普賢菩薩行願品·恆順眾生章

"Sudhana, to accommodate and benefit all living beings is explained like this: throughout the oceans of worlds in the ten directions exhausting the Dharma Realm and the realm of empty space, there are many different kinds of living beings. That is to say, there are those born from eggs, the womb-born, the transformationally born, as well as those who live and rely on earth, water, fire, and air for their existence. There are beings dwelling in space, and those who are born in and live in plants and trees. This includes all the many species and races with their diverse bodies, shapes, appearances, lifespans, families, names, and natures. This includes their many varieties of knowledge and views, their various desires and pleasures, their thoughts and deeds, and their many different deportments, clothing and diets.

複次善男子，言恆順眾生者，謂盡法界、虛空界、十方剎海，所有眾生種種差別。所謂卵生、胎生、濕生、化生，或有依於地水火風而生住者，或有依空及諸卉木而生住者，種種生類，種種色身，種種形狀，種種相貌，種種壽量，種種族類，種種名號，種種心性，種種知見，種種欲樂，種種意行，種種威儀，種種衣服，種種飲食。

"It includes beingswho dwell in different villages, towns, cities and palaces, as well as gods, dragons, and others of the eight divisions, humans and non-humans alike. Also there are footless beings, beings with two feet, four feet, and many feet, with form and without form, with thought and without thought, and not entirely with thought and not entirely without thought. I will accord with and take care of all these many kinds of beings, providing all manner of services and offerings for them. I will treat them with the same respect I show my own parents, teachers, elders, Arhats, and even the Thus Come Ones. I will serve them all equally without difference.

處於種種村營聚落、城邑宮殿，乃至一切天龍八部，人、非人等，無足二足，四足多足，有色無色、有想無想，非有想、非無想，如是等類，我皆於彼隨順而轉，種種承事，種種供養，如敬父母，如奉師長及阿羅漢，乃至如來，等無有異。

"I will be a good doctor for the sick and suffering. I will lead those who have lost their way to the right road. I will be a bright light for those in the dark night, and cause the poor and destitute to uncover hidden treasures.The Bodhisattva impartially benefits all living beings in this manner.

於諸病苦，為作良醫；於失道者，示其正路；於闇夜中，為作光明；於貧窮者，令得伏藏。菩薩如是平等饒益一切眾生。

"Why is this? If a Bodhisattva accords with living beings, then he accords with and makes offerings to all Buddhas. If he can honor and serve living beings, then he honors and serves the Thus Come Ones. If he makes living beings happy, he is making all Thus Come Ones happy.

何以故？若菩薩能隨順眾生，則為隨順供養諸佛；若於眾生尊重承事，則為尊重承事如來；若令眾生歡喜者，則令一切如來歡喜。

Why is this? It is because all Buddhas, Thus Come Ones, take the Mind of Great Compassion as their substance. Because of living beings, they develop Great Compassion. From Great Compassion the Bodhi Mind is born; and because of the Bodhi Mind, they accomplish Supreme, Perfect Enlightenment.

何以故？諸佛如來，以大悲心而為體故。因於眾生而起大悲，因於大悲。生菩提心，因菩提心成等正覺。

"It is like a great regal tree growing in the rocks and sand of barren wilderness. When the roots get water, the branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits will all flourish. The regal bodhi-tree growing in the wilderness of Birth and Death is the same. All living beings are its roots; all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are its flowers and fruits. By benefitting all beings with the water of Great Compassion, one can realize the flowers and fruits of the Buddhas" and Bodhisattvas" wisdom.

譬如曠野沙磧之中，有大樹王，若根得水，枝葉華果悉皆繁茂。生死曠野菩提樹王，亦復如是。一切眾生而為樹根，諸佛菩薩而為華果，以大悲水饒益眾生，則能成就諸佛菩薩智慧華果。

"Why is this? It is because by benefitting living beings with the water of Great Compassion, the Bodhisattvas can attain Supreme, Perfect Enlightenment. Therefore, Bodhi belongs to living beings. Without living beings, no Bodhisattva could achieve Supreme, Perfect Enlightenment.

何以故？若諸菩薩以大悲水饒益眾生，則能成就阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故。是故菩提屬於眾生，若無眾生，一切菩薩終不能成無上正覺。

"Good man, you should understand these principles in this way: When the mind is impartial towards all living beings, one can accomplish full and perfect Great Compassion. By using the Mind of Great Compassion to accord with living beings, one perfects the making of offerings to the Thus Come Ones. In this way the Bodhisattva constantly accords with living beings.

善男子，汝於此義，應如是解。以於眾生心平等故，則能成就圓滿大悲；以大悲心隨眾生故，則能成就供養如來。菩薩如是隨順眾生。

"Even when the realm of empty space is exhausted, the realms of living beings are exhausted, the karma of living beings is exhausted, and the afflictions of living beings are exhausted, I will still accord endlessly, continuously in thought after thought without cease. My body, mouth, and mind never weary of these deeds.

虛空界盡，眾生界盡，眾生業盡，眾生煩惱盡，我此隨順無有窮盡，念念相續無有間斷，身語意業無有疲厭。

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