持人菩薩經寶光菩薩品第十二
Chapter 12: The Radiant Treasure Bodhisattva
佛告持人：「乃往過去無央數劫不可稱計懸曠無限。爾時於世有佛，號紫金山王如來、至真、等正覺、明行成為、善逝、世間解、無上士、道法御、天人師，為佛、世尊。其紫金山王如來壽住五劫，諸聲聞眾不可計數，諸菩薩會亦不可限，無能稱了知其多少。其土熾盛，風雨時節五穀豐熟，人民安寧強不凌弱，各得其所心行平等，飲食消化不以為病，婬怒癡薄善自修身，家居義教順律清淨。彼時如來，為諸菩薩一切眾生，決諸疑網令無懷恨，頒宣菩薩道法之藏。
The Buddha told the Holder of the Dharma: "In the distant past, countless eons ago—immeasurable and beyond all reckoning—there was a Buddha in the world named King of the Purple Gold Mountain, the Thus-Come One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened One, perfect in knowledge and conduct, the Well-Gone One, the Knower of the World, the Supreme One, the Tamer of the Path, the Teacher of gods and humans, the Buddha, the World-Honored One.
The lifespan of King of the Purple Gold Mountain, the Thus-Come One, lasted five eons. His assembly of voice-hearers was uncountable, and the gathering of bodhisattvas was likewise beyond measure—no one could fathom their numbers.
His land flourished greatly. The rains came in proper season, and the five grains ripened in abundance. The people lived in peace and safety, the strong did not oppress the weak, and each found their rightful place, their minds dwelling in equanimity. Whatever they ate was easily digested and brought no illness. Greed, anger, and delusion grew thin within them, as they earnestly cultivated their own conduct. In their households, they upheld righteous teachings and followed pure precepts with harmony.
At that time, the Thus-Come One, for the sake of all bodhisattvas and all living beings, resolved every web of doubt, leaving no room for resentment, and proclaimed the treasury of the bodhisattva path—the Dharma storehouse of the Path."
「時有菩薩名曰寶光，聞佛說是諸菩薩業，解陰衰入諸種十八，十二緣起，諸根意止，八正道行，世俗度世，有為無為，即輒奉受。如是精進十二億歲，未曾發起婬怒癡心，不貪利養飲食衣服床蓐臥具病瘦醫藥，惟心精修，入如是像曉了思惟，常修精進，盡其形壽淨修梵行。在其佛所壽終之後還生本土，在於人間適生墮地，便復出家復受學斯，如是像法曉了奉行。復在於彼六十億歲，淨修梵行心不捨遠，如是像法慕求不廢，復壽終竟還生佛國。其紫金山王如來續存，復在其所淨修梵行，一一劫中，五返生沒終而復始。
At that time, there was a bodhisattva named Precious Light. Hearing the Buddha teach about the karma of these bodhisattvas—understanding the five aggregates, the sense spheres, the eighteen elements, dependent origination, the faculties, the bases of mindfulness, the practice of the Eightfold Path, the worldly and transcendent, the conditioned and unconditioned—he immediately embraced and upheld it all. In this way, he practiced diligently for twelve hundred million years, never giving rise to a mind of desire, anger, or delusion. He was not attached to offerings, food, clothing, bedding, or medicine for illness. He devoted his mind solely to diligent cultivation, entering into such understanding, contemplating and reflecting deeply. He constantly practiced diligence, and throughout his entire life, he purely cultivated the holy life.
After his life ended at that Buddha's place, he was reborn in his own homeland. As soon as he was born and touched the ground, he left home again and took up this same teaching, understanding and practicing it in this way. Then, for sixty hundred million years, he purely cultivated the holy life, never letting his mind stray far from it. He sought and practiced this teaching without ceasing. When his life again came to an end, he was reborn in the Buddha land. The Thus-Come One, King of Purple Gold Mountain, was still present there. Again, in that place, he purely cultivated the holy life. In each kalpa, he passed away and was reborn five times, ending and beginning again.
「其紫金山王如來、至真，臨欲滅度終五劫已，因是景模博聞無量，曉了諸法，於五劫中所可聞受。觀已從佛諮講解者，逮其意力觀戴如來，便為眾生一一敷演，開發無量人，皆發無上正真道意。佛滅度後正法住世一劫，復五百返往來周旋，生於人間常出家學，奉是景模曉了正典，化無央數不可思議眾生之類皆入至行。寶光菩薩見萬億佛，最後有佛，名無量光如來、至真、等正覺，所見授決：『却無數劫，汝當成無上正真之道，過無數劫，當復逮見億百千姟兆載諸佛，逮得正覺，號決一切議如來、至真、等正覺。諸聲聞眾不可稱計，難可限量，諸菩薩眾無央數人。其國處世人壽二劫，米穀平賤人民安隱。』
The Thus Come One, King of Vajra Mountain, approached his final passing after five kalpas. Through that noble example, he had gained vast knowledge and understood all dharmas, having heard and received the teachings throughout those five kalpas. Having observed this, he then consulted with the Buddha and received explanations. Attaining the power of understanding, he regarded the Thus Come One and then, for the sake of living beings, expounded the teachings one by one. He awakened countless people, and all of them set their minds on the supreme, right and true awakening. After the Buddha's passing, the true Dharma remained in the world for one kalpa. Then, for five hundred more lifetimes, he continued to cycle through birth and death, always being born in the human realm and leaving home to cultivate. He upheld this noble example and understood the true scriptures, transforming countless inconceivable living beings, all of whom entered into supreme practice.
Bodhisattva Jeweled Light saw ten thousand Buddhas. The last of these Buddhas was the Thus Come One, the True One, the Fully Awakened One of Infinite Light. The Buddha gave him this prophecy: "After countless kalpas, you will attain the supreme, right and true awakening. After passing through countless kalpas, you will again see hundreds of thousands of millions of Buddhas and attain perfect enlightenment. You will be known as the Thus Come One, the True One, the Fully Awakened One who Resolves All Doubts. Your assembly of voice-hearers will be beyond measure and impossible to count. Your assembly of bodhisattvas will be countless in number. In that land, people will live for two kalpas. Grains will be inexpensive, and the people will live in peace and security."
「是故，持人！菩薩大士欲逮得是如斯景模曉了正典，當精進學受持諷誦是經典要。」
Therefore, upholders of the Dharma! If Bodhisattva-Mahāsattvas wish to attain such a model of understanding and comprehend the true scriptures, they should practice with diligence, study, recite, and uphold the essence of these teachings.
佛復告持人：「若有菩薩學是經典，逮權方便常修四法。何謂為四？一曰棄家捐業行作沙門、二曰捨於憒閙習在閑居、三曰住清淨戒行不違闕、四曰去離懈怠精思不廢，是為四。以行是四勤求博聞，常立忍辱疾逮四法。何謂為四？一曰雖生天下常住中國、二曰因值佛世不在邊地、三曰常奉正法終無相違、四曰悉除罪蓋無復殃釁，是為四。若有菩薩學如是像經典之要，輒逮力勢，布施清淨、戒禁無穢、忍辱、精進、一心、智慧，聖明無瑕，以建是法致權方便。
「又復，持人！菩薩學斯立知止足閑居功德，懷無蓋哀愍于眾生，以用大哀入于眾生，然後乃學如是像法解了要行。
「又其菩薩入總持門學於勤修。何謂得入總持門而學勤修？志慕勤思曉了量法，方便觀察奉無限行。又解了觀諸定意門諸要法門，入不可計因緣正行，逮致如是比像力勢，曉一切法分別諸法，得意力勢以能曉了，斷生老病死，志強無怯不失正法，乃成無上正真道意逮最正覺。」
佛復告持人：「若有菩薩通總持門，普能曉了一切諸法言辭所趣，以用一事入百千事，以用道力分別諸法無所不達。又若菩薩逮定意門入音聲，便入無限定意門辭。以得入是，了若干品一切法門，以入一切諸法道門，頒宣諸法靡不蒙濟。又其菩薩奉行智慧，以是慧力曉了諸想，勤解想已以是慧力逮一切法疾通無礙。
「又若菩薩曉了無量定意門行，以住是地，普致一切十方法。又若菩薩曉了無量總持門行，解不可計定意門力，以定意門暢不可限眾法之元，以是道地普入諸法靡所不通。又其菩薩甚能曉了觀世間行，極復分別有為無為，奉行諸法心所不著有為無為，行如是像一切諸法，疾解諸法逮得明慧。
「又菩薩行權方便，勤察一切諸法本無所行，雖作是觀不為世事，不著世法亦無所猗，如是像法疾得曉了一切諸法，分別諸法，意力施財剖判章句，斷除生老死意行具足。
「是故，持人！菩薩大士於是摸法而度無極。何謂為四？於斯法典奉如道義、勤修正法、於斯經典逮無罣礙、普入道慧。」