文殊神變品第三
爾時善住意天子白文殊師利言
At that time, the devaputra Suṣṭhitamati said to Mañjuśrī:
「大士！今可俱行詣如來所，奉見頂禮諮受未聞，亦因此時如法問難。」
"Great Being! Let us go together to the Tathāgata, pay homage, bow our heads, inquire about what we have not heard, and take this opportunity to ask questions according to the Dharma."
文殊師利言：「天子！汝莫分別取著如來。」
Mañjuśrī said: "Devaputra! Do not discriminate or cling to the Tathāgata."
善住意言：「大士！如來何在而言莫著？」
Suṣṭhitamati said: "Great Being! Where is the Tathāgata that you say not to cling to?"
文殊師利言：「即在現前。」
Mañjuśrī said: "He is right here in front of us."
善住意言：「若如是者，我何不見？」
Suṣṭhitamati said: "If that is so, why can't I see him?"
文殊師利言：「天子！汝今若能一切不見，是則名為真見如來。」
Mañjuśrī said: "Devaputra! If you can now not see anything at all, that is called truly seeing the Tathāgata."
善住意言：「若現前者，云何誡我莫取如來？」
Suṣṭhitamati said: "If he is right in front of us, why do you admonish me not to grasp at the Tathāgata?"
文殊師利言：「天子！汝謂今者現前何有？」
Mañjuśrī said: "Devaputra! What do you think is present here now?"
善住意言：「有虛空界。」
Suṣṭhitamati said: "There is the realm of space."
文殊師利言：「如是天子！言如來者即虛空界。何以故？諸法平等如虛空故。是故虛空即是如來，如來即是虛空，虛空如來無二無別。天子！以是義故，若人欲求見如來者，當作斯觀。如實真際覺了，是中無有一物可分別者。」
Mañjuśrī said: "Indeed, devaputra! When we speak of the Tathāgata, it is the realm of space. Why? Because all dharmas are equal, like space. Therefore, space is the Tathāgata, and the Tathāgata is space. Space and the Tathāgata are not two, not separate. Devaputra! For this reason, if someone wishes to see the Tathāgata, they should contemplate like this: Realizing the true nature of reality, there is not a single thing that can be discriminated."
爾時文殊師利菩薩摩訶薩復以神力化作三十二所重閣寶堂，輦軒具足，四面正方四角有柱，周匝欄楯寶網交絡，殊特妙好高顯巍巍，具足莊嚴甚可愛樂。諸堂閣內咸有勝床，眾寶所成天衣覆上。其床各有化菩薩坐，具三十二大人之相。爾時文殊師利普現如是莊嚴事已，遂更與彼蓮花化佛并化菩薩，及此寶輦重閣殿堂諸菩薩眾，俱往佛所繞佛七匝，并亦圍遶比丘眾已，踊在虛空，光明普照眾會道場，四面而住。
At that time, Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Mañjuśrī again used his supernatural powers to create thirty-two jeweled pavilions with multiple stories, complete with carriages and chariots. They were square with four corners and pillars, surrounded by railings and jeweled nets interlacing. They were extraordinarily beautiful, tall, and majestic, fully adorned and delightful. Inside each pavilion was an excellent bed made of various jewels and covered with celestial cloth. On each bed sat a magically created bodhisattva, possessing the thirty-two marks of a great being.
After Mañjuśrī had manifested these adornments, he, along with the magically created Buddhas on lotus flowers, the magically created bodhisattvas, and the assemblies of bodhisattvas in the jeweled pavilions, all went to where the Buddha was. They circumambulated the Buddha seven times, also encircling the assembly of bhikṣus, and then rose into the air. Their light illuminated the entire assembly and the bodhimaṇḍa, as they stood in the four directions.
爾時文殊師利後善住發，忽然在前先至佛所。善住意天子反更後到，白言：「大士！吾發在前，更在後至。仁從何路乃至於斯？」
At that time, Mañjuśrī departed after Suṣṭhitamati but suddenly appeared in front and arrived at the Buddha's place first. Devaputra Suṣṭhitamati arrived later and said: "Great Being! I set out first, yet arrived later. By what path did you arrive here?"
文殊師利言：「天子！假使供養滿恒河沙諸如來等，稽首為禮，終不見吾往來進止。」
Mañjuśrī said: "Devaputra! Even if one were to make offerings to and bow before Tathāgatas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, one would never see me coming or going."
[時花臺諸化菩薩及寶堂中諸菩薩眾，同聲說偈讚嘆如來：
Then the magically created bodhisattvas on the flower platforms and the bodhisattvas in the jeweled pavilions spoke verses in unison, praising the Tathāgata:
已曾供養過恒河， 不可思議諸世尊， 熾然修行求菩提， 是故超出天人上。
Having made offerings to countless World-Honored Ones, More numerous than the sands of the Ganges, Ardently practicing to seek bodhi, Thus surpassing gods and humans.
光明妙色三界雄， 牟尼眾相實奇特， 為眾宣說甚深法， 無有壽命及人我。
With radiant light and wondrous form, supreme in the three realms, The Muni's many marks are truly extraordinary, Expounding profound dharma for the assembly, Without lifespan or self.
世尊行施持淨戒， 忍辱精進具修禪， 智慧清淨三界表， 我禮彼岸最勝尊。
The World-Honored One practices giving and pure precepts, Patience, diligence, and perfect meditation, His wisdom pure, transcending the three realms, I bow to the most excellent one who has reached the other shore.
其有發意求菩提， 則受天人妙供養， 若於深空無疑惑， 當紹出世大法王。
Those who aspire to seek bodhi, Receive wondrous offerings from gods and humans, If they have no doubts about profound emptiness, They will succeed the great Dharma King beyond the world.
過去諸佛等正覺， 現在一切兩足尊， 常說如是諸法空， 本來無相亦無作。
Past Buddhas, perfectly enlightened ones, And all present Two-Footed Honored Ones, Always teach the emptiness of all dharmas, Originally without characteristics or doings.
眾生體性不可得， 何有生者及死滅？ 本既無來亦無去， 一切諸法如虛空。
The nature of sentient beings cannot be found, How can there be birth or death? Originally without coming or going, All dharmas are like empty space.
如彼化人觀眾事， 雖復示現而無真， 世尊說法亦如是， 斯皆虛誑同幻夢。
Like an illusory person observing various things, Though appearing, they are not real, The World-Honored One's teachings are also like this, All are deceptive, like illusions and dreams.
恒沙世界滿中寶， 持以布施一切人， 若能修忍善說空， 如是行施超於彼。
If worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges were filled with treasures, And one were to give them all away, If one can cultivate patience and skillfully explain emptiness, Such practice of giving surpasses the former.
復於恒沙諸劫中， 供養諸佛天人上， 奉獻香花及眾具， 為求菩提離世間。
Again, for kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, Making offerings to Buddhas, supreme among gods and humans, Presenting incense, flowers, and various items, To seek bodhi and transcend the world.
得聞如是甚深法， 無有眾生及命人， 當知彼得明淨忍， 是為供養十方佛。
Hearing such profound dharma, That there are no sentient beings or persons with lifespans, Know that they have attained clear and pure patience, This is making offerings to the Buddhas of the ten directions.
於無數劫行布施， 衣食象馬及眾珍， 當知彼非解脫因， 以有我人眾生想。
Practicing giving for countless kalpas, Offering clothes, food, elephants, horses, and various treasures, Know that these are not causes of liberation, As they involve notions of self, person, and sentient beings.
歸命滅度人中尊， 救濟眾生無量數， 諸法皆空本清淨， 如是解脫智莊嚴。
I take refuge in the honored one among humans who has attained nirvana, Saving countless sentient beings, All dharmas are empty and originally pure, Such liberation is adorned with wisdom.
諸佛出世甚難值， 得聞正法生信難， 人身難得今已獲， 善哉佛法汝順行。
The appearance of Buddhas in the world is extremely rare, It's difficult to hear the true Dharma and generate faith, The human body is hard to obtain, but now you have it, Excellent! Follow and practice the Buddha's teachings.
已得蠲除斯八難， 永絕迫窄處空閑， 於諸正法得信行， 應當勇猛發精進。
Having removed the eight difficulties, Forever escaping confinement to dwell in open spaces, Having faith and practice in the true Dharma, One should bravely generate diligence.
若聞法已應正思， 不可聞聲即取著， 汝等常行阿蘭若， 必當速疾成人雄。
After hearing the Dharma, one should contemplate correctly, Not becoming attached upon hearing the sound, You should always practice in solitary places, And you will swiftly become a great person.
近善知識及法師， 應速遠離諸惡友， 汝於眾生平等想， 慎勿妄起我人心。
Stay close to good friends and Dharma teachers, Quickly distance yourself from evil companions, View all sentient beings equally, Be careful not to give rise to thoughts of self and others.
常樂多聞持禁戒， 捐棄舍宅坐林間， 腐藥治病莫詐善， 亦恒乞食受糞衣。
Always delight in learning and upholding precepts, Abandon homes to sit in forests, Use simple medicines to treat illness, don't pretend to be good, Always beg for food and wear cast-off robes.
一切有為即無為， 等同一相如陽焰， 若了實際見真如， 疾成無上菩提道。
All conditioned things are unconditioned, Equal and of one characteristic, like a mirage, If you realize the ultimate truth and see true suchness, You will swiftly attain the unsurpassed path of bodhi.
當觀五陰猶如幻， 內外諸入如空舍， 世尊常說如斯法， 法等於彼莫生著。
Observe the five aggregates as illusory, The inner and outer sense bases like an empty house, The World-Honored One always teaches such dharma, Do not become attached to dharmas equal to this.
貪欲瞋恚性自空， 愚癡我慢分別起， 彼法已滅今亦無， 如是知者得成佛。」
Greed, anger, and their nature are empty, Delusion and pride arise from discrimination, Those dharmas have ceased and do not exist now, One who knows this will attain Buddhahood.
如是諸化菩薩說是偈時。彼會眾中二萬二千眾生皆發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心。五百比丘漏盡意解心得解脫。三百比丘尼遠塵離垢得法眼淨。七千優婆塞優婆夷、二萬五千諸天子亦離塵垢法眼清淨，三百菩薩得無生法忍。於是三千大千世界大地六種振動，所謂動、遍動、等遍動，震、遍震、等遍震，涌、遍涌、等遍涌，乃至吼、起、覺等亦復如是。
When these magically created bodhisattvas spoke these verses, twenty-two thousand beings in the assembly gave rise to the aspiration for anuttara samyak saṃbodhi. Five hundred bhikṣus had their defilements exhausted and their minds liberated. Three hundred bhikṣuṇīs became free from defilements and attained the pure Dharma eye. Seven thousand upāsakas and upāsikās, and twenty-five thousand devaputras also became free from defilements and attained the pure Dharma eye. Three hundred bodhisattvas attained the patient acceptance of the non-arising of dharmas.
At that time, the great earth of the three-thousand great thousandfold world system shook in six ways: it moved, moved everywhere, and moved equally everywhere; it trembled, trembled everywhere, and trembled equally everywhere; it surged, surged everywhere, and surged equally everywhere; and so on with roaring, rising, and awakening.