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Candraprabha Samādhi Sūtra
爾時，世尊而說偈言：
Therupon, the Bhagavān recited this gāthā:
「我念往劫六億佛，
本生皆在耆闍山，
我於過去求道時，
從彼諸尊聞斯定。
I remember that in a past kalpa, sixty million buddhas
All arose on Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain.
When I was seeking the path in the past,
I heard of this meditation from those venerable ones.
時彼六億最後佛，
為世間親作光明，
號曰娑羅樹王佛，
我從彼尊問是定。
The last of those sixty million buddhas
Was one who directly illuminated the world,
Called Śālendrarāja Buddha.
I then asked that venerable one about this meditation.
我時生在剎利種，
於諸王中最尊勝，
有子滿於五百數，
具足一切諸伎能。
I was then born into the kṣatriya caste,
And I was the most honorable among kings.
I had a full five hundred sons,
And I was endowed with all arts.
我時為彼無上尊，
建立伽藍滿一億，
純用勝妙大栴檀，
糅以金、銀及眾寶。
I then, for that unsurpassed Honored One,
Built a full one hundred million monasteries,
Using pure, excellent, great sandalwood,
And covering them with gold, silver, and various jewels.
我時為王人愛樂，
號曰毘沙謨達王，
為佛廣設諸供養，
滿足萬八百億歲。
I was then a king loved by the people.
I was then called King Bhīṣmottara,
I extensively arranged offerings for the Buddha
For a full eighteen hundred billion years.
彼時最勝兩足尊，
號曰娑羅樹王者，
於其七億六千年，
住壽世間弘道化。
At that time the supremely honoured one among bipeds
Was called Śālendrarāja.
He lived for seven hundred and sixty million years
And widely taught the Path in the world.
有八十億諸聲聞，
三明、六通常在定，
住於漏盡最後身，
如是聖眾無譏毀。
There were eight billion śrāvakas,
Endowed with the threefold knowledge and the six supernormal faculties, always in meditation,
Abiding in their last bodies, free from the effluents.
Such a noble assembly was free from slander.
我備種種勝供具，
供養渡諸惡趣者，
為欲利益諸人天，
是以求於此三昧。
I prepared various excellent offerings
And made offerings to the one who had crossed over the evil realms.
Because I wanted to benefit humans and devas,
I sought this samādhi.
我與妻子俱出家，
持彼佛教無與比，
於千四萬億歲中，
我常諮問是三昧。
I renounced home life together with my wife and children
And upheld the incomparable teaching of that buddha.
For fourteen trillion years
I constantly asked about this samādhi.
八萬那由偈稱讚、
異異偈頌八億兆，
彼佛以此為他說，
惟論此定之一品。
Eighty thousand nayutas of gāthās praised it,
And eight hundred trillion different verses were recited.
That buddha taught this to others
And discussed only one chapter of this meditation.
頭、目、手、足、并妻子，
種種珍寶及飲食，
一切財貨無不捨，
為求如是三昧故。
Heads, eyes, hands, feet, and wives and children,
As well as various rare jewels and food and drink,
All riches, without exception, I gave away,
For the sake of seeking this samādhi.
念昔百億諸如來，
復有恒河沙數佛，
是等皆住耆闍山，
宣說如是勝寂定。
I recall that in the past ten billion tathāgatas,
And also buddhas equal in number to the sands of the Ganges River,
All dwelt on this Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa
And expounded this excellent, quiescent meditation.
皆同釋迦一名號，
佛子同字羅睺羅，
給侍同名為歡喜，
王城同號迦毘羅。
They all had the same name, Śākyamuni;
Their sons all had the same name, Rāhula;
Their attendants all had the same name, Ānanda;
Their royal cities all had the same name, Kapila;
最第一雙世知者，
同名目連、舍利弗，
世界同名為娑婆，
彼佛俱出濁惡世。
Of their foremost among those who know the world,
They all had the same names, Maudgalyāyana and Śāriputra;
Their worlds all had the same name, Sahā;
And those buddhas all appeared in the polluted, evil world.
我以諸供奉人尊，
為欲行於菩提行；
諸供養具皆奉上，
為欲誦持此定故。
I made all kinds of offerings to the Most Honorable among Humans
Because I wanted to practice bodhisattva conduct.
I offered all kinds of offerings
Because I wished to recite and uphold this meditation.
發修勝行得此定，
得斯定行無量種，
安住一切德行者，
得是三昧則不難；
If one activates and cultivates excellent practices to attain this meditation,
One will attain this meditation and practise it in innumerable ways.
If one abides in all meritorious practices,
To attain this samādhi is not difficult.
不著諸味離躁擾，
不涉世俗無嫉妬，
安住大悲離瞋恚，
得是三昧則不難；
If one is not attached to any taste and is free from agitation,
If one does not concern oneself with worldly matters and is without jealousy,
If one abides in great compassion and is free from anger,
To attain this samādhi is not difficult.
遠俗不悕於世利，
邪命清淨無煩惱，
於戒皎然無所畏，
得是三昧則不難；
If one avoids worldliness and does not hanker after worldly gain,
If one is free from wrong livelihood and pure and has no afflictions,
If one is clear and fearless in adhering to the precepts,
To attain this samādhi is not difficult.
勇猛精進常不息，
愛樂閑寂行頭陀，
安住無我妙法忍，
得是三昧則不難；
If one is brave and energetic and never rests,
If one takes pleasure in solitude and practises austerities,
If one abides in the patience of the subtle Dharma of no self,
To attain this samādhi is not difficult.
善調伏心無戲論，
安住威儀諸行等，
樂行捨施無慳悋，
得是三昧則不難。
If one can control one’s mind and be free of conceptual proliferation,
If one can abide in the practice of deportment,
And if one can joyfully practice giving without regret,
To attain this samādhi is not difficult.
如來所有諸相好、
及以十八不共法、
力、無畏等得不難，
以能受持此定故。
It will not be difficult to attain the excellent marks of a Tathāgata
As well as the eighteen unshared qualities,
The ten powers, the four fearlessnesses, and so on,
If one can take up and bear this meditation.
佛眼所見諸眾生，
假使一時俱成佛，
彼佛一一各壽命，
千萬億數難思劫，
If all the sentient beings seen by the Buddha’s eye
Can all become buddhas at the same time,
And if the lifespan of each of those buddhas
Is as long as inconceivable thousands of myriads of koṭis of kalpas,
彼佛各有無量頭，
猶如大海諸沙數，
一頭各有無量舌，
其數亦如大海沙，
And if each of those buddhas has innumerable heads,
As numerous as the sands of the great ocean,
And if each head has innumerable tongues,
As numerous as the sands of the great ocean,
彼一一舌各稱揚，
持定一偈之功德，
說其少分不能盡，
何況書寫及受持？
And if each of those tongues praised
The merit of a single verse of this meditation,
They would not be able to speak of even a fraction of it to exhaustion:
How much less would it be possible in regard to [the merits of] copying it in writing, upholding, and bearing it?
若有順定頭陀德，
天、修羅、鬼所愛護，
為諸王等常順從，
受持難見寂定故。
If one has the virtue of the dhūta, which accords with meditation,
One will be loved and protected by devas, asuras, and māras,
And will always be obeyed by kings and others.
Because one upholds the meditation of quiescence, which is difficult to see.
彼有無邊無礙辯，
宣說無量百千經，
於一切時常不斷，
以持此經聞持藏。
That person will have unbounded and unimpeded eloquence.
They will expound immeasurable hundreds of thousands of sūtras
At all times, without interruption,
Because he bears this sūtra, which is the treasure of hearing and bearing.
若欲得見彌陀佛、
及彼安樂世界等，
後大怖畏惡世時，
應當聞持是三昧。
If one wishes to see Amitābha Buddha
And the world of Sukhāvatī,
In the future, during the dreadful evil age,
One should listen to and bear this samādhi.
我今於汝有付囑，
我人中尊自勸汝，
我涅槃後末世時，
應當聞持是三昧。
I now entrust it to you.
I, the honoured among humans, exhort you personally:
In the latter age after my nirvāṇa,
You should listen to and bear this samādhi.
十方所有一切佛，
過去世中及現在，
彼佛皆學是三昧，
得到無為佛菩提。
All the buddhas who are in the ten directions,
Both past and present,
Those buddhas all learned this samādhi
And attained the unconditioned bodhi of buddhahood.
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