THE DISCOURSE ON THE TEN WHOLESOME WAYS OF ACTION

　　Translated to Chinese by the

　　Tripitakacarya Sikshananda from

　　Khotan

　　during the Tang Dynasty

　　Translated to English by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu

　　Key”ed in from hardcopy by TY with permission from publisher

　　(Yan Boon Remembrance Commitee in Hong Kong)

　　佛说十善业道经

　　唐于阗三藏实叉难陀奉制译

　　Thus have I heard. At one time, the Buddha stayed in

　　the palace of the Dragon King of the Ocean together with

　　an assembly of eight thousand great Bhikshus and thirty-

　　two thousand Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas altogether. At

　　that time the World Honored One told the Dragon King

　　saying:

　　如是我闻：一时，佛在娑竭罗龙宫，与八千大比丘众、三万二千菩萨摩诃萨俱。

　　尔时，世尊告龙王言："

　　Because all beings have different consciousness and

　　thoughts, they perform too different actions and as a

　　consequence there is the turning around in all the different

　　courses of existence. Oh Dragon King, do you see the

　　variety of shapes and appearances in this meeting and in

　　the great ocean, are they not different from one another.

　　一切众生心想异故，造业亦异，由是故有诸趣轮转。

　　龙王！汝见此会及大海中，形色种类各别不耶﹖

　　Thus among all of them there is none which is not

　　made by the mind, whether it is brought about by whole-

　　some or unwholesome bodily, verbal, and mental actions,

　　and yet the mind is formless it cannot be grasped or

　　perceived, but it is the unreal accumulation and arising of

　　all dharmas which are ultimately without owner, without

　　I and mine.

　　如是一切，靡不由心造善不善身业、语业、意业所致。而心无色，不可见取，但是虚妄诸法集起，毕竟无主、无我我所。

　　Although that which is manifested by each

　　(being) according to its actions is not the same, there is

　　nevertheless really no creator in these (actions). Therefore

　　all dharmas are inconceivable and inexpressible, their own

　　nature is phantom like.

　　虽各随业，所现不同，而实于中无有作者。故一切法皆不思议，自性如幻。

　　The wise ones knowing this ought

　　to cultivate wholesome actions. Through this the aggregates

　　sense-bases and elements that will be given rise

　　to, will all be upright and those who will see them will not

　　grow tired of them.

　　智者知已，应修善业，以是所生蕴、处、界等，皆悉端正，见者无厌。

　　Oh Dragon King, when you behold the body of the

　　Buddha born from a hundred thousand of Kotis of

　　merit, with all the marks adorned, the splendor of its

　　radiance covering the whole of the great assembly, even if

　　there were immeasurable Kotis of Ishvara and Brahma

　　devas they all would not come again into appearance.

　　Those who look with reverence at the Tathagata”s body how

　　can they but not be dazzled.

　　龙王！汝观佛身，从百千亿福德所生，诸相庄严，光明显曜，蔽诸大众。设无量亿自在梵王，悉不复现；其有瞻仰如来身者，莫不目眩！

　　You again behold all these

　　great Bodhisattvas of marvelous appearance, dignified and

　　pure. All this comes into being entirely through the merit

　　of cultivating wholesome actions. Again all the powerful

　　ones like the eight classes of devas and dragons, and

　　suchlike they also come into being because of the

　　merits of wholesome actions.

　　汝又观此诸大菩萨，妙色严净，一切皆由修集善业福德而生。又诸天、龙八部众等大威势者，亦因善业福德所生。

　　Now all beings in the great ocean are of course and

　　mean shapes and appearances, they all whether small or

　　large performed unwholesome bodily, verbal, and mental

　　actions out of all kinds of thoughts from their own minds.

　　Thus is that each being receives its own result according

　　to its action.

　　今大海中所有众生，形色粗鄙，或大或小，皆由自心种种想念，作身、语、意诸不善业，是故随业各自受报。

　　You ought to practice and to study constantly in this

　　way, and also to bring beings to a thorough understanding

　　of cause and effect and to the practice of wholesome actions.

　　In this you must have unshakable right view and you must

　　not fall again into the views of annihilation and eternity.

　　As to the fields of merit you rejoice in them,

　　respect them and support them because of this you will

　　also be respected and supported by men and devas.

　　汝今当(常)应如是修学，亦令众生了达因果，修习善业。汝当于此正见不动，勿复堕在断、常见中！于诸福田，欢喜、敬养，是故汝等亦得人天尊敬、供养。

　　Oh Dragon King you must know that Bodhisattva has

　　one method which enables him to cut off al…

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