菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 5.52

5.52

「譬如田農夫，選擇良美地，
下種不失時，溉灌以時節，
長養苗成就，不霜虫蝗災，
究竟獲果實，收藏無憂畏。
菩薩真實法，六度無極田，
消除慳貪心，溉以甘露水，
善權方便道，明了去就法，
導引眾生類，得至不滅處。
生、老、病煩惱，燒諸心善根；
善權方便護，解了去就法。
夫人欲出家，禁戒以為首；
不著飾好法，行權菩薩道，
畢命不惜身，不犯如毫釐。
身如草土糞，隨人所爴割，
忍如安明山，堅固不可沮。
護戒方便道，毀譽無增減；
出冥在明處，菩薩善權道。
現身在人間，哀愍一切故；
或現微細形，出入無罣礙。
道場諸佛坐，滅結更不生；
其有至道場，結盡永無餘。
亦如大導師，將諸商賈等，
入海採珍琦，珊瑚、琥珀珠，
明月隨意寶，安隱還本國。
父母諸兄弟，眷屬奴婢使，
和悅心歡喜，如定除去想。
行權菩薩等，搜求無盡藏，
了別珍琦妙，自用瓔珞身。
善權導師長，六度為妻息；
四等心覆蓋，塵垢不著心。
世多愚惑人，守慳不布施；
積財千萬億，稱言是我有。
臨欲壽終時，眼見惡鬼神；
刀風解其形，無復出入息。
貪識隨諸惡，受報甚苦辛；
將至受罪處，變悔無所及。
佛以權智度，就彼而說法；
利根自省罪，悔心不藏匿，
聞法得度脫，菩薩善權道。
如人生便盲，不識玄、黃色，
遭遇聖巧匠，療治以法藥；
昔聞有五色，青、黃、赤、白、黑，
既得明眼識，不別青、黃、赤。
菩薩善權道，分別至究竟；
蕩除八難法，不生亦不滅。」

"Just like a farmer cultivating a field, / Who selects rich, fertile soil,
Sows the seeds without missing the season, / And irrigates them at proper times;
Nurturing the sprouts to completion, / Free from frost, insects, and locust plagues,
He ultimately reaps the harvest, / Storing it away without sorrow or fear.
The true Dharma of the bodhisattva / Is the field of the boundless six perfections;
Eliminating the mind of stinginess and greed, / He irrigates it with the water of ambrosia.
The path of skillful means / Clearly understands the methods of departure and approach,
Guiding all classes of sentient beings / To reach the place of unceasing [peace].
Birth, old age, sickness, and defilements / Burn the good roots of the mind;
Skillful means protects them, / Fully understanding the methods of departure and approach.
When a person wishes to leave the household life, / The prohibitive precepts are foremost;
Without clinging to ornamental dharmas, / Practicing the skillful bodhisattva path,
He does not spare his body to the end of his life, / Never violating [a precept] by a hair's breadth.
The body is like grass, dirt, and dung, / Handled and cut as people please;
Patience is like Mount Meru, / Firm and indestructible.
Through the expedient path of guarding the precepts, / Praise and blame neither add nor detract;
Emerging from darkness into a place of light / Is the bodhisattva's path of skillful means.
He manifests his body among human beings, / Because of his compassion for all;
Or he manifests a subtle, minute form, / Moving in and out without hindrance.
Sitting at the site of awakening, the Buddhas / Extinguish the fetters so they arise no more;
Those who arrive at the site of awakening / Have exhausted the fetters forever without remainder.
It is also like a great caravan leader / Who leads merchants and others
Into the ocean to gather rare treasures: / Coral, amber beads,
Bright-moon pearls, and wish-fulfilling gems, / Returning peacefully to their native country.
Parents, brothers, / Relatives, slaves, and servants
Are joyful, pleased, and happy in mind, / Just as entering meditative absorption removes conceptions.
The bodhisattvas who practice skillful means / Search for the inexhaustible treasury;
Distinguishing the wondrous rare treasures, / They use them themselves to adorn their bodies.
The leader skilled in means / Takes the six perfections as his wife and children;
The mind of the four immeasurables shelters them, / And worldly defilements do not cling to his mind.
In the world there are many foolish people / Who guard their stinginess and do not give;
Accumulating hundreds of millions in wealth, / They claim, 'This is mine!'
When their lifespans are near the end, / Their eyes behold evil ghosts and spirits;
The knife-winds sever their forms, / And there is no longer breathing in or out.
The greedy consciousness follows evil deeds / And undergoes extremely bitter retribution;
Led to the place of punishment, / Remorse comes too late.
The Buddha uses skillful wisdom to deliver them, / Approaching them to preach the Dharma;
Those of sharp faculties examine their own misdeeds, / And their repentant hearts do not conceal them;
Hearing the Dharma, they gain deliverance: / Such is the bodhisattva's path of skillful means.
Like a person blind from birth, / Who does not recognize black or yellow colors;
He encounters a sagely, skilled physician, / Who treats him with the medicine of the Dharma;
He formerly heard that there are five colors— / Blue, yellow, red, white, and black—
Yet once he gains the clear consciousness of the eye, / He does not distinguish blue, yellow, or red.
The bodhisattva's path of skillful means / Makes distinctions reaching the ultimate;
Sweeping away the states of the eight difficulties, / It neither arises nor ceases."