大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品 1.4

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爾時諸天住在空中，散花供養，種種音樂而讚歎佛神力具一切智，降伏外道。四眾歡喜，皆發阿褥多羅三藐三菩提心。爾時阿難遍觀大眾心之所念，即於會中安詳而起，偏袒右肩合掌向佛，頂禮佛足而作是言：「善哉！奇特大力尊重天人之師！何期今日降伏外道，令一切眾生歸依正法。世尊！我等聲聞真實愚惑、好為多聞，於諸漏心不求解脫，蒙佛慈誨，得正重修。身意得聞，然不能自定（安也）。今欲攝心，云何降伏？唯願世尊為我廣說得不退轉，令一切眾生普聞法要。」爾時世尊以正遍知力讚阿難言：「善哉善哉！汝能為一切人天大眾而問如來攝心之事。諦聽諦受，善思惟之。吾當為汝先說入三摩地。若有修學之人求一切智，先持四種律儀皎明也。如來霜自不能生一切枝葉，心三口四生如無量因緣，然後當知十二因緣法。阿難！如是四事十二因緣，若不告遺心、不貪色香味觸，一切魔事云何發生？阿難！若有修學之人，不能滅宿習因緣業障罪者，汝教是人一心懺悔除滅先身業障。對佛菩薩天龍前至誠稽首，□命十方諸佛，請求哀祐。謙敬仁恕，發願迴向。勸請諸佛久住在世，轉大法輪度人天眾。心無散亂，一向專心行三昧法，晝夜精懃心無厭捨，求大涅槃清淨勝果。彼尚婬女無心修行，以定力故愛心永脫。」於是阿難慜諸有情，迴彼六趣沒溺苦海無能覺者，為作依心，重白佛言：「世尊！我蒙如來無上悲誨，心已開悟，我今日當修證無學道成。唯念末法之時，初修學者建立道場，依何教法而得出離？云何結界能伏眾魔，令一切天龍鬼神而作守護今佛世尊清淨軌則？」於是阿難以偈問曰：

At that time the gods, dwelling in the empty sky, scattered flowers as offerings, and with various kinds of music praised the Buddha's divine power, complete with all-knowledge, which subdued the tīrthikas. The fourfold assembly rejoiced, and all gave rise to the mind of anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi. At that time, Ānanda, having observed what was in the minds of the great assembly, calmly arose from the assembly, bared his right shoulder, joined his palms toward the Buddha, bowed his head at the Buddha's feet, and said: "Excellent! How extraordinary, teacher of gods and humans of great power and reverence! How unexpected today that you subdued the tīrthikas and caused all sentient beings to take refuge in the correct Dharma! World-Honoured One, we śrāvakas are truly foolish and deluded; we take pleasure in much learning, yet we do not seek liberation from the defiled mind. Having received the Buddha's compassionate instruction, we may properly practice again. We have heard it with our bodies and minds, yet we cannot stabilize (settle) ourselves. We now wish to gather the mind; how are we to subdue it? We only pray that the World-Honoured One will explain extensively for us so that we may attain the non-retrogressing stage and cause all sentient beings everywhere to hear the essentials of the Dharma." At that time the World-Honoured One, with the power of complete and perfect enlightenment, praised Ānanda, saying: "Excellent, excellent! You are able, on behalf of the entire assembly of humans and gods, to ask the Tathāgata about gathering the mind. Listen attentively and receive it well; reflect upon it with care. I shall first speak to you of entering samādhi. If there are practitioners who seek all-knowledge, they must first observe the four kinds of moral conduct clearly and purely. Just as the Tathāgata's frost naturally prevents all branches and leaves from sprouting, so too the three [actions] of mind and four of speech give rise to immeasurable causes and conditions; thereafter, you must know the twelve links of dependent origination. Ānanda! With these four matters and the twelve links of dependent origination, if one does not harbor negligence in mind and does not crave forms, sounds, scents, tastes, or tangibles, how could any demonic phenomena arise? Ānanda! If there are practitioners who are unable to eliminate the karmic hindrances and sins of habitual karmic tendencies from past lives, you should teach such persons to repent with single-minded focus to eliminate the karmic hindrances of their previous lives. Before the buddhas, bodhisattvas, devas, and nāgas, they should bow their heads in utmost sincerity, [entrust] their lives to the buddhas of the ten directions, and beseech their compassionate protection. With humility, reverence, benevolence, and forbearance, they should make vows and dedicate merit. They should entreat the buddhas to remain long in the world and turn the great wheel of the Dharma to deliver the hosts of humans and gods. With a mind free of distraction, single-mindedly practicing the method of samādhi, day and night with diligent effort without wearying or relinquishing, they should seek the pure and supreme fruit of great nirvāṇa. Even that courtesan, who had no intention to practice, eternally threw off her lustful mind by the power of concentration." Thereupon Ānanda, pitying all sentient beings submerged in the sea of suffering across the six destinies without any who awaken, wishing to serve as their basis of reliance, addressed the Buddha again, saying: "World-Honoured One! Having received the Tathāgata's unsurpassed and compassionate instruction, my mind has already awakened; today I shall cultivate and realize the path of the adept (aśaikṣa). My only concern is that during the Final Dharma age, when beginner practitioners establish a bodhimaṇḍa, upon what teaching must they rely to attain liberation? How should they perform the sīmābandha so as to subdue the demonic hosts and cause all devas, nāgas, ghosts, and spirits to protect the pure procedures of the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, at present?" Thereupon Ānanda inquired in verse, saying: