佛說忠心經
Sutra on the Mind of Loyalty
東晉天竺三藏竺曇無蘭譯
Translated by Zhu Tanwulan, Tripitaka Master from India during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
聞如是：
This is what I heard:
一時佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。時，諸菩薩、四輩弟子、天龍鬼神、帝王臣民，日會聽經。佛右面比丘，名曰目連，神通妙達、智如虛空，隨時變化、權智並行，普還濟眾數如恒沙，諸天稽首靡不師仰。
Once, the Buddha was staying in the Jeta Grove, in the Garden of the Benefactor of the Orphans and the Solitary, near the city of Shravasti. At that time, bodhisattvas, disciples of the fourfold assembly, devas, nagas, spirits, kings, ministers, and common people gathered daily to hear the Dharma. To the Buddha’s right sat a monk named Maudgalyayana, whose spiritual powers were supremely refined and whose wisdom was as vast as empty space. Adapting to circumstances and skillfully combining expedient means with wisdom, he saved countless beings—as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. All celestial beings bowed to him in reverence, regarding him as their teacher.
佛告目連：「彼有大國，去斯八千，處在邊境。不覩三尊之至靈、希聞如來、無所著、正真、等正覺神妙清化，習於顛倒眾邪之行，以為真諦。王及臣民，奉事梵志等五百人，各有五通，力能移山住流，分身變化。國有大山，塞民逕路，舉國患之。王以山為民艱難，具向梵志說之。梵志答曰：『吾等自為民除害，王無慼焉！』即繞山坐，各一其心，以道定力，山起欲移。」
The Buddha told Maudgalyayana, "There is a large kingdom eight thousand miles from here, located in a border region. The people there have never seen the sublime sacred presence of the Three Jewels, nor have they ever heard of the Tathagata, the Arahant, the Fully and Perfectly Enlightened One and his wondrous, pure teachings. They cling to upside-down views and follow various wrong paths, believing them to be the ultimate truth. The king and his subjects serve five hundred Brahmin ascetics, each of whom possesses five kinds of supernatural powers. Their powers are strong enough to move mountains, stop rivers, and create multiple bodies at will. There is a huge mountain in the kingdom that blocks the people's roads, causing the entire nation great distress. The king explained the difficulty of the mountain to the Brahmins, who replied, 'We ourselves will remove this trouble for the people—do not worry, your majesty!' They then sat around the mountain, each concentrating their mind, and through the power of their meditative concentration, the mountain began to rise and was about to move."
佛告目連：「汝往彼國，現道神化，長度梵志，濟其君民，令遠三塗，永處福堂。」
目連受教，承佛威神，尋路放光遏絕日明，懸處虛空當其山巔，山為不動。
梵志驚曰：「此山已起，誰迴之乎？日又無光，此將有以！」中有明者，以定意觀眾弟子心，誰穢濁者，令山不移？覩見諸心，普有道淨，國榮寶色，不穢其心。仰頭觀見，覩一沙門，當其山上。梵志僉曰：「正是瞿曇弟子所為。」梵志呼曰：「王令吾等為民除患，汝抑之為？」
The Brahmin was astonished and said, "This mountain has risen up! Who turned it back? The sun has also lost its light—surely something is behind this!" Among them, there was a wise man who, by focusing his mind, examined the hearts of the disciples to see who was impure and had caused the mountain not to move. He perceived that all their hearts were pure in the Way—the glories and treasures of the kingdom did not defile their minds. Then he looked up and saw a monk sitting on top of the mountain. All the Brahmins exclaimed, "This is exactly the work of Gautama's disciple!" The Brahmin shouted, "The king ordered us to remove the trouble for the people—why are you stopping it?"
目連答曰：「吾自懸虛，誰抑汝等山？」
梵志三盡道力，欲令山移，山入三下，遂成平地。梵志顧相謂曰：「夫有明達、道德深者，即吾等師。」咸興整服，稽首敬白：「願為弟子，示吾極聖。」
目連答曰：「汝等欲去暝就明者，善！吾有尊師，號無上正真、天中之天，為一切智。汝等尋吾往至佛所。」
諸梵志曰：「佛之導化，寧殊於師乎？」
目連曰：「佛以須彌為芥子，吾以芥子為須彌。」歎佛德畢，曰：「汝等尋吾後。」目連接諸梵志，猶若壯士屈伸臂頃，即在佛前，具陳其情，白佛言：「吾承無上正真神勢之化，化諸梵志，斯等內外已淨，猶若新㲲易可為色。唯願世尊！蕩其微垢，令成真淨。」梵志見佛，心開意喜，皆作沙門。
佛言：「我為汝曹說經，上語亦善、中語亦善、下語亦善，語中深說度世之道，政心為本。聽我所言，使後世傳行之。」諸比丘皆叉手受教。
佛言：「人身中有五賊，牽人入惡道。何等為五：一者色、二者痛痒、三者思想、四者生死、五者識，是五者，人所常念。」
佛言：「人常為目所欺、為耳所欺、為鼻所欺、為口所欺、為身所欺。目但能見不能聞；耳但能聞不能見；鼻但能知香臭不能知味；口但能知味不能知香臭；身體但能知寒溫不能知味，是五者皆屬心，心為本。」
佛言：「諸比丘！欲求道者，當端汝心。人從癡故，隨十二因緣，便有生死。何等為十二因緣？一者癡、二者行、三者識、四者名色、五者六入、六者栽、七者痛、八者愛、九者受、十者有、十一者生、十二者死。施行善者，復得為人；施行惡者，入地獄、餓鬼、畜生、鬼神中。佛坐思念人癡故有生死。
「何等為癡？本從癡中來，今生為人復癡，心不解、目不開，不知死當何趣？見佛不問、見經不讀、見沙門不承事、不信道德、見父母不敬、不念世間苦、不知地獄中考治劇，是名為癡，故有生死不止。人死如呼吸之間，脆不過於人命。人身中有三事身死：識去、心去、意去。是三者，常相追逐。施行惡者，入地獄、餓鬼、畜生、鬼神中；施行善者，三亦相追逐，或生天上、或生人中；墮是五道中者，皆坐心不端故。」
佛告諸比丘：「皆當端汝目、端汝耳、端汝鼻、端汝口、端汝身、端汝心、身體皆當斷於土，魂神當不復墮泥犁、畜生、鬼神中。視人家有惡子，為吏所取，皆坐心不端故。人身中有百字，如車有百名。人多貪好怒，不思惟身中事，死入地獄中，後悔無所復及。我棄國捐轉輪王，憂斷生死，欲度世間人使得無為道，第一精進者，立得阿羅漢；第二精進者，得阿那含；第三精進者，得斯陀含；第四精進者，得須陀洹；雖不能大精進，當持五戒：不殺、不盜、不婬、不兩舌、不飲酒。」
佛言：「人坐起常當思念四事。何等四？一者自觀身，觀他人身；二者自觀痛痒，觀他人痛痒；三者自觀意，觀他人意；四者自觀法，觀他人法。內復欲亂者，心當自端視身體，飢亦極、飽亦極、行亦極、住亦極、坐亦極、寒亦極、熱亦極。臥欲來時，當自驚起，坐端心坐；心不端者，當起立；立不端者，當經行；心儻不端者，當自正。譬如國王將兵出鬪，健者在前；既在前鄙復却，適欲却著羞後人。
「諸比丘！既棄家捨妻子、剃鬚髮為沙門，雖一世勤苦，後長解脫。已得道者，內獨歡喜，視妻如姊弟、視子如知識，無貪愛之心。常當慈哀十方諸天人民、地獄、餓鬼、畜生、蜎飛蠕動之類，皆使富貴安隱度脫，得無為之道。見蟲獸，當以慈哀愍傷之，知生不復癡。能有是意者，常念師恩，事佛如人念父母；如獄中死罪囚，有賢者往請囚出囚。黠慧者常念賢者恩，比丘已得道者，當念佛，如是念經，當如人念飲食。
「諸比丘當轉相承事，如弟事兄，中有癡者，當問黠者，展轉相教；問黠者如暝中有燈火，無得陰謀作惡、無得諍訟。見金銀當如見土，無得妄證人入罪法，語言無得妄中傷人意。不聞莫言聞、不見莫言見，行道當低頭視，地蟲無得蹈殺。無得目貪人婦女，無得形相人婦女。坐自思惟，去貪愛之心，乃得為道耳。」
佛告諸比丘：「欲求道者，當端汝心，於閑處坐，自呼吸其氣息，知息短長。長息不報，形體亦極；閉氣不息，形體亦極。分別思惟，形體誰作者？心當視內，亦當觀外。自思惟歡然，與人有異心，當是時不用天下珍寶。心稍欲隨正道，意復小動者，即還自守其意，意即為還。譬如人有鏡，鏡不明則不見其形，磨去其垢，乃自見形。人以去貪婬、瞋恚、愚癡，譬如磨鏡。端自思惟，天下無堅固，皆無有常。」
佛告諸比丘：「持心當如四方石，石在中庭，雨墮不能壞、日炙亦不能消、風吹亦不能動，持心當如石。」
佛言：「天下人心，如流水中有草木，各自流行，不相顧望。前者亦不顧後，後者亦不顧前，草木流行，各自如故。人心亦如是，一念來、一念去，亦如草木前後不相顧望。於天上天下無所復樂，寄居天地間，棄身不復死。道成乃知師恩，見師即承事，不見者思惟其教誡，如孝子念父母。意定乃有一心，便慈哀天下人民、蜎飛蠕動之類。坐獨自歎已脫身於天下及五道：一者天道、二者人道、三者畜生道、四者餓鬼道、五者地獄道。已得羅漢道者，便能飛行變化。身中能出水火、能出無間入無孔，欲離世間，取無為去者，即能。」
佛告諸比丘：「道不可不學，經不可不讀。」佛說經已，五百沙門皆得阿羅漢道。
阿難白佛言：「是諸沙門，聞經意解，何其疾也？」
佛言：「此諸比丘，前迦葉佛時受誦斯經；中間無佛，隨世因緣廢不復聞，至吾為說，聞即得道。」
佛說經竟，諸菩薩、四輩弟子、帝王人民、天龍鬼神，無不歡喜，為佛作禮。
佛說忠心經