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菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 3.35

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3.35

"The pathways of all sense-bases and afflictions, / along with the four inversions, / are entirely and eternally eliminated, / like empty space devoid of form.
Their lifespans are countless; / none die untimely midway.
Practicing the four dharmas of fearlessness, / they achieve the fruit and are unshakable.
Those born in that land / receive the retribution of practicing the loving-kindness samādhi.
Like me, Śākyamuni, / who heroically bypassed kalpas,
giving away kingdom, wealth, wife, and children, / abandoning conceptual thought with nothing longed for,
you, all disciples of the Buddha, / make the vow to be born there!
There is also no Śrāvaka Dharma [there]; / through causes and conditions, each attains the Buddha path.
Even if one practiced the virtues of the Way with diligence and toil / in this world for hundreds of thousands of kalpas,
one would still be unable to obtain / a sixteenth part of that.
Contemplating all dharmas through their dharmatā, / wisdom penetrates without obstruction;
extinguishing the mind of self and ego, / one abides immediately in the stage of non-arising.
The living beings of that land / establish their resolve on the steadfast Dharma;
destroying existence, they do not abide in existence— / such is the practice of those bound to one birth.
You, all disciples of the Buddha, / understand non-action:
relinquishing meditation to enter the first dhyāna, / one first knows the suffering of living beings;
with the nine non-obstructions in between, / the marks of dhyāna are immeasurable;
the minds of living beings are pure, / each having different thoughts.
Having already departed the abyss of the five paths, / the Buddha-sun shines upon the three realms;
excellent it is to gain great benefit, / moving all the heavenly palaces!
The pristine wisdom of omniscience / transforms and guides without fatigue;
living beings attain loving hearts, / yearning for the unsurpassed Way.
Through countless kalpas, / casting off bodies and taking on bodies again,
turning in the cycle of birth and death, / from fetters they attain liberation from fetters.
The four truths are like sandalwood incense / and finely pounded benzoin incense;
by the power of samādhi and wisdom, / they destroy the armies of Māra.
By what samādhi is the knot of past single-thought cut?
By what concentration, what path, is the knot of future two-thoughts removed?
The knot of present three-thoughts / must have a root to be thoroughly eradicated.
The knot of past single-thought / has ninety thousand kotis of defilements;
by means of the pure concentration of emptiness, / one reaches the shore of emptiness and non-being.
In the future there are no nine knots; / the concentrated mind has no conceptual thought;
tranquilly reaching the Buddha path, / it dwells forever without anywhere to abide.
May the Dharma be unhindered / regarding the present three times nine knots;
eliminating mind, intellect, and consciousness, / one gradually abides and reaches unobstructedness."

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