仁王般若波羅蜜護國經囑累品第八
Chapter 8: Entrustment
佛告波斯匿王：「我誡勅汝等，吾滅度後，八十年八百年八千年中，無佛無法無僧，無信男無信女時，此經三寶，付囑諸國王四部弟子受持讀誦解義，為三界眾生開空慧道，修七賢行、十善行，化一切眾生。後五濁世，比丘、比丘尼四部弟子，天龍八部，一切神王，國王大臣太子王子，自恃高貴，滅破吾法。明作制法，制我弟子比丘、比丘尼。不聽出家、行道，亦復不聽造作佛像形、佛塔形。立統官制眾，安籍記僧；比丘地立，白衣高坐；兵奴為比丘；受別請法。知識比丘共為一心親善，比丘為作齋會求福，如外道法，都非吾法。當知爾時正法將滅不久。
The Buddha addressed King Prasenajit: “I now give you this solemn instruction. In the eight hundred or eight thousand years after my passing, when there will be no Buddha, no Dharma, no Sangha, and no faithful men or women, this sutra and the Three Jewels shall be entrusted to the kings and disciples of the four assemblies. You should uphold, recite, and understand its meaning, opening the path of the wisdom of emptiness for all beings in the three realms. You must cultivate the seven stages of noble practice and the ten wholesome actions, transforming all living beings.
In the later age of the five corruptions, monks, nuns, and disciples of the four assemblies, as well as the eight groups of heavenly beings, dragons, and all spirit kings, along with kings, ministers, princes, and royal heirs—each prideful of their own high status—will destroy and corrupt my Dharma. They will openly create restrictive laws to control my disciples, the monks, and nuns. They will forbid them from leaving home to practice the path and from making images of the Buddhas or building stupas. They will establish official authorities to govern the Sangha, keeping registers to record the monks. Monks will be made to stand while laypeople sit in high seats; soldiers and slaves will become monks. They will practice the separate invitation for alms. Learned monks will become intimate friends, acting with one mind toward each other, and they will hold feasts seeking blessings, following the same methods as non-Buddhist sects. None of this is my true Dharma. You should know that at that time, the true Dharma will soon come to an end.
「大王！壞亂吾道，是汝等作。自恃威力，制我四部弟子。百姓疾病無不苦難，是破國因緣，說五濁罪窮劫不盡。
"Great King! It is you all who have corrupted my teaching. Relying on your own power and authority, you have suppressed my fourfold community of disciples. The people's illnesses and sufferings—every hardship—arise from this destruction of the nation. The sins of the five corruptions are so profound that they cannot be fully described even in a kalpa's time."
「大王！法末世時，有諸比丘四部弟子，國王大臣多作非法之行，橫與佛法眾僧作大非法，作諸罪過，非法非律，繫縛比丘，如獄囚法。當爾之時，法滅不久。
"Great king, in the final age of the Dharma, there will be monks and practitioners of all four groups, as well as kings and ministers, who frequently commit unlawful acts. They will blatantly harm the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, committing serious offenses that violate both law and monastic discipline. They will imprison monks, treating them like jail inmates. At such a time, the Dharma will soon vanish.
「大王！我滅度後，未來世中四部弟子，諸小國王太子王子，乃是住持護三寶者，轉更滅破三寶；如師子身中蟲，自食師子，非外道也。多壞我佛法，得大罪過，正教衰薄，民無正行，以漸為惡，其壽日減，至于百歲。人壞佛教，無復孝子，六親不和，天神不祐，疾疫惡鬼日來侵害，災恠首尾，連禍縱橫，死入地獄、餓鬼、畜生，若出為人，兵奴果報，如響應聲；如人夜書，火滅字存。三界果報，亦復如是。
"Great King! After my passing, in future ages, the fourfold assembly of disciples, various minor kings, princes, and monarchs—those who are supposed to uphold and protect the Three Jewels—will instead turn around and destroy them. They will be like worms feeding on the lion's own body, consuming it from within. This destruction will come not from outsiders, but from within.
These individuals will greatly harm my teachings and incur heavy wrongdoing. The true Dharma will decline and become thin, people will lose proper conduct, and gradually they will turn toward evil. Their lifespans will dwindle day by day, down to a mere hundred years.
When people corrupt the Buddhist teachings, there will no longer be filial children. Family members will be at odds with each other, and the celestial gods will grant no protection. Diseases, epidemics, and malevolent spirits will daily come to afflict them. Disasters and strange occurrences will follow one after another, and misfortune will spread everywhere like a tangled web.
When they die, they will fall into the hells, the realm of hungry ghosts, or that of animals. Even if they should be reborn as humans, they will face the bitter retribution of being soldiers or slaves. This is as certain as an echo following a sound, or as writing that remains after the candle flame goes out. The karmic retribution across the three realms works in exactly the same way."
「大王！未來世中，一切國王太子王子四部弟子，橫與佛弟子書記制戒，如白衣法，如兵奴法，若我弟子比丘比丘尼，立籍為官所使，都非我弟子，是兵奴法。立統官攝僧典主僧籍，大小僧統，共相攝縛，如獄囚法，兵奴之法。當爾之時，佛法不久。
「大王！未來世中，諸小國王四部弟子，自作此罪破國因緣，身自受之，非佛法僧。大王！未來世中流通此經，七佛法器，十方諸佛常所行道。諸惡比丘，多求名利，於國王太子王子前，自說破佛法因緣，破國因緣。其王不別，信聽此語，橫作法制，不依佛戒，是為破佛破國因緣。當爾之時，正法不久。」
爾時，十六大國王，聞佛七誡所說未來世事，悲啼涕出，聲動三千，日月五星二十八宿失光不現。時諸王等，各各至心受持佛語，不制四部弟子出家行道，當如佛教。
爾時，大眾十八梵天王，六欲諸天子歎言：「當爾之時，世間空虛，是無佛世！」爾時，無量大眾中，百億菩薩彌勒師子月等，百億舍利弗、須菩提等，五百億十八梵王、六欲諸天，三界六道，阿須輪王等，聞佛所說護佛果因緣、護國土因緣，歡喜無量，為佛作禮，受持般若波羅蜜。
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