法苑珠林 26.26

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如菩薩處胎經云。爾時有妙勝菩薩白佛言。世尊。五通菩薩修習何法得神通道。佛告妙勝。此欲界中善男子善女人。不須眼通。生便徹見一閻浮內眾生之類。麁細好醜城郭樹木。或有人眼能觀二三四天下。不須眼通生便觀見。或有人不須眼通耳通。清徹聞一天下男聲女聲一切音聲。即能別知。一不修耳通。一一曉了。或有人不習不學自識宿命。吾從某處來生此間。父母種族名姓盡能別知。或有人不修習神通。知他人心行善惡趣向生處。有緣眾生無緣眾生。並悉能知。或有人身能飛行周旋往來。不修身通。身便能飛。無所觸礙。履空如地履地如空。佛告。善男子善女人。修眼聖通除色斷垢。三空定門便能得見一千天下二千天下三千大千天下。或有聞一千天下二千天下三千大千天下一切諸聲。善惡六道悉能曉了。或有人除去識垢內外無瑕。得意聖通自識宿命。一生二生乃至無數阿僧祇劫。所從來處。父母眷屬。國土清淨。悉能識知。或有人修十神通。解知法性。強記不忘。便能得知他人心念。一生二生乃至無數阿僧祇劫。所從來處。父母眷屬。國土清淨。名姓種族。皆悉知之。或有人思惟法觀。以心持身以身持心。睡眠覺寤意想如空。便能舉身一天下二天下乃至三千大千剎土。入地如空。山河石壁無所罣礙。或有人臨當成佛。以智慧力除眾生垢。坐樹王下不起于坐。故得成佛六通清徹。爾時世尊而說偈曰。

As the Pusa chutai jing states: At that time, Bodhisattva Miaosheng addressed the Buddha, saying, "World-Honoured One, through cultivating what dharmas do the bodhisattvas of five superknowledges attain the path of supernatural powers?" The Buddha told Miaosheng, "In this desire realm, there are good men and good women who, without needing the divine eye, are able from birth to see clearly throughout one Jambudvīpa the various kinds of sentient beings, whether coarse or fine, beautiful or ugly, as well as the city walls and groves of trees. Or there are some people whose eyes can view two, three, or four continents; without needing the divine eye, they can observe and see them from birth. Or there are some people who, without needing the divine eye or divine ear, hear clearly throughout one continent all sounds—men's voices, women's voices, and all other sounds—and can discern and know them immediately; without ever cultivating the divine ear, they understand each and every one clearly. Or there are some people who, without training or study, spontaneously know their past lives: 'I came from such-and-such a place to be born here,' and can fully discern and know their parents, clan, names, and surnames. Or there are some people who, without cultivating supernatural powers, know the mental conduct of other people, their good and bad destinations, and their places of rebirth, whether sentient beings with whom they have karmic affinity or those without karmic affinity—they know them all. Or there are some people whose bodies can fly, circle around, and come and go; without cultivating the supernatural power of the body, their bodies can fly without hindrance, walking on the empty sky as on the ground and walking on the ground as on the empty sky. The Buddha said: 'Good men and good women cultivate the noble power of the divine eye, eliminate form and cut off defilements, and through the doors of the three concentrations on emptiness they can then see one thousand continents, two thousand continents, or three thousand great thousand continents. Or some hear all the sounds in one thousand continents, two thousand continents, or three thousand great thousand continents, and can clearly understand the good and evil of the six destinies. Or some people eliminate the defilements of consciousness, being flawless inside and out; obtaining the noble power of mind, they spontaneously know past lives—one life, two lives, up to countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas—the places from which they came, their parents, relatives, and whether the lands were pure, knowing all of these. Or some people cultivate the ten supernatural powers, understand the nature of phenomena, and have strong memories without forgetting; they can then know the thoughts of others' minds, over one life, two lives, up to countless asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the places from which they came, their parents, relatives, the purity of the lands, names, surnames, and clans, knowing them all. Or some people contemplate the discernment of phenomena, maintaining the body with the mind and maintaining the mind with the body; whether sleeping or awake, their mental thoughts are like empty space, and they can then raise their entire body across one continent, two continents, up to a three-thousand-great-thousand world realm, entering the earth as if it were empty space, unobstructed by mountains, rivers, rocks, or walls. Or some people, when approaching the attainment of buddhahood, eliminate the defilements of sentient beings by the power of wisdom; sitting under the king of trees, they do not rise from their seat, and thus attain buddhahood with the six superknowledges clear and pure.' At that time, the World-Honoured One spoke a verse, saying: