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1、TheVajrasamadhiSutra(TheDiamond-AbsorptionSutra)TranslatedintoChinesebyAnonym,NorthernLerngDynasty(TaishoTripitaka,No.273)ChapterOne:PrologueThushaveIheard.TheBuddhawasonceinthegreatcityofRajagrha(King'sHouse),onMountGrdhrakuta(VulturePeak),togetherwithagreatassemblyofsometenthousandbhiks
2、us(ordainedmonks),allofwhomhadattainedthe[full]arhatpath.TheyincludedarhatsSariputra,Mahamaudgalyayana,Subuti,etc.Alsopresentweresometwothousandbodhisattvas,mahasattvas(ad-eptsontheirwaytofullenlightenment).TheirnameswereLiberation(Vimukti)Bodhisattva,MindKing(Cittaraja)Bodhisattva,Non-Ab
3、iding(Apratisthita)Bodhisattva,etc.Furthermore,therewereeightythousandelders(grhapati).TheirnameswereElderChastity(Brahmacarya),ElderGreatChastity(Mahabrahmacarya),ElderLuminary(Jyotiska),etc.Inaddition,thereweredevas,dragons,yaksas(demons),gandharvas(demigod-musicians),asuras(titans),gar
4、udas(mysticalbirds),kinnaras(halfhorses/halfmen),mahoragas(greatsnakes),humansandnon-humans-somesixhundredmillionofthem.AtthattimetheLordwassurroundedbythegreatassembly.HeexpoundedaMahayanasutratothem,entitled'ThePracticeandBenedictionoftheSingle-Taste,Definite,Signless,Beyond-Creation,Ab
5、soluteRealityofSelf-Enlightenment'(VajrasamadhiSutra).Ifonehearsthissutraorretainsonlyonefour-linestanzaofit,thatpersonwillbeabletoaccesstheBuddha'swisdom[infuture].Hewillbeabletoliberate,withappropriateexpedients,sentientbeings[who,inturn,can]becomegreatspiritualmentorstoallsentientbeing
6、s.AftertheBuddhaexpoundedthissutra,hefolded[hislegs]intofull-lotusposeandenteredintodiamondabsorption(vajrasamadhi),withhisbodyandmindmotionless.Atthattime,abhiksu(ordainedmonk)intheassemblynamedAgada,rosefromhisseat[topayrespectstotheBuddha].Hejoinedhispalmstogether,withhisrightkneeonthe
7、ground.Reiteratingtheessence[ofthesutraexpounded],herecitedthestanza:TheLord,theembodimentofcompassion,Withwisdompenetratingwithoutobstruction,Inordertoferrysentientbeingsacross[totheothershore],HasexplainedtheessenceoftheOne-Truth.Allthiswasaccomplishedviathepathof
