The Jatakamala (Scroll 16)

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{1} The Path to Supreme Wisdom

The Bodhisattva-bhumi-mala-sutra, Volume 16, was composed by Holy Valiant Bodhisattva (聖勇菩薩 [sheng yong pu sa]) and others, and translated by Bhramacarya Shaode Huixun (梵才大師紹德慧詢 [fan cai da shi shao de hui xun]) and others, who were granted the title of Imperial Edict Translator (奉詔譯 [feng zhao yi]), and held positions such as Grand Master for Imperial Envoys (朝散大夫 [chao san da fu]) and Junior Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices (試鴻臚少卿 [shi hong lu shao qing]) during the Song Dynasty (宋朝 [song chao]).

pú sà běn shēng mán lùn juǎn dì shí liù

shèng yǒng pú sà děng zào

sòng cháo sàn dà fū shì hóng lú shǎo qīng tóng yì jīng fàn cái dà shī shào dé huì xún děng fèng　zhào yì

pu sa ben sheng man lun juan di shi liu

sheng yong pu sa deng zao

song chao san da fu shi hong lu shao qing tong yi jing fan cai da shi shao de hui xun deng feng zhao yi

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[0381b14] Loving and aspiring for supreme wisdom (無上智力 [wu shang zhi li]), carrying sentient beings to the excellent other shore (殊勝彼岸 [shu sheng bi an]), the sixth consciousness (第六意識 [di liu yi shi]) diligently cultivates the path of wisdom (智道 [zhi dao]), and truly practices generosity (布施 [bu shi]), seeking the fundamental practice (根本行 [gen ben xing]). This is where the profound meaning of the Dharma (法義 [fa yi]) is completely understood. By listening to the vanishing aspects (亡相 [wang xiang]) and cultivating the practice of generosity (布施法 [bu shi fa]), one accumulates pure and excellent wisdom power (殊勝智力 [shu sheng zhi li]), and realizes the unimpeded divine feet (神足 [shen zu]) of sentient beings. Completing the hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]), fully equipped with power and function, the path of practice (道行 [dao xing]) and meritorious connections (福緣 [fu yuan]) are the highest and most excellent practices (最上勝行 [zui shang sheng xing]). Tranquilly knowing and perfecting the practice of giving (施法 [shi fa]), sentient beings are violently bound by their realms. The four Brahma-viharas (四種梵行 [si zhong fan xing]) are aspired to be initiated, and the causes and conditions of living beings are free from bondage. Following the production of afflicting causes (煩惱因行 [fan nao yin xing]), preceptors (軌範師 [gui fan shi]) and others explain the noisy and the quiet (喧寂 [xuan ji]), obtaining precepts, upholding the Dharma, instructing, and verifying precepts. These four kinds of teachers (四種師範 [si zhong shi fan]) are sovereign, powerful, and indestructible. When a person's life ends, the seven precepts (七支戒 [qi zhi jie]) are abandoned. Moreover, one cultivates excellent wisdom (殊勝智解 [shu sheng zhi jie]), understanding the vast and tranquil causal karma (寂靜因業 [ji jing yin ye]). The covering and defiling actions cease suddenly, and the causes and conditions of suffering are quietly removed. The dharma of arrogance (我慢之法 [wo man zhi fa]) is purely eliminated. Bodhisattvas (菩提薩埵 [pu ti sa duo]) guide in this place, establishing the true meaning and benefit (真實義利 [zhen shi yi li]) through listening, aspiring to that practice, cultivating tranquility, initiating sincere and pure causal practices (淨妙因行 [jing miao yin xing]), and understanding the well-purified system (制度 [zhi du]). The torrents of affliction (瀑流煩惱 [pu liu fan nao]) are vast in their power. The ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is known without error and abandoned. The fundamental, pure, and excellent meaning of liberation (正解脫義 [zheng jie tuo yi]) follows the actions of Indra (帝釋 [di shi]) and all devas (諸天 [zhu tian]). Dwelling quietly without defilement, happily and purely, free from the meaning of creation, no obstacles arise. Without dispute, agitation ceases. Binding the body and mind is called tranquility (安靜 [an jing]). Sentient beings are without substance, a temporary composite of the four great elements (四大假合 [si da jia he]), incomparable, illusory, and difficult to describe, like a cluster of foam, a floating bubble, a mirage, an echo in a valley, a carved wooden figure with hanging threads, a mirror image, or the moon in water. The Buddha (佛 [fu]) said: "Expiration is difficult to guarantee inspiration." Cultivating the practice of the other shore (彼岸之法 [bi an zhi fa]) with quietude and stillness, one possesses pure and refined self-discipline. Such practice can thus be described. Noble sons (善男子 [shan nan zi]), the supreme generosity (上妙布施 [shang miao bu shi]) of country, city, wife, children, and body parts, understanding their nature, is neither impossible nor not impossible. It also says, "giving rise to the ultimate truth" implies this. Understanding the dharma of causes and conditions (緣法 [yuan fa]) and cultivating various practices, listening to the suchness of excellent Dharma (如如勝法 [ru ru sheng fa]) with wisdom. My view of defiled wisdom (染慧 [ran hui]) is a part of it. Speaking of defiled wisdom (染慧 [ran hui]), it is only self-severance. Discriminative karma (分別發業 [fen bie fa ye]) is also self-severance. The remaining mental factors belong to associated severance. Listening to the true Dharma (正法 [zheng fa]) without dullness, the path of practice (道行 [dao xing]) is equal and powerful in carrying. The pure teachings (清淨教法 [qing jing jiao fa]) are excellent in their exposition, and the function of hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]) is immeasurable. Practicing in this way brings peaceful purity.

{2} The Realization of Original Wisdom

[0381b14] ài lè xī qiú wú shàng zhì lì, yùn zài yǒu qíng shū shèng bǐ àn, dì liù yì shí qín xiū zhì dào, chéng shí bù shī qiú gēn běn xíng. shì chù jiū jìng zhì dù fǎ yì, tīng wén wáng xiāng xiū bù shī fǎ, yùn jí qīng jìng shū shèng zhì lì, jìng jué yǒu qíng wú ài shén zú. yuán mǎn wén chí jù zú lì yòng, dào xíng fú yuán zuì shàng shèng xíng, jì jìng le zhī yuán mǎn shī fǎ, yǒu qíng zú bào chán fù jìng jiè. sì zhǒng fàn xíng xī qiú fā qǐ, shēng lèi yīn yuán wú yǒu xì fù, suí shùn zào zuò fán nǎo yīn xíng, guǐ fàn shī děng zhǐ chén xuān jì, dé jiè,, bǐng fǎ,, jiào shòu,, zhèng jiè, sì zhǒng shī fàn zì zài yǒu lì bù kě pò huài, rén zhōng mìng jǐn qī zhī jiè shě. yòu fù xiū zuò shū shèng zhì jiě, le zhī guǎng dà jì jìng yīn yè, chán gài rǎn xíng shū rán zhǐ xī, chǔ dú yīn yuán jì rán yuǎn lí. wǒ màn zhī fǎ qīng jìng chú qiǎn, pú tí sà duǒ shì chù yǐn dǎo, zhēn shí yì lì tīng wén shī shè, xī qiú bǐ xíng jì jìng xiū chí, fā qǐ chéng dì jìng miào yīn xíng, zhī jiàn le jiě shàn jìng zhì dù. pù liú fán nǎo shì yòng guǎng dà, shèng yì wú dào le zhī yuǎn lí, gēn běn jìng miào zhèng jiě tuō yì, suí shùn dì shì zhū tiān zhī xíng. jìng zhù wú rǎn kuài lè qīng jìng, lí zào zuò yì fán zhàng bù shēng, wú zhèng sòng yì xuān dòng zhǐ xī, shù fù shēn xīn míng wèi ān jìng. yǒu qíng wú shí sì dà jiǎ hé, wú néng bǐ pì xū huàn nán shuō, jù mò fú pào yáng yàn gǔ xiǎng, kè mù xuán sī jìng xiàng shuǐ yuè. fú yán: “chū xī nán bǎo rù xī.” jìng zhù chóng xiū bǐ àn zhī fǎ, sù jìng wú xuān jīng chún cāo jié, rú cǐ zhī xíng yóu rán kě shuō. shàn nán zi shàng miào bù shī guó chéng,, qī zi,, shēn fēn zhī jié, tǐ qí rú xìng bù kě yì wú bù kě. yòu yún “fā shēng shèng yì” yì zài rú cǐ. le zhī yuán fǎ xiū zhǒng zhǒng xíng, zhì huì tīng wén rú rú shèng fǎ, rú shì wǒ jiàn rǎn huì yī fēn, jiù rǎn huì shuō wéi zì xìng duàn, fēn bié fā yè yì zì xìng duàn, zì yú xīn suǒ shǔ xiāng yīng duàn. tīng wén zhèng fǎ wú àn dùn xìng, dào xíng píng děng yǒu lì hé fù, qīng jìng jiào fǎ quán biǎo shū shèng, wén chí shàn jìng gōng yòng nán cè, rú shì xiū xí ān rán qīng jìng.

[0381b14] ai le xi qiu wu shang zhi li, yun zai you qing shu sheng bi an, di liu yi shi qin xiu zhi dao, cheng shi bu shi qiu gen ben xing. shi chu jiu jing zhi du fa yi, ting wen wang xiang xiu bu shi fa, yun ji qing jing shu sheng zhi li, jing jue you qing wu ai shen zu. yuan man wen chi ju zu li yong, dao xing fu yuan zui shang sheng xing, ji jing le zhi yuan man shi fa, you qing zu bao chan fu jing jie. si zhong fan xing xi qiu fa qi, sheng lei yin yuan wu you xi fu, sui shun zao zuo fan nao yin xing, gui fan shi deng zhi chen xuan ji, de jie,, bing fa,, jiao shou,, zheng jie, si zhong shi fan zi zai you li bu ke po huai, ren zhong ming jin qi zhi jie she. you fu xiu zuo shu sheng zhi jie, le zhi guang da ji jing yin ye, chan gai ran xing shu ran zhi xi, chu du yin yuan ji ran yuan li. wo man zhi fa qing jing chu qian, pu ti sa duo shi chu yin dao, zhen shi yi li ting wen shi she, xi qiu bi xing ji jing xiu chi, fa qi cheng di jing miao yin xing, zhi jian le jie shan jing zhi du. pu liu fan nao shi yong guang da, sheng yi wu dao le zhi yuan li, gen ben jing miao zheng jie tuo yi, sui shun di shi zhu tian zhi xing. jing zhu wu ran kuai le qing jing, li zao zuo yi fan zhang bu sheng, wu zheng song yi xuan dong zhi xi, shu fu shen xin ming wei an jing. you qing wu shi si da jia he, wu neng bi pi xu huan nan shuo, ju mo fu pao yang yan gu xiang, ke mu xuan si jing xiang shui yue. fu yan: "chu xi nan bao ru xi." jing zhu chong xiu bi an zhi fa, su jing wu xuan jing chun cao jie, ru ci zhi xing you ran ke shuo. shan nan zi shang miao bu shi guo cheng,, qi zi,, shen fen zhi jie, ti qi ru xing bu ke yi wu bu ke. you yun "fa sheng sheng yi" yi zai ru ci. le zhi yuan fa xiu zhong zhong xing, zhi hui ting wen ru ru sheng fa, ru shi wo jian ran hui yi fen, jiu ran hui shuo wei zi xing duan, fen bie fa ye yi zi xing duan, zi yu xin suo shu xiang ying duan. ting wen zheng fa wu an dun xing, dao xing ping deng you li he fu, qing jing jiao fa quan biao shu sheng, wen chi shan jing gong yong nan ce, ru shi xiu xi an ran qing jing.

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[0381c13] How is the true original wisdom (真實本智 [zhen shi ben zhi]) realized as suchness (如 [ru])? Such wisdom (智 [zhi]) is in accord with the object. When the mind's contemplation is gone and speech is lost, this self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) attains nothing to attain (無所得 [wu suo de]), and happiness and freedom lead to peaceful action (安隱行 [an yin xing]). With an undefiled mind, the body and mind are at ease. True emptiness is free from all defilements. It leads to the arousal of great compassion and constant tranquility. The Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) generosity is all-pervasive, as in the thirty-first chapter (第三十一 [di san shi yi]) of the Honored One's (尊者 [zun zhe]) "Protection of the Nation" (護國 [hu guo]) original life story (本生之義 [ben sheng zhi yi]).

{3} The King's Exemplary Conduct

[0381c13] yún hé zhēn shí běn zhì zhèng rú? rú shì zhī zhì yǔ jìng xiāng chēng, xīn yuán lǜ wáng yǔ tán cí sàng, rú shì zì xìng dé wú suǒ dé, kuài lè zì zài huò ān yǐn xíng. yì de wú rǎn shēn xīn ān tài, zhēn shí qīng xū chén wú guà ài, fā shēng qù xiàng dà bēi cháng jì. pú sà bù shī lì yòng zhōu biàn zūn zhě hù guó běn shēng zhī yì dì sān shí yī.

[0381c13] yun he zhen shi ben zhi zheng ru? ru shi zhi zhi yu jing xiang cheng, xin yuan lu wang yu tan ci sang, ru shi zi xing de wu suo de, kuai le zi zai huo an yin xing. yi de wu ran shen xin an tai, zhen shi qing xu chen wu gua ai, fa sheng qu xiang da bei chang ji. pu sa bu shi li yong zhou bian zun zhe hu guo ben sheng zhi yi di san shi yi.

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[0381c18] The king's appearance was rare in the world. His decrees preserved the original path of sentient beings. He had no attachment to rare worldly objects, always following and listening to the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) true fundamental characteristics. "World Honored One! Illness (病患 [bing huan]), old age (老相 [lao xiang]), and death (死苦 [si ku])—what constitutes their binding association? How can one abandon enemies (怨家 [yuan jia]), perversion (顛倒 [dian dao]), suffering (苦惱 [ku nao]), and sorrow (憂意 [you yi])?" Sentient beings in the world have endless self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]). The power of great vows of compassion has no abandonment period. Disputes and coverings are fundamentally terrifying. Excellent sentient beings are insatiably greedy. The thirst of affliction (煩惱飢渴 [fan nao ji ke]) is extremely difficult to escape. When will the world truly be happy? Where is happiness in the stage of learning? Arising, accumulation, destruction, and perishing. Stinginess (慳 [qian]), greed (貪 [tan]), hunger (飢 [ji]), and thirst (渴 [ke]), poverty and illness are hard to abandon. Arrogance, deceit, and belittling others. Guiding equally to attain peace, vast merit, and harmonious relatives. Accumulating knowledge of what is used in this life, knowing that illusion has no little reality. Ancestors and clans continue to exist, and poverty and happiness are unequal. Auspicious ultimate truth purely arises, fundamentally fearless and without perversion. The power of pure awakening intensely arises. What is desired from the beginningless past? The perfect system increases to its limit, the fundamental power is fearless as suchness. Giving removes defilement, power is unbound, characteristics cease, hearing and retention are complete. Cultivating the fundamental practice with unperverted pure dwelling, truly carrying with tranquility and no agitation. The cloud of compassion universally covers, without arrogance. The power of binding is the limit of self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). The fundamental transformations are always such. Dullness, perversion, and the bondage of self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]). Pure cultivation is free from perverted defilement. The vast city is rich and prosperous. Pure, excellent, and entirely free from disputes. The original practice benefits the world. Auspicious excellent deeds give rise to branches, and the fundamental characteristics cultivate transformative practice. The view of "I" and "mine" arises before and after. The defiled aspects of true liberation (正解脫義 [zheng jie tuo yi]) all cease. Existence and non-existence truly shift unstably. Based on self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]), arrogance and other afflictions arise. Carrying endless true meaning and benefit (真實義利 [zhen shi yi li]), rushing to sacred places, offering food and drink. The powerful bondage is difficult to escape from the sea of suffering. If one enters the path of seeing (見道 [jian dao]), all discriminations are cut off. Cultivating clear practice, samsara (輪迴 [lun hui]) ceases. The five aggregates (五蘊 [wu yun]), name and form, are unconditioned, not this. Buddhahood is ultimate, all others are causal stages. Carrying to the complete unsurpassed awakening (無上覺位 [wu shang jue wei]). Good karma for a long time, three immeasurable kalpas (三無數劫 [san wu shu jie]). Tiny flaws must be removed, no good deed is left out. Fundamental cultivation is for a great being (大有情 [da you qing]). The nature of excellent merit is unbound. The true power is the fundamental excellent cause. Ceasing greed and hatred, the practice of humans (人 [ren]) and devas (天 [tian]). Diligently cultivating generosity, the cause of happiness. Upholding precepts without fault, its nature is vast. The power of characteristics increases without arrogance. Tranquil and unbound, defilements naturally disappear. Virtuous deeds are revered, all beings rely on them. Humans and devas universally cover like clouds. Purest, supremely tranquil, without dispute. The pure Dharma is not false, secretly accomplished. Following desires, aspiring for excellent fruits. Self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) knows true power. Life is unattainable, speaking of suchness. Nature is unattainable, not unattainable. Understanding the fundamental, loving tranquility. The pure excellent cause has no meaning of diminution. Existence is unattainable, speaking of what is imagined. Conditioned dharmas do not depend on time, existence is unattainable. When conditions meet, it is not unattainable. Noble people with vast merit are called great beings (大有情 [da you qing]). Cultivating combined poisons are perverted establishments. Truly cultivating causes to remove the dharma of arrogance (我慢法 [wo man fa]), relying on the power of good branches to advance freely, dwelling in peace and happiness, far from the defilements of afflictions, coarse and heavy various difficulties, and the perverted dharmas of the painful fruits of torrents. Ultimately, the sincere dharma increases. Following wisdom, understanding change. The fundamental non-dispute, various excellent deeds. The equal and changing dharmas of creation. Cultivating the actions of attachment. Cultivating the pure causal aspects of self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). The fundamental binding power is weak in all four directions. Generosity aids the poor and sick who come and go. That disaster, self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), is obtained due to stinginess (慳悋 [qian lin]). Fierce poisoning has no pure practice. Following the place, obtained by binding obstacles. The sixth consciousness (第六意識 [di liu yi shi]) truly investigates, able to cut off greed and various causal actions. Following those ten evil actions, ultimately cultivating and practicing equal dharmas. The eye faculty (眼根 [yan gen]) illuminates excellent actions. Cultivating merit and benefiting others. Associated with good dharmas, without the bondage of self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]). Real practice cannot be covered. Knowing the true practice of suffering's accumulation (真實集諦之行 [zhen shi ji di zhi xing]). Giving rise to characteristics, covering defilements. The mind produces unrighteous actions. Perfect transformation of the self-nature Dharma-body (自性法體 [zi xing fa ti]). Past thoughts and past causal actions. Perverted actions, the faults of dispute. The fundamental defiled place of sentient beings. Generosity ultimately removes disasters. Such power is pure in nature. Walking calmly, excellent conduct. Such a pure system of places. The tranquil self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), the path of all dharmas. Vast meaning and benefit, understood by following. My view seeks the supreme place. The fundamental unity, pure causal actions. Unperverted transformation seeks the ultimate truth. The power of far-reaching, pure, and excellent causes and effects. The mind's division, fear, worry, and thought. Vast and complete Brahma-viharas (諸天梵行 [zhu tian fan xing]). Fear and destruction of sentient beings' bodies. Like clouds, universally covering and moistening the dry. Beautiful various dwelling places. Vast and equal practice of generosity. The suffering of sentient beings is removed. Obtaining true and excellent karmic retribution. Far from defilements and perverted resentments. Instructing and enhancing pure virtues. Excellent causes for sentient beings, pure cultivation. Cultivating generosity removes the obstacle of stinginess (慳悋 [qian lin]). Like clouds, it removes the heat and distress. Pure and true, far from perversion. Happiness is self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), the system is fearless. Excellent karmic retribution, excellent branches. Creation and aspiration, litigation ceases. Quiet dwelling cultivates tranquil characteristics. Violence does not arise, afflictions are abandoned. Ultimate creation, true limit. Greed and perversion, followed and ceased. Abandoning samsara (生死 [sheng si]), liberating from defilements. Changing characteristics cease in an instant. Knowing the causal places attracts endless. Perfect secret treasury, quiet and selfless. Seeking the limit, pure and unbound. Tranquil and undefiled, the mind and Dharma constantly cease. The meaning of self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), disputes cease. Various rare objects in the world. Covered and unknown, suddenly abandoned. Following self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]), stinginess and no giving. Strong and difficult to untie bondage. After being wounded by suffering, a hundred things are unrecorded. Such tranquility, no dust arises. The master's pure wisdom knows. In a tranquil place, defilements cease. The characteristics of creation are originally true. Following knowledge, arrogance flourishes. Bondage arises, dust and defilements cover. The meaning of arrogance ceases. Wisdom and understanding follow, without perverted thoughts. Sentient beings' shadows cannot be abandoned. Good and evil retributions also follow. Such hearing and retention are the foundation of purity. Profound Dharma gives rise to pure generosity. Even with much wealth, no giving arises. The mind's stinginess and accumulation are difficult to abandon. Not giving out of compassion and reverence, the master has a share. Giving rise to true power of hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]). The actual cause of time, free and covered. Relatives have no time to interfere with benefits. Sentient beings give generously and love to give.

{4} Rescuing in Times of Emergency

[0381c18] wáng zhě zhuàng mào jǐn shì xī yǒu, jiào lìng shēng líng běn cún qí dào, xī shì zhī wù wú yì guà niàn, suǒ wèi suí shùn tīng wén pú sà zhēn shí gēn běn xiāng zhuàng. “shì zūn! bìng huàn,, lǎo xiāng,, sǐ kǔ, hé wèi xì fù xiāng yīng? yuàn jiā diān dào kǔ nǎo yōu yì, yún hé shě lí?” shì jiān yǒu qíng wǒ zhí wú jǐn, dà bēi yuàn lì wú yǒu shě qī, zhèng sòng chán gài gēn běn jīng wèi, shàn zāi shēng lèi dān lán wú shě, fán nǎo jī kě kǔ jí nán miǎn, shì jiān zhēn shí hé shí kuài lè? xué de qiān yí ān lè hé zài? shēng qǐ jī jù huǐ huài miè wáng, qiān,, tān,, jī,, kě pín bìng nán shě, wǒ màn qī qīng [líng*qiàn] shuò bǐ wù, píng děng dǎo yǐn jù dēng ān chù, guǎng dà fú dé qīn zú hé hé. jī jù le zhī běn shēng suǒ yòng, xū huàn le zhī wú yǒu shǎo shí, zōng zǔ zú lèi xiāng jì ér yǒu, pín bìng ān lè èr shì wú děng. jí xiáng shèng yì yuán jìng shēng qǐ, wú dào shàn jìng gēn běn wú wèi, jìng jué zhī gōng chì rán fā qǐ, wú shǐ běn yǒu hé suǒ xī qiú. yuán mǎn zhì dù biān jì zēng shàng, lì yòng gēn běn rú rú wú bù, bù shī chú rǎn lì yòng wú fù, xiāng mào zhǐ xī wén chí jù zú. wú dào jìng zhù xiū gēn běn xíng, jì jìng wú xuān zhēn shí yùn zài, cí yún pǔ fù wǒ màn wú yǒu, xì fù lì yòng zì xìng biān jì. gēn běn qiān biàn bǐ bǐ rú rú, àn dùn diān dào wǒ zhí chán fù, qīng jìng xiū chóng wú diān dào rǎn, guǎng dà chéng yì fēng wù chì shèng. jìng miào shū shèng quán wú zhèng sòng, běn xíng shī xíng shì jiān zī yì, jí xiáng shèng shì fā shēng zhī fēn, xiāng mào gēn běn xiū qiān biàn xíng. wǒ wǒ suǒ jiàn qián hòu fā shēng, zhèng jiě tuō yì rǎn fēn jiē zhǐ, yǒu wú zhēn shí yí zhuǎn bù dìng, wǒ zhí wèi běn màn děng fāng shēng. yùn zài zhēn shí yì lì wú jǐn, bēn yì shèng suǒ yáo shàn gōng yǎng, chán fù yǒu lì kǔ hǎi nán chū, ruò rù jiàn dào fēn bié jiē duàn. xiū míng le xíng lún huí zhǐ xī, wǔ yùn míng sè wú wèi fēi cǐ, fú guǒ jiū jìng yú jiē yīn fēn, yùn zài yuán mǎn wú shàng jué wèi. shàn yè zhǎng shí sān wú shù jié, xiān xiá bì qù piàn shàn wú yí, gēn běn jìn xiū shì dà yǒu qíng, fú dé shū shèng tǐ xìng wú fù. zhēn shí lì yòng gēn běn shèng yīn, zhǐ xī tān chēn rén tiān zhī xíng, qín xiū bù shī fú lè zhī yīn, jiè xíng wú kuī qí tǐ zūn dà. xiāng mào lì yòng zēng shàng wú màn, ān jìng wú fù chén wū zì tiǎn, dé yè zūn chóng qún shēng yī fù, rén tiān qù lèi rú yún pǔ fù. qīng jìng zuì shàng jì rán wú zhèng, jìng fǎ bù xū mì mì chéng jiù, suí shùn tān yù xī qiú shèng guǒ. zì xìng le zhī lì yòng zhēn shí, shēng bù kě dé yuē rú xìng shuō, xìng bù kě dé wú bù kě dé, le jiě gēn běn ài lè jì jìng, qīng jìng shèng yīn wú sǔn jiǎn yì, yǒu bù kě dé yuē biàn jì shuō. yǒu wèi zhī fǎ bù zhàng yuán shí yǒu bù kě dé, yù yuán hé shí wú bù kě dé, zūn guì zhī rén fú dé guǎng dà míng dà yǒu qíng, xiū hé dú yào diān dào shī shè, zhēn shí xiū yīn chú wǒ màn fǎ, zhàng shàn zhī lì zì zài jìn xiū, jìng zhù ān lè, yuǎn lí fán nǎo gòu rǎn cū zhòng zhǒng zhǒng nán shì,, pù liú kǔ guǒ diān dào zhī fǎ. jiū jìng zēng shàng chéng dì zhī fǎ, suí shùn zhì jiě le zhī biàn dòng, wú zhèng gēn běn zhǒng zhǒng shèng shì, zào zuò píng děng qiān dòng zhī fǎ. tān ài jìn xiū xiāng mào zhī xíng, xiū zuò zì xìng qīng jìng yīn xiāng, gēn běn fù lì sì fāng shuāi huàn, bù shī jì gěi wǎng lái pín bìng. bǐ zāi zì xìng yīn qiān lìn dé, chì rán dú hài wú qīng jìng xíng, suí shùn chù suǒ fù zhàng suǒ dé, dì liù yì shí zhēn shí tuī xún, néng duàn tān yù zhǒng zhǒng yīn xíng. shùn cóng bǐ bǐ shí zhǒng è xíng, jiū jìng xiū chóng shī xíng děng fǎ, yǎn gēn zhào le shū miào zuò yè, fú dé jìn xiū yì jì děng shì. shàn fǎ xiāng yīng wú wǒ zhí fù, rú shí zhī xíng fù zhàng bù néng, le zhī zhēn shí jí dì zhī xíng, fā shēng xiāng mào chán gài rǎn zhàng. yì de zào zuò bù rú fǎ xíng, yuán mǎn qiān biàn zì xìng fǎ tǐ, guò qù xiǎng niàn suǒ zuò yīn xíng, zuò fǎ diān dào zhèng sòng guò huàn. yǒu qíng gēn běn gòu rǎn chù suǒ, bù shī jiū jìng chú miǎn zāi huò, rú shì lì yòng jiè xìng qīng jìng, xíng bù ān xiáng shū shèng guǐ fàn. rú shì qīng jìng chù suǒ zhì dù, jì jìng zì xìng zhū fǎ dào xíng, guǎng dà yì lì suí shùn le zhī, wǒ jiàn tuī qiú zuì shàng chù suǒ. gēn běn yī hé qīng jìng yīn xíng, liú zhuǎn wú dào xī qiú shèng yì, yuǎn xíng lì yòng jìng miào yīn guǒ, xīn fēn jīng bù yōu nǎo sī lǜ. guǎng dà yuán mǎn zhū tiān fàn xíng, jīng wèi pò huài yǒu qíng shēn fēn, rú yún biàn fù rùn zé gān kū, yán lì zhǒng zhǒng ān jū chù suǒ. guǎng dà píng děng xiū xíng bù shī, chǔ dú yǒu qíng kǔ nǎo xī chú, huò dé zhēn shí shū miào guǒ bào, yuǎn lí zhàng rǎn diān dào yuàn jié. jiào dǎo zēng shàng jìng miào gōng dé, yǒu qíng shèng yīn qīng jìng xiū zuò, xiū bù shī xíng chú qiān lìn zhàng, rú yún xiāng zhuàng xī chú rè nǎo. jìng miào zhēn shí diān dào yuǎn lí, kuài lè zì xìng zhì dù wú wèi, zēng shàng guǒ bào zhī fēn shū miào, zào zuò xī qiú sòng sòng zhǐ xī, jìng zhù xiū shì xiāng mào ān tài, zú bào bù shēng fán nǎo shě lí, zào zuò jiū jìng biān jì zhēn shí, tān yù diān dào suí shùn zhǐ xī, qì bèi shēng sǐ jiě tuō rǎn zhàng, qiān biàn xiāng zhuàng shā nà jiē jǐn. le zhī yīn chù zhāo gǎn wú jǐn, yuán mǎn mì cáng ān jìng wú wǒ, biān jì qù qiú qīng jìng wú fù, jì jìng wú rǎn yì fǎ cháng zhǐ. zì xìng yì lì xuān zhèng xī chú, shì jiān zhǒng zhǒng xī shì zhī wù, yǐn fù bù zhī hū rán suǒ qì, shùn cóng wǒ zhí lìn xī wú yǔ. zēng shàng chán fù jiān gù nán jiě, chǔ dú jì shāng bǎi shì wú jì, rú shì jì jìng chén bèn bù shēng, zhǔ zhě qīng jìng zhì huì le zhī. jì jìng zhī chù gòu rǎn zhǐ xī, zào zuò xiāng mào běn zì zhēn shí, suí shùn zhī jiàn jiāo zì zhuǎn shèng, xì fù fā shēng chén láo zhē yì. wǒ màn zhī yì shèng yì zhǐ xī, huì jiě xiāng cóng wú diān dào xiǎng, yǒu qíng bǐ yǐng wú néng shě lí, shàn è zhī bào xiāng suí yì rán. rú shì wén chí qīng jìng zhī běn, shén shēn zhī fǎ fā shēng jìng shī, cái huì suī duō bù shēng huì shī, yì de qiān tān jī jù nán shě. bēi jìng bù shī zhǔ zhě yǒu fēn, shēng qǐ zhēn shí wén chí lì yòng, shí fēn shí yīn zì zài chán gài, qīn zú wú shí gàn fán zī yì, yǒu qíng bù shī ài lè huì shě.

[0381c18] wang zhe zhuang mao jin shi xi you, jiao ling sheng ling ben cun qi dao, xi shi zhi wu wu yi gua nian, suo wei sui shun ting wen pu sa zhen shi gen ben xiang zhuang. "shi zun! bing huan,, lao xiang,, si ku, he wei xi fu xiang ying? yuan jia dian dao ku nao you yi, yun he she li?" shi jian you qing wo zhi wu jin, da bei yuan li wu you she qi, zheng song chan gai gen ben jing wei, shan zai sheng lei dan lan wu she, fan nao ji ke ku ji nan mian, shi jian zhen shi he shi kuai le? xue de qian yi an le he zai? sheng qi ji ju hui huai mie wang, qian,, tan,, ji,, ke pin bing nan she, wo man qi qing [ling*qian] shuo bi wu, ping deng dao yin ju deng an chu, guang da fu de qin zu he he. ji ju le zhi ben sheng suo yong, xu huan le zhi wu you shao shi, zong zu zu lei xiang ji er you, pin bing an le er shi wu deng. ji xiang sheng yi yuan jing sheng qi, wu dao shan jing gen ben wu wei, jing jue zhi gong chi ran fa qi, wu shi ben you he suo xi qiu. yuan man zhi du bian ji zeng shang, li yong gen ben ru ru wu bu, bu shi chu ran li yong wu fu, xiang mao zhi xi wen chi ju zu. wu dao jing zhu xiu gen ben xing, ji jing wu xuan zhen shi yun zai, ci yun pu fu wo man wu you, xi fu li yong zi xing bian ji. gen ben qian bian bi bi ru ru, an dun dian dao wo zhi chan fu, qing jing xiu chong wu dian dao ran, guang da cheng yi feng wu chi sheng. jing miao shu sheng quan wu zheng song, ben xing shi xing shi jian zi yi, ji xiang sheng shi fa sheng zhi fen, xiang mao gen ben xiu qian bian xing. wo wo suo jian qian hou fa sheng, zheng jie tuo yi ran fen jie zhi, you wu zhen shi yi zhuan bu ding, wo zhi wei ben man deng fang sheng. yun zai zhen shi yi li wu jin, ben yi sheng suo yao shan gong yang, chan fu you li ku hai nan chu, ruo ru jian dao fen bie jie duan. xiu ming le xing lun hui zhi xi, wu yun ming se wu wei fei ci, fu guo jiu jing yu jie yin fen, yun zai yuan man wu shang jue wei. shan ye zhang shi san wu shu jie, xian xia bi qu pian shan wu yi, gen ben jin xiu shi da you qing, fu de shu sheng ti xing wu fu. zhen shi li yong gen ben sheng yin, zhi xi tan chen ren tian zhi xing, qin xiu bu shi fu le zhi yin, jie xing wu kui qi ti zun da. xiang mao li yong zeng shang wu man, an jing wu fu chen wu zi tian, de ye zun chong qun sheng yi fu, ren tian qu lei ru yun pu fu. qing jing zui shang ji ran wu zheng, jing fa bu xu mi mi cheng jiu, sui shun tan yu xi qiu sheng guo. zi xing le zhi li yong zhen shi, sheng bu ke de yue ru xing shuo, xing bu ke de wu bu ke de, le jie gen ben ai le ji jing, qing jing sheng yin wu sun jian yi, you bu ke de yue bian ji shuo. you wei zhi fa bu zhang yuan shi you bu ke de, yu yuan he shi wu bu ke de, zun gui zhi ren fu de guang da ming da you qing, xiu he du yao dian dao shi she, zhen shi xiu yin chu wo man fa, zhang shan zhi li zi zai jin xiu, jing zhu an le, yuan li fan nao gou ran cu zhong zhong zhong nan shi,, pu liu ku guo dian dao zhi fa. jiu jing zeng shang cheng di zhi fa, sui shun zhi jie le zhi bian dong, wu zheng gen ben zhong zhong sheng shi, zao zuo ping deng qian dong zhi fa. tan ai jin xiu xiang mao zhi xing, xiu zuo zi xing qing jing yin xiang, gen ben fu li si fang shuai huan, bu shi ji gei wang lai pin bing. bi zai zi xing yin qian lin de, chi ran du hai wu qing jing xing, sui shun chu suo fu zhang suo de, di liu yi shi zhen shi tui xun, neng duan tan yu zhong zhong yin xing. shun cong bi bi shi zhong e xing, jiu jing xiu chong shi xing deng fa, yan gen zhao le shu miao zuo ye, fu de jin xiu yi ji deng shi. shan fa xiang ying wu wo zhi fu, ru shi zhi xing fu zhang bu neng, le zhi zhen shi ji di zhi xing, fa sheng xiang mao chan gai ran zhang. yi de zao zuo bu ru fa xing, yuan man qian bian zi xing fa ti, guo qu xiang nian suo zuo yin xing, zuo fa dian dao zheng song guo huan. you qing gen ben gou ran chu suo, bu shi jiu jing chu mian zai huo, ru shi li yong jie xing qing jing, xing bu an xiang shu sheng gui fan. ru shi qing jing chu suo zhi du, ji jing zi xing zhu fa dao xing, guang da yi li sui shun le zhi, wo jian tui qiu zui shang chu suo. gen ben yi he qing jing yin xing, liu zhuan wu dao xi qiu sheng yi, yuan xing li yong jing miao yin guo, xin fen jing bu you nao si lu. guang da yuan man zhu tian fan xing, jing wei po huai you qing shen fen, ru yun bian fu run ze gan ku, yan li zhong zhong an ju chu suo. guang da ping deng xiu xing bu shi, chu du you qing ku nao xi chu, huo de zhen shi shu miao guo bao, yuan li zhang ran dian dao yuan jie. jiao dao zeng shang jing miao gong de, you qing sheng yin qing jing xiu zuo, xiu bu shi xing chu qian lin zhang, ru yun xiang zhuang xi chu re nao. jing miao zhen shi dian dao yuan li, kuai le zi xing zhi du wu wei, zeng shang guo bao zhi fen shu miao, zao zuo xi qiu song song zhi xi, jing zhu xiu shi xiang mao an tai, zu bao bu sheng fan nao she li, zao zuo jiu jing bian ji zhen shi, tan yu dian dao sui shun zhi xi, qi bei sheng si jie tuo ran zhang, qian bian xiang zhuang sha na jie jin. le zhi yin chu zhao gan wu jin, yuan man mi cang an jing wu wo, bian ji qu qiu qing jing wu fu, ji jing wu ran yi fa chang zhi. zi xing yi li xuan zheng xi chu, shi jian zhong zhong xi shi zhi wu, yin fu bu zhi hu ran suo qi, shun cong wo zhi lin xi wu yu. zeng shang chan fu jian gu nan jie, chu du ji shang bai shi wu ji, ru shi ji jing chen ben bu sheng, zhu zhe qing jing zhi hui le zhi. ji jing zhi chu gou ran zhi xi, zao zuo xiang mao ben zi zhen shi, sui shun zhi jian jiao zi zhuan sheng, xi fu fa sheng chen lao zhe yi. wo man zhi yi sheng yi zhi xi, hui jie xiang cong wu dian dao xiang, you qing bi ying wu neng she li, shan e zhi bao xiang sui yi ran. ru shi wen chi qing jing zhi ben, shen shen zhi fa fa sheng jing shi, cai hui sui duo bu sheng hui shi, yi de qian tan ji ju nan she. bei jing bu shi zhu zhe you fen, sheng qi zhen shi wen chi li yong, shi fen shi yin zi zai chan gai, qin zu wu shi gan fan zi yi, you qing bu shi ai le hui she.

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[0382c14] How to cultivate causes and help in times of urgency? When sorrow is experienced, the mind is difficult to pacify. The fruit of retribution obtains the former causal deeds. Knowing good and evil, the shadow is not false. How can agitation cease in this place? At the limit of calamity, there is no hearing. That enhancing cause, poverty and illness, ceases. How can there be faults in tranquil sincerity? Bodhisattvas (菩薩 [pu sa]) draw near, speaking to teach and instruct. Such thirst will ultimately not exist.

{5} The Nature of Non-Dispute

[0382c14] yún hé xiū yīn jí shí xiāng jì? yōu shòu zhī shí xīn de nán ān, shòu bào zhī guǒ huò qián yīn shì, le zhī shàn è yǐng xiǎng bù xū. shì chù yún hé xuān fán zhǐ xī? huàn nán biān jì tīng wén wú yǒu, bǐ zēng shàng yīn pín bìng zhǐ xī, jì jìng chéng shí hé yǒu guò huàn, pú sà jiē yǐn chuí yán huì shì, rú cǐ kě fá jiū jìng bù yǒu.

[0382c14] yun he xiu yin ji shi xiang ji? you shou zhi shi xin de nan an, shou bao zhi guo huo qian yin shi, le zhi shan e ying xiang bu xu. shi chu yun he xuan fan zhi xi? huan nan bian ji ting wen wu you, bi zeng shang yin pin bing zhi xi, ji jing cheng shi he you guo huan, pu sa jie yin chui yan hui shi, ru ci ke fa jiu jing bu you.

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[0382c19] How is the self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) not fond of disputes? The meaning of equality universally applies to both self and others. This place is indestructible, without the meaning of transformation. The ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is fundamental without inverted Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]). The fundamental excellent cause is fearless as suchness. Wisdom is not constant, the three natures (三性 [san xing]) are uncertain. The arising of dependent origination is fundamentally due to greed (貪愛 [tan ai]). In such a dark night, black and white are difficult to distinguish. The power of good purity is clearly manifest. Far from fear, unperverted purity. The nature is free from fear, the limit of ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). The form aggregate (色蘊 [se yun]) is visible, the four aggregates (四蘊 [si yun]) are difficult to distinguish. The fundamental true place can be attained. Defilement, dispute, the limit of affliction. The supreme and all-encompassing fundamental generosity (根本布施 [gen ben bu shi]). The place where the meaning of Dharma (教法義利 [jiao fa yi li]) is heard. The characteristics of disaster are all destroyed. Unperverted tranquil and free practice of giving. Far from the fundamental perverted arising of Dharma. Pure and excellent limit, enhancing ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). Powerful sentient beings know the sacred Dharma (聖法 [sheng fa]). Fundamentally bearing sentient beings. Original cultivation, tranquil progression. Free creation, giving rise to excellent practice. Pure and excellent limit, far from suffering. The power of bondage, enemies cease. The self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) of giving, excellent system. The limit of reality, supreme cultivation. Aspiring characteristics, unperverted cultivation. Establishing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), movement ceases. Name and form, the five aggregates (五蘊 [wu yun]), karmic response. Hunger, thirst, and heat are inescapable. Bondage arises, endless suffering. Mental factors correspond to the mind. Practicing giving to help the poor. Fundamental hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]), sincere practice. Excellent removal of poison, peaceful mental practice. The nature is non-disputatious, pure as suchness. The lion (師子 [shi zi]) is pure, free, and powerful. Excellent characteristics, increasing lovability. Bending and stretching, advancing and stopping, orderly and with rules. Hearing and being free from fear, cultivating power. Ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]), hearing and retention, giving rise to real practice. Generosity is unperverted, self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) is tranquil. Excellent characteristics, movement is clear and quiet. The function of creation is rare in the world. Vast, splendid, and incomparably pure. Enemies are difficult to abandon, only removed by entering the holy path. Ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is unperverted, power ceases by itself. Initiating the fundamental, tranquil and without agitation. The limit of arrogance, theoretical confusion is difficult to cut off. Bearing excellent Dharma, unparalleled in power. Following right principle, pure self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Wrath arises fiercely like an uncontrollable fire. Freely cultivating offerings in tranquility. A place of dullness and arrogance, defilement. Ultimately attaining, without perversion in between. Free creation, endless generosity. Complete arrogance, true ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). Free advancement, pure and undefiled. The place's limit, universal application. Suffering and disaster, Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) cease. Dust, dullness, and secret parts can be stopped. Fundamentally bearing, holy power can be applied. Washing away perverted defilements, ultimately exhausting them. Clans cultivate generosity universally like clouds. Fundamental truth, perfect purity. That excellent causal power is fearless. Gold, hidden treasures, arise naturally. Clear and quiet places, those causal actions. Subtle and profound, giving rise to the meaning of liberation. The arising of beings takes self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) as its meaning. Vajra (金剛 [jin gang]) is indestructible, able to destroy afflictions. Unified purity, fundamental removal. Free and powerful, without the meaning of transformation. Dwelling quietly, attaining no seeking mind. Generosity is boundless, without the meaning of thought. Bending, stretching, advancing, combining, tranquil. Liberating from samsara (生死 [sheng si]), cutting off afflictions. The king protects the nation, giving peace to living beings. Ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]), increasing tranquility as its meaning. Original arising is unperverted, removing the matter of function. Stars are peaceful, without the meaning of change. Accomplishment without loss, increasing excellent matters. True fundamental, illuminating matters. Far from the disasters of stars. Deceiving various great wisdom practices. Knowing the end of ignorance. Fundamentally creating prosperity for sentient beings. Bearing defilement, universally cultivating generosity. Sentient beings' suffering is difficult to abandon due to change. Accomplishing true and secret language. Advancing and retreating harmoniously, revering and holding high. Consciousness and the five kinds of retributions (五種果報 [wu zhong guo bao]) exist. Good and evil karma are not discussed unless they are not relatives. Perverted defilements and power arise. Specializing in seeking stars' original positions. Their carrying power is not false in self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Dull establishment diligently cultivates purity. Fundamentally teaching to give rise to good. There is also quiet dwelling, realizing excellent Dharma. The practice position advances, gradually ascending to the holy stage. Clearly knowing various secrets of self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). The power of light is excellent and pure. Obtaining the original cause, fearless self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Both increase and complete the roots. Establishing the original, unperverted purity. Knowing that the self-grasping nature (我執性 [wo zhi xing]) is illusory. The cause of reality, cultivating pure and excellent practice. Original non-arising, knowing liberation. Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) aspire to quiet dwelling. Unparalleled revenge is quietly removed. Respecting the profound and subtle Dharma treasury (法藏 [fa cang]). Excellent teachings carry power. The king's decrees are like a forest here. Thus, all people come to rely and admire. The laws are strict, sentient beings are as one. The holy achievements of governance are supreme in prosperity. Even if there are enemies, they will ultimately not be a problem. Carrying all things, nothing is lost. All places rely on and receive instruction.

{6} The Tranquil Nation

[0382c19] yún hé zì xìng bù lè zhèng sòng? píng děng yì lì bǐ wǒ pǔ jūn, shì chù bù huài wú liú zhuǎn yì, shèng yì gēn běn wú dào fàn xíng, gēn běn shèng yīn rú rú wú bù. zhì huì bù cháng sān xìng bù dìng, fā qǐ yǒu zhī běn yóu tān ài, rú shì yè àn hēi bái nán fēn, shàn jìng lì yòng míng bái zhāo rán. yuǎn lí bù wèi wú dào qīng jìng, rú xìng lí wèi shèng yì biān jì, sè yùn kě jiàn sì yùn nán fēn, gēn běn zhēn shí chù suǒ kě dé. gòu rǎn zhèng sòng biān jì fán nǎo, zuì shàng yī qiè gēn běn bù shī, jiào fǎ yì lì tīng wén chù suǒ, zāi huò xiāng zhuàng wú bù pò huài. wú dào jì jìng zì zài xiū shī, yuǎn lí gēn běn diān dào shēng fǎ, jìng miào biān jì zēng shàng shèng yì, shì lì yǒu qíng le zhī shèng fǎ. zēng shàng gēn běn hé fù shēng lèi, běn xiū shī xíng jì jìng jìn xiū, zì zài zào zuò fā shēng shèng xíng, jìng miào biān jì yuǎn lí chǔ dú. xì fù lì yòng yuàn jiā xī chú, zì xìng shě shī shèng miào zhì dù, biān jì zhēn shí xiū xí zuì shàng, xī qiú xiāng mào wú dào xiū xí. shī shè zì xìng yùn dòng zhǐ xī, míng sè wǔ yùn fú dé gǎn yīng, jī kě rè nǎo wú néng shě lí, xì fù shēng qǐ kǔ dú wú jǐn. xīn suǒ zhī fǎ yǔ xīn xiāng yīng, xíng shī jì yì pín qióng zhī lèi, gēn běn wén chí chéng dì shī xíng, shàn miào chú dú ān yǐn xīn xíng. tǐ xìng wú zhèng rú xìng qīng jìng, shī zi shàn jìng zì zài yǒu lì, shū shèng xiāng mào zēng shàng kě ài, qū shēn jìn zhǐ xiáng xù yǒu zé. tīng wén lí bù lì yòng xiū zuò, shèng yì wén chí fā shēng shí xíng, bù shī wú dào zì xìng ān jìng, sè xiāng shū miào yùn dòng chéng jì. zào zuò gōng néng shì jiān xī yǒu, guǎng dà yán lì qīng jìng wú bǐ, yuān jiā nán shě rù shèng fāng chú, shèng yì wú dào lì yòng zì zhǐ. fā qù gēn běn jì jìng wú xuān, wǒ màn biān jì lǐ huò nán duàn, hé fù shèng fǎ lì yòng wú duì, suí shùn zhèng lǐ qīng jìng zì xìng. fèn xìng bù shàn chì rán fā qǐ rú huǒ nán zhǐ, zì zài jì jìng xiū shè gōng yǎng, àn dùn wǒ màn huì zhuó zhī chù, huò dé jiū jìng zhōng jiān wú dào. zào zuò zì zài bù shī wú jǐn, jù zú wǒ màn zhēn shí shèng yì, jìn qù zì zài wú gòu qīng jìng, chù suǒ biān jì shī xíng pǔ jūn. chǔ dú zāi huò fàn xíng zhǐ xī, chén gòu àn dùn mì bù néng zhǐ, gēn běn hé fù shèng lì kě shī, xǐ zhuó dào rǎn jiū jìng lìng jǐn. zhǒng zú xiū shī pǔ biàn rú yún, gēn běn zhēn shí yuán mǎn qīng jìng, bǐ shèng yì yīn yǒu lì wú wèi, huáng jīn fú cáng zì rán fā shēng. chéng jì chù suǒ bǐ bǐ yīn xíng, wēi miào shén shēn shēng jiě tuō yì, gēn qǐ shēng líng zì xìng wèi yì, jīn gāng wú huài néng cuī fán nǎo. yī hé qīng jìng gēn běn yuǎn lí, zì zài shèng lì wú liú zhuǎn yì, jìng zhù huò dé wú tuī qiú yì, bù shī wú biān wú sī wéi yì. qū shēn jìn qù hé hé jì jìng, jiě tuō shēng sǐ duàn fán nǎo yì, wáng zhě hù guó ān shēng líng yì, shèng yì zēng shàng jì jì wèi yì, běn qǐ wú dào chú zuò yòng shì, xīng yào ān rán wú qiān biàn yì. chéng jiù bù shī zēng zhǎng shèng shì, zhēn shí gēn běn zēng guāng yào shì, yuǎn lí xīng chén zāi huò zhī shì, qī kuáng zhǒng zhǒng dà zhì huì xíng. le zhī qiān jǐn yú chī zhī huàn, zào zuò gēn běn yǒu qíng shèng shì, hé fù gòu huì biàn xiū bù shī. yǒu qíng chǔ dú qiān biàn nán shě, chéng jiù zhēn shí mì miào yǔ yán, jìn tuì hé hé chóng fèng dǐng dài. shí děng wǔ zhǒng guǒ bào wèi yǒu, shàn,, bù shàn yè fēi qīn bù lùn, diān dào gòu rǎn shì yòng shēng qǐ, zhuān qiú xīng chén ān jū běn wèi. bǐ yùn zài lì zì xìng bù xū, àn dùn shī shè qín xiū shàn jìng, jiào huì gēn běn lìng fā shēng shàn, fù yǒu jìng zhù zì zhèng shèng fǎ. xíng wèi gāo qiān jiàn dēng shèng wèi, míng le zì xìng zhǒng zhǒng mì mì, guāng míng lì yòng shū shèng xiān jié, huò dé běn yīn wú bù zì xìng. bǐ cǐ zēng shàng yuán mǎn gēn xìng, shī shè běn yuán wú dào qīng jìng, wú wǒ zhí xìng le zhī shì huàn, shí jì zhī yīn xiū jìng miào xíng. běn bù shēng qǐ le zhī jiě tuō, fàn xíng xī qiú jì rán zhǐ zhù, yuān bào wú duì sù rán yuǎn lí, jìng yǎng shén shēn wēi miào fǎ cáng. shū shèng jiào fǎ yùn zài gōng yòng, wáng zhī jiào lìng shì chù rú lín, rú shì rén mín xián lái yī mù, fǎ lìng yán jùn shēng líng rú yī, zhì huà shèng gōng fēng wù zuì shàng, yuān dí suī yǒu zhōng bù wèi huàn, yùn zài wàn wù bǎi wú yí shī, yī qiè fāng suǒ xián yī shòu jiào.

[0382c19] yun he zi xing bu le zheng song? ping deng yi li bi wo pu jun, shi chu bu huai wu liu zhuan yi, sheng yi gen ben wu dao fan xing, gen ben sheng yin ru ru wu bu. zhi hui bu chang san xing bu ding, fa qi you zhi ben you tan ai, ru shi ye an hei bai nan fen, shan jing li yong ming bai zhao ran. yuan li bu wei wu dao qing jing, ru xing li wei sheng yi bian ji, se yun ke jian si yun nan fen, gen ben zhen shi chu suo ke de. gou ran zheng song bian ji fan nao, zui shang yi qie gen ben bu shi, jiao fa yi li ting wen chu suo, zai huo xiang zhuang wu bu po huai. wu dao ji jing zi zai xiu shi, yuan li gen ben dian dao sheng fa, jing miao bian ji zeng shang sheng yi, shi li you qing le zhi sheng fa. zeng shang gen ben he fu sheng lei, ben xiu shi xing ji jing jin xiu, zi zai zao zuo fa sheng sheng xing, jing miao bian ji yuan li chu du. xi fu li yong yuan jia xi chu, zi xing she shi sheng miao zhi du, bian ji zhen shi xiu xi zui shang, xi qiu xiang mao wu dao xiu xi. shi she zi xing yun dong zhi xi, ming se wu yun fu de gan ying, ji ke re nao wu neng she li, xi fu sheng qi ku du wu jin. xin suo zhi fa yu xin xiang ying, xing shi ji yi pin qiong zhi lei, gen ben wen chi cheng di shi xing, shan miao chu du an yin xin xing. ti xing wu zheng ru xing qing jing, shi zi shan jing zi zai you li, shu sheng xiang mao zeng shang ke ai, qu shen jin zhi xiang xu you ze. ting wen li bu li yong xiu zuo, sheng yi wen chi fa sheng shi xing, bu shi wu dao zi xing an jing, se xiang shu miao yun dong cheng ji. zao zuo gong neng shi jian xi you, guang da yan li qing jing wu bi, yuan jia nan she ru sheng fang chu, sheng yi wu dao li yong zi zhi. fa qu gen ben ji jing wu xuan, wo man bian ji li huo nan duan, he fu sheng fa li yong wu dui, sui shun zheng li qing jing zi xing. fen xing bu shan chi ran fa qi ru huo nan zhi, zi zai ji jing xiu she gong yang, an dun wo man hui zhuo zhi chu, huo de jiu jing zhong jian wu dao. zao zuo zi zai bu shi wu jin, ju zu wo man zhen shi sheng yi, jin qu zi zai wu gou qing jing, chu suo bian ji shi xing pu jun. chu du zai huo fan xing zhi xi, chen gou an dun mi bu neng zhi, gen ben he fu sheng li ke shi, xi zhuo dao ran jiu jing ling jin. zhong zu xiu shi pu bian ru yun, gen ben zhen shi yuan man qing jing, bi sheng yi yin you li wu wei, huang jin fu cang zi ran fa sheng. cheng ji chu suo bi bi yin xing, wei miao shen shen sheng jie tuo yi, gen qi sheng ling zi xing wei yi, jin gang wu huai neng cui fan nao. yi he qing jing gen ben yuan li, zi zai sheng li wu liu zhuan yi, jing zhu huo de wu tui qiu yi, bu shi wu bian wu si wei yi. qu shen jin qu he he ji jing, jie tuo sheng si duan fan nao yi, wang zhe hu guo an sheng ling yi, sheng yi zeng shang ji ji wei yi, ben qi wu dao chu zuo yong shi, xing yao an ran wu qian bian yi. cheng jiu bu shi zeng zhang sheng shi, zhen shi gen ben zeng guang yao shi, yuan li xing chen zai huo zhi shi, qi kuang zhong zhong da zhi hui xing. le zhi qian jin yu chi zhi huan, zao zuo gen ben you qing sheng shi, he fu gou hui bian xiu bu shi. you qing chu du qian bian nan she, cheng jiu zhen shi mi miao yu yan, jin tui he he chong feng ding dai. shi deng wu zhong guo bao wei you, shan,, bu shan ye fei qin bu lun, dian dao gou ran shi yong sheng qi, zhuan qiu xing chen an ju ben wei. bi yun zai li zi xing bu xu, an dun shi she qin xiu shan jing, jiao hui gen ben ling fa sheng shan, fu you jing zhu zi zheng sheng fa. xing wei gao qian jian deng sheng wei, ming le zi xing zhong zhong mi mi, guang ming li yong shu sheng xian jie, huo de ben yin wu bu zi xing. bi ci zeng shang yuan man gen xing, shi she ben yuan wu dao qing jing, wu wo zhi xing le zhi shi huan, shi ji zhi yin xiu jing miao xing. ben bu sheng qi le zhi jie tuo, fan xing xi qiu ji ran zhi zhu, yuan bao wu dui su ran yuan li, jing yang shen shen wei miao fa cang. shu sheng jiao fa yun zai gong yong, wang zhi jiao ling shi chu ru lin, ru shi ren min xian lai yi mu, fa ling yan jun sheng ling ru yi, zhi hua sheng gong feng wu zui shang, yuan di sui you zhong bu wei huan, yun zai wan wu bai wu yi shi, yi qie fang suo xian yi shou jiao.

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

[0383b18] How is that nation quiet and tranquil? The Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) words are profound and awe-inspiring.

{7} The Unperverted Abode

[0383b18] bǐ guó yún hé sù rán jì jìng? pú sà chū yán shén shēn kě wèi.

[0383b18] bi guo yun he su ran ji jing? pu sa chu yan shen shen ke wei.

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

[0383b19] How does the unperverted place cease? The dharma of change (變動之法 [bian dong zhi fa]) is beneficial wherever it is. Cultivating deeds is completely without deception. All common people equally obtain peace and security. Governance flourishes, happiness is boundless. Ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is still, tranquil as heaven. Pure practice and giving are universally beneficial. All dharmas are equally cultivated. Creating and acting fulfill daily needs. Many obstacles are restored to their original state. Knowing that defilement and dispute are all of the same kind. The mind's bondage has no correspondence. Once evil karma is formed, it is difficult to change suddenly. Friends are like a forest, inseparable. The power of afflictions and disputes cannot be stopped. Ceasing to create karma and cultivating excellent practice. Cultivating the holy teaching Dharma (聖教法 [sheng jiao fa]), practicing the cessation of action. Far from the obstacle of affliction, relying on the true pure Dharma (真淨法 [zhen jing fa]). The characteristics of self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), their meaning is like emptiness. Vast as emptiness, coarse and heavy defilements. Dharma is originally selfless, tranquil and pure. Giving rise to far-reaching teachings and practices. Cultivating the dharma of learning and tranquility (有學寂靜之法 [you xue ji jing zhi fa]). Such places are peaceful and fearless. Perverted cultivation, the characteristics of defilement and dispute. Moreover, cultivating purity and truth. Corresponding listening to the meaning of emptiness. Following equality, vast and excellent. Creating according to the three kinds of original wisdom (本智 [ben zhi]). The king repents for causing unintended harm to sentient beings. Excellent listening and learning with a seeking mind. The self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) of both is beyond words. Dullness nourishes the worldly limit. Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) in the world are indestructible and pure. That seeking generosity is loved by the king. No meaning of hearing, the meaning of secret treasury. Not actually practicing, perfect worldly practice. Thoughts of death are completely abandoned. Such clear and quiet good deeds are sought. Suffering and calamity are quickly abandoned. Following and remembering, the land is prosperous.

{8} The Nature of Suchness

[0383b19] yún hé wú dào chù suǒ zhǐ xī? biàn dòng zhī fǎ suǒ zài yì jì, chóng xiū shì xíng quán wú qī zhà, pǔ huò kāng ān zhòng shù wú yì, zhì huà xìng xíng huān lè wú jí. shèng yì jì zhǐ rú tiān ān jìng, qīng jìng xíng shī pǔ jūn jì gěi, bǐ bǐ jiē fǎ píng děng xiū zhì, zào zuò shī wèi yuán mǎn rì yòng. duō zhǒng zhàng nán jǐn fù rú gù, le zhī rǎn zhèng jǐn shì zú lèi, xīn de xì fù shì wú xiāng yīng, è yè jì chéng zú nán yí yì. péng yǒu chéng lín wú néng yuǎn lí, fán nǎo zhèng jìng lì bù néng yǐ, zhǐ xī zào yè fù xiū shèng xíng, xiū shèng jiào fǎ xíng zhǐ xī xíng. yuǎn fán nǎo zhàng yī zhēn jìng fǎ, zì xìng xiāng zhuàng tǐ yì rú kōng, guǎng dà rú kōng chén láo cū zhòng, fǎ běn wú wǒ jì rán qīng jìng. fā shēng biān jì shēn yuǎn jiào xíng, zào zuò yǒu xué jì jìng zhī fǎ, rú shì chù suǒ ān jìng wú wèi, diān dào xiū chóng rǎn zhèng xiāng mào. yòu fù xiū zuò qīng jìng zhēn shí, xiāng yīng tīng wén rú kōng zhī yì, suí shùn píng děng guǎng dà shū shèng, zào zuò suí shùn běn zhì sān zhǒng. wáng zhě chàn xiè héng shēng sǔn wù, shū shèng tīng xí yǒu qù qiú xīn, bǐ cǐ zì xìng jù lí yán shuō, àn dùn zhǎng yǎng shì jiān biān jì. fàn xíng shì jiān bù huài qīng jìng, bǐ qiú bù shī guó wáng kě ài, wú tīng wén yì mì mì cáng yì, kè shí bù xíng yuán mǎn shì xíng. sǐ kǔ xiǎng niàn yuán mǎn qì shě, rú shì chéng jì shàn shì qù qiú, kǔ nǎo huàn nán sù huò shě lí, suí shùn jì niàn guó tǔ fēng yíng.

[0383b19] yun he wu dao chu suo zhi xi? bian dong zhi fa suo zai yi ji, chong xiu shi xing quan wu qi zha, pu huo kang an zhong shu wu yi, zhi hua xing xing huan le wu ji. sheng yi ji zhi ru tian an jing, qing jing xing shi pu jun ji gei, bi bi jie fa ping deng xiu zhi, zao zuo shi wei yuan man ri yong. duo zhong zhang nan jin fu ru gu, le zhi ran zheng jin shi zu lei, xin de xi fu shi wu xiang ying, e ye ji cheng zu nan yi yi. peng you cheng lin wu neng yuan li, fan nao zheng jing li bu neng yi, zhi xi zao ye fu xiu sheng xing, xiu sheng jiao fa xing zhi xi xing. yuan fan nao zhang yi zhen jing fa, zi xing xiang zhuang ti yi ru kong, guang da ru kong chen lao cu zhong, fa ben wu wo ji ran qing jing. fa sheng bian ji shen yuan jiao xing, zao zuo you xue ji jing zhi fa, ru shi chu suo an jing wu wei, dian dao xiu chong ran zheng xiang mao. you fu xiu zuo qing jing zhen shi, xiang ying ting wen ru kong zhi yi, sui shun ping deng guang da shu sheng, zao zuo sui shun ben zhi san zhong. wang zhe chan xie heng sheng sun wu, shu sheng ting xi you qu qiu xin, bi ci zi xing ju li yan shuo, an dun zhang yang shi jian bian ji. fan xing shi jian bu huai qing jing, bi qiu bu shi guo wang ke ai, wu ting wen yi mi mi cang yi, ke shi bu xing yuan man shi xing. si ku xiang nian yuan man qi she, ru shi cheng ji shan shi qu qiu, ku nao huan nan su huo she li, sui shun ji nian guo tu feng ying.

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

[0383c09] How does the practice of suchness (如如之行 [ru ru zhi xing]) arise? All places are pure from defilement. All characteristics and defilements, thoughts cease. Movement is thus, the tranquil foundation. Such a man, all disputes cease. The world is peaceful, people are harmonious. Such a binding dharma is peaceful and carefree. The limit of ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is fundamentally thus. The Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice is the thirty-second chapter (第三十二 [di san shi er]) of the Honored One's (莊嚴尊者 [zhuang yan zun zhe]) "Protection of the Nation" (護國 [hu guo]) original life story (本生之義 [ben sheng zhi yi]).

{9} The Bodhisattva's Practice

[0383c09] yún hé fā shēng rú rú zhī xíng? yī qiè chù suǒ gòu rǎn qīng jìng, zhū xiāng chén gòu xiǎng niàn zhǐ xī, yùn dòng rú shì jì jìng gēn běn, rú shì zhàng fū xuān zhèng jiē xī. shì jiān ān jìng rén mín hé yuè, rú shì fù fǎ ān lè wú lǜ, shèng yì biān jì gēn běn rú shì. pú sà shī xíng zhuāng yán zūn zhě hù guó běn shēng zhī yì dì sān shí èr.

[0383c09] yun he fa sheng ru ru zhi xing? yi qie chu suo gou ran qing jing, zhu xiang chen gou xiang nian zhi xi, yun dong ru shi ji jing gen ben, ru shi zhang fu xuan zheng jie xi. shi jian an jing ren min he yue, ru shi fu fa an le wu lu, sheng yi bian ji gen ben ru shi. pu sa shi xing zhuang yan zun zhe hu guo ben sheng zhi yi di san shi er.

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[0383c14] The true limit bears excellence. The fundamental pure self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) and its characteristics. There are various kinds of fruits, the causal actions of power. That is, following and listening to the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) actions. Excellent direction, unperverted limit. Giving rise to perfect power, unbound. Fundamental giving without transformative action. The pure cause of non-arising is difficult to obtain. The dharma of thought (想念之法 [xiang nian zhi fa]) is true affliction. The arising of causal dharma ultimately ceases and obstacles are removed. The nature of consciousness follows the pure teaching Dharma (教法 [jiao fa]). Wisdom knows the self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) of power. Transformation is fundamental, with generosity as the foremost. The mind's practice is guided by compassion, excellent self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Pure karmic action, the power of freedom, that is, true power. Suchness does not arise, cultivate good actions. Affliction and bondage, thinking of good karma. Excellent retribution, holy teachings. Knowledge and understanding, both excellent practices. Thinking of holy Dharma (聖法 [sheng fa]), pure actions. True existence, the dharma of bondage (繫縛之法 [xi fu zhi fa]). Evil karma truly exists, ugly fruits are not absent. How can one abandon thoughts of holy teachings? Pure and true, going to places where it is not absent. Places do not arise, only then can true principle be manifest. Unmoving like a mountain, pure characteristics. When the painful fruit arises, manas (末那 [mo na]) arises with it. Following what is relied upon, there is the meaning of mutual interaction. The defiled nature of torrents is with the sixth consciousness (第六俱 [di liu ju]). Arising sequentially, there is general and specific retribution. Seeking the original cause, creating without tranquility. The ten good deeds (十善 [shi shan]) mutually support to become a hundred. Cultivating generosity for a long time, across distant kalpas. Pure and powerful, far from defilement and bondage. Original creation does not arise without cause. Wherever it is, it is such, truly enhancing. The body is pure and excellent, memory is distant. As if seeing tranquility, thoughts never cease. Free cessation, pure dhyana (禪那 [chan na]). Practicing generosity, the mind is equal to great beings (大有情類 [da you qing lei]). Cultivating original self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), excellent power. Characteristics rely on increasing freedom. Perfect ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]), fearless peace. The ear faculty (耳根 [er gen]) listens, unimpeded everywhere. Dwelling quietly far away, clearing thoughts and ceasing. Exhausting fundamental fear, pure practice. The holy path (聖道 [sheng dao]) is unbound, dullness and arrogance do not exist. Creation is indestructible, practice becomes firmer. Harmonious remembrance is powerful and unforgettable. Giving rise to the supreme pure path of practice (道行 [dao xing]). Changing images, supreme excellent causes. Carrying equality, unperverted and constant tranquility. Pure generosity, peace everywhere. Excellent causes and merits exist everywhere. Following and cultivating the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice. Vast beings give boundless gifts. Clear and sharp, respectful and humble, fearless and excellent. In the midst of selflessness, clear and quiet, revered. Powerful self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), acting without perversion. The limits of existence and non-existence are far from hearing. Indestructible painful fruits truly arise. Originally without characteristics, peaceful and unmoving. Perfect fruit, self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) is clear and quiet. Original wisdom is equal, real principles are not false. Nirvana (涅槃 [nie pan]) is attainable, increasing clarity and sharpness. Arrogance does not arise, the limit is indestructible. Tranquility follows the original and subsequent wisdom paths (本後智道 [ben hou zhi dao]). Pure power, accomplished creation. The place is undiminished, perverted arising. Without time division, generosity is cultivated. Excellent power, pure self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). The retribution of heavenly realms, Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) cultivate causes. Pure and excellent army, against the enemy of afflictions. Vajra (金剛 [jin gang]) is indestructible, able to destroy self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Pure cultivation of generosity seeks the cessation of dullness. Such cultivation is ultimate practice. True place, equal and undefiled. Fully endowed with power, far from enhancement. Ultimate self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), excellent cultivation.

{10} The Fruits of Purity and Generosity

[0383c14] zhēn shí biān jì shū shèng hé fù, gēn běn qīng jìng zì xìng xiāng mào, guǒ yǒu duō zhǒng lì yòng yīn xíng, suǒ wèi suí shùn tīng wén pú sà xíng xiāng. shū shèng fāng suǒ biān jì wú dào, fā shēng yuán mǎn lì yòng wú fù, gēn běn xíng shī wú qiān biàn xíng, bù shēng jìng yīn xiāng zhuàng nán dé. xiǎng niàn zhī fǎ zhēn shí fán nǎo, shēng qǐ yīn fǎ zhǐ xī jiū jìng zhàng ài yuǎn lí. shí xìng suí shùn qīng jìng jiào fǎ, zhì huì le zhī lì yòng zì xìng, qiān biàn gēn běn bù shī wèi shǒu, xīn xíng bēi dǎo shū shèng zì xìng, qīng jìng yè xíng zì zài zhī lì suǒ wèi lì yòng zhēn shí. rú xìng bù shēng zēng xiū shàn xíng, fán nǎo xì fù sī wéi shàn yè, guǒ bào zēng shàng shèng jiào yán shuō, zhī jiàn le zhī bǐ cǐ shèng xíng. xiǎng niàn shèng fǎ qīng jìng zuò yè, zhēn shí qù lèi xì fù zhī fǎ, è yè shí yǒu chǒu guǒ bù wú, xiǎng niàn shèng shuō rú hé shě qì. jìng miào zhēn shí wǎng qù bù wú, chù suǒ bù shēng zhèng lǐ fāng xiǎn, bù dòng rú shān qīng jìng xiāng zhuàng. kǔ guǒ qǐ shí mò nà tóng shēng, suí shùn suǒ yī yǒu gèng hù yì, pù liú rǎn xìng yǔ dì liù jù, cì dì ér shēng yǒu zǒng bié bào. xī qiú běn yīn zào zuò wú jìng, shí shàn xiāng zī fāng chéng bǎi shù, xiū shī yùn zài yuǎn jié zhǎng shí, shàn jìng lì yòng fù rǎn yuǎn lí. shēng běn zào zuò wú yīn bù qǐ, suǒ zài rú rú zēng shàng zhēn shí, shēn xiāng jìng miào yì niàn biān yuǎn, rú jiàn jì jìng xī niàn bù yǐ. zì zài zhǐ xī chán nà qīng jìng, xíng shī xīn děng dà yǒu qíng lèi, xiū běn zì xìng shū shèng gōng lì, xiāng mào yī zhǐ zēng zhǎng zì zài. yuán mǎn shèng yì wú wèi ān jìng, ěr gēn tīng yòng suǒ zài wú ài, jìng zhù biān yuǎn chéng lǜ zhǐ xī, jǐn gēn běn bù qīng jìng shī wèi. shèng dào wú fù dùn màn wú yǒu, zào zuò bù huài shī xíng zhuǎn jiān, hé hé jì niàn yǒu lì bù wàng, fā shēng zuì shàng qīng jìng dào xíng. qiān biàn yǐng xiàng shàng miào shèng yīn, yùn zài píng děng wú dào cháng jì, jìng miào bù shī zài chù ān yǐn, shèng yīn gōng xíng zài chù ér yǒu. cóng shùn xiū zuò pú sà zhī xíng, guǎng dà yǒu qíng shī wú biān xíng, míng lì gōng jǐn wú wèi shèng miào, wú wǒ chù zhōng chéng jì jìng ài. zì xìng yǒu lì xíng wú dào xíng, yǒu wú biān jì tīng wén yuǎn lí, bù huài kǔ guǒ zhēn shí fā shēng, běn wú xiāng mào ān jìng wú dòng. yuán mǎn yǒu guǒ zì xìng chéng jìng, běn zhì píng děng bù xū lǐ shì, niè pán kě qiú zēng shàng míng lì, wǒ màn bù shēng biān jì wú huài. jì jìng suí shùn běn hòu zhì dào, qīng jìng lì yòng chéng mǎn zào zuò, chù suǒ wú jiǎn diān dào shēng běn, wú yǒu shí fēn bù shī xiū zuò. lì yòng shū shèng jìng miào zì xìng, tiān qù zhī bào fàn xíng xiū yīn, jìng miào shèng jūn yǔ fán nǎo dí, jīn gāng bù huài néng cuī zì xìng. qīng jìng xiū shī qiú àn dùn zhǐ, rú shì chóng xiū jiū jìng zhī xíng, zhēn shí chù suǒ píng děng wú rǎn, lì yòng jù zú yuǎn lí zēng shàng, zì xìng jiū jìng shū shèng xiū zuò.

[0383c14] zhen shi bian ji shu sheng he fu, gen ben qing jing zi xing xiang mao, guo you duo zhong li yong yin xing, suo wei sui shun ting wen pu sa xing xiang. shu sheng fang suo bian ji wu dao, fa sheng yuan man li yong wu fu, gen ben xing shi wu qian bian xing, bu sheng jing yin xiang zhuang nan de. xiang nian zhi fa zhen shi fan nao, sheng qi yin fa zhi xi jiu jing zhang ai yuan li. shi xing sui shun qing jing jiao fa, zhi hui le zhi li yong zi xing, qian bian gen ben bu shi wei shou, xin xing bei dao shu sheng zi xing, qing jing ye xing zi zai zhi li suo wei li yong zhen shi. ru xing bu sheng zeng xiu shan xing, fan nao xi fu si wei shan ye, guo bao zeng shang sheng jiao yan shuo, zhi jian le zhi bi ci sheng xing. xiang nian sheng fa qing jing zuo ye, zhen shi qu lei xi fu zhi fa, e ye shi you chou guo bu wu, xiang nian sheng shuo ru he she qi. jing miao zhen shi wang qu bu wu, chu suo bu sheng zheng li fang xian, bu dong ru shan qing jing xiang zhuang. ku guo qi shi mo na tong sheng, sui shun suo yi you geng hu yi, pu liu ran xing yu di liu ju, ci di er sheng you zong bie bao. xi qiu ben yin zao zuo wu jing, shi shan xiang zi fang cheng bai shu, xiu shi yun zai yuan jie zhang shi, shan jing li yong fu ran yuan li. sheng ben zao zuo wu yin bu qi, suo zai ru ru zeng shang zhen shi, shen xiang jing miao yi nian bian yuan, ru jian ji jing xi nian bu yi. zi zai zhi xi chan na qing jing, xing shi xin deng da you qing lei, xiu ben zi xing shu sheng gong li, xiang mao yi zhi zeng zhang zi zai. yuan man sheng yi wu wei an jing, er gen ting yong suo zai wu ai, jing zhu bian yuan cheng lu zhi xi, jin gen ben bu qing jing shi wei. sheng dao wu fu dun man wu you, zao zuo bu huai shi xing zhuan jian, he he ji nian you li bu wang, fa sheng zui shang qing jing dao xing. qian bian ying xiang shang miao sheng yin, yun zai ping deng wu dao chang ji, jing miao bu shi zai chu an yin, sheng yin gong xing zai chu er you. cong shun xiu zuo pu sa zhi xing, guang da you qing shi wu bian xing, ming li gong jin wu wei sheng miao, wu wo chu zhong cheng ji jing ai. zi xing you li xing wu dao xing, you wu bian ji ting wen yuan li, bu huai ku guo zhen shi fa sheng, ben wu xiang mao an jing wu dong. yuan man you guo zi xing cheng jing, ben zhi ping deng bu xu li shi, nie pan ke qiu zeng shang ming li, wo man bu sheng bian ji wu huai. ji jing sui shun ben hou zhi dao, qing jing li yong cheng man zao zuo, chu suo wu jian dian dao sheng ben, wu you shi fen bu shi xiu zuo. li yong shu sheng jing miao zi xing, tian qu zhi bao fan xing xiu yin, jing miao sheng jun yu fan nao di, jin gang bu huai neng cui zi xing. qing jing xiu shi qiu an dun zhi, ru shi chong xiu jiu jing zhi xing, zhen shi chu suo ping deng wu ran, li yong ju zu yuan li zeng shang, zi xing jiu jing shu sheng xiu zuo.

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[0384a23] How is the original pure and excellent obtained? My place's power is not increased by practice. Free and pure, undefiled evil giving.

{11} Constructing Dwellings

[0384a23] yún hé běn shí jìng miào suǒ huò? wǒ chù lì yòng shī xíng bù zēng, zì zài qīng jìng wú rǎn è shī.

[0384a23] yun he ben shi jing miao suo huo? wo chu li yong shi xing bu zeng, zi zai qing jing wu ran e shi.

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[0384a25] Why is it not suitable to construct dwellings? Imperfect retribution is caused by poverty. Unstable transformation, falling into traps. Diligently seeking virtue, happiness follows. Undamaged parts, body as before. Accomplishing retribution, merit is not wasted. Here, the Bodhisattva (菩薩 [pu sa]) teaches tranquility. True freedom, self-nature (體性 [ti xing]) without seeking. The master is fearless, supreme and endless. Indestructible self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) arises powerfully. The practice of dana (檀那 [tan na]) is fulfilled in its function. All such practices are Bodhi practices (菩提行 [pu ti xing]). The original non-cultivation, Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) dwell. Bondage, disaster, clear contemplation and peace. Seeking the supreme, advancing to great fruits. Powerful and zealous mind is thus. Far from the limit of defilement, perfectly obtained. Virtuous practice is unperverted, coverings are removed. Observing characteristics, diligently cultivating excellent power. Time's perversion completely harms the path of practice (道行 [dao xing]). Loving sincerity is not in vain. Existence and non-existence, words are the true great Dharma rain (大法雨 [da fa yu]). Ultimately supreme, completely abandoned Dharma. Excellent goodness without dispute, following what is sought. Losing fundamental generosity, only practicing branches. Holy ones teach, matters are not in vain. Defiled actions, afflictions cover. Defilement and change are both unobtainable. The practice of a man, excellent lineage. Unmoving, constantly tranquil, nothing to say. Indestructible treasures, the mind always guards. No function at all, no transformative nature. Wisdom understands the nature of suchness (如如之性 [ru ru zhi xing]). Karmic retribution, influences are thus. Bodhisattva (菩薩 [pu sa]) compassionately speaks exhaustively. Discrimination truly guides thus. Pure power, defilement is endless. A place of happiness, incomparable. That giving self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is pure. Accomplishing repentance, pure as heaven. The defilement of ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is beyond verbal expression. It cannot be said to have fundamental excellent function. Nor can it be said to be my self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). The original arising, constant meaning has true meaning. Its creation has following actions. My view seeks perverted actions. The defiled view of torrents, innate discrimination. Speech is tranquil, bearing sincerity. This is the meaning of sentient beings, practicing pure generosity. Carrying many meanings of transcending samsara (生死 [sheng si]). Excellent practice of giving, removing poverty and suffering. The power of secrets is beyond words. Its love, enhancing words. Tranquil places, endless longing. Excellent generosity, universal mind. The body is unperverted, the place is pure. Ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is unbound, holy power is fearless. This matter is undefiled, this nature is pure. The dharma of change (遷變之法 [qian bian zhi fa]), the power of hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]). Diminishing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), no equal practice. Defilement is exhaustible, precepts can remove it. The practice among devas (天中之行 [tian zhong zhi xing]) must be true and noble. The retribution of evil paths is not false. Good and evil karma are equal in power.

{12} The Practice of Patience

[0384a25] yún hé xiū zào shě yǔ bù kān? guǒ bào bù jīng pín fá suǒ gǎn, liú zhuǎn bù jiān qiān yí xiàn zhuì, qín qiú dé xíng kuài lè cóng shùn, bù huài zhī fēn shēn tǐ rú gù. chéng jiù guǒ bào fú dé wú fèi, shì chù pú sà jiào huì ān jìng, zhēn shí zì zài tǐ xìng wú qiú, zhǔ zhě wú wèi zuì shèng wú jǐn. bù huài zì xìng yǒu lì fā shēng, xiū tán nà xíng gōng yòng mǎn zú, rú shì yī qiè xíng pú tí xíng, wú xiū zhī běn fàn xíng zhǐ zhù. chán fù huò nán chéng lǜ ān zhǐ, qù qiú shàng miào jìn xiū dà guǒ, yǒu lì xìng xīn jīng jìn rú shì, lí rǎn biān jì yuán mǎn huò dé. dé xíng wú dào chán gài yuǎn lí, guān shì xiāng zhuàng qín xiū shèng lì, shí fēn diān dào quán kuī dào xíng, ài lè chéng dì jǐn bù xū shè. yǒu wú yán shuō shí dà fǎ yǔ, jiū jìng zuì shàng jǐn yuǎn lí fǎ, shèng shàn wú zhèng suí shùn suǒ qiú, kuī gēn běn shī wéi xíng zhī fēn. shèng rén chuí jiào shì bù xū shè, chén wū zhī xíng fán nǎo chán gài, gòu rǎn qiān biàn jù bù kě dé, zhàng fū zhī xíng zhǒng zú shū shèng. bù dòng cháng jì yī wú yán shuō, bù huài zhēn bǎo xīn cháng shǒu hù, quán wú zuò yòng wú liú zhuǎn xìng, zhì jiě le zhī rú rú zhī xìng. yè bào xiū gǎn yǐng xiǎng rú shì, pú sà cí bēi qū jǐn suǒ yán, fēn bié zhēn shí yǐn dǎo rú cǐ, qīng jìng lì yòng gòu rǎn wú yǐ. kuài lè zhī chù wú yǐ bǐ pì, bǐ shī zì xìng shèng yì qīng jìng, chéng jiù chàn huǐ rú tiān wú huì, shèng yì gòu rǎn lí yán shuō xiāng. bù kě shuō yǒu gēn běn shèng yòng, yì bù kě shuō wǒ zhī zì xìng, běn shēng cháng yì yǒu zhēn shí yì, bǐ zhī zào zuò yǒu suí shùn xíng. wǒ jiàn tuī qiú wèi diān dào xíng, pù liú rǎn jiàn jù shēng fēn bié, yǔ yán jì jìng hé fù chéng shí, shì yǒu qíng yì xíng qīng jìng shī. yùn zài duō zhǒng yuè shēng sǐ yì, shàn zāi xíng shī chú pín kǔ yì, mì mì zhī gōng yán bù kě jí, bǐ zhī ài lè zēng shàng yán shuō. jì jìng chù suǒ xī liàn wú yǐ, shū shèng bù shī yòng xīn pǔ jūn, shēn fēn wú dào chù suǒ xiān jié, shèng yì wú fù shèng lì wú wèi. shì shì wú gòu cǐ xìng qīng jìng, qiān biàn zhī fǎ wén chí lì yòng, sǔn jiǎn zì xìng wú píng děng xíng, gòu rǎn yǒu jǐn jiè dé kě chú. tiān zhōng zhī xíng xū guì zhēn shí, è qù zhī bào yì bìng bù xū, shàn bù shàn yè gōng lì qí děng.

[0384a25] yun he xiu zao she yu bu kan? guo bao bu jing pin fa suo gan, liu zhuan bu jian qian yi xian zhui, qin qiu de xing kuai le cong shun, bu huai zhi fen shen ti ru gu. cheng jiu guo bao fu de wu fei, shi chu pu sa jiao hui an jing, zhen shi zi zai ti xing wu qiu, zhu zhe wu wei zui sheng wu jin. bu huai zi xing you li fa sheng, xiu tan na xing gong yong man zu, ru shi yi qie xing pu ti xing, wu xiu zhi ben fan xing zhi zhu. chan fu huo nan cheng lu an zhi, qu qiu shang miao jin xiu da guo, you li xing xin jing jin ru shi, li ran bian ji yuan man huo de. de xing wu dao chan gai yuan li, guan shi xiang zhuang qin xiu sheng li, shi fen dian dao quan kui dao xing, ai le cheng di jin bu xu she. you wu yan shuo shi da fa yu, jiu jing zui shang jin yuan li fa, sheng shan wu zheng sui shun suo qiu, kui gen ben shi wei xing zhi fen. sheng ren chui jiao shi bu xu she, chen wu zhi xing fan nao chan gai, gou ran qian bian ju bu ke de, zhang fu zhi xing zhong zu shu sheng. bu dong chang ji yi wu yan shuo, bu huai zhen bao xin chang shou hu, quan wu zuo yong wu liu zhuan xing, zhi jie le zhi ru ru zhi xing. ye bao xiu gan ying xiang ru shi, pu sa ci bei qu jin suo yan, fen bie zhen shi yin dao ru ci, qing jing li yong gou ran wu yi. kuai le zhi chu wu yi bi pi, bi shi zi xing sheng yi qing jing, cheng jiu chan hui ru tian wu hui, sheng yi gou ran li yan shuo xiang. bu ke shuo you gen ben sheng yong, yi bu ke shuo wo zhi zi xing, ben sheng chang yi you zhen shi yi, bi zhi zao zuo you sui shun xing. wo jian tui qiu wei dian dao xing, pu liu ran jian ju sheng fen bie, yu yan ji jing he fu cheng shi, shi you qing yi xing qing jing shi. yun zai duo zhong yue sheng si yi, shan zai xing shi chu pin ku yi, mi mi zhi gong yan bu ke ji, bi zhi ai le zeng shang yan shuo. ji jing chu suo xi lian wu yi, shu sheng bu shi yong xin pu jun, shen fen wu dao chu suo xian jie, sheng yi wu fu sheng li wu wei. shi shi wu gou ci xing qing jing, qian bian zhi fa wen chi li yong, sun jian zi xing wu ping deng xing, gou ran you jin jie de ke chu. tian zhong zhi xing xu gui zhen shi, e qu zhi bao yi bing bu xu, shan bu shan ye gong li qi deng.

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[0384b26] How can the practice of patience (忍行 [ren xing]) be diligent and unwavering? Even when facing harm, the will is firm and difficult to bend. Enduring cold and heat peacefully. The practice of ordinary people is truly only giving. Pure wisdom creates characteristics. There are also evil paths, fully receiving retribution. The Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice is the thirty-third chapter (第三十三 [di san shi san]) of the Honored One's (莊嚴尊者 [zhuang yan zun zhe]) "Protection of the Nation" (護國 [hu guo]) original life story (本生之義 [ben sheng zhi yi]).

{13} The Bodhisattva's Long Journey

[0384b26] rěn xíng yún hé qín kǔ wú tuì? shè yù wéi sǔn zhì jiān nán qū, bī pò hán rè ān rán rěn shòu, fán fū zhī xíng zhēn shí wéi shī, zhì huì qīng jìng zào zuò xiāng mào, fù yǒu è qù yuán mǎn shòu bào. pú sà shī xíng zhuāng yán zūn zhě hù guó běn shēng zhī yì dì sān shí sān.

[0384b26] ren xing yun he qin ku wu tui? she yu wei sun zhi jian nan qu, bi po han re an ran ren shou, fan fu zhi xing zhen shi wei shi, zhi hui qing jing zao zuo xiang mao, fu you e qu yuan man shou bao. pu sa shi xing zhuang yan zun zhe hu guo ben sheng zhi yi di san shi san.

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[0384c01] The perversion of torrents arises from arrogance (我慢 [wo man]). The sixth consciousness (第六意識 [di liu yi shi]) is its foundation. How long is the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) time? Without little cause, one cannot attain great fruits. Cultivating the causes of myriad practices, one obtains boundless fruits. Bodhi (菩提 [pu ti]) and Nirvana (涅槃 [nie pan]) are both beyond words and thoughts. Great compassion completely cultivates diligent practice.

{14} The Nature of Time

[0384c01] pù liú diān dào yīn shēng wǒ màn, dì liù yì shí suǒ wèi zhī běn. pú sà yún hé shí fēn zhǎng yuǎn? yù zhèng dà guǒ shǎo yīn bù néng, xiū wàn xíng yīn huò wú biān guǒ, pú tí niè pán yán lǜ liǎng wáng, dà bēi yuán mǎn xiū jīng jìn xíng.

[0384c01] pu liu dian dao yin sheng wo man, di liu yi shi suo wei zhi ben. pu sa yun he shi fen zhang yuan? yu zheng da guo shao yin bu neng, xiu wan xing yin huo wu bian guo, pu ti nie pan yan lu liang wang, da bei yuan man xiu jing jin xing.

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[0384c04] What is time? Like empty space, coarse and heavy obstacles are difficult to escape. The three fundamental wisdoms (三根本智 [san gen ben zhi]) and the eight subsequent wisdoms (八後得智 [ba hou de zhi]) can only remove free retribution. The Dharma-kaya (法報化身 [fa bao hua shen]), retribution-body (報身 [bao shen]), and transformation-body (化身 [hua shen]) are fully endowed with hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]). The fundamental power is pure Dharma. The ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is the fruit of Sravakas (聲聞 [sheng wen]). Fixed nature without remainder, body reduced to ashes, wisdom extinguished. Those with a nature that turns back enter a transformed body. Following the Mahayana (大乘 [da cheng]) directly until Buddhahood, the Buddha-Dharma (佛法 [fu fa]) and Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]) are perfectly carried. This great being (大有情 [da you qing]) benefits both self and others. The body of sentient beings possesses all Buddha-seeds (佛種 [fu zhong]). With obstacles or without obstacles, ordinary or holy, this one self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) exists constantly throughout kalpas. In this place, the mind Dharma (心法 [xin fa]) is good and indestructible. Among great people, it is pleasing to follow. Even equality benefits all. Bearing excellence, seeking diligent practice. The nature of covering is originally born from self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]). In settlements, there are disputes. True defilement has no pure practice. Equal places, compassion and vows lead and guide. Perfect mind, tireless in benefiting beings. The king of the country, by good words, gains fame. At that time, people followed like the wind. The king followed excellent power. Sincere limit, pure and free. The place of creation is incomparably beautiful. Fully endowed with hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]), body and mind are at ease. Establishing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), enhancing excellent causes. Heavenly realms have afflictions and killing. The three vehicles (三乘 [san cheng]), good friends, can be reached by power. True self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), ultimate peace and happiness. Like a lion king (師子王 [shi zi wang]), fearless. Seeking to hear, hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]) are satisfied. Pure self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) gives rise to the meaning of liberation. Nature is originally enhanced, characteristics and power. Silent and formless, the mind is clear and unmoving. Enemies from the past appear now. Suddenly difficult to avoid, cultivating extremely excellent good. Repaying past transgressions, the weight of sin and merit. Enemies are naturally avoided, parts of sentient beings. Knowing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), ceasing afflictions, entirely relying on holy practice. Creating poisons, initiating disputes. Originally existing parts, enhancing words. Power is free, but unattainable. True suchness (如如 [ru ru]) has no meaning of creation. Bodhisattvas (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice giving without thinking of its reward. Unperverted characteristics, equal practice. Fundamental tranquility, excellent cultivation. Wherever bondage is, there are agitation and disputes. Free time, peaceful places. Fundamental characteristics, excellent movement. Seeking tranquility, creating secluded places. Those truths are without suffering. True disputes, fundamental dullness. Thus, without perversion, increasing meritorious causes. Everywhere there is cessation, practice of giving spreads. In every life, pure causes correspond. Accomplishing equality, knowing cessation. Supreme practice of giving, not accompanied by greed. Suffering changes, wisdom increases. Loving self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), tranquil cessation. The place of giving, karmic retribution is not false. Self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) is selfless, knowing it as meaning. Pure sincerity is ultimately like emptiness. Samadhi (禪定 [chan ding]) is tranquil, no suffering arises. Unmoving name and form, knowing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Supreme love seeks excellent karma. Pure happiness is in hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]). The body of a great being (大有情體 [da you qing ti]) is warm and joyful. Supreme ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]), peaceful equality. Secret language, its function is difficult to discuss. Suchness is sincere and truly valuable. Here, one cultivates that enhancing power. Giving rise to perversion, perfectly excellent.

{15} The Noble Nature

[0384c04] yún hé shí fēn? rú kōng cū zhòng zhàng ài nán chū, sān gēn běn zhì bā hòu dé zhì, fāng kě chú qiǎn guǒ bào zì zài, fǎ bào huà shēn wén chí jù zú. gēn běn lì yòng jiào fǎ qīng jìng, shèng yì zhēn shí shēng wén zhī guǒ, dìng xìng wú yú huī shēn zhì miè, yǒu xìng huí xīn rù biàn yì shēn, suí shùn dà chéng zhí zhì chéng fú, fú fǎ fàn xíng yuán mǎn yùn zài. shì dà yǒu qíng zì tā jù lì, bǐ yǒu qíng shēn fú zhǒng jiē jù, yǒu zhàng wú zhàng huò fán huò shèng, cǐ yī zì xìng kuàng jié cháng zài. shì chù xīn fǎ shàn bù kě huài, dà rén zhī zhōng suí shùn kě yù, nǎi zhì píng děng bìng jiē jì yì, shū shèng hé fù qiú jīng jìn xíng. chán gài zhī xìng běn wǒ zhí shēng, jù luò zhī suǒ xī xuān zhèng shì, zhēn shí gòu rǎn wú qīng jìng xíng, píng děng chù suǒ bēi yuàn yǐn jiē. yuán mǎn yì de lì wù wú shě, guó zhōng zhī wáng shàn yán huà yù, bǐ shí rén mín cóng zhě rú fēng, guó zhǔ suí shùn shū shèng lì yòng. chéng shí biān jì qīng jìng zì zài, zào zuò chù suǒ yán lì wú bǐ, jù zú wén chí shēn xīn ān tài, shī shè zì xìng zēng shàng shèng yīn. tiān qù fán nǎo yǒu shā hài gù, sān chéng shàn yǒu lì yòng kě jiē, zhēn shí zì xìng jiū jìng ān lè, rú shī zi wáng ān wèi wú bù. xī qiú tīng shòu wén chí mǎn zú, zì xìng qīng jìng shēng jiě tuō yì, xìng běn zēng shàng xiāng mào lì yòng, mò jìng wú xiāng chéng xīn wú dòng. yuān jiā wǎng gǔ chù duì xiàn qián, zú nán miǎn lí xiū jí shèng shàn, dá xiè qián qiān zuì fú qīng zhòng, yuān jiā zì miǎn yǒu qíng zhī fēn, le zhī zì xìng zhǐ xī fán nǎo quán píng shèng xíng. zào zuò dú yào fā xìng zhèng sòng, běn yǒu zhī fēn zēng shàng yán shuō, shì fēn zì zài yǒu bù kě dé, zhēn shí rú rú wú zào zuò yì. pú sà xíng shī wú sī qí bào, wú dào xiāng mào píng děng shī wèi, gēn běn jì jìng shèng miào xiū zuò. xì fù suǒ zài xuān fán zhèng sòng, zì zài shí fēn ān jìng chù suǒ, gēn běn xiāng zhuàng shū shèng dòng zhuǎn, qù qiú jì jìng zào zuò píng chù. bǐ bǐ zhēn shí bìng wú chǔ dú, zhēn shí zhèng sòng àn dùn gēn běn, yú shì wú dào zēng shèng fú yīn, zài chù zhǐ jì xíng shī pǔ jí. shēng shēng zhī chù jìng yīn xiāng yīng, chéng jiù píng děng le zhī zhǐ xī, zuì shàng xíng shī wú tān děng jù, kǔ shòu qiān biàn zēng zhǎng zhì huì. ài lè zì xìng ān jìng zhǐ xī, bù shī zhī chù yè bào bù xū, zì xìng wú wǒ le zhī rú yì, qīng jìng chéng dì jiū jìng rú kōng. chán dìng jì jìng bù shēng kǔ nǎo, bù dòng míng sè le zhī zì xìng, shàng miào ài lè qiú shū shèng yè, qīng jìng kuài lè wén chí yú shì. dà yǒu qíng tǐ wēn rùn hé yuè, zuì shàng shèng yì ān jìng píng děng, mì bù yǔ yán gōng néng nán yì, rú xìng chéng dì zhēn shí kě zhòng, shì chù xiū chóng bǐ zēng shàng lì, fā shēng diān dào yuán mǎn shū shèng.

[0384c04] yun he shi fen? ru kong cu zhong zhang ai nan chu, san gen ben zhi ba hou de zhi, fang ke chu qian guo bao zi zai, fa bao hua shen wen chi ju zu. gen ben li yong jiao fa qing jing, sheng yi zhen shi sheng wen zhi guo, ding xing wu yu hui shen zhi mie, you xing hui xin ru bian yi shen, sui shun da cheng zhi zhi cheng fu, fu fa fan xing yuan man yun zai. shi da you qing zi ta ju li, bi you qing shen fu zhong jie ju, you zhang wu zhang huo fan huo sheng, ci yi zi xing kuang jie chang zai. shi chu xin fa shan bu ke huai, da ren zhi zhong sui shun ke yu, nai zhi ping deng bing jie ji yi, shu sheng he fu qiu jing jin xing. chan gai zhi xing ben wo zhi sheng, ju luo zhi suo xi xuan zheng shi, zhen shi gou ran wu qing jing xing, ping deng chu suo bei yuan yin jie. yuan man yi de li wu wu she, guo zhong zhi wang shan yan hua yu, bi shi ren min cong zhe ru feng, guo zhu sui shun shu sheng li yong. cheng shi bian ji qing jing zi zai, zao zuo chu suo yan li wu bi, ju zu wen chi shen xin an tai, shi she zi xing zeng shang sheng yin. tian qu fan nao you sha hai gu, san cheng shan you li yong ke jie, zhen shi zi xing jiu jing an le, ru shi zi wang an wei wu bu. xi qiu ting shou wen chi man zu, zi xing qing jing sheng jie tuo yi, xing ben zeng shang xiang mao li yong, mo jing wu xiang cheng xin wu dong. yuan jia wang gu chu dui xian qian, zu nan mian li xiu ji sheng shan, da xie qian qian zui fu qing zhong, yuan jia zi mian you qing zhi fen, le zhi zi xing zhi xi fan nao quan ping sheng xing. zao zuo du yao fa xing zheng song, ben you zhi fen zeng shang yan shuo, shi fen zi zai you bu ke de, zhen shi ru ru wu zao zuo yi. pu sa xing shi wu si qi bao, wu dao xiang mao ping deng shi wei, gen ben ji jing sheng miao xiu zuo. xi fu suo zai xuan fan zheng song, zi zai shi fen an jing chu suo, gen ben xiang zhuang shu sheng dong zhuan, qu qiu ji jing zao zuo ping chu. bi bi zhen shi bing wu chu du, zhen shi zheng song an dun gen ben, yu shi wu dao zeng sheng fu yin, zai chu zhi ji xing shi pu ji. sheng sheng zhi chu jing yin xiang ying, cheng jiu ping deng le zhi zhi xi, zui shang xing shi wu tan deng ju, ku shou qian bian zeng zhang zhi hui. ai le zi xing an jing zhi xi, bu shi zhi chu ye bao bu xu, zi xing wu wo le zhi ru yi, qing jing cheng di jiu jing ru kong. chan ding ji jing bu sheng ku nao, bu dong ming se le zhi zi xing, shang miao ai le qiu shu sheng ye, qing jing kuai le wen chi yu shi. da you qing ti wen run he yue, zui shang sheng yi an jing ping deng, mi bu yu yan gong neng nan yi, ru xing cheng di zhen shi ke zhong, shi chu xiu chong bi zeng shang li, fa sheng dian dao yuan man shu sheng.

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[0385a12] How is the original nature (本性 [ben xing]) extremely noble? It possesses from birth what other dharmas do not. There are superior and inferior qualities, and they have substantial reality. As a cause, it is knowable and truly understood. The supreme nature (上妙體性 [shang miao ti xing]), excellent person. Advance and retreat are always stable, flourishing with light. Equal application, fundamental practice. Giving rise to the ten precepts (十種戒 [shi zhong jie]), patience, and other practices. True creation, tranquil mental joy. There is no quiet dwelling and giving with perverted defilement. Non-arising and the meaning of ceasing characteristics. The body's characteristics follow, and their nature can be attained. Unchanging practice, tranquil and reliable. Existence and non-existence, both are free from transformation. True words and practices are far from thought. The virtue of upholding precepts is a great cause. The power of dhyana (禪定 [chan ding]) is the path to holiness. Equal correspondence, actions are far removed. Bondage is also removed. Here, Bodhisattvas (菩薩 [pu sa]) are praised and enhanced. Carrying excellence, knowing pure practice. Fundamental limits are both unobtainable. Wisdom knows their true actions. Wherever merit is, power changes. The power of ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]) is the achievement of Deva Indra (天帝 [tian di]). Here, equality and images are cultivated. Self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), blessings, and promotion. The foundation of pure Brahma-viharas (梵行 [fan xing]). Ultimately enhancing, perfect and unperverted. The mind of giving gives rise to ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). Characteristics are pure and excellent, rare in the world. Those who see are never tired of cultivating Bodhisattva (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice. The loving mother's actions are free in their characteristics. Generosity is like emptiness, fundamentally tranquil. Sincerity is thus. When disaster arises, there is power to cure it. Individually true, pure, and agreeable. Cultivating wisdom, true liberation. Here, the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) suffering is truly gone. Incomparable analogy, exhausting defilements. The five aggregates (五蘊 [wu yun]) are bound, cultivating pure practice. Thus, name and form, all five aggregates (五蘊 [wu yun]) are included. The defilements of torrents are all obstacles of affliction. Cultivating tranquil practice, self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) arises. Here, carrying enhanced generosity. Its creative nature, the system is profound. Giving rise to wisdom, enhancing aspiration. Unperverted, ultimate, bound by defilement. Heavenly realms are tranquil, creation is true. Pure, undefiled, fundamental power. Self-grasping (我執 [wo zhi]), intellectual confusion, dullness, greed, ignorance. Diligently seeking freedom, bondage is endless. Powerful characteristics, aspiring to generosity. Excellent retribution, giving rise to ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). Characteristics cease, place is pure. True excellent cause, that meaning of hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]). Here, the Bodhisattva (菩薩 [pu sa]) has no dull karma. Following samsara (生死 [sheng si]), guiding all beings. Heavenly sentient beings, the meaning of unperverted causes. Cultivating holy practice, honoring the ten good deeds (十善業 [shi shan ye]). Formless movement, seeking harmony. Excellent practice, without transformative action. Tranquil and undiminished, excellent arising. That self-grasping (彼我執相 [bi wo zhi xiang]) is supremely free. Perverted truth, the nature of covering. Suchness, holy nature, inherently accords with original wisdom (本智 [ben zhi]). Subsequent arising according to conditions, only then is the reflection obtained. Causal and fruit stages are different, relatives and non-relatives are equal. The completeness of Dharma-nature (法性 [fa xing]) is thus from beginning to end. When covered, it is called the storehouse (藏 [cang]); when liberated, it is the Dharma-kaya (法身 [fa shen]). Cultivating the limit, diligently seeking the Dharma-body. Following cessation, repeatedly removing. Giving rise to meaning and benefit, fearless practice. Initiating creation, original characteristics. Discriminative generosity does not require a supreme mind. Formless field of merit, truly excellent. The nature of generosity can destroy characteristics. The original non-nature has no seeking. Purest, supremely excellent, far from greed. The limit of path of practice (道行 [dao xing]), auspicious and excellent. That seeking suchness (如性 [ru xing]) is unknowable. Entering the true gate, neither possible nor impossible. The self-nature (自性 [zi xing]) of speech relies on names, phrases, and characters. Names, phrases, and characters are illusory, verbal explanations are substantial. Fundamental non-arising, hearing and retention (聞持 [wen chi]) nourish. Here, it is indestructible, peaceful and constantly tranquil. Devas (天 [tian]) and humans are pure, also without fear. Excellent, not false, enhancing self-nature (自性 [zi xing]). Supreme, unperverted, true cessation. Perfect characteristics, pure nature without dispute. Generosity is powerful, the foundation of merit. The cause of the loving mother, lineage is supreme. Seeking tranquility, afflictions do not arise. Both respectfully honor each other and are excellent. Their karmic connections in the heavenly realms are due to merit. Excellent self-nature (自性 [zi xing]), unperverted enhancement. The arising of true characteristics, knowing the nature of aggregates. The transformation ceases, giving rise to ultimate truth (勝義 [sheng yi]). Thus, repenting, exhausting all faults. Many afflictions, confusing principle and matter. Knowing sharpness and dullness, their classes are unequal. Such roots, follows, and innate discriminations. Where to cut off is explained in other treatises. The order of dharmas seeks excellent power. Virtuous cultivation, true perfection. Such virtuous cultivation is fundamental. Extremely profound, called fundamental practice (根本行 [gen ben xing]). The Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) practice is the thirty-fourth chapter (第三十四 [di san shi si]) of the Honored One's (莊嚴尊者 [zhuang yan zun zhe]) "Protection of the Nation" (護國 [hu guo]) original life story (本生之義 [ben sheng zhi yi]). This is the Bodhisattva's (菩薩 [pu sa]) cultivation of excellent practice.

Bodhisattva-bhumi-mala-sutra, Volume 16 (菩薩本生鬘論卷第十六 [pu sa ben sheng man lun juan di shi liu])

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[0385a12] yun he ben xing wei ji zun chong? shi sheng ji ju yu fa bu lei, ti you sheng lie bi you shi xing, wei yin ke de zhen shi le zhi. shang miao ti xing shu sheng zhi ren, jin tui chang ding zeng sheng guang ming, ping deng suo yong gen ben shi xing, fa sheng shi zhong jie ren deng xing. zhen shi zao zuo ji jing yi le, wu jing zhu shi you dao ran xing, sheng bu ke de zhi xiang mao yi, shen xiang sui shun jie xing ke de. wu bian dong xing ji jing ke yi, you wu bu ke qian bian ju li, zhen yan xing xiang si yi yuan ge, chi jie gong de zun da zhi yin, chan ding zhi li ru sheng zhi dao, ping deng xiang ying zuo ye yuan li, xi fu yi chu. shi chu pu sa cheng zan zeng shang, yun zai shu sheng le zhi jing xing, gen ben bian ji ju bu ke de, zhi hui le zhi bi shi xing xiang. fu de suo zai li yong qian bian, sheng yi li yong tian di zhi gong, shi chu ping deng ying xiang xiu zuo, zi xing fu lu zeng shang qu xiang. fan xing qing jing yi de zhi ben, jiu jing zeng shang yuan man wu dao, bu shi zhi xin fa sheng sheng yi, xiang zhuang jing miao ju shi xi you. jian zhe wu yan xiu pu sa xing, ci mu shi wei xiang mao zi zai, bu shi ru kong gen ben ji jing, cheng di ru shi. zai huo fa sheng you li neng zhi, bie bie zhen shi qing jing ke yi, xiu xi zhi hui zhen zheng jie tuo, shi chu pu sa ku yi zhen shi. pi yu wu ji jin fan nao ran, wu yun xi fu xiu qing jing xing, ru shi ming se wu yun jie she, pu liu ran zheng jin fan nao zhang. xiu ji jing xing zi xing fa sheng, shi chu yun zai zeng shang bu shi, bi zao zuo xing zhi du shen shen, fa sheng zhi hui zeng shang qu qiu. wu dao ben jin fu ran shi fen, tian qu ji jing zao zuo zhen shi, jing miao wu gou gen ben li yong. wo zhi li huo dun ran tan chi, qin qiu zi zai xi fu nan jin, you li xiang mao xi qiu bu shi, guo bao zeng shang chu sheng sheng yi. xiang zhuang zhi ji chu suo qing jing, zhen shi sheng yin bi wen chi yi, shi chu pu sa wu an dun ye, sui shun sheng si you jie qun lei. tian qu you qing wu dao yin yi, zao zuo sheng xing chong shi shan ye, wu xiang yun dong qiu he he yi, sheng miao xiu xing wu liu zhuan xing. ji jing wu jian shu sheng fa sheng, bi wo zhi xiang zi zai shu sheng, dian dao zhen shi chan gai zi xing, ru ru sheng xing ben zhi ming he. hou de yuan ru bian ying fang de, yin guo wei yi qin fei qin deng, fa xing yuan man shi mo ru ci, zai chan ming cang chu chan fa shen. zao zuo bian ji jing qiu fa ti, sui shun zhi xi zhong fu yuan li, fa sheng yi li shi xing wu wei, fa qi zao zuo ben lai xiang mao. fen bie bu shi bu xu sheng xin, wu xiang fu tian zhen shi shu sheng, bu shi ben xing neng po huai xiang, wu xing zhi ben zi wu xi qiu. qing jing zui sheng tan yu yuan li, dao xing bian ji ji xiang sheng miao, bi qiu ru xing le bu ke de, tui ru zhen men wu ke yi wu bu ke. yan shuo zi xing yi ming ju wen, ming ju wen jia yan quan an shi, gen ben bu sheng wen chi zhang yang, shi chu wu huai an jing chang ji. tian ren qing jing yi wu jing wei, shan zai bu xu zeng shang zi xing, zui shang wu dao zhi xi zhen shi, yuan man xiang mao jing xing wu zheng. bu shi you li fu de zhi ben, ci mu zhi yin zu wang wei shang, xi qiu ji jing fan nao bu sheng, bi ci gong feng geng xiang shu sheng. bi tian qu zhong fu de yin yuan, shan zai zi xing zeng shang wu dao, shi xiang sheng qi le zhi yun xing, qian bian xiang jin fa sheng sheng yi. ru shi chan xie jin qi guo huan, duo zhong fan nao mi li mi shi, le zhi li dun pin shu wu deng, ru shi gen sui fen bie ju sheng. duan shi suo zai ru bie lun shuo, fa shu ci di qu qiu sheng li, xian shan xiu zuo zhen shi yuan man, ru shi xian shan xiu xi gen ben, mi mi shen shen ming gen ben xing. pu sa shi xing zhuang yan zun zhe hu guo ben sheng zhi yi di san shi si. shi wei pu sa xiu xing sheng xing.

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