[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 25.21 # 法苑珠林 25.21 法苑珠林 25.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.21) 又文殊師利般涅槃經云。佛告跋陀羅菩薩。此文殊師利。有大慈悲生於此國。多羅聚落梵德婆羅門家。其生之時家內屋宅化如蓮華。從母右脇出。身紫金色。墮地能語。如天童子。有七寶蓋隨覆其上。九十五種諸論議師。無能詶對。唯於佛所出家學道。住首楞嚴三昧。佛涅槃後四百五十歲。當至雪山為五百仙人宣揚十二部經。教化令住不退已至本生地。於空野澤尼拘律陀樹下結跏趺坐入首楞嚴三昧。身諸毛孔出金色光。遍照十方世界。度有緣者。身如紫金山。正長丈六。圓光嚴顯面各一尋。於圓光內有五百化佛。一一化佛有五化菩薩。以為侍者。佛告跋陀波羅。是文殊師利。有無量神通變現不可具記。若有眾生但聞文殊師利名。除却十二億劫生死之罪。若禮拜供養者。生生之處常生佛家。若未得見當誦持首楞嚴稱文殊師利名。一日至七日。文殊必來至其人所。若有宿業障者。夢中得見。夢中見者。於現在身若求聲聞。以見文殊師利故得須陀洹乃至阿那含。若出家人見者。以得見故一日一夜成阿羅漢。若有深信方等經典。是法王子。於禪定中為說深法。亂心多者。於其夢中為說實義。令其堅固於無上道得不退轉。我滅度後一切眾生。其有得聞文殊師利名者。見形像者。百千劫中不墮惡道。若有受持讀誦文殊師利名者。設有重障不墮阿鼻極惡猛火。常生他方清淨國土。值佛聞法得無生忍。 > Furthermore, the Mañjuśrīparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Bhadrapāla: 'This Mañjuśrī has great compassion. He was born in this country, in the village of Tāla, in the household of the brāhmaṇa Brahmadeva. At the time of his birth, the house within transformed into a lotus flower. He emerged from his mother's right flank; his body was of purple-golden colour. Falling to the ground, he was able to speak, like a divine boy. There was a canopy of seven jewels that followed and covered him. None among the ninety-five kinds of debate masters was able to respond to him. He went forth to study the path only under the Buddha, abiding in the Śūraṅgama-samādhi. Four hundred and fifty years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa, he will go to the Snowy Mountains to proclaim the twelve divisions of scriptures for five hundred ṛṣis, and having taught and transformed them to abide in non-retrogression, he will go to the place of his original birth. In an empty wild marsh, under a nyagrodha tree, he will sit cross-legged and enter the Śūraṅgama-samādhi. Golden light will issue forth from all the pores of his body, illuminating the worlds of the ten directions everywhere to deliver those who have affinity. His body will be like a purple-golden mountain, exactly sixteen feet tall, with a round halo radiant and clear, each side one vyāma. Within the round halo there are five hundred transformed Buddhas; each transformed Buddha has five transformed bodhisattvas as attendants.' The Buddha told Bhadrapāla: 'This Mañjuśrī possesses immeasurable supernatural powers and transformations that cannot be fully recorded. If any sentient being merely hears the name of Mañjuśrī, the transgressions of birth and death for one billion two hundred million kalpas will be eliminated. If they prostrate and make offerings, in life after life they will constantly be born in a Buddha's family. If they have not yet seen him, they should recite and uphold the Śūraṅgama\[-samādhi\] and call upon the name of Mañjuśrī; for one to seven days, Mañjuśrī will certainly come to that person's place. If one has karmic hindrances from past lives, one will see him in a dream. Those who see him in a dream, if they seek to be a śrāvaka in their present body, will attain from srotāpanna up to anāgāmin because of seeing Mañjuśrī. If a renunciant sees him, because of having seen him, they will become an arhat in one day and one night. If there are those with deep faith in the Vaipulya sūtras, this Dharma Prince will preach the profound Dharma for them during meditative absorption. For those whose minds are largely distracted, he will preach the true meaning in their dreams, causing them to be steadfast and attain non-retrogression in the unexcelled path. After my parinirvāṇa, among all sentient beings, those who are able to hear the name of Mañjuśrī or see his image will not fall into the evil destinies for hundreds of thousands of kalpas. If there are those who uphold and recite the name of Mañjuśrī, even if they have heavy hindrances, they will not fall into the fierce raging fires of the Avīci hell, but will constantly be born in pure lands in other directions, meet Buddhas, hear the Dharma, and attain the forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.20) - [Next: 25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.22) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.25.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.25.21) · Pramāṇa