The Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva

　　《入菩薩行》寂天著(如石法師編譯)

　　(1--7品)

　　Foes are as unlimited as space,

　　They cannot possibly all be overcome;

　　Yet if you just overcome the thought of hatred

　　That will be equal to overcoming all foes.

　　 - Shantideva

　　【Chapter I: The Benefit of the Spirit of Awakening】

　　第一品 菩提心利益

　　1. Reverently bowing to the Sugatas, who are endowed with the Dharmakaya, together with their children and all who are worthy of veneration, I shall concisely present a guide to the discipline of the children of the Sugatas in accordance with the scriptures.

　　法身善逝佛子伴，及諸應敬我悉禮；今當依教略宣說，佛子律儀趨行方。

　　2. There is nothing here that has not been said before, nor do I have any skill in composition. Thus, I have no concern for the welfare of others, and I have composed this solely to season my own mind.

　　此論未宣昔所無，詩韻吾亦不善巧；是故未敢言利他，爲修自心撰此論。

　　3. Owing to this, the power of my faith increases to cultivate virtue. Moreover, if someone else with a disposition like my own examines this, it may be meaningful.

　　循此修習善法故，吾信亦得暫增長；善緣等我諸學人，若得見此容獲益。

　　4. This leisure and endowment, which are so difficult to obtain have been acquired, and they bring about the welfare of the world. If one fails to take this favorable opportunity into consideration, how could this occasion occur again

　　暇滿人身極難得，既得能辦人生利，倘若今生利未辦，後世怎得此圓滿？

　　5. Just as lightning illuminates the darkness of a cloudy night for an instant, in the same way, by the power of the Buddha, occasionally people“s minds are momentarily inclined toward merit.

　　猶于烏雲暗夜中，刹那閃電極明亮；如是因佛威德力，世人暫萌修福意。

　　6. Thus, virtue is perpetually ever so feeble, while the power of vice is great and extremely dreadful. If there were no spirit of perfect awakening, what other virtue would overcome it

　　以是善行恒微弱，罪惡力大極難堪，舍此圓滿菩提心，何有余善能勝彼？

　　7. The Lords of Sages, who have been contemplating for many eons, have seen this alone as a blessing by which joy is easily increased and immeasurable multitudes of beings are rescued.

　　佛于多劫深思惟，見此覺心最饒益。無量衆生依于此，順利能獲最勝樂。

　　8. Those who long to overcome the abundant miseries of mundane existence, who wish to dispel the adversities of sentient beings, and those who yearn to experience a myriad of joys should never forsake the spirit of awakening.

　　欲滅叁有百般苦，及除有情衆不安，欲享百種快樂者，恒常莫舍菩提心。

　　9. When the spirit of awakening has arisen, in an instant a wretch who is bound in the prison of the cycle of existence is called a child of the Sugatas and becomes worthy of reverence in the worlds of gods and humans.

　　生死獄系苦有情，若生真實菩提心，即刻得名諸佛子，世間人天應禮敬。

　　10. Upon taking this impure form, it transmutes it into the priceless image of the gem of the Jina. So, firmly hold to the quicksilver elixir, called the spirit of awakening, which must be utterly transmuted.

　　猶如最勝冶金料，垢身得此將轉成，無價之寶佛陀身；故應堅持菩提心。

　　11. The world”s sole leaders, whose minds are fathomless, have well examined its great value. You, who are inclined to escape from the states of mundane existence, hold fast to the jewel of the spirit of awakening.

　　衆生導師以慧觀，徹見彼心極珍貴；諸欲出離叁界者，宜善堅持菩提心。

　　12. Just as a plantain tree decays upon losing its fruit, so does every other virtue wane. But the tree of the spirit of awakening perpetually bears fruit, does not decay, and only flourishes.

　　其余善行如芭蕉,果實生已終枯槁；菩提心樹恒生果，非僅不盡反增茂。

　　13. Owing to its protection, as due to the protection of a powerful man, even after committing horrendous vices, one immediately overcomes great fears. Why do ignorant beings not seek refuge in it

　　如人雖犯極重罪，然依勇士得除畏；若有速令解脫者，畏罪之人何不依？

　　14. Like the conflagration at the time of the destruction of the universe, it consumes great ices in an instant. The wise lord Maitreya taught its incalculable benefits to Sudhana.

　　菩提心如劫末火，刹那能毀諸重罪。

　　15. In brief, this spirit of awakening is known to be of two kinds: the spirit of awaken…

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