菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 7.42
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7.42
'The Tathāgata is free from attachment, / now in the southern realm;
In the pure contemplation within the womb, / with a retinue without measure.
Burning all wondrous fragrances, / hanging silks, flowers, parasols, and banners,
Making offerings [countless as] the sands of the Ganges. / The fragrance of profound moral virtue
Pervades the realms of the ten directions; / whoever smells this fragrance
All attain the unexcelled path. / You may lead your retinue
And go to Jambudvīpa; / with single-minded devotion take refuge in the Honored One,
And you will see the Buddha face to face. / The Buddha's virtues are boundless;
According to each one's former practice, / once hearing the meaning of the three verses,
One accomplishes the path without moving from one's seat. / The power of wisdom and samādhi in the three voids,
The eighteen unshared dharmas, / and the complete major and minor marks of a great man,
You will certainly obtain hereafter. / A body of purple-burnished gold,
Delicate and unstained by dust; / the dharmakāya, wisdom, and samādhi,
You will obtain in full. / Arriving there, do not harbor fear;
With a straightforward mind, give rise to no doubt. / Courageous and not cowardly,
You will then attain the lion's stride. / Contemplating the distinctions of body and mind,
Fully comprehending the spontaneous emptiness, / visual consciousness has no material basis;
Removing opposition, create no defilement. / You should practice the three Dharma doors
In the present, future, and intermediate state, / obtaining the pure threefold penetrative wisdom
And the dhāraṇī of unhindered phenomena. / With the thought of impermanence and non-pleasure,
Evils created over kalpas / are burned in the snap of a finger by the fire of wisdom;
Gold, silver, jewels, and lapis lazuli— / Mount Sumeru is formed of the four jewels;
When the kalpa burns, it is consumed by fire, / but karmic retribution cannot be destroyed.
The Tathāgata transforms beings in the world / out of pity for them, not for himself.
Taking birth here and there, / he binds and ties all who are attached,
Like a man shooting an arrow into empty space: / when the arrow is exhausted, it returns to the ground.
When making offerings to the fields of merit, / do not choose only the worthy and noble;
It is also like taking poison / and seeking antidotes everywhere—
The poisonous vapor grows increasingly intense, / and death is not far off.
If from previous lives there is a good friend / who provides the materials for an antidote,
Taking them in succession without picking and choosing, / one will encounter the method of the antidote.
Practicing generosity and performing meritorious deeds / without choosing between high and low:
This merit is praised by the sages, / the most honored and foremost.'
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- 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 — Classical Chinese