樂邦文類 1.133

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過去久遠錠光佛出世，如是次第至五十三佛，名世自在王。彼佛世中有一國王，聞佛說法心懷悅豫，棄國棄王而作沙門，號曰法藏，高才勇哲，與世超異。佛說法言譬如大海，人以昇量，經歷劫數尚可窮底得其妙寶。有人至心精進求道不止，何願不得？佛因廣說二百一十億佛剎天人之善惡國土之麁妙。法藏聞說，皆悉睹見。發起勝願，其心寂靜，志無所著。重白佛言：「唯垂聽察。如我所願，當具說之。設我得佛，國有地獄餓鬼畜生者，不取正覺（云云）。」法藏說四十八願已，大地震動、天雨妙華。法藏誠諦不虛，超出世間，一向專志莊嚴妙土，教化安立無數眾生住於無上正真之道。今已成佛，現在西方安樂世界。其國七寶奇麗，超十方界。無有須彌日月大海溪渠井谷等，亦無四惡趣，亦無春夏秋冬，不寒不熱，常和調適。其諸眾生功德善力行業之地，故能爾耳。

Long ago in the past, Dīpaṅkara Buddha appeared in the world, and sequentially in this manner up to the fifty-third Buddha, named Lokeśvararāja. In that Buddha's world, there was a king who, hearing the Buddha expound the Dharma, felt joy in his heart; he renounced his country and his kingship and became a śramaṇa named Dharmākara, gifted with eminent talent and courageous wisdom, surpassing the worldly. The Buddha expounded the Dharma, saying: 'It is like the great ocean: if a person measures it with a dry measure, passing through kalpas, he can still reach the bottom and obtain its wondrous jewels. If a person with utmost sincerity and diligence seeks the path without ceasing, what vow could he fail to obtain?' The Buddha accordingly expounded extensively on the goodness and badness of the devas and humans, and the coarseness and subtlety of the lands, across twenty-one billion buddha realms. Having heard this expounded, Dharmākara witnessed them all. He brought forth supreme vows; his mind was serene, and his resolve had no attachments. He addressed the Buddha again, saying: 'May you graciously listen and observe. In accordance with what I vow, I shall explain it fully. If, when I attain buddhahood, there should be hells, hungry ghosts, or animals in my land, may I not attain correct awakening,' and so forth. After Dharmākara had spoken the forty-eight vows, the great earth trembled and the heavens rained wondrous flowers. Dharmākara, sincere and truthful without falsehood, transcended the world and single-mindedly concentrated his resolve on adorning the wondrous land, teaching, transforming, and establishing countless sentient beings to abide in the unsurpassed, correct, and true path. He has now already attained buddhahood and presently abides in the western world of Sukhāvatī. That land is adorned with the seven jewels in wondrous beauty, surpassing the realms of the ten directions. It has no Mount Sumeru, sun, moon, great ocean, streams, ditches, wells, or valleys, nor the four evil destinies; nor are there spring, summer, autumn, or winter, being neither cold nor hot, always harmonious and temperate. It is solely because it is a land forged by the karmic actions of the power of virtue and goodness of those sentient beings that it can be so.