菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.11

6.11

爾時，諸會菩薩，天、龍、鬼神、阿修羅、乾闥婆、迦留羅、摩睺羅伽、緊那羅、人非人，學、無學及四部眾，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷，如來觀察知諸眾生心之所念，「欲使如來說究竟成就苦行無量，齊何發意得成佛道？」佛知彼心，即與說本勤苦之行。佛告諸來會菩薩摩訶薩：「聽我所說真實法相，亦不由俗數得道，亦不離俗數得道，不從真道亦不離真道。何以故？黑中白妙，俗中道妙，苦樂甘勝。所以者何？吾昔學道直信不疑作日月王，日宮殿者，縱廣五十一由旬；月宮殿者，縱廣四十九由旬。日放光明一億一千光明，月放光明一億光明。吾為日月天子，謂為常住不朽不敗，經歷恒河沙億千萬國土，作日天子作月天子，命盡乃知非實非真。後壽轉減，作日月大臣，名曰荷伽羅，宮殿縱廣二十五由旬。次復作毘梨呵波提，宮殿縱廣二十由旬。次復作鴦伽羅，宮殿縱廣十九由旬。次復作醘謀，宮殿縱廣十九由旬。次復作含尼，宮殿縱廣十五由旬。此五大臣日月左右，於無央數百千劫作此五星，壽盡墮落，亦不真實其壽轉減。

At that time, among the assembled bodhisattvas, devas, nāgas, ghosts and spirits, asuras, gandharvas, garuḍas, mahoragas, kiṃnaras, humans, non-humans, those in training, those beyond training, and the fourfold assembly—bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, and upāsikās—the Tathāgata observed and knew what was in the minds of all sentient beings: "They wish for the Tathāgata to explain the ultimate accomplishment of immeasurable ascetic practices, and with what initial resolution he attained the Buddha path." Knowing their minds, the Buddha immediately expounded his original, diligent ascetic practices. The Buddha told the gathered bodhisattva mahāsattvas: "Listen to the true characteristic of phenomena that I preach. The path is neither attained by means of mundane conventions, nor is it attained apart from mundane conventions; it does not come from the true path, nor is it apart from the true path. Why? The white is wondrous within the dark, the path is wondrous within the mundane, and the sweet surpasses the bitter and pleasant. Why is this? Formerly, when I studied the path, with direct faith and without doubt, I became the King of the Sun and Moon. The sun palace was fifty-one yojanas in length and breadth; the moon palace was forty-nine yojanas in length and breadth. The sun emitted one hundred and ten million rays of light, and the moon emitted one hundred million rays of light. When I was the Sun and Moon Deva King, I thought it was permanent, imperishable, and indestructible; passing through lands as numerous as the sands of billions of Ganges rivers, I acted as the Sun Deva King and acted as the Moon Deva King, yet when my life ended, only then did I realize it was not real, not true. Later, as my lifespan progressively decreased, I became the chief minister of the sun and moon named Vogara, whose palace was twenty-five yojanas in length and breadth. Next, I again became Bṛhaspati, whose palace was twenty yojanas in length and breadth. Next, I again became Aṅgāraka, whose palace was nineteen yojanas in length and breadth. Next, I again became Śukra, whose palace was nineteen yojanas in length and breadth. Next, I again became Śani, whose palace was fifteen yojanas in length and breadth. These five ministers attended the left and right of the sun and moon. For countless hundreds of thousands of kalpas, I was these five planets; when my lifespan ended, I fell, and as this was also not real, my lifespan progressively decreased.