菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 4.48

4.48

爾時，座中有菩薩，名曰常笑，六通玄鑒德力自在辯才無畏，盡生死分四無所著所說信用，解諸法空，如化、如夢、如熱時焰，如赤葉在水，愚獸謂肉水盡不獲，如山中響，解了諸法不起不滅，欲斷一切眾生狐疑。即從坐起偏露右臂右膝著地，叉手合掌前白佛言：「唯然世尊，有少疑滯，若見聽者乃敢宣白。如來大聖神智無礙，前知過去因緣繫縛眾行集聚，後明未來成敗所趣因緣合散，善惡行業發心不同。今聞如來胎化眾生行有差別，有對、無對、有報、無報，有黑白行、無黑白行。復有眾生，從初發意經歷劫數不得成就，或有眾生朝發道心即得成佛。願樂欲聞，唯世尊說。」

At that time, in the assembly there was a bodhisattva named Nityahasita, whose six superknowledges held profound insight, whose virtue and power were sovereign, whose eloquence was fearless, who had exhausted the allotment of birth and death, had the four non-attachments, whose words were trusted, and who understood that all dharmas are empty, like illusions, like dreams, like a mirage in the heat, like a red leaf in the water which foolish beasts take for meat but find nothing once the water is gone, and like an echo in the mountains; who understood that all dharmas neither arise nor cease, and who wished to sever all sentient beings' doubts. He arose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, clasped his hands with palms together, and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'Indeed, Bhagavat, I have a slight doubt and obstruction; only if permitted will I dare speak. The Tathāgata, the Great Sage, has unimpeded spiritual wisdom: he knows in advance the past causes and conditions, the bonds, and the aggregation of diverse practices; he discerns in retrospect the future success and failure, destinies, and the union and dispersal of causes and conditions; the good and bad karmic actions, and the different arisings of aspiration. Now I hear that the Tathāgata's transformation of sentient beings through womb[-birth] has differences in practice: there is retribution and no retribution, karmic reward and no karmic reward, black and white practices and no black and white practices. Furthermore, there are sentient beings who, from their initial aspiration, pass through kalpas without achieving [the goal], while there are sentient beings who, having aroused the mind of the path in the morning, immediately achieve buddhahood. We wish and rejoice to hear this; may the Bhagavat alone explain it.'