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Buddha Speaks Mañjuśrī's Pure Vinaya (佛說文殊師利淨律經)

About 佛說文殊師利淨律經

Western Jin · Source text translated by 竺法護

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The Sutra on the Pure Precepts Spoken by the Buddha to Mañjuśrī, translated by the eminent monk Dharmarakṣa of the Western Jin Dynasty, is one of the important early scriptures in Chinese Buddhism. As the Bodhisattva of Dunhuang, Dharmarakṣa translated numerous sutras in his lifetime. This sutra demonstrates the mature level of Buddhist text translation into Chinese during the Western Jin period. Centered on the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, the sutra expounds the essential principles of cultivating pure precepts, emphasizing the integration of precepts through Wisdom (Prajñā) to attain the state where mind and precepts are one. Its content encompasses the profound meaning of the bodhisattva precepts, the relationship between upholding precepts and Wisdom, and how to achieve Bodhi through pure precepts. This sutra holds a unique position in Mahāyāna Buddhist vinaya studies, providing an important theoretical foundation for the vinaya thought in Chinese Buddhism and exerting a profound influence on the precept perspectives of later schools such as Chan and Tiantai.


佛說文殊師利淨律經
西晉月氏國三藏竺法護譯
真諦義品第一
聞如是:
一時,佛遊羅閱祇耆闍崛山中,與大比丘眾俱,比丘千二百五十,菩薩三萬二千。彼時,世尊與無央數百千之眾眷屬圍繞而為說經。
時有天子,名曰寂順律音,在於會坐,即從坐起,更整衣服,長跪叉手,白世尊曰:「文殊師利今為所在?一切諸會四部之眾,天、龍、鬼神,釋梵四王,皆共渴仰,欲覩正士咨講妙辭聽受經義。」
佛言:「東方去此萬佛國土,世界名寶氏,佛號寶英如來、無所著、等正覺,今現在演說道教,文殊在彼,為諸菩薩大士之倫宣示不及。」
天子白佛:「惟願大聖,加哀垂威,令文殊師利自屈到斯。所以者何?文殊師利所說經法,開發結礙,靡不㸌然,踰過聲聞、緣覺之上。文殊師利設說大法,一切眾魔皆為降伏,諸邪迷惑無得人便,諸外異道莫不歸命;其貢高者不懷自大,未發意者皆發道心,已發道心立不退轉,所當受者無不稽顙,所當執御靡不攬持,如來、至真皆亦勸讚:『因此聖教乃令正法長得久存。自捨如來,未有他尊智慧辯才,頒宣典誥如文殊者也。』」
於是,世尊見寂順律音天子之所啟白,為一切故則發大哀,演兩眉間毛相之光,其明普照照諸三千大千佛土,通達周徹一萬佛土,大光照燿寶氏世界。
時,彼佛土諸菩薩眾前問其佛:「是何感應先現此瑞?」寶英如來告諸菩薩:「西方去此過萬佛剎,有世界名忍,其佛號曰能仁如來、至真、等正覺,今現在講法演眉間光,照萬佛土普耀此剎。」菩薩問曰:「唯然世尊,何故放光?」佛言:「無央數億百千菩薩會彼佛土,釋梵持世及四部眾,皆共傾望文殊師利,欲得奉覲咨講經法,悉俱白佛,奮斯光明遙請文殊。」
寶英如來告文殊曰:「汝往彼土,能仁如來延企相待,眾會無不遲想,相見稽首思聞欲聽稟受。」文殊白佛:「吾亦尋知此光瑞應。」
於時,文殊與萬菩薩禮寶英佛,右繞三匝,猶如壯士屈申臂頃,於寶氏剎忽然不現,立于忍土在虛空中,不現其身,僉雨天花遍大眾會,花至于膝。時諸會者怪未曾有,皆白佛言:「此何先瑞而雨天花?」
佛告諸族姓子:「此文殊師利與萬菩薩應命俱來,在于虛空雨於眾花,以供養佛眾會。」僉曰:「願見文殊及諸菩薩,若能親覲如是正士,甚為欣慶難值難遇。」說是未竟,文殊師利與萬菩薩,便即現身,稽首佛足,右繞七匝,各以威力神足變化,作大蓮華自處其上。
寂順律音天子白佛:「願發聖教,令文殊師利敷演道化,眾會踦𨄅欲聞訓誨。」佛告天子:「自咨汝心,便可稽問。」
寂順律音則白文殊:「寶英佛土有何奇特超異之德,至使仁者遊居樂彼?」
文殊告曰:「不興貪欲亦不滅之、不起瞋恚亦無所盡、不建愚癡亦無所除、不造塵勞亦無所壞。所以者何?無所生法亦無所盡。」
又問:「其佛說法,何所興為?何所滅除?」答曰:「其本淨者,以無起滅,不以生盡。所以者何?彼土眾生,了真諦義以為元首,不以緣合為第一也。」
又問:「何謂真諦元首?何謂緣合以為第一?」答曰:「於義無起亦無所壞,無有相處亦不無相,亦非一相亦不離相亦不顯相。彼無視者,亦不無視、亦不諦視,亦不有盡無能盡者,已無所盡不可盡者,是曰真諦義義者。天子!謂無心矣。無本心者,不教他人不於此際、不度彼岸、不在中流,是真諦義義者。天子!謂無文字乃為聖諦。所以者何?如佛言曰,一切音聲皆為虛偽。」
天子又問:「如來所說將無欺乎?」
文殊答曰:「如來所說無誠無欺。所以者何?如來於二,心無所住,而於有為無為之法無有言辭,由是之故無誠無欺。於天子意所趣云何?如來之化設有所說,為實為虛?」
答曰:「不誠不欺。所以者何?如來之化,不有四大,亦無誠實。」
文殊答曰:「如是,天子!一切諸法皆亦如化自然之行,如來所解無所成就亦無所住;以是之故,所宣講法不誠不欺,歸于無二。」
又問:「何謂如來說真諦義?」
文殊答曰:「真諦義者,不可講說。所以者何?其義趣者,無言無說亦不可得。」
說是真諦義時,五百比丘漏盡意解,無數千人遠塵離垢,於諸法法眼淨,萬二千菩薩逮得無所從生法忍。

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