Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Altar Sutra

Chapter 6 Diamond Sutra (5)
⑥Paramita of patience and humiliation: Sanskrit is 羼提, and its free translation is An Ren, Ren and so on.Forbearance is the heart that can endure; humiliation is the state of forbearance.Forbearance not only bears humiliation, but also bears hardships and stands hard work, that is, to recognize certain truths.There are three kinds of forbearance. Tolerance can be tolerated without any anger or anger. To endure physical and mental toil, sickness, wind, rain, cold, heat, etc., and to deal with it calmly is called forbearance. Bodhisattvas practice the six paramitas. At that time, understand the empty principle that all dharmas have no self, and do not arise naturally, and keep the true wisdom in the principle without moving, which is called non-born patience, and non-born patience is prajna wisdom.When a Bodhisattva cultivates this endurance, he will not be subdued by all external or internal adverse environments and evil forces.Therefore, forbearance is hard on the inside and soft on the outside, can endure infinitely, and can not change the original intention in the heart, and finally achieve the ideal goal.Buddhism advises people to endure humiliation, it is to persuade people to learn from Bodhisattvas, it is the practice of selfless compassion, not slavish patience.

⑦ King Geli: Also known as King Goli, King Kali, King Kali, King Kalinga, King Kalinga, King Kalanfu, etc.Literally translated as the king of fighting, the king of evil life, the king of evil times, the king of evil times and innocence, etc.When the Buddha practiced in the past life, King Goli was the king of Wuchang Kingdom.His behavior was very violent and bad, and the subjects were very afraid of him, lest they avoid him.Once, the king took his maids into the mountains to hunt.The ladies of the court are free to play while the king is resting.In the deep forest, when they saw a celestial being sitting in meditation, they had a lot of confidence in him, and the celestial being also spoke the Dharma for them.When the king woke up, he saw no one. He searched everywhere and saw them talking around the immortal. He felt angry and blamed the immortal. He cut off the immortal's hands and feet indiscriminately to see if he could bear it.At that time, the immortal had no resentment, and his expression remained unchanged. Instead of being angry, he felt great compassion for the king.This immortal is the previous life of Shakyamuni Buddha.

⑧ Anger: Also known as anger, anger, hatred, anger.One of the three poisons is also one of the six root afflictions.Aversion to suffering and things that produce suffering is called anger.Anger can make the body and mind hot and annoyed, causing all kinds of evil karma.

⑨ no dwelling heart: that is, its heart has no dwelling.Non-living, that is, non-attachment and non-attachment.No place to live means not to stay on both sides of the treatment of good and evil, right and wrong, emptiness, non-permanence, delusional enlightenment, etc., and even the middle way.

Translation
At this time, Subhuti heard this scripture and deeply understood its true meaning. He couldn't help but said to the Buddha with gratitude: "It's too rare, World Honored One. The Buddha proclaimed such a profound and subtle scripture. This is from what I have seen. Since Huiyan, I have never heard such a wonderful sutra. World Honored One, if someone hears such a sutra and can generate pure confidence, that is, he can realize the truth of all dharmas, he should know that this person has achieved the most extraordinary. Rare and rare merit. World Honored One, this truth is not the real truth, so the Tathagata Buddha said it is falsely called the truth. World Honored One, I can personally hear the Buddha's lecture on this scripture today, understand its meaning and accept it. This sutra is not rare. If in the last 500 years of later generations, there are sentient beings who have heard the subtle meaning of this sutra and can believe, accept and uphold it, then this person is very rare. Why? Because this person has no self-discipline. The appearance of others, the appearance of other people, the appearance of sentient beings, and the appearance of life. Why is this? Because he has realized that the appearance of self is not real, and the appearance of people, sentient beings, and longevity are also unreal. Why? Stay away from all objects The attachment to illusory appearances can be called a Buddha."

The Buddha told Subhuti: "It is so, it is so. If someone hears this scripture and can not be surprised, not frightened, and not afraid, he should know that this person is very rare. Why? Subhuti , The first paramita mentioned by the Tathagata is actually not the real first paramita, but the first paramita of a pseudonym.

"Subhuti, the so-called paramita of patience, the Tathagata said that it is not a real paramita of patience, but a pseudonym of paramita of patience. Why? Subhuti, for example, my body was cut apart by King Kali with a knife in the past. At that time, there was no image of self, image of others, image of sentient beings, and image of lifespan. Why do I say this? If I was attached to my image and other people’s image when I was torn apart The appearance of life, the appearance of sentient beings, and the appearance of life, will definitely give rise to the heart of hatred.

"Subhuti, I think back to when I was the Immortal of Patience in the past five hundred lives. At that time, I was not attached to the appearance of myself, the appearance of others, the appearance of sentient beings, and the appearance of life. Therefore, Subhuti , Bodhisattvas should abandon all appearances and generate the bodhicitta of supreme enlightenment. They should not be attached to color dust to generate mind, and should not be attached to sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma to generate mind. If you have attachments in your heart, you will not be able to give birth to your mind without attachment. Therefore, the Buddha said that the mind of a bodhisattva should not be attached to forms and give alms. Subhuti, for the benefit of all All sentient beings should be given in this way. The Tathagata said that all forms are pseudonym forms of karma, and that all sentient beings are not real sentient beings.

"Subhuti, the Tathagata is the one who tells the truth, the truth, the truth, not the liar, not the one who speaks weird words. Subhuti, the Dharma that the Tathagata has attained is neither real nor real. It is not nothingness. Subhuti, if a bodhisattva gives with his heart attached to the appearance of the Dharma, it will be like a person entering darkness and cannot see anything. If a Bodhisattva gives alms without being attached to the appearance of the Dharma in his heart, it is as if a person has two eyes and can see nothing in the sunlight. Under the light, one can clearly see all kinds of material phenomena.

"Subhuti, in the future, if there are virtuous men and virtuous women who believe in, practice, recite, accept and uphold this sutra, the Tathagata will be able to know and see such people with the Buddha's unobstructed wisdom. Human beings must be able to achieve immeasurable, boundless and endless merit.”

Original
"Subhuti, if there are virtuous men and virtuous women, in the first day they would give their bodies as much as the sands of the Ganges River, in the middle days they would give their bodies as much as the sands of the Ganges River, and in the following days they would also give their bodies as much as the sands of the Ganges River. Giving with one’s own body for kalpas. If someone hears this scripture, and their faith is not rebellious, their blessings will be better than that of others, let alone writing, accepting, reading, and explaining it for others!
"Subhuti, the main point is that this sutra has inconceivable, immeasurable and boundless merits. The Tathagata expounded it for those who have developed the Mahayana, and for those who have developed the highest vehicle. Everyone who knows this person, who sees this person, will achieve immeasurable, incalculable, boundless, and inconceivable merit. Such a person is the Tathagata Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Why? Subhuti, if Those who enjoy the little dharma ⑤, with the view of self, the view of people, the view of sentient beings, and the view of life, cannot listen to, read, recite, or explain this sutra for others.

"Subhuti, if there is this Sutra anywhere, all the gods, humans, and asuras in the world should make offerings to it. You should know that this place is a pagoda, and you should respect and pay respects around it, and spread the fragrance of flowers around it. "

注释
①The first day, the middle day, and the next day: the three periods of the morning, noon, and evening in a day.Before about ten o'clock is the first day's minute, from ten o'clock to two o'clock in the afternoon is the middle day's minute, and after two o'clock is the next day's minute.

②Kalpa: The unit of time in ancient India, which is still used in Buddhism.Refers to a very long time.The transliteration is Jiebo, Jielai, Jiebo, Jielabo, etc.The free translation is to separate time and minutes, separate seasons, long time, big time, time, etc.In India, one kalpa is usually regarded as one day of Brahma, that is, 200 million years in the human world.Buddhism regards it as an extremely long time that cannot be calculated, so the scriptures and commentaries often use metaphors and stories to describe it.The Buddhist concept of "time" is based on kalpas to explain the process of the creation and destruction of the world.

③Gong Sui: Transliterated as Fear, Yu, and Qiuna.Gong refers to the function of welfare, and virtue refers to the virtue of good deeds.Those who are virtuous get it, and they gain something by practicing merit, so it is called merit and virtue.That is to say, it refers to the function of merit, and it also refers to the reward of doing good deeds.In addition, people in the world worship Buddha, recite scriptures, give offerings, etc., all of which are called merit.

④ Mahayana: transliterated as Mahayana, Mahayana, etc.It is also used as Shangyan, Superior Vehicle, Victory Vehicle, First Vehicle, etc.Carriage means means of transportation, referring to the teachings that can carry all living beings from this shore of affliction to the other shore of enlightenment.It is not satisfied with personal enlightenment, but with the goal of saving sentient beings. It is like a huge vehicle that can carry people, so it is called Mahayana.The Buddhism with this purpose is Mahayana Buddhism.

⑤ Small method: refers to the small multiplication method.There is actually no difference in the teachings of the Buddha, but because the disciples have different motivations, the shallow ones see the shallow, and the deep ones are deep, and there are differences between the big and small vehicles.

⑥ Surrounding the Buddha with bows: When the Buddha was alive, when disciples came to see the Buddha, most of them circled around the Buddha once or three times, and then bowed sincerely.In ancient India, walking around the stupa for three or more turns to the right was a ritual of piety and respect.The custom surrounding this ceremony also followed the spread of Buddhism and is still used all over the world today.

Translation
The Buddha said: "Subhuti, if there are good men and good women who donate in the morning with as many bodies as the sands of the Ganges River, at noon with as many bodies as the sands in the Ganges River, and in the afternoon with as many bodies as the sands in the Ganges River, Hundreds of thousands of kalpas have never stopped giving with the body. If there is another person who hears this scripture and develops unrelenting confidence, the merit he will gain is better than the aforementioned person who gave with his body and life, not to mention copying the scriptures, Believe and practice, read and recite, and explain to others!
"Subhuti, in a nutshell, this sutra has inconceivable, immeasurable, and boundless virtues. The Tathagata originally said it for those who have developed the mind of the Mahayana Bodhisattva, and for all living beings who have developed the highest Buddha Vehicle. If someone can believe and accept Practice, read and recite, and spread widely to others. The Tathagata can know this person and see this person. He will surely achieve immeasurable, immeasurable, boundless, and inconceivable merit. Such a person can bear it The family property of Tathagata Supreme Righteous Enlightenment. Why? Subhuti, people who are generally happy with Theravada Dharma will cling to the appearance of self, appearance of others, appearance of sentient beings, and appearance of life. They will not hear about this sutra. Believe it, read it and recite it, and spread it to others.

"Subhuti, whenever and wherever there is this sutra, all gods, human beings, and asuras in the world should make offerings here devoutly. You should know that the place where this sutra is located is equal to the place where the stupa is, and you should respect it. Respectfully surround the offering, spread all kinds of fragrant flowers and fine incense around it, and make offerings devoutly."

Original
"Furthermore, Subhuti. If a good man or a good woman accepts, upholds, reads, and recites this sutra, and if he or she is despised by others, that person's previous sins and karma should fall into the evil realm. Because of the contempt of people in this world, the past life's sins and karma will be eliminated. Anuttara Sanchao Sanbodhi.

"Subhuti, I have recited that in the past countless kalpas, in front of Lantern Buddha, I have received eight hundred and forty million nayutas of Buddhas, all of which are enshrined and served without fault. The merits and virtues gained from receiving, upholding, reading and reciting this sutra are less than one percent of the merits and virtues of the Buddhas I make offerings to.

"Subhuti, if a good man or a good woman accepts, upholds, reads and recites this sutra in the last days, and the merits and virtues gained, if I have the right to explain it, some people will go crazy when they hear it, doubt or not believe it. Subhuti, you should know that the meaning of this sutra is inconceivable. The retribution is also inconceivable④."

注释
① Industry: transliterated as "karma".The ancient Upanishads first seen in India, is a term used by Brahmanism, Jainism, etc.In Buddhism, it is generally interpreted as fabrication.It refers to physical and mental activities such as behavior, doing, action, function, will, or the physical and mental life induced by will alone.When combined with causation, it refers to the force formed by the continuation of past actions.In addition, "karma" also contains thoughts of karma such as good and evil, suffering and joy in behavior, and thoughts of reincarnation such as past lives, present lives, and future lives.Generally speaking, karma consists of three karmas: body, speech, and mind. Those who express their will with body actions and words are body karma and speech karma; the will to do something in the heart is called mind karma.The birth and death of karma is continuous, and you must feel the fruit of suffering and happiness. The fruit is the result of karma, and the cause of the result is the cause of karma.Although karma is created by human body, speech and mind, it is dominated by afflictions.If you create good and evil deeds, you will surely experience corresponding rewards of suffering and happiness.Because there is a karmic cause, it attracts karmic results; if there is no karma that is neither good nor evil, it has no power to attract results.There are different versions of evil karma (sinful karma) in Buddhism, including five evil karma and ten evil karma.The five evil deeds are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and drinking, and vice versa, they are called the five good deeds.The ten evil karmas include killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, double tongue, harsh speech, gossip, greed, hatred and wrong views.Apart from the above ten evils, it is the ten good things.Evil way: It is the symmetry of "good way", and it is synonymous with "evil way", that is, the way to follow the evil deeds.It refers to the suffering and evil place where one does evil karma during one's lifetime and is reborn after one's death.Among the six realms, Asura, the world, and heaven are generally called the three good realms, while hell, hungry ghosts, and animals are called the three evil realms.

② Asengyi: One of the numbers in India, also known as Asanga, Asengqiye, Asenga, Sangyi, etc., which means an infinite number or an infinite number.This word is mostly used to measure kalpas, and when measuring kalpas, there are two kinds of small asangyi kalpas and big asengyi kalpas.

③Nayuta: The name of the number, also known as Nayuta, Nayuta, Nashu, Nashu, etc.It refers to an extremely large number, some say it is equivalent to today's tens of billions, and some say it is hundreds of billions, or a larger number.

④ Fruit retribution: the result of being inspired by past karma.It is also used as different ripening, fruit ripening, rewarding fruit, should be rewarded, different ripening fruit, etc.Because the past karma causes the current result, it is called the result, and because the result is the reward inspired by the past karma, it is also called the reward.For example, the seeds of rice and wheat are the cause, and the power of the farmer or the moistening of the rain and dew are the conditions.When the rice and wheat mature in the coming year, it will be the fruit for the previous rice and wheat seeds, and it will be the reward for the power of farmers, rain and dew in the past.

Translation
The Buddha went on to say: "Again, Subhuti, if there are good men or good women who can accept, uphold, recite, accept and uphold this scripture, but they are despised by others, the sins committed by this person in the previous life should have fallen into the evil realm. , because he is despised by the world in this life, his previous sins will be eliminated, and he can also prove the supreme enlightenment.

"Subhuti, I think of the countless and endless kalpas in the past, when I met eight hundred and forty million nayuta Buddhas in front of the Lantern Buddha, and I made offerings to them all, without missing a single one. In the future, if he can receive, uphold, read and recite this sutra, the merits he will gain will be less than one percent, one tenth of a billionth, or even numbers and metaphors. One infinity.

"Subhuti, if there are good men and good women who can receive, uphold, recite and recite this sutra in the future, if I describe the merits and virtues they have obtained in detail, some people may become flustered and suspicious after hearing it. Believe it. Subhuti, you should understand that the content and meaning of this sutra are inconceivable, and the results obtained are also inconceivable."

Original
At that time, Subhuti said to the Buddha: "World Honored One, good men and good women have the mind of anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, how should they abide? How can they subdue their minds?"

The Buddha told Subhuti: "Good men and good women who send anuttara-samyak-sambodhi should have such a heart. I should save all sentient beings. I have already saved all sentient beings, and there is no one who has actually passed away. Why? Therefore? Subhuti, if a bodhisattva has the image of self, person, sentient beings, and life, he is not a bodhisattva. So what? Subhuti, there is really no way to arouse the mind of anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Subhuti, in What do you mean? Does the Tathagata come from the place of Ran Deng Buddha, have a way to attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi?"

"No, World Honored One. As I understand the meaning of what the Buddha said, there is no way for the Buddha to attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi in the presence of the Randeng Buddha.

The Buddha said: "So it is. Subhuti, there is really no Dharma Tathagata who can attain Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi. Subhuti, if there is a Dharma Tathagata who can attain Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi, then Lantern Buddha will not give me Prophecy①, you will be a Buddha in the next life, named Sakyamuni②. There is no way to attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, so the Lantern Buddha gave me a prophecy. In the next life, you will become a Buddha, named Sakyamuni. Why? The Tathagata, that is, all dharmas are righteous. If someone says that the Tathagata has attained Anuttara-samyaksambodhi and Subhuti, there is really no way for the Buddha to attain Anuttara Luo Sanliu San Bodhi.

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