中陰經無生滅品第九
爾時，妙覺如來將欲移到諸佛剎土，告三聚眾生發心趣向求泥洹道：「今我現在與汝說法，若有所疑即來問我。泥洹有生、有滅不耶？」
爾時，三聚眾生聞如來語，前白佛言：「從欲界上至非想非非想，發意趣大乘不思議法，未曾聞有有為、無為法，何者有餘？何者無餘？何者是上人法？何者非上人法？」
爾時，世尊與三聚眾生分別句義、字義及無相義：「如來神力有三十二法。何者為三十二？億本宿命中根本所生，知本所從一一所生，彼死生此、此死生彼。以眼識通觀察，如掌中觀珠；以耳通蠅行、蟻步及微細聲皆悉聞之。本有三界，今無三界。汝等受道證，發心各各異，中間等變易。何者是三界？何者非三界？」
At that time, the World-Honored One explained to the gathering of beings the meanings of phrases, words, and signlessness: "The Thus-Come One's spiritual powers have thirty-two aspects. What are these thirty-two? One knows the original births of countless past lives, understands the source of each birth, knows death there and birth here, death here and birth there. Through the power of the eye-consciousness, one sees clearly as if viewing a jewel in the palm of the hand. Through the power of the ear, one hears the flight of flies, the steps of ants, and the subtlest sounds. Originally there were three realms; now there are no three realms. You receive the path and realize it; each of you gives rise to resolve differently, yet in between, there is transformation and change. What are the three realms? What is not the three realms?"
爾時，世尊說此語時，三聚眾生重生狐疑。
爾時，世尊知彼眾生心之所念，欲得與說無相法觀，以頌說曰：
At that time, the World-Honored One, knowing what was in the minds of those beings and wishing to expound for them the contemplation of the signless Dharma, spoke these verses:
「何者名為頭？ 何者名為足？
何者名為華？ 何者名為果？
人命在於頭， 滅如灰土塵；
百草樹木根， 拔去不復生。
觀此眾相法， 無頭亦無足，
有餘、無餘法， 等此而可知。
若言有泥洹， 我身命現在；
若言無泥洹， 何處有三聚？
佛以神力故， 令汝知有無。
我觀三界苦， 此亦有、亦無，
前念非後念、 前形非後形。
吾從無數劫， 舉足及中間，
其中起大悲， 非二乘所及。
當我起大悲， 三塗受苦者，
如慈母乳子， 無不飽滿者。
吾本一把施， 今得隨所願，
七寶眾琦珍， 隨念即時得。
何況四等具？ 六度濟眾生，
此者誰能別？ 唯佛佛知之，
今當與汝說， 分別有餘、無。
欲得觀我界， 吾以神足從，
到彼逮作佛， 名曰釋迦文。
七十二恒沙， 西南土莊嚴，
盡以一道化， 無辟支、聲聞。
其土甚快樂， 所念即在前，
不似此土界， 為婬、怒、癡縛。
一音遍四方， 聞者尋得度。
彼土七寶樹， 風吹樹葉時，
葉葉共相向， 皆說度無極。
我彼剎土中， 住壽阿僧祇，
現取滅度時， 遺法十二劫。
欲知劫長短， 賢劫為一日，
計此日月數， 以成十二劫。
汝等三聚人， 知我功德不？
適彼東方土， 八十億由他，
其土名不終， 佛號名滅界。
我現弟子學， 剃除被袈裟，
長跪受聖法， 彼佛知我心。
彼等眾生類， 見我著法服，
不樂於世欲， 同心樂出家。
威儀、禮節具， 不失禁戒法，
當我屈伸時， 見者衣毛竪。
此皆本宿命， 同共誓願者，
離欲無所著， 無有生滅相。
盡修於梵行， 以我佛神力，
於死得脫死， 念此無記等。
不解生以滅， 輪轉於五道，
四聖甘露法， 充飽一切人。」
當其世尊說此頌時，見此初學弟子剃除鬚髮受聖教；百七十億眾生願樂欲得思惟法觀，不樂在家，出為沙門。
When the World-Honored One spoke these verses, he saw that these newly-initiated disciples, having shaved off hair and beard and received the sacred teaching—who numbered seventeen billion living beings—all joyfully aspired to contemplate the Dharma through insight meditation, no longer delighting in household life, and went forth to become renunciants.
佛告三聚眾生：「我今東北方無限無量恒河沙數，彼有剎土名曰清明，佛名明月。彼土人民無婬、怒、癡，亦無憍慢、我慢、不如慢。彼土眾生恒樂安靜，獨坐無為，繫念在前，初無亂想，雷、電、霹靂，心無傾動。」
The Buddha told the assembly of beings: "In the northeast, beyond realms as countless as the sands of the Ganges, there exists a land called Purity and Clarity. The Buddha there is called Bright Moon. The people of that land are free from desire, anger, and ignorance. They have no arrogance, self-importance, or false pride. Those beings always delight in tranquility, sitting alone without striving, their minds fixed on the present moment without distraction. Even thunder, lightning, and crashing storms cannot unsettle their hearts."
爾時，妙覺如來適彼剎土遇地而坐，彼眾生見坐禪者悉共效之。
At that time, the Thus-Come One of Marvelous Enlightenment arrived in that land and sat down upon the ground. When the beings there saw him meditating in stillness, they all followed suit.
佛以神力、以無想法觀，迴眾生心如手轉物，令彼眾生知有常、無常，知生、老、病、死苦，或有眾生令知有念、或有眾生令知有持、或有眾生令知有安、或有眾生令知自守。
The Buddha, through his divine power and the practice of no-thought contemplation, turns the minds of sentient beings as easily as one twists an object in their hand. He helps them understand the concepts of permanence and impermanence, and to recognize the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death. For some beings, he guides them to develop mindfulness; for others, to cultivate focused attention; for others, to find inner peace; and for still others, to learn self-discipline.
佛將欲現四禪功德，即於三聚眾生前，從初禪出入二禪、三禪、四禪，從四禪起入三禪、二禪、初禪，從初禪至三禪、從第四至第二禪，此名師子奮迅三昧。
Before displaying the qualities of the four stages of meditation, the Buddha, in front of all beings gathered in three groups, entered and emerged from the first stage of meditation to the second, third, and fourth stages. Then, from the fourth stage, he moved back through the third, second, and first stages. From the first stage, he went to the third, and from the fourth to the second. This is called the "Lion's Prowess Concentration."
爾時，世尊現此神足三昧定意度無限無量那由他眾生，皆共同發無上正真道，有願樂須陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、阿羅漢，法眼淨得辟支佛道。
At that time, the World-Honored One, through his miraculous spiritual powers and profound state of meditative concentration, guided countless beings—boundless and immeasurable in number. All of them together awakened the aspiration for the supreme, perfect enlightenment. Some found joy in the path of stream-entry, once-returning, non-returning, and arhatship; their Dharma eyes became pure, and they realized the way of the Pratyekabuddha.
當於爾時，妙覺如來忽然不現。
At that moment, the Thusly-Coming One of Wondrous Enlightenment suddenly vanished.