[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) › [佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245) › 2.40 # 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.40 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.40) 「云何為難？日月失度，時節返逆，或赤日出、黑日出，二三四五日出，或日蝕無光，或日輪一重、二三四五重輪現。當變怪時，讀說此經。為一難也。二十八宿失度，金星、彗星、輪星、鬼星、火星、水星、風星、刀星、南斗、北斗、五鎮大星，一切國主星，三公星，百官星，如是諸星各各變現，亦讀說此經。為二難也。大火燒國，萬姓燒盡，或鬼火、龍火、天火、山神火、人火、樹木火、賊火，如是變怪，亦讀說此經。為三難也。大水㵱沒百姓，時節返逆，冬雨夏雪，冬時雷電霹靂，六月雨氷霜雹，雨赤水、黑水、青水，雨土山、石山，雨沙礫石，江河逆流，浮山流石，如是變時，亦讀說此經。為四難也。大風吹殺萬姓，國土山河樹木一時滅沒，非時大風、黑風、赤風、青風、天風、地風、火風，如是變時，亦讀此經。為五難也。天地國土亢陽炎火洞燃，百草亢旱，五穀不登，土地赫然，萬姓滅盡，如是變時，亦讀此經。為六難也。四方賊來侵，國內外賊起，火賊、水賊、風賊、鬼賊，百姓荒亂，刀兵劫起，如是怪時，亦讀此經。為七難也。 > "What are these calamities? The sun and moon lose their courses; the seasons become disordered; or red suns appear, black suns appear, two, three, four, or five suns appear together; or solar eclipses occur without light; or a single, double, triple, quadruple, or quintuple solar halo appears. When such strange anomalies occur, one should recite and expound this sūtra. This is the first calamity. The twenty-eight lunar mansions lose their courses; Venus, comets, wheel stars, ghost stars, Mars, Mercury, wind stars, sword stars, the Southern Dipper, the Northern Dipper, the five presiding great stars, all stars of rulers of states, stars of the three ducal ministers, and stars of the hundred officials—when such various stars each display anomalous transformations, one should also recite and expound this sūtra. This is the second calamity. Great fires burn the state, and the ten thousand commoners are consumed by fire; or phantom fires, dragon fires, heavenly fires, mountain-spirit fires, human fires, tree fires, or bandit fires appear—when such strange anomalies occur, one should also recite and expound this sūtra. This is the third calamity. Great floods drown and submerge the common people; the seasons become disordered: rain in winter and snow in summer, thunder and lightning in winter, ice, frost, and hail in the sixth month; rain of red water, black water, and blue water; rain of earthen mountains and stone mountains; rain of sand, gravel, and rocks; rivers flowing backward; floating mountains and drifting rocks—when such anomalies occur, one should also recite and expound this sūtra. This is the fourth calamity. Great winds blow and kill the ten thousand commoners; the land, mountains, rivers, and trees are destroyed and submerged all at once; untimely great winds, black winds, red winds, blue winds, heavenly winds, earthly winds, and fire winds appear—when such anomalies occur, one should also recite this sūtra. This is the fifth calamity. Heaven, earth, and the realm suffer from scorching drought and blazing fire that burns thoroughly; all grasses dry up in severe drought, the five grains do not ripen, the earth is fiercely scorched, and the ten thousand commoners are wiped out—when such anomalies occur, one should also recite this sūtra. This is the sixth calamity. Bandits from the four quarters come to invade, internal and external bandits arise within the state, fire bandits, water bandits, wind bandits, and demon bandits appear; the common people fall into chaos, and the kalpa of weapons arises—when such strange times occur, one should also recite this sūtra. This is the seventh calamity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.39) - [Next: 2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.41) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245~en-mt.2.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [仁王般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.139) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.40) · Pramāṇa