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Verses On Three Ages 三期偈 Verses On Seeing Buddha 见佛偈

三期偈
Verses [On] Three Ages

[1] 正法时期中,更多自倾向,正师为正师,正法为正法。

[1] Within [the] Right Dharma Age, more [are] naturally inclined towards, right teachers as right teachers, [and the] Right Dharma as [the] Right Dharma.

[2] 像法时期中,更多自倾向,相似师为师,相似法为法。

[2] Within [the] Dharma-Semblance Age, more [are] naturally inclined towards, similar teachers as [right] teachers, [and] similar Dharma as [the Right] Dharma.

[3] 末法时期中,更多自倾向,邪师为正师,邪法为正法。

[3] Within [the] Dharma-Ending Age, more [are] naturally inclined towards, evil teachers as right teachers, [and] evil Dharma as [the] Right Dharma.

[4] 同时颠倒认,正师为邪师,正法为邪法,违背本师法。

[4] [At the] same time invertedly recognising, right teachers as evil teachers, [and the] Right Dharma as evil Dharma, contradicting [our] Fundamental Teacher [and his] Dharma.

《楞严经》云:「【末法时期】,此诸众生,去佛渐远。邪师说法,如恒河沙。」

[The] Śuraṅgama Sūtra says, ‘[In (the) Dharma-Ending Age], all these sentient beings, [will] leave [the] Buddha [to] gradually [become] distant. Evil teachers [who] speak [the false/evil] Dharma, [will be numerous] like the Ganges River’s sands.’

相关经典
Related Sūtras:

《大佛顶首楞严经·卷第六·四种决定清净明诲》
The Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s 6th Scroll’s Four Kinds Of Clear And Definitive Instructions On Purity
https://purelanders.com/minghuizhang

《佛说法灭尽经》
The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of The Dharma’s Complete End
https://purelanders.com/mie

见佛偈
Verses [On] Seeing Buddha

佛入灭后,五百年间,正法时期,还多得道。

After [the] Buddha entered Parinirvāṇa, within five hundred years, [was the] Right Dharma Age, still [with] many attaining [the] path.

正法过后,一千年间,像法时期,更少得道。

After [the] Right Dharma Age, within one thousand years, [was the] Dharma-Semblance Age, [with] even less attaining [the] path.

像法过后,一万年间,末法时期,无人得道。

After [the] Dharma-Semblance Age, within ten thousand years, [is the] Dharma-Ending Age, without people attaining [the] path.

末法过后,五亿多年,无法时期,无得见佛。

After [the] Dharma-Ending Age, [for] more than five billion years [五亿七十六万岁/五十六亿七千万年], [is a] Dharma-less age, without attaining sight [of any] Buddha.

现已末法,何不求生,正法世界,见佛学佛?

[As] presently [is] already [the] Dharma-Ending [Age], why not seek birth, [in a] Land [with the] Right Dharma, [to see a] Buddha [and] learn [how to become a] Buddha?

行愿品说,极乐国中,亦可会见,本师后佛。

[The] Practices’ [And] Vows’ Chapter say, [that] within [the Pure] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss, [there] can also [be] seeing [of Maitreya Bodhisattva (弥勒菩萨), the next] Buddha [in this world], after [our] Fundamental Teacher [Śākyamuni Buddha].

《行愿品》云:「得往生极乐世界。到已,即见阿弥陀佛、文殊师利菩萨、普贤菩萨、观自在菩萨、弥勒菩萨等。此诸菩萨,色相端严,功德具足,所共围绕。其人自见生莲华中,蒙佛授记。」

[The] Practices’ [And] Vows’ Chapter says, ‘Attaining rebirth [in the] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss. Reaching already, immediately seeing Amitā[bha] Buddha, Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, Universal Virtue Bodhisattva, Contemplating [With] Ease Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva [and] others. These all Bodhisattvas, [with] physical forms upright, [and] meritorious virtues complete, [for] them together surround. These persons [will] personally see [themselves] born [from] lotus flowers within, [to] receive [the] Buddha’s predictions [for Buddhahood].’

相关经典
Related Sūtra:

《普贤菩萨行愿品》
Universal Virtue Bodhisattva’s Practices’ And Vows’ Chapter
《大方广佛华严经入不思议解脱境界普贤菩萨行愿品》
The Great Right And Vast Buddha’s Flower Adornment Sūtra’s Entry Into The Inconceivable Liberation’s Realm Of Universal Virtue Bodhisattva’s Practices’ And Vows’ Chapter
《普贤菩萨十大愿王》
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Ten Great Vows’ King
https://purelanders.com/xingyuan

相关文章
Related Teachings:

如何同见阿弥陀佛与弥勒菩萨
Where To Meet Amitābha Buddha And Maitreya Bodhisattva Together
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2019/04/where-to-meet-amitabha-buddha-maitreya-bodhisattva-together

弥勒菩萨如何发愿往生阿弥陀佛的净土
How Maitreya Bodhisattva Gave Rise To The Aspiration To Be Born In Amitābha Buddha’s Pure Land
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2020/09/how-maitreya-bodhisattva-gave-rose-to-the-aspiration-to-be-born-in-amitabha-buddhas-pure-land

兜率外众耽著欲乐
Tuṣita’s Outer Assembly’s Indulgent Attachment To Desires’ Joys
https://purelanders.com/2019/05/30/tusitas-outer-assemblys-indulgent-attachment-to-desires-joys

公案简易版
Public Case’s Simplified Version
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2014/04/7-why-not-seek-birth-in-tusita-heaven

阿弥陀佛的净土比兜率内院容易生吗?
Is Amitābha Buddha’s Pure Land Easier To Reach Than Tuṣita’s Inner Court?
https://purelanders.com/2019/05/30/is-amitabha-buddhas-pure-land-easier-to-reach-than-tusitas-inner-court

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