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Buddha Speaks the Benevolent Kings Prajñā Pā (佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經)

About 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經

Later Qin · Source text translated by 鳩摩羅什

12,142 · about 40 min

The Buddha Speaks the Benevolent King Prajñāpāramitā Sutra is an important Buddhist scripture translated by the eminent translation master Kumārajīva during the Later Qin period. This sutra takes prajñā wisdom as its core, expounds methods for protecting the nation and bringing peace to the people, and emphasizes that through the practice of prajñāpāramitā, one may attain unsurpassed wisdom and merit. The sutra records the Buddha’s teachings to sixteen great kings on the way to protect the state, elucidates the thought of śūnyatā (emptiness) in prajñā and the practices of a bodhisattva, and declares that upholding and reciting this sutra can eliminate calamities and avert difficulties, safeguarding the peace and stability of the nation. This sutra holds a significant position in the history of Chinese Buddhism, regarded as one of the state‑protecting scriptures. It has profoundly influenced later Buddhist political thought and practical cultivation, and has been especially revered by successive emperors and devotees throughout the ages.


佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經卷上
姚秦三藏鳩摩羅什譯
序品第一
如是我聞:
一時,佛住王舍城耆闍崛山中,與大比丘眾八百萬億,學無學皆阿羅漢,有為功德無為功德,無學十智、有學八智、有學六智,三根十六心行,法假虛實觀、受假虛實觀、名假虛實觀,三空觀門,四諦十二緣,無量功德皆成就。復有八百萬億大仙緣覺,非斷非常,四諦十二緣皆成就。復有九百萬億菩薩摩訶薩,皆阿羅漢實智功德、方便智功德,行獨大乘,四眼五通三達十力,四無量心,四辯四攝,金剛滅定,一切功德皆成就。復有千萬億五戒賢者,皆行阿羅漢十地,迴向五分法身具足,無量功德皆成就。復有十千五戒清信女,皆行阿羅漢十地,皆成就始生功德、住生功德、終生功德,三十生功德皆成就。復有十億七賢居士,德行具足:二十二品、十一切入、八除入、八解脫、三慧、十六諦、四諦、四三二一品觀、得九十忍,一切功德皆成就。復有萬萬億九梵、三淨、三光、三梵、五喜樂天,天定、功德定、味、常樂神通,十八生處功德皆成就。復有億億六欲諸天子,十善果報,神通功德皆成就。復有十六大國王,各各有一萬二萬乃至十萬眷屬,五戒、十善、三歸功德,清信行具足。復有五道一切眾生。復有他方不可量眾。復有變十方淨土,現百億高座,化百億須彌寶華,各各坐前華上,復有無量化佛。有無量菩薩比丘八部大眾,各各坐寶蓮華,華上皆有無量國土,一一國土,佛及大眾如今無異。一一國土中,一一佛及大眾,各各說般若波羅蜜。他方大眾及化眾,此三界中大眾,十二大眾,皆來集會,坐九劫蓮華座。其會方廣九百五十里,大眾僉然而坐。
爾時,十號三明大滅諦金剛智釋迦牟尼佛,初年月八日方坐十地,入大寂室三昧,思緣放大光明,照三界中。復於頂上出千寶蓮華,其華上至非想非非想天,光亦復爾,乃至他方恒河沙諸佛國土。時無色界雨無量變大香華,香如車輪,華如須彌山王,如雲而下;十八梵天王雨百變異色華;六欲諸天雨無量色華。其佛座前自然生九百萬億劫(丹本作級)華,上至非想非非想天,是時世界其地六種震動。
爾時,諸大眾俱共僉然生疑,各相謂言:「四無所畏、十八不共法、五眼法身大覺世尊,前已為我等大眾,二十九年說摩訶般若波羅蜜、金剛般若波羅蜜、天王問般若波羅蜜、光讚般若波羅蜜。今日如來放大光明,斯作何事?」時十六大國王中,舍衛國主波斯匿王名曰月光,德行十地,六度、三十七品、四不壞淨,行摩訶衍化,次第問居士寶蓋法、淨名等八百人;復問須菩提、舍利弗等五千人;復問彌勒、師子吼等十千人,無能答者。
時波斯匿王即以神力,作八萬種音樂,十八梵、六欲諸天亦作八萬種音樂,聲動三千乃至十方恒河沙佛土,有緣斯現。彼他方佛國中南方法才菩薩共五百萬億大眾,俱來入此大會;東方寶柱菩薩共九百萬億大眾,俱來入此大會;北方虛空性菩薩共百千萬億大眾,俱來入此大會;西方善住菩薩共十恒河沙大眾,俱來入此大會。六方亦復如是,作樂亦然,亦復共作無量音樂,覺悟如來。佛即知時得眾生根,即從定起,方坐蓮華師子座上,如金剛山王。大眾歡喜,各各現無量神通,地及虛空大眾而住。

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