: 'I now truly wish to attain bodhi and do not wish to adopt an impure buddha land. I have already previously sat upright for ten years contemplating the adornment of a pure buddha land. I now make this vow: I vow that when I attain the path, there will be no hells, animals, or hungry ghosts within the world; all sentient beings will be of a golden colour, with no distinction between humans and devas; there will be no women; all will equally be apparitionally born, with measureless lifespans. The world will be pure and free of foul reek, and all its palaces will be diversely adorned like those of the sixth heaven. If there are sentient beings in other buddha worlds who hear my name, cultivate roots of goodness, and wish to be born in my realm, I vow that at the end of their lives they are certain to attain rebirth, excluding only those who commit the five heinous acts, slander the noble ones, or destroy the true Dharma (the *Anyang ji* says: 'The *Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka Sūtra* contains twenty-four vows, but the text is only summarized here').' After the wheel-turning king had made his profound vows, the Buddha told him: 'Great King! In the western direction, past hundreds of thousands of koṭis of buddha lands, you see there is the Dharmaghoṣarāja Tathāgata, whose world is pure and adorned entirely as the Great King has vowed. After four such Buddhas appear and enter extinction, passing one asaṃkhyeya of kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges and entering a second asaṃkhyeya of kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, that world will then change its name to Sukhāvatī. You shall at that time attain buddhahood, with the title Amitāyus Tathāgata and so forth.' At that time, Ratnagarbha Tathāgata soon conferred a prophecy upon the first prince, Animiṣa, saying: 'You contemplate all the sentient beings among devas, humans, and the three evil destinies, generate a mind of great compassion, wish to sever all the suffering and distress of sentient beings, and wish to cause sentient beings to dwell in peace and bliss; I now confer upon you the name Avalokiteśvara.' After Amitāyus Buddha enters parinirvāṇa, that land will change its name to the World Accomplished of All Rare Jewels, whose various adornments the world of Sukhāvatī cannot match. When you attain the path of bodhi, your title will be Guṇaparvatarāja Tathāgata. He also told the second prince, Nimi: 'What you now vow is to adopt a great world. In accordance with your vow, you shall attain the path of bodhi, with the title Supratiṣṭhitamaṇiparvatarāja Tathāgata. Because you adopted a great world, you are therefore given the name Mahāsthāmaprāpta (The causal vows, prophecies, kalpas, lands, and names of the three sages span the second and third [fascicles] of the sūtra; the above is merely a brief record).'