[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) › [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384) › 3.59 # 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 3.59 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 3.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3.59) 「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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3.58) - [Next: 3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3.60) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384~en-mt.3.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.3.59) · Pramāṇa