[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) › 64.38 # 法苑珠林 64.38 法苑珠林 64.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.38) 如大集經云。佛言。我昔為於一切眾生。修菩薩行。為此法眼。於諸眾生起大慈心。捨己身血。猶如大海。與諸乞者。捨頭眼耳如毘福羅山。捨鼻舌等如十突盧那。捨手脚等如毘福羅山。捨皮施等可覆一閻浮提。亦捨無量象馬奴婢妻子及以王位國土城邑宮殿村落等。與諸乞者。於諸佛所受持禁戒而無缺犯。一一佛所無量供養。一一佛所稟受無量那由他百千法門。受持讀誦善修三昧。我亦恭敬無量三乘四果聖人父母師長病苦之者。無救護者為作救護。無歸依者為作歸依。無趣向者為作趣向。令其安住。我已如是。於彼三大阿僧祇劫。慈愍一切苦惱眾生故。發大堅固勇猛之心。久修無上菩提之行。今於此盲冥世間無大道師儉法之時。於如是等諸眾生中。發心願成阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。欲於三乘菩提令不退轉。復願救度三惡眾生。安置善道及涅槃樂。 > As the Great Vaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra states, the Buddha said: “In the past, for the sake of all sentient beings, I practiced the bodhisattva conduct. For the sake of this Dharma-eye, I generated a mind of great compassion toward all sentient beings, relinquishing the blood of my own body like the great ocean to give to seekers. I relinquished heads, eyes, and ears \[piled high\] like Mount Vipula; I relinquished noses, tongues, and the like, amounting to ten droṇas; I relinquished hands, feet, and the like \[piled high\] like Mount Vipula; I gave away skin sufficient to cover one Jambudvīpa. I also relinquished immeasurable elephants, horses, male and female slaves, wives and children, as well as royal thrones, kingdoms, cities, palaces, and hamlets, to give to seekers. In the presence of all Buddhas, I received and upheld the prohibitive precepts without transgression. Before each and every Buddha, I made immeasurable offerings; from each and every Buddha, I received immeasurable nayutas of hundreds of thousands of Dharma gates, receiving, upholding, reading, reciting, and skillfully cultivating samādhi. I also revered immeasurable noble beings of the three vehicles and four fruits, parents, teachers, elders, and those afflicted with illness and suffering. For those without protection, I served as a protector; for those without refuge, I served as a refuge; for those without direction, I served as a guide, establishing them in peace. Having done so through three great asaṃkhyeya kalpas, out of pity for all afflicted sentient beings, I aroused a great, firm, and valiant resolve, cultivating the practice of unsurpassed bodhi for a long time. Now, in this blind and benighted world, in an era lacking the Great Guide and scarce of Dharma, amidst such sentient beings as these, I gave rise to the resolve wishing to attain anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi, desiring to cause them not to regress in the bodhi of the three vehicles, and wishing further to deliver the sentient beings of the three evil destinies, establishing them on the good paths and in the bliss of nirvāṇa.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.37) - [Next: 64.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.39) - [Up: 64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.64.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.38) · Pramāṇa