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法苑珠林 12.57

法苑珠林 12.57

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Classical Chinese

12.57

佛初說法時 爾時我不見
如是展轉聞 佛在波羅柰
佛為五比丘 初開甘露門
說四真諦法 苦集滅道諦
阿若憍陳如 最初得見道
及八萬諸天 聞是得見道

"When the Buddha first preached the Dharma, / At that time I did not see it. / Thus I heard it passed down in succession: / The Buddha was in Vārāṇasī. / For the five bhikṣus, / He first opened the gate of ambrosia, / Preaching the Dharma of the four noble truths: / The truths of suffering, origination, cessation, and the path. / Ājñāta-Kauṇḍinya / Was the first to attain the vision of the path, / Along with eighty thousand devas / Who heard this and attained the vision of the path."

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