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昔有迦羅越，常願見文殊師利。迦羅越便大布施并設高座訖，便有一老翁甚大醜惡，眼中眵出、鼻中洟出、口中唾出，迦羅越見在高座上便起意：「我今日施高座，高尚沙門當在其上，汝是何等人？」便牽著地。布施訖，迦羅越便然燈燒香著佛寺中，言：「持是功德現世見文殊師利。」便自還歸家疲極臥，夢有人語言：「汝欲見文殊師利，見之不識，近前高座上老翁正是文殊師利，汝便牽著地。如是前後七反，見之不識，當那得見文殊師利？」若人求菩薩道，一切當等心於人。求菩薩道者，文殊師利便往試之，當覺是意。
Once upon a time there was a wealthy layman who always wished to see Manjushri. He held a great charity feast and prepared a high seat of honor. When all was ready, an old man appeared—extremely ugly, with mucus running from his eyes, discharge from his nose, and drool from his mouth. Seeing this man sitting in the high seat, the layman thought angrily, "Today I have prepared this high seat for an honored monk. Who are you to sit there?" So he grabbed him and pulled him down to the ground. After the feast, the layman lit lamps and burned incense at the temple, praying, "May the merit from this offering allow me to see Manjushri in this very life." Then he returned home, exhausted, and fell asleep. In a dream, someone spoke to him: "You wished to see Manjushri, and when you saw him, you did not recognize him. The ugly old man sitting in the high seat was Manjushri himself, yet you pulled him down. This happened not once, but seven times. You saw him and did not recognize him—how can you expect to see Manjushri?"
Therefore, when someone seeks the Bodhisattva path, they should treat all beings with equal kindness. For when a person seeks enlightenment, Manjushri will come to test them. You should understand this.