佛臨涅槃記法住經
Sutra on the Buddha's Prediction of the Dharma's Abiding at His Parinirvana
大唐三藏法師玄奘奉 詔譯
Translator: Xuanzang, Tripitaka Master of the Great Tang, by Imperial Decree
如是我聞：
Thus have I heard:
一時，薄伽梵在拘尸城力士生地娑羅雙林，與無量無數聲聞、菩薩摩訶薩俱，并諸天、人、阿素洛等，一切大眾前後圍繞。時薄伽梵臨般涅槃，愍眾生故，以慈軟音告阿難曰：「吾今不久當般涅槃，一切有為無不悉捨，一切佛事皆已究竟。我已宣說離窟宅法、妙甘露法、最自在法、極安樂法，是法深妙難解難知，不可尋思超尋思境，諸大聖者自內所證。我又三轉無上法輪，其輪威猛具十二相，諸餘沙門或婆羅門、天、魔、梵等，皆無有能如實轉者。我已為諸天人吹大法䗍，擊大法鼓，覺悟長夜無明睡眠。我已為諸天人建大法幢，然大法炬，普照一切除滅暗冥。我已為諸有情作大法橋，為大法船，濟渡一切暴流所溺。我已為諸有情注大法流，降大法雨，一切枯槁皆令潤洽。我已開顯解脫正路，引諸世間迷失道者，若諸有情我應度者皆已度訖，諸未度者皆亦為作得度因緣。我已降伏一切外道；我已摧滅一切邪論；我已傾覆諸魔宮殿；我已破壞一切魔軍，正師子吼作大佛事，圓滿丈夫本所誓願，護持法眼令無毀缺，化諸聲聞，授菩薩記，為未來世無上佛眼，開照世間常無斷絕。阿難！汝等當於如是無上正法勤加護持令不滅沒。阿難！我今更無所作，唯大涅槃是所歸趣。」
Once, the Blessed One was staying in the twin sala trees at the site of the Mallas' birth in the city of Kushinagar, together with countless disciples, bodhisattva-mahāsattvas, and a great assembly of gods, humans, and asuras, all gathered around before and behind him. At that time, the Blessed One, on the verge of entering parinirvāṇa, out of compassion for sentient beings, spoke to Ānanda in a gentle and kind voice: "I shall soon enter parinirvāṇa. All conditioned things are to be abandoned; all buddha-activities have been accomplished. I have already proclaimed the teaching of leaving the nest, the teaching of sublime nectar, the teaching of supreme freedom, and the teaching of ultimate bliss. This teaching is profound, subtle, difficult to understand, and difficult to know—it cannot be grasped by thought, transcending the realm of thought, and is directly realized by the great sages within themselves. I have also turned the supreme dharma-wheel three times. This wheel is mighty, with twelve aspects, and no other ascetics, brahmins, gods, māras, or brahmās can turn it in accordance with reality. I have blown the great conch of dharma for gods and humans, beaten the great drum of dharma, and awakened beings from the long night of ignorance and sleep. I have raised the great banner of dharma for gods and humans, lit the great torch of dharma, and illuminated all, dispelling darkness. I have built a great bridge of dharma for sentient beings and a great ship of dharma, rescuing all those drowning in violent currents. I have poured forth the great stream of dharma for sentient beings, sent down the great rain of dharma, and moistened all that was parched. I have revealed the right path of liberation and guided those lost in the world. Any sentient being I was to deliver has already been delivered; for those yet to be delivered, I have created the causes and conditions for their liberation. I have subdued all external teachers; I have destroyed all false views; I have toppled the palaces of māras; I have shattered the armies of māra, roared the lion's roar, accomplished the great buddha-deed, fulfilled the vows of a great being, preserved the eye of dharma without impairment, transformed the disciples, conferred prophecies of awakening on bodhisattvas, and for the future ages, the unsurpassed eye of buddha, illuminating the world, will never be cut off. Ānanda! You should diligently uphold this supreme dharma and ensure it does not perish. Ānanda! I now have nothing more to do—only great nirvāṇa is my final destination."
爾時阿難聞佛語已，悲慕感絕，良久而言：「未審如來為諸有情，三無數劫勤苦所得無上正法，於佛滅後住世幾時饒益天、人、阿素洛等，當漸隱沒？」
爾時世尊重以慈音告阿難曰：「諸佛化迹，法皆如是，勿復憂悲。無上正法於我滅後，住世千年饒益天、人、阿素洛等，從是已後漸當隱沒。
「阿難！當知我涅槃後第一百年，吾聖教中聖法堅固，我諸弟子聰慧多聞，無畏辯才能伏邪論，具大神力，於諸有情多所饒益；由是義故，天龍歡喜勤加守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎。一百年末，有大國王名阿輸迦，出現於世，具大威力王贍部洲，建窣堵波高廣嚴飾，其數滿足八萬四千，供養吾身所留舍利，令無量眾見聞歡喜，皆樹生天解脫之業。
「我涅槃後第二百年，吾聖教中寂靜堅固，我諸弟子聰慧多聞，如天人師，具大威德多所饒益；以是義故，天龍歡喜常加守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎。
「我涅槃後第三百年，吾聖教中正行堅固，我諸弟子證慧解脫、俱分解脫，身證見至無量百千，由是多人得聖果故，天龍歡喜常加守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎。
「我涅槃後第四百年，吾聖教中遠離堅固，我諸弟子樂住空閑，勤修寂定；以是義故，天龍歡喜常隨守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎。
「我涅槃後第五百年，吾聖教中法義堅固，我諸弟子愛樂正法，精勤修學論議決擇；由是義故，天龍歡喜常勤守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎。
「我涅槃後第六百年，吾聖教中法教堅固，我諸弟子多於教法精勤誦習，心無厭倦，能多饒益無量有情；以是義故，天龍歡喜勤加守護，國王大臣、長者居士亦復如是，善識福田，於佛、法、僧深生淨信，供養恭敬尊重讚歎，然於義趣多有懷疑。
「我涅槃後第七百年，吾聖教中利養堅固，天、龍、藥叉、阿素洛等，於佛、法、僧供養恭敬，尊重讚歎，我諸弟子多著利養、恭敬名譽，於增上學——戒、定、慧等——不勤修習。
「我涅槃後第八百年，吾聖教中乖爭堅固，我諸弟子多相嫌嫉，結搆惡人，塵坌訕謗，輕訶持戒，鄙賤多聞，不念『六和』，專思乖爭，見不善巧，不敬師長，不正知住，欺誑諂曲，言詞麁獷如栴茶羅，依附國王、大臣、長者，方便損費三寶財物，結惡朋黨折挫善人。
「我涅槃後第九百年，吾聖教中事業堅固，我諸弟子多營俗業耕種、商估，通致使命以自存活，於諸如來所制學處慢緩毀犯。
「我涅槃後第十百年，吾聖教中戲論堅固，我諸弟子多勤習學種種戲論，捨出世間諸佛正教，所謂契經、應頌、記別、諷誦、自說、緣起、譬喻、本事、本生、方廣、希法及與論義，精勤習誦世間戲論，所謂王論、賊論、戰論、食論、飲論、衣論、乘論、我論、婬論、男論、女論、諸國土論、諸河海論、諸外道論；由樂此等種種戲論，令諸沙門、婆羅門等輕毀退失我之聖教。於我正法毘奈耶中，當有如斯諸惡苾芻、苾芻尼等，不善修習身戒心慧，更相忿爭，謀毀誹謗，耽著妙好種種衣鉢、房舍、敷具，由與諸惡徒黨集會，雖經多年守護淨戒，於須臾頃悉皆毀犯，雖經多年集諸善本，由多憂恚悉皆退失。以是因緣，天龍等眾悲傷懊惱，捨不守護，國王大臣、長者居士於三寶所不生淨信，誹謗輕毀，由是因緣令正法滅。
「從是已後，諸苾芻等造惡轉深，國王大臣、長者居士益不恭敬。三寶餘勢猶未全滅，故於彼時，復有苾芻、苾芻尼等，少欲知足護持禁戒，修行靜慮愛樂多聞，受持如來三藏教法，廣為四眾分別演說，利益安樂無量有情；復有國王大臣、長者及居士等，愛惜正法，於三寶所供養恭敬、尊重讚歎，護持建立無所顧戀。當知皆是不可思議諸菩薩等，以本願力生於此時，護持如來無上正法，與諸有情作大饒益。」
爾時阿難、聲聞、菩薩、天、龍、藥叉、人非人等一切大眾，聞薄伽梵懸記當來法住時分、諸苾芻等行業差別，皆增悲歎，信受奉行。
佛臨涅槃記法住經