为圣为佛说
[12] Being Noble [Ones And] Being Buddhas’ Instructions
予尝谓孔子所以为圣人，固非一端，然其要在于「三人行，必有我师焉」。
I once said [that with] Kǒngzǐ [i.e. Confucius] therefore being [a] sagacious person, [this is] certainly not [due to] one aspect. However, its essential [is] in [his teaching that, ‘When] three persons [are] walking [together, they] must have my teachers.’
[Note: From the better one, oneself as the third party can learn to be more good. From the worse one, oneself as the third party can learn to not be more evil.]
恶者亦为师，何适而非师乎？见识如是，乌得不为圣人？
[With] those evil also as teachers, who [are] suited then, [to] not [be] teachers? [With] knowledge thus, how can [he] not be [a] sagacious person?
又尝谓释迦佛所以为佛者，固非一端，然其要在于山中修行时，国王出猎，问兽所在，
Again, [I] once said [that with] Śākya[muni] Buddha therefore as [a] Buddha, [this is] certainly not [due to] one aspect. However, its essential [is] in when [he was] within [the] mountains cultivating practices, [with the] King out hunting, [who] asked where [a] beast was.
若实告之则害兽，不实告之则妄语，
If truthfully telling him, then harming [the] beast, not truthful telling him, then [with] false speech.
沉吟未对，国王怒斫去一臂，
Deeply pondering [and] yet [to] reply, [the] King angrily cut off one arm.
又问，亦沉吟未对，又斫去一臂，
Again asking, likewise deeply pondering [and] yet [to] reply, [he] again cut off [the other] one arm.
乃发愿云：「我作佛时，先度此人，不使天下人效彼为恶。」
Thus giving rise [to the] vow, saying, ‘When I become [a] Buddha, [I will] first deliver this person, [to] not cause people below [the] heavens [to] emulate him [to] do evil.’
存心如是，乌得不为佛？
Retaining [this] mind thus, how can [he] not become [a] Buddha?
后出世成佛，先度憍陈如者，乃当时国王也。
Later transcending [the] world [to] accomplish Buddhahood, that first delivered Kauṇḍinya, [was] thus [the] King at that time.
能如是以修净土，立与诸大菩萨等矣。
[If] able [to] thus [be] with cultivation [of the] Pure Land [path, then] standing together with all Great Bodhisattvas equally.
[原眉批：佛离一切相，故不起瞋恨。佛以慈悲为本，怨亲平等，故欲先度此人也。]
[Original headnotes: (As the) Buddha (had) departed (from) all forms, thus (did he) not give rise (to) anger. (As the) Buddha (is with) with loving-kindness (and) compassion as roots, (and with) enemies (and) relatives (being) equal, (he) thus desired (to) first deliver this person.]
宋‧王日休
Sòng [Dynasty’s] Wáng Rìxiū
《龙舒净土文》
Lóngshū’s Pure Land Text:
第九卷：助修上品十六篇
Ninth Scroll: Sixteen Essays [On] Supportive Cultivation [For] High Grade
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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《龙舒净土文》
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