阿弥陀佛之般涅槃，观世音菩萨之涅槃，与大势至菩萨之涅槃
Amitā[bha] Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, Contemplator [Of The] World’s Sounds Bodhisattva’s Nirvāṇa, And Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Nirvāṇa
【阿弥陀佛之般涅槃】
[Parinirvāṇa Of Amitā(bha) Buddha]
佛言：「善男子！阿弥陀佛寿命无量百千亿劫，当有终极。
[The] Buddha [i.e. Śākyamuni (释迦牟尼)] said, ‘Good man [i.e. Flower Virtue Treasury Bodhisattva (华德藏菩萨)], Amitā[bha] Buddha‘s lifespan [of] immeasurable hundred thousand koṭis [of] kalpas, will have [an] “end” ultimately.
[注 1 | Note 1: 如佛以下所教，因为他还能化现，所以无真终点。极乐世界 （净土）也将继续存在。As the Buddha taught below, as he can still manifest, there is no true end. The Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss will continue to exist too.]
善男子！当来广远不可计劫，阿弥陀佛当般涅槃。
Good man, [in a] future vast [and] distant incalculable kalpa, Amitā[bha] Buddha will [manifest] Parinirvāṇa.
[注 2 | Note 2: 诸佛示现般涅槃，是让我们意识到自己生命无常，从而产生紧迫感，促使自己及时真诚、精进修行。欲知更多，请看 https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2018/10/how-the-buddha-is-gone-yet-not-gone-for-good. All Buddhas manifest Parinirvāṇa to give us a sense of urgency due to our lives’ impermanence, to urge us to practise sincerely and diligently in time. For more, see https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2018/10/how-the-buddha-is-gone-yet-not-gone-for-good.]
般涅槃后，正法住世等佛寿命。在世灭后，所度众生悉皆同等。
After Parinirvāṇa, [the] Right Dharma [will] abide [in the] land equal [to the] Buddha’s lifespan. [When] living in the land [and] after Parinirvāṇa, those delivered sentient beings [will] all [be] equally [the] same.
[注 3 | Note 3: 净土无像法和末法时期。The Pure Land is without the Dharma Semblance and Dharma-Ending Ages.]
佛涅槃后，或有众生不见佛者，有诸菩萨，得念佛三昧，常见阿弥陀佛。
After [the] Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, [there] are perhaps those sentient beings [who do] not see [the] Buddha, [and there] are all Bodhisattvas, [who have] attained Samādhi [From] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha, [who will] constantly see Amitā[bha] Buddha.
[注 4 | Note 4: 既然佛常在，我们能常念佛，入三昧见佛。Since the Buddha is always present, we can always connect to him for Samādhi by mindfulness of Buddha to see him.]
复次，善男子！彼佛灭后，一切宝物浴池莲花众宝行树，常演法音与佛无异。
Furthermore, good man, after that Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, all treasure objects, bathing ponds, lotus flowers [and] all treasures’ lined trees, [will] constantly expound [the] Dharma’s sounds, [that are] with [the] Buddha’s, without difference.
[注 5 | Note 5: 净土照常的运作证明佛的常在。The Pure Land operating as usual proves that the Buddha is always present.]
【观世音菩萨之涅槃】
[Nirvāṇa Of Contemplator (Of The) World’s Sounds Bodhisattva]
善男子！阿弥陀佛正法灭后，过中夜分明相出时，观世音菩萨，于七宝菩提树下，结加趺坐，成等正觉，号普光功德山王如来、应供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世间解、无上士、调御丈夫、天人师、佛、世尊。
Good man, after Amitā[bha] Buddha’s Right Dharma [Age has] ended, when passing [the] middle [of the] night, [with a] distinct [and] clear form appearing, Contemplator [Of The] World’s Sounds Bodhisattva [will] at [the] seven treasures’ Bodhi Tree below, [with] crossed legs [in the] lotus posture sit, [and] accomplish Equal [And] Right Awakening, named Universal Light Meritorious Virtues’ Mountain King Thus Come [One, One Who] Should [Be] Offered, Right All-Knowing [One, One With] Understanding [And] Practice Complete, Well-Gone [One], World-Understanding [One], Unsurpassable [One], Tamer [Of] Men, Heavenly [And] Human [Beings’] Teacher, Buddha, World-Honoured [One].
[注 6 | Note 6: 此是前后正法时期的无缝连接。This is seamless connection from one Right Dharma Age to the next.]
其佛国土自然七宝，众妙合成庄严之事。诸佛世尊，于恒沙劫说不能尽。
That Buddha land [has] things of natural seven treasures, [with] all [by them] wonderfully composed [and] adorned. All Buddha World-Honoured [Ones], in Ganges’ sands [of] kalpas speaking, [will] not [be] able [to] exhaust [them].
[注 7 | Note 7: 这是因为此净土是个已经不可思议的净土的延申。This is so as the Pure Land is the extending of an already inconceivable Pure Land.]
善男子！我于今者为汝说譬，彼金光师子游戏如来国土庄严之事，方于普光功德山王如来国土，百万千倍亿倍，亿兆载倍，乃至算数所不能及。其佛国土无有声闻、缘觉之名，纯诸菩萨，充满其国。」
Good man, I [will] now for you speak [an] analogy. Those things of Golden Light Lion’s Play Thus Come [One’s] land’s adornments, [are] then in Universal Light Meritorious Virtues’ Mountain King Thus Come [One’s] land, ten thousand million times, [a] koṭi’s times, [a] hundred million trillion times, and even [by] counting [of the] number [more], that not able [to be] reached. That Buddha land [does] not have [the] names of Voice-hearers, [and Those By] Conditions Awakened. [It is] purely [with] all Bodhisattvas, filling fully that land.’
[注 8 | Note 8: 如佛以上所教，「过去广远无量不可思议阿僧祇劫… 大王劫欲尽时，有世界名无量德聚安乐示现，其国有佛，号金光师子游戏如来… 阿弥陀国庄严之事，如毛端水。金光师子游戏佛国，如大海水。声闻、菩萨，差降亦尔。彼金光师子游戏如来，亦为众生说三乘法。」
As the Buddha taught above, ‘(In a) past vast (and) distant immeasurable inconceivable asaṁkhyeya kalpa… when (the) Great King Kalpa (was) about (to) end, (there) was (a) land named Immeasurable Virtues’ Gathering (With) Peace (And) Bliss manifesting. That land had (a) Buddha, named Golden Light Lion’s Play… (The) things of Amitā(bha Buddha’s) land’s adornments, (are) like (a) hair end’s water. (Those of) Golden Light Lion’s Play Buddha’s land, (are) like (a) great ocean’s water. Voice-hearers, (Those By) Conditions Awakened (and) Bodhisattvas’ differences (in numbers are) likewise thus. That Golden Light Lion’s Play Thus Come (One), also for sentient beings speak (the) Three Vehicles’ Dharma (of Voice-hearers, Those By Conditions Awakened and Bodhisattvas).’]
华德藏菩萨白佛言：「世尊！彼佛国土名安乐耶？」
Flower Virtue Treasury Bodhisattva to [the] Buddha said, ‘World-Honoured [One, is] that Buddha land named Peace [And] Bliss?’
佛言：「善男子！其佛国土号曰众宝普集庄严。
[The] Buddha said, ‘Good man, that Buddha land’s name [is] called All Treasures’ Universal Collection’s Adornments.
[注 9 | Note 9: 净土改名，是为了连接另一尊佛，同时阐明它的’新’因缘。Renaming of the Pure Land is for identifying it with another Buddha, while stating its ‘new’ conditions.]
善男子！普光功德山王如来，随其寿命。
Good man, Universal Light Meritorious Virtues’ Mountain King Thus Come [One, will] follow its lifespan.
【得大势菩萨之涅槃】
[Nirvāṇa Of Attainment (Of) Great Power Bodhisattva]
得大势菩萨，亲觐供养，至于涅槃。般涅槃后，奉持正法，乃至灭尽。
Attainment [Of] Great Power Bodhisattva, [will] personally meet [and] make offerings, until [he] reaches Parinirvāṇa. After Parinirvāṇa, [he will] practise [and] uphold [the] Right Dharma, and even [until it has] ended completely.
法灭尽已，即于其国，成阿耨多罗三藐三菩提，号曰善住功德宝王如来、应供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世间解、无上士、调御丈夫、天人师、佛、世尊。
After [the] Dharma [has] ended [already], immediately in that land, [he will] accomplish Anuttara Samyak Saṃbodhi, [with his] name called Good Abiding Meritorious Virtues’ King Thus Come [One, One Who] Should [Be] Offered, Right All-Knowing [One, One With] Understanding [And] Practice Complete, Well-Gone [One], World-Understanding [One], Unsurpassable [One], Tamer [Of] Men, Heavenly [And] Human [Beings’] Teacher, Buddha, World-Honoured [One].
[注 10 | Note 10: 因为观世音与大势至菩萨是阿弥陀佛的第一与第二大菩萨弟子，所以如此顺序继承他的净土。As Contemplator Of The World’s Sounds Bodhisattva and Great Power Arrived Bodhisattvas are the first and second leading Great Bodhisattva disciples of Amitābha Buddha, they succeed his Pure Land in this sequence thus.]
如普光功德山王如来国土，光明寿命菩萨众，乃至法住等无有异。
Like Universal Light Meritorious Virtues’ Mountain King Thus Come [One’s] land, [the] bright lights [and] lifespans [of the] Bodhisattva assembly, and even [the] Dharma abiding, [are] equal without having differences.
若善男子、善女人，闻善住功德宝王如来名者，皆得不退于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。
If good men [and] good women, hear that Good Abiding Meritorious Virtues’ King Thus Come [One’s] name, all [will] attain non-retrogression for Anuttara Samyak Saṃbodhi.
又善男子！若有女人，得闻过去金光师子游戏如来、善住功德宝王如来名者，皆转女身，却四十亿劫生死之罪，皆不退转于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提，常得见佛，闻受正法，供养众僧；舍此身已，出家成无碍辩，速得总持。」
Moreover, good man, if [there] are women, [who] attain hearing [of the] past Golden Light Lion’s Play Thus Come [One, and (the future)] Good Abiding Meritorious Virtues’ King Thus Come [One’s] names, all [will] transform [their] female bodies, rid transgressions of forty koṭis [of] kalpas [of] births [and] deaths. All [will] not retrogress for Anuttara Samyak Saṃbodhi, constantly attain seeing [of the] Buddhas, hearing [and] receiving [of the] Right Dharma, [and] making [of] offerings [to] all Saṃgha assemblies. Relinquishing these bodies already, leaving [the] household [life], accomplishing unsurpassable eloquence, [and] quickly attaining total retention [i.e. dhāraṇīs].’
[注 11 | Note 11: 这转女身的利益也在阿弥陀佛第三十五中。信乐永离女身愿：「设我得佛，十方无量不可思议诸佛世界，其有女人，闻我名字，欢喜信乐，发菩提心，厌恶女身。寿终之后，复为女像者，不取正觉。」The benefit of transforming female bodies is also available with Amitābha] Buddha’s Thirty-Fifth Vow (Of) Joyful Faith (For) Eternal Departure (From) Female Body: ‘If I attain Buddhahood, (in the) ten directions’ immeasurable (and) inconceivable all Buddha worlds, (if) there are women, (who) hear my name, (with) joyful faith, give rise (to the) Bodhi Mind, (and) loathe (their) female bodies, after (their) lives end, (are) again as those (with) female appearances, (I shall) not obtain Right Awakening.’]
[注 12 | Note 12: 阿弥陀佛的名号已经总持诸佛法，也直接连接三宝。欲知更多，请看 https://purelanders.com/shenzhou. Amitā(bha) Buddha’s name already totally retains all of Buddhas’ teachings, directly connecting us to the Triple Gem too: https://purelanders.com/shenzhou.]
《观世音菩萨授记经》
Sūtra [On] Contemplator [Of The] World’s Sounds Bodhisattva’s Prediction [Of Buddhahood]
Námó Āmítuófó : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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