一百五十讚佛頌
One Hundred Fifty Verses in Praise of the Buddha
尊者摩咥里制吒造
Venerable Matricheta's Composition
大唐沙門義淨於那爛陀寺譯
Translated by Yijing of the Great Tang at Nalanda Monastery
世尊最殊勝， 善斷諸惑種，
無量勝功德， 總集如來身。
唯佛可歸依， 可讚可承事，
如理思惟者， 宜應住此教。
諸惡煩惱習， 護世者已除，
福智二俱圓， 唯尊不退沒。
縱生惡見者， 於尊起嫌恨，
伺求身語業， 無能得瑕隙。
記我得人身， 聞法生歡喜，
譬如巨海內， 盲龜遇楂穴。
妄念恒隨逐， 惑業墮深坑，
故我以言詞， 歎佛實功德。
牟尼無量境， 聖德無邊際，
為求自利故， 我今讚少分。
敬禮無師智， 希有眾事性，
福慧及威光， 誰能知數量？
如來德無限， 無等無能說，
我今求福利， 假讚以名言。
我智力微淺， 佛德無崖際，
唯願大慈悲， 拯我無歸處。
怨親悉平等， 無緣起大悲，
普於眾生界， 恒作真善友。
內財尚能捨， 何況於外財，
尊無悋惜心， 求者滿其願。
以身護彼身， 以命贖他命，
全軀救一鴿， 歡喜無慳悋。
尊不畏惡道， 亦不貪善趣，
但為心澄潔， 尸羅由此成。
常離諸邪曲， 恒親質直者，
諸業本性空， 唯居第一義。
眾苦逼其身， 尊能善安慮，
正智斷諸惑， 有過悉興悲。
殉命濟他難， 生無量歡喜，
如死忽重蘇， 此喜過於彼。
怨對害其身， 一切時恒惱，
不觀其過惡， 常起大悲心。
正遍菩提種， 心恒所珍玩，
大雄難勝智， 無有能及者。
無等菩提果， 苦行是其因，
由此不顧身， 勤修諸勝品。
豪貴與貧賤， 等引以大悲，
於諸差別中， 而無高下想。
勝樂等持果， 心無有貪著，
普濟諸群生， 大悲無間斷。
尊雖遭極苦， 於樂不悕求，
妙智諸功德， 殊勝無能共。
染淨諸雜法， 簡偽取其真，
如清淨鵝王， 飲乳棄其水。
於無量億劫， 勇猛趣菩提，
於彼生生中， 喪身求妙法。
三僧祇數量， 精勤無懈惓，
持此為勝伴， 以證妙菩提。
尊無嫉姤心， 於劣除輕想，
平等無乖諍， 勝行悉圓成。
尊唯重因行， 非求果位圓，
遍修諸勝業， 眾德自成滿。
勤修出離法， 超昇眾行頂，
坐臥經行處， 無非勝福田。
拔除眾過染， 增長清淨德，
斯由積行成， 唯尊最無上。
眾福皆圓滿， 諸過悉蠲除，
如來淨法身， 塵習皆已斷。
資糧集更集， 功歸調御身，
欲求於譬類， 無能與佛等。
遍觀諸世間， 災橫多障惱，
縱有少分善， 易得為比對；
遠離諸過患， 湛然安不動，
最勝諸善根， 無能為譬喻。
如來智深遠， 無底無邊際，
世事喻佛身， 牛跡方大海。
深仁荷一切， 世間無有比，
大地持重擔， 喻此實為輕。
愚癡闇已除， 牟尼光普照，
世智非能譬， 如螢對日光。
如來三業淨， 秋月皎空池，
世潔喻佛身， 俱成塵濁性。
如上諸所引， 世中殊勝事，
佛法逈超過， 俗事可哀愍。
聖法珍寶聚， 佛最居其頂，
無上無比中， 唯佛與佛等。
如來聖智海， 隨樂歎少分，
鄙詞讚勝德， 對此實多慚。
時俗覩降魔， 一切咸歸伏，
觀彼同真性， 我謂等輕毛。
假令大戰陣， 智勇能摧伏，
聖德超世間， 降彼非為喻。
隣次降魔後， 於夜後分中，
斷諸煩惱習， 勝德皆圓滿。
聖智除眾闇， 超過千日光，
摧伏諸邪宗， 希有無能比。
三善根圓滿， 永滅貪恚癡，
種習悉已除， 清淨無能喻。
妙法尊恒讚， 不正法恒非，
於斯邪正處， 心無有憎愛。
於聖弟子眾， 及外道師徒，
於彼違順中， 佛心初無二。
於德情無著， 德者亦非貪，
善哉極無垢， 聖智恒圓潔。
諸根常湛寂， 永離迷妄心，
於諸境界中， 現量由親覩。
念慧窮真際， 非凡愚所測，
善安立語言， 證彼亡言處。
寂靜無礙光， 皎潔逾輝映，
妙色世希有， 孰不懷敬心？
若有暫初觀， 或復恒瞻覩，
妙相曾無二， 前後悉同歡。
最勝威德身， 觀者心無厭，
縱經無量劫， 欣仰似初觀。
所依之德體， 能依之德心，
性相二俱融， 能所初無異。
如斯善逝德， 總集如來躬，
離佛相好身， 餘非所安處。
我因先世福， 幸遇調御師，
仰讚功德山， 遠酬尊所記。
一切有情類， 皆因煩惱持，
唯佛能善除， 由悲久住世。
誰當先敬禮， 唯佛大悲尊，
聖德超世間， 悲願處生死。
尊居寂靜樂， 處濁為群生，
永劫久精勤， 慈心為一切。
從真還利俗， 由悲所引生，
如呪出潛龍， 興雲注甘雨。
恒居勝定位， 等觀以怨親，
兇嶮倡聒人， 投身歸聖德。
神通師子吼， 宣言三界尊，
久已厭名聞， 由悲自稱讚。
常修利他行， 曾無自利心，
慈念遍眾生， 於己偏無愛。
悲願無邊際， 逐器化群生，
隨處皆饒益， 猶如散祭食。
深心念一切， 恒不捨須臾，
利彼反遭辱， 由咎非佛作。
慈音演妙義， 誠諦非虛說，
廣略任機緣， 半滿隨時轉。
若聞尊演說， 孰不歎希奇，
縱令懷惡心， 有智咸歸信。
義詞恒善巧， 或復出麁言，
利益悉不虛， 故並成真妙。
柔軟及麁獷， 隨事化眾生，
聖智無礙心， 一味皆平等。
勝哉無垢業， 善巧喻良工，
成此微妙身， 演斯珍寶句。
覩者皆歡喜， 聞說並心開，
美顏宣妙詞， 如月流甘露。
慈雲灑法雨， 能清染欲塵，
如彼金翅王， 吞滅諸龍毒，
能殄無明闇， 喻如千日光，
摧碎我慢山， 譬猶天帝杵。
現證非虛謬， 靜慮除亂心，
如實善修行， 三事皆圓滿。
創聞佛所說， 心喜已開明，
從此善思惟， 消除諸垢染。
遭苦能安慰， 放逸令生怖，
著樂勸厭心， 隨事皆開誘。
上智證法喜， 中根勝解生，
淺劣發信心， 尊言遍饒益。
善拔諸邪見， 引之趣涅槃，
罪垢能洗除， 由尊降法雨。
一切智無礙， 恒住正念中，
如來所記莂， 一向非虛謬。
無非處非時， 亦無非器轉，
尊言不虛發， 聞者悉勤修。
一路勝方便， 無雜可修學，
初中後盡善， 餘教所皆無。
如斯一向善， 狂愚起謗心，
此教若生嫌， 無怨與斯等。
歷劫為群迷， 備經眾苦毒，
此教縱非善， 念佛尚應修。
況能大饒益， 復宣深妙義，
縱使頭被焚， 先應救此教。
自在菩提樂， 聖德恒淡然，
皆由此教生， 證彼亡言處。
世雄真實教， 邪宗聞悉驚，
魔王懷惱心， 人天生勝喜。
大地無分別， 平等普能持，
聖教利群生， 邪正俱蒙益。
暫聞佛所說， 金剛種已成，
縱未出樊籠， 終超死行處。
聞法方思義， 如實善修行，
次第三慧圓， 餘教皆無此。
唯獨牛王仙， 妙契真圓理，
斯教不勤修， 寧有怨過此？
暫聞除渴愛， 邪見信心生，
聽者發喜心， 依斯具淨戒。
誕應時咸喜， 成長世皆歡，
大化利群生， 示滅興悲感。
讚詠除眾毒， 憶念招欣慶，
尋求發慧明， 解悟心圓潔。
遇者令尊貴， 恭侍勝心生，
承事感福因， 親奉除憂苦。
尸羅具清潔， 靜慮心澄寂，
般若圓智融， 恒沙福所集。
尊容及尊教， 及尊所證法，
見聞思覺中， 此寶最殊勝。
漂流作洲渚， 害己恒為護，
怖者作歸依， 引之令解脫。
淨戒成妙器， 良田生勝果，
善友能饒益， 慧命由此成。
行恩及和忍， 見者咸欣悅，
廣集仁慈心， 功德無邊際。
身口無過惡， 愛敬由之生，
吉祥眾義利， 咸依善逝德。
導師能善誘， 墮慢使翹勤，
等持調曲心， 迷途歸正道。
善根成熟者， 駕馭以三乘，
𢤱悷不調人， 由悲故暫捨。
於遭厄能設， 安樂勸善修，
悲愍苦眾生， 利樂諸群品。
違害興慈念， 失行者生憂，
暴虐起悲心， 聖德無能讚。
恩深於罔極， 舉世所咸知，
於此返生怨， 尊恒起慈愍。
亡身救一切， 自事不生憂，
於諸崩墮人， 親能為援護。
二世行恩造， 超過諸世間，
於闇常照明， 尊為慧燈炷。
人天所受用， 隨類有差殊，
唯尊正法味， 平等無差別。
不觀於氏族， 色力及年華，
隨有善根人， 求者皆蒙遂。
廣現諸希有， 無緣起大慈，
聖眾及人天， 合掌咸親近。
嗚呼生死畏， 佛出乃光暉，
饒益諸眾生， 皆能滿其願。
惡人與共處， 推樂取憂危，
謗惱害其身， 猶如受勝德。
為物行勤苦， 曾無染著心，
世尊希有德， 難以名言說。
尊遊嶮惡道， 馬麥及牛鏘，
苦行經六年， 安受心無退。
尊居最勝位， 悲愍化群生，
縱遇輕賤人， 身語逾謙敬，
或位尊貴主， 曾無憍慢心，
屈己事眾生， 卑恭如僕使。
機情億萬種， 論難百千端，
如來慈善音， 一答疑皆斷。
恩深過覆載， 背德起深怨，
尊觀怨極境， 猶如極重恩。
怨於尊轉害， 尊於怨轉親，
彼恒求佛過， 佛以彼為恩。
邪宗妬心請， 毒飯與火坑，
悲願化清池， 變毒成甘露。
以忍調恚怒， 真言銷謗毀，
慈力伏魔怨， 正智降邪毒。
群迷從曠劫， 習惡以性成，
唯尊妙行圓， 一念翻令善。
溫柔降暴虐， 惠施破慳貪，
善語伏麁言， 唯尊勝方便。
難提摧巨慢， 鴦掘起慈心，
難調能善調， 誰不讚希有？
唯尊聖弟子， 法味自怡神，
草座以為安， 金床非所貴。
善知根欲性， 攝化任機緣，
或有待其請， 或無問自說。
初陳施戒等， 漸次淨心生，
後談真實法， 究竟令圓證。
怖畏漂流處， 唯佛可歸依，
勇猛大悲尊， 拯濟諸群品。
身雲遍法界， 法雨灑塵方，
應現各不同， 隨機故有異。
善淨無違諍， 唯尊可承奉，
廣利諸人天， 咸應興供養。
身口無起作， 善化遍群方，
所說妙相應， 此德唯尊有。
久修三業淨， 妙瑞現無邊，
普觀諸世間， 曾無此勝德。
況於極惡者， 純行最上悲，
廣利諸眾生， 勇猛勤精進。
聲聞知法者， 於尊恒奉事，
設使證涅槃， 終名為負債。
彼等諸聖眾， 為己而修學，
由捨利生心， 不名還債者。
無明睡已覺， 悲觀遍群方，
荷負起翹勤， 聖善宜親近。
魔怨興惱害， 佛力已能除，
無畏功德中， 斯但顯少分。
悲心化一切， 聖意絕希求，
利樂無不施， 能事斯皆畢。
如來勝妙法， 若或可遷移，
調達與善星， 不應投此教。
無始流轉中， 互為不饒益，
由斯佛出世， 開示化眾生。
鹿苑度俱隣， 堅林化須跋，
此土根緣盡， 更無餘債牽。
法輪久已轉， 覺悟諸群迷，
恒沙受學人， 皆能利三有。
以勝金剛定， 自碎堅牢身，
不捨於大悲， 自化猶分布。
二利行已滿， 色法兩身圓，
救攝一闡提， 雙林顯佛性。
悲心貫三有， 色像應群方，
粟粒以分身， 爾乃居圓寂。
善哉奇特行， 希有功德身，
大覺諸法門， 世所未曾有。
流恩遍含識， 身語恒寂然，
凡愚背聖恩， 於尊興謗怒。
法聚寶藏真無際， 德源福海實難量，
若有眾生曾禮尊， 禮彼亦名為善禮。
聖德神功無有盡， 我今智劣喻微塵，
欲讚如來功德山， 望崖怯退由斯止。
無量無數無邊境， 難思難見難證理，
唯佛聖智獨了知， 豈是凡愚所能讚。
一毫一相充法界， 一行一德遍心源，
清淨廣大喻芳池， 能療眾生煩惱渴。
我讚牟尼功德海， 憑斯善業趣菩提，
普願含生發勝心， 永離凡愚虛妄識。
The World-Honored One is supreme, Who skillfully cuts the seeds of all afflictions.
Boundless and excellent virtues, Are wholly gathered in the Tathagata’s body.
The Buddha alone is worthy of refuge, Worthy of praise and worthy of service. Those who contemplate in accord with truth Should dwell in this teaching.
All evil habits and afflictions The World-Protector has already removed. Both merit and wisdom are perfectly complete, The Honored One alone never regresses.
Even if those with wrong views Harbor hatred toward the Honored One, Searching for faults in his speech and actions, They can find no flaw or gap.
I remember obtaining this human life, Hearing the Dharma gives rise to joy, Like a blind turtle in a vast ocean Meeting a floating log with a hole.
False thoughts constantly chase me, Delusions and karma plunge me into deep pits. Therefore, with words and speech, I praise the Buddha’s true virtues.
The Muni’s realm is immeasurable, His noble virtues have no bounds. For the sake of my own benefit, I now praise but a small fraction.
I bow to the untaught wisdom, To the nature of rare and wondrous things. Merit, wisdom, and majestic light— Who can know their measure?
The Tathagata’s virtues are infinite, Unrivaled and indescribable. Now seeking blessings and benefits, I offer praise through borrowed words.
My wisdom is weak and shallow, The Buddha’s virtues have no limit. I only pray, O Great Compassionate One, Rescue me who has no place to turn.
Toward enemies and friends alike, He is impartial, arousing great compassion. Throughout the realm of sentient beings, He always acts as a true and good friend.
He can even give up inner treasures, How much more so outer wealth? The Honored One has no stinginess; Those who seek find their wishes fulfilled.
He protects others’ bodies with his own, Redeems others’ lives with his life, Offering his whole body to save a single dove, Rejoicing without any reluctance.
The Honored One fears not evil paths, Nor craves good destinies; Only his mind remains pure, Thus his moral precepts are perfected.
He constantly abandons all crookedness, Always befriends the honest and straightforward. All dharmas are intrinsically empty, He dwells only in ultimate truth.
When mass suffering oppresses beings, The Honored One can contemplate them well. Right wisdom cuts off all afflictions, Seeing faults, he brings forth compassion.
Risking his life to rescue others in danger, He gives rise to boundless joy— Like one suddenly revived from death, This joy surpasses even that.
When enemies harm his body, Tormenting him at all times, He does not regard their faults, But constantly arouses great compassion.
The seed of perfect and complete enlightenment His mind always treasures and plays with. The Great Hero’s invincible wisdom Has no one who can match it.
The incomparable fruit of enlightenment Is achieved through ascetic practices as its cause. Therefore, without regard for his body, He diligently cultivates all excellent practices.
Toward the wealthy and powerful or the poor and lowly, He guides them equally with great compassion. Amid all distinctions and differences, He has no concept of high or low.
For the fruits of supreme meditative absorption, His mind has no attachment. He universally aids all beings, His great compassion never ceasing.
Though the Honored One suffers extreme pain, He does not seek pleasure. His wonderful wisdom and all good qualities Are supreme and incomparable.
Regarding mixed dharmas of purity and defilement, He selects the true and discards the false, Like a pure swan king That drinks only milk and leaves the water behind.
For immeasurable billions of eons, He bravely advanced toward enlightenment. In every single life, He sacrificed his body seeking the wondrous Dharma.
Through the count of three great eons, He was diligent without laziness or weariness. Holding this practice as his excellent companion, He attained wondrous enlightenment.
The Honored One has no jealousy. Those inferior he never despises. Equal and without conflict, His excellent conduct is perfectly accomplished.
The Honored One values only the cause of practice, Not seeking the perfection of fruition. He extensively cultivates all noble deeds, And all virtues are naturally fulfilled.
He diligently cultivates the path of liberation, Ascending to the summit of all practices. Wherever he sits, lies down, or walks, Every place becomes a supreme field of merit.
He removes all faults and defilements, Increases pure virtues and qualities. This is achieved through accumulated practice— Only the Honored One is most supreme.
All blessings are perfectly complete, All faults are completely eliminated. The Tathagata’s pure Dharma body, Habit energies have all been cut off.
He accumulates more and more provisions, The merit returns to the Tamer’s body. If one seeks a comparison, Nothing can equal the Buddha.
Observing all worlds, They abound in calamities and obstacles. Even if there is a little virtue, It can easily find a match.
But he is far removed from all faults, Calm and unmoving. His most excellent roots of virtue Are impossible to illustrate.
The Tathagata’s wisdom is profound and far-reaching, Bottomless and boundless. Worldly things compared to the Buddha’s body Are like a cow’s footprint to the great ocean.
His deep benevolence carries all beings, In the world there is no comparison. The earth bearing heavy burdens Is actually light compared to this.
Ignorance and darkness have been removed, The Muni’s light shines everywhere. Worldly wisdom cannot compare, Like a firefly facing sunlight.
The Tathagata’s three actions are pure, Like an autumn moon in a clear pond. Worldly purity compared to the Buddha’s body Still partakes in the nature of defilement.
All the examples cited above, Although they are excellent worldly things, Are far surpassed by the Buddha-Dharma. Worldly things are indeed pitiable.
The treasure-store of holy Dharma, The Buddha stands atop its peak. In what is supreme and incomparable, Only a Buddha equals a Buddha.
From the Tathagata’s ocean of noble wisdom, I praise a small portion as I wish. With humble words praising such excellent virtue, I truly feel much shame before this.
When worldly folk saw the subduing of Mara, All were completely converted. But seeing that all beings share same true nature, I say, those worldly fears are as light as down.
Even if in a great battle, Wisdom and courage can overcome foes, The noble virtue that surpasses the world, To compare it to that is not fitting.
After subduing Mara, in the latter part of the night, He cut off all afflictions and habits, And all excellent virtues were perfected.
Noble wisdom dispels all darkness, Surpassing the light of a thousand suns. It overcomes all heretical teachings, Rare and matchless.
The three wholesome roots are perfected, Greed, hatred, and ignorance are forever extinguished. All habits and tendencies have been cleared away, Pure and incomparable.
The Honored One always praises the wondrous Dharma, And always criticizes wrong views. Toward this distinction of right and wrong, His mind has no hatred or attachment.
Toward the assembly of noble disciples, And the groups of teachers and students outside the path, In their conflicts and agreements, The Buddha’s mind is never dual.
Toward virtue, his mind has no attachment; Toward the virtuous, he is also not greedy. Excellent! Utterly stainless! His noble wisdom remains eternally pure.
His faculties are always serene, Forever free from deluded thoughts. In all states and realms, He directly perceives with presentational awareness.
His mindfulness and wisdom reach the ultimate truth, Unfathomable by ordinary fools. He speaks and establishes teachings well, Realizing that place beyond words.
Serene and unobstructed light, Pure and bright, radiating far. His wondrous form is rare in the world— Who would not be filled with reverence?
Whether one sees him for just a moment, Or gazes upon him constantly, His excellent marks never change, Always joyful from start to finish.
The body of supreme majestic virtue, Beholders never tire of viewing. Even after countless eons, Their delighted reverence remains as at first sight.
The essence of virtue that is the support, And the virtuous mind that depends on it, Their nature and characteristics merge together, The support and the supported are fundamentally one.
Such virtues of the Well-Gone One Are gathered together in the Tathagata. Apart from the Buddha’s excellent marks, There is no other place where they reside.
Because of merits from past lives, I am fortunate to meet the Tamer. Looking up, I praise this mountain of virtue, Far fulfilling the Honored One’s prophecy.
All sentient beings Are bound by their afflictions. Only the Buddha can skillfully remove them, And out of compassion, remains long in the world.
Who should be the first to pay homage? Only the Buddha, the Greatly Compassionate One! His noble virtue surpasses the world, Yet by his compassionate vow, he abides in birth-and-death.
The Honored One abides in blissful stillness, Yet dwells in the turbid world for beings. For endless eons, he has been diligently devoted, With a kind heart for all.
From truth, he returns to benefit the world, Motivated by compassion. Like a spell releasing a hidden dragon, Raising clouds and pouring down sweet rain.
He always abides in the supreme state, Viewing enemies and friends equally. To violent and noisy people, I can only entrust myself to his noble virtue.
With the lion’s roar of spiritual powers, He declares himself the Honored of the Triple World. Though long weary of fame and renown, Out of compassion, he praises himself.
He constantly practices for others’ benefit, Never having a selfish heart. His loving-kindness extends to all beings, Toward himself, he has no attachment.
His compassionate vow is boundless, In accordance with beings’ capacities, he transforms them. Everywhere bringing benefit and blessing, Like scattering food offerings.
With profound mind, he cares for all, Never abandoning them for an instant. Benefiting others even when insulted in return— The fault is not the Buddha’s.
With kind voice, he explains wondrous meanings, True and not false speech. Broad or brief according to conditions, Partial or complete according to time.
If one hears the Honored One’s teaching, Who would not exclaim in wonder? Even those with malicious intent, If they have wisdom, all take refuge and believe.
His meaning and words are always skillful, Sometimes even speaking roughly— His benefit is never in vain, Thus all become true and wondrous.
Gentle speech or harsh words, He transforms beings according to circumstances. With noble wisdom and unimpeded mind, In one taste, all are equal.
Excellent! Pure actions, Skilful like a fine artisan, He has formed this subtle body And speaks these jewel-like words.
Those who see him all rejoice, Those who hear his words open their minds. His beautiful face proclaims wonderful words, Like the moon flowing with sweet dew.
The cloud of compassion rains the Dharma, It can wash away the dust of desire. Like the king of golden-winged birds, Devouring the poison of all nagas,
It can destroy the darkness of ignorance, Shining like a thousand suns. It smashes the mountain of self-conceit, Like the thunderbolt of Lord Indra.
Direct realization, not false deception, Meditation removes the scattered mind. According to truth, he practices well, All three are perfectly complete.
Those who hear the Buddha’s teaching for the first time, Their minds rejoice and become clear. From that, by proper reflection, They eliminate all defilements and stains.
He comforts those in suffering, Frightens those who are negligent, Urges those who cling to pleasure to develop renunciation. He guides and instructs according to circumstances.
The wise realize the joy of Dharma, The mediocre develop confident faith, The shallow and inferior gain confidence— The Honored One’s words universally benefit all.
He skillfully uproots all wrong views, Leading them toward nirvana. He can wash away the stains of evil, Because the Honored One rains the Dharma.
All-knowing wisdom is unobstructed, He always abides in right mindfulness. The Tathagata’s predictions Are never false or deceptive.
Never without time or place, Never without the proper capacity, The Honored One’s words are never spoken in vain— Those who hear them diligently practice.
There is one supreme, skillful means, Without mixture, one can study and practice it. Good in the beginning, middle, and end— Other teachings do not have this.
Such wholesome teachings Bring forth slander from the mad and foolish. If one has disgust toward this teaching, No enemy could equal such a person.
For eons, for the sake of confused beings, He has undergone many pains and suffering. Even if this teaching were not good, One should still practice it while recollecting the Buddha.
How much more when it brings great benefit, And proclaims profound and excellent meanings? Even if his head were on fire, He should first come to rescue this teaching.
The bliss of sovereign enlightenment, The noble virtue always remains serene. All arise from this teaching, Realizing the place beyond words.
The World-Hero’s true teaching— Heretics hearing it are all terrified. Mara’s jealousy arises in his mind, Humans and gods give rise to excellent joy.
The great earth is impartial, Equally supporting everything. The noble teaching benefits all beings, Both the deviant and the correct.
If one but hears the Buddha’s teaching, The vajra-seed is already planted. Though not yet freed from the cage, They will ultimately transcend death’s realm.
Hearing the Dharma, one contemplates its meaning, Cultivating properly and truly. In order, the three types of wisdom are perfected— Other teachings do not have this.
Only the Master, the Bull among Ascetics, Has wonderfully realized the true perfect principle. If one does not cultivate this teaching, What hate could be greater than this?
Hearing it even briefly removes the thirst for desire, Wrong views arise as faith develops. Listeners give rise to joyful minds, Based on this, they perfect pure moral conduct.
When the Honored One appeared in the world, All rejoiced at his birth. Growing up, all in the world were glad. His great transformation benefits beings. When he passed away, he aroused compassion.
Praising him removes all poisons, Remembering him invites happiness. Seeking him gives rise to wisdom, Understanding brings perfect purity.
Meeting the Honored One brings dignity and honor, Reverently serving gives rise to supreme thoughts. Offering service gives rise to the cause of happiness, Personally attending removes sorrow and distress.
Moral discipline becomes pure, Meditation brings peace and calm, Prajna perfects the melting of wisdom Gathering the blessings of innumerable Ganges sands.
The Honored One’s form, his teaching, And the Dharma he realized: Seeing, hearing, thinking, perceiving— This jewel is the most precious.
For those adrift, he is an island; For those harming themselves, he is the protector; For the terrified, he is refuge; He leads them to liberation.
Pure moral conduct makes a fine vessel; The field of merit produces excellent fruit. A good friend brings benefit; The life of wisdom is thus accomplished.
Practicing kindness and patience, Beholders rejoice. Broadly amassing kind compassion, His virtue has no limit.
In body and speech, there is no fault; Love and respect consequently arise. All blessings, all benefits, Rely completely on the Well-Gone One’s virtue.
The guide can skillfully guide, Making the lazy become diligent. Through concentration, he tames crooked minds; Lost ones return to the right path.
For those with mature wholesome roots, He drives them with the three vehicles. For the stubborn and untamable, Out of compassion, he temporarily leaves them.
For those in distress, he arranges comfort; He advises them to cultivate goodness. He is compassionate toward suffering beings, Benefiting all groups and kinds.
To those who harm him, he gives loving-kindness; For those who have lost their path, he feels worry. To the violent, he arouses compassion— One cannot praise the noble virtue enough.
His kindness is deeper than can be measured, All in the world clearly know this. Yet when they turn to hatred against this, The Honored One always brings forth compassion.
He gives his life to rescue all; He does not worry about his own affairs. To those who have fallen, He himself can act as a protector.
His grace and goodwill extend over three realms, Surpassing all worlds. In the darkness, he always lights up— The Honored One is the lamp of wisdom.
What humans and gods receive and use Differs according to beings. Only the Honored One’s true teaching’s flavor Is equal without any difference.
He does not consider family, color of skin, Or one’s physical strength or age. For anyone with some good roots Who seeks from him, they all succeed.
He extensively manifests many rare things, And arouses great compassion unconditionally. The noble assembly, humans, and gods All join their palms and draw near to him.
Ah! The terrors of birth and death! When a Buddha appears, the world shines. He benefits all beings And can fulfill all their wishes.
Dwelling together with evil people, They give him pain while taking pleasure. Slandering and harming his body, He receives it as supreme virtue.
For the sake of beings, he undergoes hardship, But his mind has no attachment. The World-Honored One’s rare virtue Cannot be expressed through words.
When the Honored One traveled along difficult paths— Eating horse-grain and cow-fed portions— Undergoing ascetic practice for six years, He peacefully endured, his mind unwavering.
Abiding in the supreme state, With compassion, he transforms beings. Even when meeting contemptuous people, His words and actions are even more respectful.
Sometimes when abiding as a high and noble master, He never had any arrogance. He humbled himself to serve beings, As humble and respectful as a servant.
Sentient beings’ capacities and natures are countless, Their challenges are endless. With kind voice, the Tathagata Solves all doubts at once.
His grace is deeper than heaven and earth, Yet beings turn against it with deep resentment. The Honored One sees even the most hostile state As the most abundant kindness.
Though the enemy constantly harms him, The Honored One treats them with increasing kindness. They always seek the Buddha’s faults, But the Buddha sees them as his benefactors.
Heretical enemies, with jealous hearts, gave him Poisoned food and a fire pit. His compassionate vow transformed it into a pure pond, Turned poison into sweet dew.
With patience, he tames anger; With truthful words, he dissolves slander; With loving-kindness, he conquers Mara’s hostility; With right wisdom, he subdues wrong confusions.
From beginningless time, beings Live in evil habitually. Only the Honored One’s perfected good conduct, In one thought, turns them toward goodness.
Gentleness overcomes violence, Generosity destroys stinginess, Kind words overcome cruel speech— The Honored One’s skillful means are supreme.
He utterly destroyed the great pride of Asura, Aroused a kind heart in the murderer Angulimala. The untamable, he can tame. Who would not praise such wonder?
The Honored One’s noble disciples Find their peace in the flavor of Dharma. A grass mat is enough to be comfortable, A golden bed is not considered precious.
He fully knows the faculties and natures of beings, And guides and transforms them according to conditions. Sometimes he waits for an invitation, Sometimes he teaches without being asked.
First, he explains giving and moral conduct, Gradually the mind becomes pure. Later, he speaks of the ultimate, true Dharma, Ultimately leading them to perfect realization.
In the fearsome place of drifting, Only the Buddha is refuge. With courage and great compassion, The Honored One rescues all beings.
His body-cloud pervades the Dharma realm, The Dharma-rain falls on the dusty places. His manifestation differs according to beings— It varies based on beings’ conditions.
He is perfectly pure, without disputes, Only the Honored One is worthy of our support. He broadly benefits humans and gods; Everyone should make offerings to him.
Without physical or verbal actions, His wondrous transformation reaches everywhere. His speech is full of wonderful meaning— Only the Honored One possesses this virtue.
After long cultivation of pure three actions, Boundless auspicious signs appear everywhere. Surveying all worlds, There has never been such noble virtue.
How much more to the extremely evil, He purely practices the highest compassion. Broadly benefiting beings, Courageous and diligently practicing.
The noble disciples who know the Dharma Always serve and respect the Honored One. Even if they attain nirvana, They can still be said to owe a debt.
Those noble beings Practice only for themselves. Because they give up the thought of benefiting others, They cannot be said to repay their debt.
The sleep of ignorance has been awakened, With compassionate gaze, he looks upon all. Taking up the burden, he acts diligently— He is wise, worthy, and kind, whom we should approach.
Mara’s enemies raise harm, But the Buddha’s power can already destroy them. In the qualities of fearlessness, This but shows a small part.
Compassionately transforming all beings, The holy being has abandoned all desires. He gives all benefit and happiness— His work is fully complete.
If the Tathagata’s wondrous teaching Could be moved or changed, Then Devadatta and Ajnata Would not have sought refuge in this teaching.
In beginningless transmigration, They have troubled one another. Thus, when a Buddha appears in the world, He reveals and teaches to transform beings.
At the Deer Park, he liberated Kaundinya; In the Sala Grove, he taught Subhadra. When conditions in this land were exhausted, No further obligation remained.
The wheel of Dharma long has turned, Awakening all confused beings. The immeasurable number of beings who received the teaching Can now benefit the three realms.
With the supreme vajra concentration, He shattered his own steadfast body. Without abandoning great compassion, He distributed it, transforming further.
The path of self-benefit and benefiting others is complete, His form-body and Dharma-body are both perfected. To save even those of incorrigible disbelief, In the Twin Sala trees, he revealed the Buddha-nature.
With compassion pervading the three realms, His form appears throughout the lands. Dividing his body into atoms— Thus he entered final nirvana.
Excellent, wonderful practice! Rare embodiment of virtue! The great enlightenment of all Dharmas, The world has never seen this.
His grace flows throughout all beings, His body and speech ever still. The ordinary and foolish turn from the sage’s grace, Toward the Honored One they raise slander and anger.
The treasure-store of teachings, truly limitless, The source of virtue and ocean of blessings, truly immeasurable. If any being has once honored the Honored One, Honoring them too is called proper honor.
The power of his noble virtue is endless, My wisdom is slight, a speck of dust. Wishing to praise the Tathagata’s mountain of virtue, I see the cliff and retreat in fear, so I stop.
Measureless, countless, and endless, Inconceivable, invisible, and unprovable— Only the Buddha’s noble wisdom fully knows it. How can ordinary fools praise it?
Every hair, every mark fills the Dharma realm; Every practice, every virtue pervades the source of mind. Pure and vast, like a fragrant pond, It can heal beings’ fever of desire.
Praising the Muni’s ocean of merit, Through this good deed, I proceed toward enlightenment. I vow that all beings give rise to the supreme thought, Forever free from the ordinary’s false, deluded consciousness.
一百五十讚佛頌
One Hundred Fifty Verses in Praise of the Buddha