..續本文上一頁ed in birth and death, undergoing suffering within the Six Paths without even temporary respite. Now they had reached levels of Sagehood due to the great compassion and deep vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva.

　　They felt joyful as they arrived at the Trayastrimsha Heaven and gazed at the Thus Come One, their eyes not leaving him for a moment.

　　 彼諸同來等輩，皆因地藏菩薩教化，永不退轉於阿耨多羅叁藐叁菩提。是諸衆等，久遠劫來，流浪生死，六道受苦，暫無休息。以地藏菩薩廣大慈悲，深誓願故，各獲果證。既至忉利，心懷踴躍，瞻仰如來，目不暫舍。

　　At that time, the World Honored One stretched forth his golden colored arm and rubbed the crowns of all the pision bodies of Earth Store Bodhisattva, Mahasattva, gathered from billlons of Inexpressible, Inconceivable, immeasurable, ineffable, limitless Asamkhyeyas of worlds, and said,

　　"I teach and transform obstinate beings such as these within the evil worlds of the Five Turbidities, causing their minds to be regulated and subdued so they renounce the deviant and return to the proper.

　　But one or two of ten still cling to their bad habits. For them I again pide into billions of bodies and use numerous additional expedient means.

　　Those with keen roots will listen and immediately believe. Those with good rewards will respond to exhortation and strive to succeed. Those who are dark and dull will return only after being taught for a long time. Those whose karma is heavy fail to show any respect.

　　My pision bodies take across and liberate all those different kinds of beings. I may appear in a male body. I may appear in a female body. I may appear in the body of a god or dragon. I may appear in the body of a spirit or ghost. I may appear as a mountain, as a forest, as a stream, as a spring, as a river, as a lake, as a fountain, or as a well in order to benefit people. I use all these ways to save beings.

　　 爾時，世尊舒金色臂，摩百千萬億不可思、不可議、不可量、不可說、無量阿僧只世界諸分身世界地藏菩薩摩诃薩頂，而作是言：『吾於五濁惡世，教化如是剛強衆生，令心調伏，舍邪歸正，十有一二，尚惡習在。吾亦分身百千萬億，廣設方便。或有利根，聞即信受；或有善果，勤勸成就；或有暗鈍，久化方歸；或有業重，不生敬仰。如是等輩衆生，各各差別，分別度脫。

　　I may appear in the body of God Shakra.

　　I may appear in the body of Lord Brahma.

　　I may appear in the body of a Wheel-Turning King.

　　I may appear in the body of a lay person.

　　I may appear in the body of a national leader.

　　I may appear in the body of a prime minister.

　　I may appear in the body of an official.

　　I may appear in the body of a Bhikshu, a Bhikshuni, an Upasaka, an Upasika, and so forth to my appearing in the body of a Sound-hearer, an Arhat, a Pratyekabuddha, or a Bodhisattva in order to teach and rescue beings.

　　It is not that I only appear to them in the body of a Buddha.

　　 或現男子身、或現女人身、或現天龍身、或現神鬼身、或現山林川原、河池泉井，利及於人，悉皆度脫。或現天帝身、或現梵王身、或現轉輪王身、或現居士身、或現國王身、或現宰輔身、或現官屬身、或現比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷身、乃至聲聞、羅漢、辟支佛、菩薩等身、而以化度。非但佛身，獨現其前。

　　"Reflect on how I have toiled for repeated eons and endured acute suffering to take across and free stubborn beings who resist being taught and who continue to suffer for their offenses.

　　Those not yet subdued undergo retributions according to their karma. If they fall into the evil destinies and are enduring tremendous suffering, then you should remember the gravity of this entrustment I am now giving you here in the palace of the Trayastrimsha Heaven:

　　Find ways to liberate all beings in the Saha world from now until the time when Maitreya comes into the world. Help them escape suffering forever, encounter Buddhas, and receive predictions."

　　 汝觀吾累劫勤苦，度脫如是等難化剛強罪苦衆生。其有未調伏者，隨業報應。若墮惡趣，受大苦時，汝當憶念吾在忉利天宮，殷勤付囑。令娑婆世界，至彌勒出世已來衆生，悉使解脫，永離諸苦，遇佛授記。』

　　At that time all the pision bodies of Earth Store Bodhisattva that came from all those worlds merged into single form. Then he wept and said to the Buddha, "Throughout long eons I have been receiving the Buddha”s guidance and from that have developed inconceivable spiritual power and great wisdom.

　　My pision bodies fill worlds as many as grains o…

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