菩薩見實會第十六之八光音天得授記品第二十
Chapter Twenty: The Ābhāsvara Devas’ Prediction of Enlightenment] for the [0385b07]
爾時五十八千萬光音諸天，見諸阿修羅、伽樓羅乃至梵天等供養如來，聞授記已，欣喜踊躍皆得稱心，偏袒右肩右膝著地，向佛合掌恭敬作禮，白佛言：「世尊！有三昧名照耀一切法，若菩薩摩訶薩學是三昧，一切法中悉得光明，得入菩薩法門。菩薩摩訶薩解了知已，得無邊辯、無礙辯、相續辯、種種辯、美妙辯、真善辯、相應辯、解脫辯、微細辯、不共辯、甚深辯，乃至得於如來之辯。世尊！何者名為照耀一切法三昧？菩薩入此諸法門故，念諸覺觀知一切法無覺離覺，是無覺法遍一切處，無有一法能覺察者。何以故？性自離故。若法無性，云何能覺知一切法？無其覺已，入阿字門，得上辯才。彼菩薩入阿字門已，得無邊辯。阿字無邊、阿字非普遍、阿字無作、阿字非有為、阿字非成就、阿字非事、阿字無所依、阿字無動轉、阿字非略、阿字非廣、阿字非分別、阿字非眾事成、阿字不可穿、阿字非色、阿字不可示、阿字不可觀、阿字無有能見者、阿字非可思、阿字不定住、阿字非可知、阿字非能知、阿字非可測、阿字不能自示現、阿字亦不能示他、阿字非思議、阿字不去、阿字不來、阿字非近、阿字非遠、阿字非言說、阿字亦非可說法、阿字非名、阿字非用、阿字非現前、阿字非覆障、阿字非移轉、阿字非可改、阿字非差別、阿字無二、阿字非生、阿字非虛妄、阿字非真實、阿字不可說、阿字非生滅、阿字非清淨、阿字亦非可淨法、阿字非執持、阿字非攝他、阿字非棄捨、阿字不為他法作、阿字亦不作他法、阿字不生、阿字不滅、阿字不能生他法亦復不能滅諸法、阿字非生非不生、阿字不與生法作生因亦復不作不生緣、阿字非依非不依、阿字非假非不假、阿字非却非不却、阿字非許非不許、阿字非可得亦非不可得、阿字非空非不空、阿字非分別非不分別、阿字非相非不相、阿字非願非不願。世尊！一切諸法皆如是相，所謂無相。一切諸法皆同一實，所謂無實。皆同一趣，所謂無趣。皆同一入，所謂無入。皆同一假，所謂無假。皆同一用，所謂無用。一切諸法皆同一說，所謂無說。世尊！諸法無起，不可得故。諸法非有，以無有故。諸法無生，以不生故。諸法無滅，以不滅故。無為法者，無有作故。世尊！一切法皆同一如，當如是知。世尊！是諸不生法，彼法事用云何得知？世尊！譬如有人夢中所作，當知諸法亦復如是。何以故？夢所作事，不生不起亦非有故。夢雖不實非無假名，說有夢作。一切諸法皆亦如是。世尊！譬如響聲唯有假名，諸法但假亦復如是。世尊！喻若幻人但是假名，當知諸法亦復如是。世尊！譬如陽炎但假名字，諸法假名亦復如是。世尊！如鏡中像但有名用，當知諸法亦復如是。世尊！為悅豫凡愚說有夢事，夢中所作皆非真實，響幻炎影亦復如是，但有假名皆無實作。世尊！我等如是解知如來所說法義。」
At that time, five hundred and eighty million Light-Sound devas, having seen the asuras, garuḍas, and up to the Brahma devas making offerings to the Tathāgata and hearing their predictions, were filled with joy and delight, their hearts content. They bared their right shoulders, knelt on their right knees, joined their palms respectfully before the Buddha and said: "World-Honored One! There is a samādhi called 'Illuminating All Dharmas.' If a bodhisattva mahāsattva learns this samādhi, they will attain illumination in all dharmas and enter the bodhisattva dharma gates. When bodhisattva mahāsattvas fully understand this, they attain boundless eloquence, unobstructed eloquence, continuous eloquence, various kinds of eloquence, beautiful eloquence, true and good eloquence, appropriate eloquence, liberating eloquence, subtle eloquence, unique eloquence, profound eloquence, up to the eloquence of the Tathāgata. World-Honored One! What is this samādhi that illuminates all dharmas? When bodhisattvas enter these dharma gates, they are mindful that all dharmas are without perception and separate from perception. This dharma of non-perception pervades everywhere, and there is not a single dharma that can perceive. Why? Because their nature is inherently separate.”
If dharmas have no inherent nature, how can one know all dharmas? Having no such knowing, one enters the gate of the letter A and attains supreme eloquence. When the bodhisattva enters the gate of the letter A, they attain boundless eloquence.
The letter A is: boundless, not universal, without action, not conditioned, not accomplished, not a thing, without support, without movement, neither brief nor extensive, without discrimination, not composed of many things, impenetrable, not form, indemonstrable, unobservable, without any who can see it, inconceivable, not abiding fixedly, unknowable, not a knower, immeasurable, cannot manifest itself, cannot show to others, beyond thought, does not go, does not come, neither near nor far, not speech, not a teachable dharma, not a name, not a function, not present, not concealed, not transferable, not changeable, without distinction, non-dual, unborn, neither false nor true, inexpressible, neither arising nor ceasing, neither pure nor purifiable, neither grasping nor graspable, neither abandoning nor abandoned, neither acting on other dharmas nor acted upon by other dharmas, does not arise, does not cease, cannot give rise to other dharmas nor extinguish dharmas, neither arising nor non-arising, neither a cause for arising dharmas nor a condition for non-arising, neither dependent nor independent, neither provisional nor non-provisional, neither rejecting nor non-rejecting, neither accepting nor non-accepting, neither obtainable nor unobtainable, neither empty nor non-empty, neither discriminating nor non-discriminating, neither with characteristics nor without characteristics, neither with wishes nor without wishes.
"World-Honored One! All dharmas are of such characteristics - that is, without characteristics. All dharmas share one reality - that is, no reality. All share one destination - that is, no destination. All share one entry - that is, no entry. All share one provisional existence - that is, no provisional existence. All share one function - that is, no function. All dharmas share one expression - that is, no expression. World-Honored One! Dharmas have no arising, because they cannot be obtained. Dharmas are not existent, because they have no existence. Dharmas have no birth, because they are unborn. Dharmas have no cessation, because they do not cease. The unconditioned dharma has no doing, because there is no doer.
World-Honored One! All dharmas are of one suchness - this should be known. World-Honored One! These unborn dharmas - how can their functions be known? World-Honored One! It is like what someone does in a dream - know that all dharmas are just like this. Why? Because what is done in dreams neither arises nor exists. Though dreams are unreal, they are not without provisional names - we speak of dream activities. All dharmas are just like this.
World-Honored One! Just as an echo has only a provisional name, dharmas too are merely provisional. World-Honored One! Just as an illusory person is merely a provisional name, know that dharmas are also like this. World-Honored One! Just as a mirage is merely a provisional name, dharmas too are merely names. World-Honored One! Just as a reflection in a mirror has only a name and function, know that dharmas are also like this. World-Honored One! To please the foolish ordinary beings, we speak of dream events, but what is done in dreams is not real. Echoes, illusions, mirages and reflections are also like this - they have only provisional names without real action. World-Honored One! This is how we understand the meaning of the Tathāgata's teachings."
爾時光音諸天以偈讚佛：
At that time, the Ābhāsvara devas praised the Buddha with verses:
世尊善知此法義， 及餘種種無邊法， 如來所有諸佛子， 得父資財常遊戲。
The World-Honored One well understands this Dharma meaning, And all other boundless dharmas. All the Buddha's children of the Tathagata Obtain their father's wealth and always play therein.
世間少智莫能入， 由常計著我心故， 十方求我不可得， 我體本來性自空。
The world of little wisdom cannot enter, Due to constant attachment to the self-mind. Seeking the self in the ten directions, it cannot be found, The nature of self has always been empty.
如空陽炎非實水， 愚癡見彼作水想， 都由無智生迷惑， 虛妄顛倒計我人， 彼癡愚惑如來教， 是故不解深義趣。
Like a mirage in space that is not real water, The deluded see it and think it is water. All due to ignorance giving rise to confusion, Falsely and mistakenly calculating self and person. Those foolish ones are confused about the Tathagata's teaching, Therefore they do not understand its profound meaning.
凡夫心識如炎水， 不能了知諸陰義， 心樂生死著苦箭， 諸根駃流所漂溺。
Ordinary beings' consciousness is like mirage-water, Unable to understand the meaning of the aggregates. The mind delights in birth and death, attached to arrows of suffering, The senses are swept away in rushing currents.
斯等畢竟無自性， 為癡覆蔽妄受苦， 彼皆失智心迷亂， 於諸苦中生樂想。
These ultimately have no self-nature, Covered by delusion, they falsely experience suffering. Having lost wisdom, their minds are confused, In the midst of suffering they give rise to thoughts of pleasure.
心常顛倒順三毒， 是諸煩惱甚可怖， 貪欲瞋恚及愚癡， 斯諸結使常隨逐。
The mind constantly inverted follows the three poisons, These afflictions are truly fearsome. Greed, anger, and ignorance - These fetters constantly pursue.
深樂受故生渴愛， 愚癡不識故受苦， 無智隨順諸煩惱， 如人癡負怨家行。
Due to deep attachment to pleasure, thirst and craving arise. Due to ignorance and non-recognition, suffering is experienced. The unwise follow the afflictions, Like a fool carrying his enemy.
聞佛所說空教門， 於空反畏失解脫， 譬如怯人執持刀， 應得安隱反生畏。
Hearing the Buddha's teaching of emptiness, They fear emptiness will lose liberation. Like a coward holding a sword, Should gain peace but gives rise to fear instead.
大智世尊所說法， 謂是微妙阿字門， 能生真實勝智慧， 猶如平地生大樹。
The greatly wise World-Honored One's teaching Is called the subtle gate of the letter A, Able to generate supreme true wisdom, Like a great tree growing from level ground.
降諸魔怨那由眾， 能寤安隱妙菩提， 以彼八正大船栰， 於諸有海度群生。
Subduing hosts of demonic enemies, Awakening to secure and wondrous bodhi, Using the great ship of the Eightfold Path To cross beings over the ocean of existence.
世尊所有諸佛子， 了知如來勝教法， 速滅煩惱諸怨敵， 疾證無上大菩提。
All the World-Honored One's Buddha-children Understand the Tathagata's supreme teaching, Swiftly extinguish afflictive enemies, And quickly realize unsurpassed bodhi.
既自解脫離毒心， 見餘毒者施智藥， 得到究竟彼岸果， 獲大安樂無為處。
Having gained liberation from the poisoned mind themselves, Seeing others poisoned, they offer the medicine of wisdom. Reaching the ultimate fruit of the other shore, They attain great peace and the unconditioned state.
一切諸法皆悉空， 諸餘外論妄分別， 明人棄惡就正路， 皆由本來久修學。
All dharmas are completely empty, Other external doctrines make false discriminations, The wise abandon evil and take the right path, All due to long practice from the beginning.
心無所著即解脫， 諸法體性自如是， 彼能如是了知者， 成佛大力那羅延。
The mind without attachment is liberation, The nature of all dharmas is thus, Those who can understand this Become Buddhas with the great strength of Narayana.
無有繫縛及縛者， 諸法性空皆亦無， 真如寂滅及非如， 非是垢穢亦非淨。
There is neither bondage nor one who is bound, All dharmas' empty nature is also non-existent, True suchness, extinction, and non-suchness, Are neither defiled nor pure.
煩惱無相亦無斷， 以其本來性自空， 如是能知真實法， 彼人當得一切智。
Afflictions have no characteristics and no cessation, Because their nature has always been empty, Those who can know these true dharmas Will attain all-knowing wisdom.
自證解脫復度他， 此等不生亦不滅， 世間天人皆迷惑， 如春禽獸見炎水。
Self-realized liberation and liberating others, These neither arise nor cease, Worldly gods and humans are all confused, Like spring beasts seeing a mirage.
虛妄分別起渴心， 想見男女受苦惱， 以業種種生諸趣， 由心作故有差別， 造業有報及以受， 彼業無有能作者。
False discrimination gives rise to craving, Imagining men and women, experiencing suffering, Through karma are born in various destinies, Due to mind's creation there are differences, Karma has results and experiences, But that karma has no doer.
我等如是解佛法， 是諸如來妙境界， 是故如來心調伏， 諸根寂靜能忍辱。
Thus do we understand the Buddha's dharma, This is the Tathagatas' wondrous realm, Therefore the Tathagata's mind is tamed, Senses peaceful, able to practice patience.
世尊如法得供養， 清淨無垢盡諸穢， 具足眾德離闇冥， 唯佛能施三界眼。
The World-Honored One receives rightful offerings, Pure and spotless, exhausting all defilements, Complete in virtues, departed from darkness, Only Buddha can grant the Eye of the Three Realms.
我今讚佛所獲福， 唯有出世大導師， 二足世尊功德聚， 能知我等所得報。
The merit I gain from praising Buddha now, Only the transcendent Great Guide, The Two-Footed World-Honored One's merit collection, Can know what results we will obtain.
以此微妙勝善根， 迴施一切諸群生， 願彼當於未來世， 悉得成就一切智。」
With these subtle supreme roots of goodness, I dedicate them to all sentient beings, Wishing they in future times Will all accomplish all-knowing wisdom.
爾時世尊知光音天深信心已，及知修行辯才具足，欲令大眾功德善根當復漸漸勝進增長故，是時如來即現微笑。爾時慧命馬勝即以偈頌問世尊曰：
At that time, the World-Honored One, knowing the deep faith of the Ābhāsvara devas and their complete mastery of eloquence in practice, and wishing to gradually increase and advance the wholesome roots of merit in the great assembly, manifested a subtle smile. At that time, the Venerable Aśvajit asked the World-Honored One in verse:
大悲善逝非無因， 而現希有微笑相， 能利世間無上士， 正覺智慧超群生。
The Compassionate Well-Gone One does not smile without cause, Displaying this rare smile, The unsurpassed one who benefits the world, Whose perfect enlightened wisdom surpasses all beings.
兩足世尊功德聚， 憐愍眾生願演說， 為誰而現此微笑， 殊勝光顯於世間？
Best of the two-footed, World-Honored One, treasury of merit, Out of compassion for beings, please explain: For whom did you display this smile, This excellent light manifesting in the world?
一切眾生若得聞， 心意決定大喜悅， 修行善業證佛果， 得離生死到涅槃。
If all beings could hear this, Their minds would be filled with great joy and certainty, Practicing good deeds to realize the Buddha's fruit, Freed from birth and death, reaching nirvana.
斯諸世間天人眾， 生死苦惱之所逼， 願度群生於有海， 演說八正大船路。
These worldly hosts of gods and humans, Oppressed by the sufferings of birth and death, May you ferry beings across the ocean of existence, Teaching the great ship-path of the Noble Eightfold Path.
如是得聞大仙說， 具八功德最勝道， 世間於是生欣喜， 樂修諸善願成佛。
Thus hearing the Great Sage's teaching, The supreme path with eight virtues, The world rejoices in this, Delighting to cultivate good and vowing to become Buddha.
勇猛精進有大力， 內心清淨離諸疑， 當傳如來所說法， 是佛真子順聖教。
Courageous and vigorous with great strength, Their inner minds pure and free from doubt, They will transmit the Tathagata's teachings, True children of Buddha following the holy teaching.
此諸眾會無餘念， 一心瞻仰大瞿曇， 唯願敷演授記事， 令其決斷疑惑心。
This assembly, with no other thoughts, Single-mindedly gazes upon the Great Gautama, Only wishing you to expound their predictions, To resolve their doubting minds.
合掌恭敬正意住， 咸皆願樂欲聽聞， 善哉願說甘露味， 諸有渴法當得飲。
With joined palms, respectfully standing with right intention, All wish with delight to hear, Excellent! Please speak the taste of ambrosia, Those thirsting for the Dharma shall drink.
是等一切諸會眾， 心淨愛樂勝功德， 瞻仰如來最勝顏， 猶如嬰兒觀母面。
All these assembled ones, With pure hearts delighting in supreme merit, Gaze upon the Tathāgata's most excellent countenance, Like infants looking at their mother's face.
大慧願授此天記， 開現微笑因緣事， 得聞如來授記已， 世間當獲大利益。
Great Wisdom, please give these devas their predictions, Reveal the causes and conditions of your smile, Having heard the Tathāgata's predictions, The world shall gain great benefit.
誰於牟尼增善根， 及以發願得滿足， 剋獲微妙功德藏， 我今樂聞彼受記。
Who has increased their roots of goodness with the Sage, And made vows that shall be fulfilled? Who shall attain the treasury of wonderful merit? I now wish to hear their predictions.
大眾必生欣喜心， 聞佛所說授記故， 決定當具念慧力， 及得修行三昧定。」
The great assembly will surely give rise to joyful hearts, Upon hearing the Buddha's predictions, They will definitely possess the power of mindfulness and wisdom, And attain the practice of samādhi.
爾時世尊即以偈答慧命馬勝言：
At that time, the World-Honored One replied to Venerable Aśvajit in verse:
善哉馬勝所問事， 辯才應機正是時。
Excellent, Aśvajit, your question is timely, Your eloquence is appropriate for this moment.
斯即如來神通力， 以是汝今生智慧， 為利世間故增辯， 是故汝今能致問。
This is the Tathāgata's supernatural power, Through which you now give rise to wisdom, For benefiting the world your eloquence increases, Thus you are now able to ask these questions.
我今為彼說授記， 寂靜諸根一心聽。
I will now give their predictions, Listen single-mindedly with peaceful faculties.
此諸勝慧光音天， 過去已供無量佛， 見是世間孤無救， 發心安住欲作佛。
These wise Ābhāsvara devas Have made offerings to countless Buddhas in the past, Seeing this world lonely and without salvation, They resolved to abide in the aspiration to become Buddhas.
修治真實微妙行， 必定當成一切智， 為求佛道諸眾生， 如迷失徑教正路。
Cultivating true and subtle practices, They will definitely attain all-knowing wisdom, For beings seeking the Buddha's path, Like showing the right path to those who have lost their way.
如是得聞世尊教， 其聲最勝無等等， 樂佛功德智慧人， 必得究竟到彼岸。
Thus hearing the World-Honored One's teaching, His voice supreme and unequaled, Those who delight in the Buddha's merits and wisdom Will definitely reach the other shore.
彼有智力知善惡， 決定當獲佛菩提， 欣喜已發菩提願， 如婦生男稱其心。
Those with wisdom-power knowing good and evil Will definitely attain Buddha's enlightenment, Joyfully they've generated the vow of bodhicitta, Like a woman's heart fulfilled upon bearing a son.
此天為求菩提者， 示其出世真正路， 於不可說那由劫， 修習菩薩勝妙行。
These devas seeking bodhi Show the transcendent true path, For ineffable eons They practice the bodhisattva's excellent conduct.
所化眾生過眾星， 安置於佛菩提已， 當來具足世間解， 自然成就一切智。
The beings they transform exceed the stars in number, Having established them in Buddha's enlightenment, In the future they will completely understand the world, Naturally accomplishing all-knowing wisdom.
彼等妙土不可說， 世界寬廣有百億， 是諸妙剎甚清淨， 無量種種勝莊嚴。
Their wondrous lands are ineffable, Their worlds vast, numbering a hundred billion, These excellent lands are extremely pure, With countless supreme adornments.
彼佛國土諸眾生， 無三惡趣及八難， 一切皆發菩提心， 咸各得住不退轉。
In those Buddha-lands, all beings Are free from the three evil paths and eight difficulties, All give rise to the bodhi mind, Each dwelling in non-retrogression.
彼諸如來國土中， 亦復無有小乘法， 眾生悉皆求佛道， 便得進趣不退地。
In those Tathāgata lands, There is also no Hinayana dharma, All beings seek the Buddha's path, And progress to the ground of non-retrogression.
是諸剎土眾生類， 一切壽命悉齊等， 經於十億恒沙劫， 皆由值遇諸佛故。
The beings in those lands All have equal lifespans, Lasting ten billion Ganges sands of eons, All due to encountering the Buddhas.
若教那由剎眾生， 悉得入於小涅槃， 若復有人化一人， 或男或女入大乘。
If one were to teach beings of countless lands All to enter the lesser nirvana, Or if someone were to convert one person, Whether man or woman, to enter the Mahayana.
初福比此功德聚， 算數譬喻不能及， 是故若住大乘者， 應當轉化於餘人。
The former merit compared to this collection of merit Cannot be matched by any calculation or metaphor, Therefore those who dwell in the Mahayana Should transform others.
馬勝！以是因緣故， 如來出世甚為難， 猶如優曇極難值， 無邊大智如是說。
Aśvajit! For these reasons, A Tathāgata's appearance in the world is extremely rare, Like the udumbara flower, extremely difficult to encounter, So says the boundless great wisdom.
以巧深智善知識， 善解方便示正路， 安隱無上勝菩提， 若人求者應親近。」
With skillful profound wisdom as good friends, Skillfully understanding expedient means to show the right path, The secure supreme excellent bodhi, Those who seek it should draw near.
從佛口聞如是語， 具足微妙甚深義， 一切大眾皆欣喜， 踊躍充滿稱心意。
Hearing such words from the Buddha's mouth, Complete with subtle and profound meaning, The entire assembly was delighted, Jumping with joy, their hearts content.
那由諸天住空中， 皆散天衣旋轉下， 欣喜讚聲滿虛空： 「敬禮無比大神力，
Countless devas dwelling in space All scattered celestial garments swirling down, Joyful praise filling the void: "Homage to the incomparable great spiritual power,
清淨妙智度世間， 能滅眾生煩惱熱。
Pure wondrous wisdom crossing over the world, Able to extinguish beings' heat of affliction.
佛說甘露滅三毒， 如阿伽陀消眾毒， 得聞智慧斷諸結。
The Buddha speaks amrita to extinguish the three poisons, Like agada medicine eliminating all poisons, Hearing wisdom and severing all bonds.
世間迷惑多苦惱， 於其有趣當得脫， 從佛得聞勝法故。」
The world is confused with much suffering, But will be freed from the realms of existence, Due to hearing the Buddha's supreme Dharma."