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Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (大明度經)


悉持品第八

Chapter 8: Universal Holding

帝釋作是念:「今見佛聞明度無極者,過去佛時人也,何況學持諷,用是教住,其人前世供養若干佛,從問事已。是善士為更見過去正真正覺,從是深法聞說時,不疑不恐、不畏不難。」

Then Śakra thought: "Now, whoever sees the Buddha and hears this Prajñāpāramitā — the perfection of wisdom — must have lived in the time of past Buddhas. How much more so if they study, uphold, and recite it, and live by this teaching! Such a noble person has made offerings to many Buddhas in previous lives and has asked them about the Dharma. This good person has already met the true and perfectly awakened Buddhas of the past, and when hearing this profound teaching, they feel no doubt, no fear, no dread, and no difficulty."

秋露子白佛言:「是深明度闓士大士信受者,視當如不退轉。何以故?本精進故。」

Shariputra said to the Buddha: "Those who believe and accept this profound wisdom, as bodhisattvas and great beings, should be regarded as irrevocable in their progress. Why is this so? Because their fundamental diligence is the reason."

釋語秋露子:「是法甚深,從斯定難乃爾乎。聞其義而不信者,彼求道未久,以斯為難矣。自歸明度為自歸一切智矣。夫一切智者,是明度所照明,當作是住解慧。」

Shariputra said: "This Dharma is extremely profound. Is it truly this difficult to attain from such deep concentration? Those who hear its meaning but do not believe it have not been seeking the Way for long, which is why they find it difficult. Taking refuge in Prajna is taking refuge in omniscience. For omniscience is what Prajna illuminates — one should abide thus, understanding this wisdom."

釋白佛言:「云何於明度中住解慧?」佛言:「善哉,釋!若今作是問,持佛威神使若發此問耳。闓士求明度,五陰中不住為應行,五陰不究竟,爾故不於中住。」

Subhakriti said to the Buddha, "How does one abide in wisdom within the Perfection of Wisdom?" The Buddha replied, "Excellent, Subhakriti! Your question now arises through the Buddha's spiritual power. A bodhisattva seeking the Perfection of Wisdom should not abide in the five aggregates, for that is the proper practice. The five aggregates are not ultimate reality, therefore one does not abide within them."

秋露子白佛言:「甚深,天中天!是法難見無邊。」
佛言:「五陰甚不住、不隨、不入五陰中。」
秋露子言:「有不退轉闓士,當於前說之,聞是慧法不疑不厭。」

Shariputra said: "For those irreversible bodhisattvas, one should preach this before them. Hearing this wisdom-teaching, they will neither doubt nor tire of it."

釋問秋露子:「未受決闓士,若於前說,將有何異?」曰:「未受決者,聞之或恐退。若大士聞斯義得淨定者,疾近受決不久,或見一佛若兩,便受決。或自於斯中受決,得無上正真道。」
佛言:「如是求佛,乃從久來,當作是知。未受決者,當聞見是法。」
秋露子白佛言:「我樂是語,樂人中之安。」
佛言:「樂者,當於佛前說之。」
秋露子言:「譬如闓士至德,自於夢中昇佛座坐,當知斯闓士但欲成佛。如是,天中天!是明度若有得者,其功德欲成滿近佛。」
佛言:「善哉是語!乃作是樂,如佛威神。」
復白佛:「譬若欲行萬里若二萬里,到大深澤中,遙想見牧牛羊者境界、居舍、叢樹,心中作是念想:『郡縣聚落將聞見之,稍稍前行,但欲近郡縣,不復畏盜賊。』如是,天中天!闓士大士得是法,今近受決不久,不復恐墮應儀、緣一覺道中。何以故?上正想見已。欲見大海者,便稍稍往,想見其山林,明慮諦見海尚遠,即不想見矣。若但欲至,無復山樹之想矣。得此法者,雖不見佛從受決,今作佛不久。譬若春時,樹葉稍欲生出,當知此不久花葉若實當成熟。何以故?上想見葉花實,當知成熟。斯土有眼者大歡喜,用見葉花實故,當知成熟。如是闓士大士上想受決不久,今受決,作無上正真道。」
佛言:「善哉,善哉!秋露子!持佛威神,使若說明度。」
善業白佛言:「難及,天中天!悉豫了署闓士大士,作如來無所著正真道最正覺。」
佛言:「用是故,闓士大士晝夜愍傷群生,欲使其安,自致無上正真道成作佛時,悉為說經。」
善業言:「云何求,得成就作佛?」
佛言:「經中作是觀五陰不過,為求明度。不觀見法,為求明度。」
對曰:「不可計,天中天所說。」
佛言:「如是,五陰不可計、不可求。」
對曰:「誰當信是者,從是求闓士大士?」
佛言:「何所為求?正使求者,但為名耳。是中闓士大士明度、力、四事、佛法、一切知,無所近。何以故?力不可計,四事、佛法、一切知,皆不可計。五陰諸法亦然也。正使作是求,為無所求,為求明度。正使作是求,但為名耳。」
善業言:「甚深,天中天!斯乃寶將中王與虛空戰,勇德難勝,令佛行業傳之無窮。」
佛言:「然!爾故,闓士欲疾書是經至死。何以故?於寶中多有斷起。」
善業言:「弊邪存想欲,使經斷。」
佛言:「邪欲斷經,會不能勝。」
秋露子問:「持誰恩,不能勝中斷?」
佛言:「十方現在諸佛威神,悉共擁護是闓士大士。佛所授定,邪不能斷也。」
又白佛言:「是明度,若念誦持學書者,諸佛威神皆共擁護之。」
佛言:「我眼視是學持誦者,最後書持卷者,當知是輩,如來眼所見是至德。受持是經者,疾近佛坐,得大功德。如來去後,是法當在釋氏國,彼賢學已,轉至會多尼國。在中學已,復到欝單曰國。在中學已,却後我經但欲斷時,我斯知已。爾時,持是明度最後有書者,佛悉豫見其人已,佛所稱譽也。」
秋露子問佛:「欝單曰國當有幾闓士大士學斯定?」
佛言:「少耳。是經說時聞,不恐不難,為疾近如來。其人前世聞如來已,學闓士至德,持戒完具、多所度脫,是輩索佛道者,我知是高士,近一切知。其所生處,志尚所歸,當學斯義,欲求無上正真道。是人行尊,邪終不能動使捨佛志也。聞明度已,得極歡樂尊,得大乘德,逮近無上正真道。雖不見我,後世得是法,為面見佛。佛說斯語如矣。儻有求道者,當共教勸,令學佛道。我悉代歡喜。有作是教者,心復心,轉轉相明,自在願生何方佛剎。所生異方,面見佛說經時,當復於後教人求佛。」
秋露子白佛言:「難及,天中天!云何乃有是如來,往古來今斯高士,何法不知,何求不得?云何乃有是決?甫當求佛者,是輩為精進,逮入六度中學。」
佛言:「是輩人有求經、不求者,會值經法,願不離經。索無止時,不索自得六度。」
秋露子問:「有覩斯明度定,眾經由之出乎?」
佛言:「有解明度者,諸經出之。所以然者,是佛教法,當教一切人勸令取佛,亦復自學斯經深義。彼諸高士所生逢佛,獲六度無極矣。」

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