菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 3.59

3.59

「吾從無數劫，往來生死道；
捨身復受身，不離胞胎生。
計我所經歷，記一不說餘；
純作白狗形，積骨億須彌，
以針刺地種，無不值我體；
何況餘色狗，其數不可量。
吾故攝其心，不令道放逸，
如人立須彌，執不死藥執，
下人以瓶承，注藥不遺落，
中間諸艱難，隨嵐風所吹。
凡夫身如塵，唯除入住人；
此二持瓶人，何者為最妙？
下人執心正，恒恐東西波；
受藥不失義，故名神足道。
上有大慈心，一說不尋究；
意識各各異，成道亦如是。
我此苦忍界，成佛由下人；
積行阿僧祇，乃能成佛道。
從剎至一剎，如是數千億；
如針投於海，舒手便得之。
無慧抒水求，積劫不能得；
世間愚惑人，不別善惡行。
須彌四寶山，謂為灰堆聚；
金翅飛鳥王，謂呼蚊蚋是。
夏熱牛跡蟲，不覩海廣大；
日光實野馬，愚者謂火焰。
彼法非我造，愚惑行自成；
出入識無間，鍊精道術成。」

"For countless kalpas I have come and gone along the paths of birth and death; / abandoning bodies and taking up bodies, never free from birth through the womb. / If I reckon what I have undergone, recording one without mentioning the rest: / merely in the forms of white dogs, my accumulated bones would make a hundred million Mount Sumerus. / If one pierced the earth-element with a needle, there is nowhere it would not strike my body; / how much more so for dogs of other colours—their number cannot be measured! / Therefore I gathered in my mind, not allowing the Way to lapse into heedlessness. / It is like a person standing atop Mount Sumeru holding the medicine of immortality: / a person below receives it with a jar, pouring the medicine without spilling a drop, / while amidst the hardships between them, the vairambha wind blows. / The body of an ordinary person is like dust, save only those who enter the [true] abiding. / Between these two persons holding the jar, which is the most wondrous? / The person below maintains a correct mind, constantly fearing swaying east and west; / receiving the medicine without losing its purpose, it is therefore called the way of the ṛddhipādas. / The one above possesses a mind of great benevolence, speaking once without further inquiry; / mental consciousnesses are each distinct, and the attainment of the Way is also like this. / In this Sahā World of mine, attaining buddhahood depends on the person below; / only by accumulating practices for an asaṃkhyeya [of kalpas] can one attain the Buddha Way. / From realm to realm, thus across thousands of kotis of them: / it is like dropping a needle into the ocean and stretching out one's hand to find it immediately. / Seeking it without wisdom by bailing out the water, one cannot find it even after accumulated kalpas. / Foolish and deluded people in the world do not distinguish between good and bad actions: / the mountain of four jewels, Mount Sumeru, they call a heap of ashes; / the king of birds that flies on golden wings, they claim is a mosquito or gnat; / the worm in a cow's footprint in summer's heat does not see the vastness of the ocean; / the sun's light is in truth a mirage, yet fools call it a blaze of fire. / Those dharmas were not created by me; foolish, deluded actions are accomplished of themselves. / The consciousness that enters and leaves without interval, when refined with diligence, brings about the arts of the Way."