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前期經文提示：言論未訖。時龍王
女忽現於前，頭面禮敬，卻住一面。以偈讚曰：
她說，「深達罪福相」：她說深深地明白這個罪的相，和福的相，所以就不造罪而修福，得到這個無罪無福的相；無
罪無福，就是超然成佛的相。佛相，就是超出這個罪福相之外。
「遍照於十方」：因為她福足，慧足，二足之尊，所以遍照於十方；她的智慧遍照到十方世界去。
「微妙淨法身」：這種微妙不可思議，清淨的法身。
「具相三十二」：得到三十二種這大人之相。這都因為六度圓滿，萬行具足，所以得到這三十二相；這三十二相就因
為修六度萬行所得來的。以八十種的相好來莊嚴佛的法身。
「天人所戴仰」：佛是天人所恭敬的。戴，就頂戴；仰，就仰望、瞻仰。
「龍神咸恭敬」：所有一切的龍啊，鬼神啊，都恭敬世尊。
「一切眾生類」：所有一切的眾生的種類。
「無不宗奉者」：沒有不恭敬佛的，沒有不以佛來做一個最崇拜者，就是恭敬佛。
「又聞成菩提」：我又聽見這個眾生可 以成佛。
「唯佛當證知」：那麼成佛的眾生，佛才可以給她證明成佛。
「我闡大乘教」：我現在所闡揚的是大乘的教理。
「度脫苦眾生」：想要把一切眾生從苦海裡頭救度出來。
時舍利弗語龍女言，汝謂不久得無上道，是事難信。所以者何，女身垢穢，非是法器，云何能得無
上菩提，佛道懸曠。經無量劫，勤苦積行，具修諸度，然後乃成。又女人身，猶有五障，一者不得做梵天王。二者帝釋。三者魔王。四者轉輪聖王。五者佛身。云何
女身速得成佛。
「時舍利弗語龍女言」：在龍女說完了偈頌的時候，大智舍利弗，「語龍女言」：對這個龍女就說了。說「汝謂不久
得無上道」：妳說妳很快就會成佛。「是事難信」：妳這麼樣講法，這種事情我不相信，很令人難信的。「所以者何？」：為什麼我不相信呢？
「女身垢穢」：妳說你會成佛。妳，因為是個女身；女身呢，是不潔淨的一種身體，非常地骯髒。「非是法器」：這
不是成佛的一種法器；不可以成佛，女身。「云何能得無上菩提」：因為女身是不清淨的，所以不能成佛。那麼既然有這一種的原因，妳怎麼可以說，妳可以成佛成
得這麼快呢？
「佛道懸曠」：這個成佛道，非常地懸遠廣闊，所以釋迦牟尼佛，三祇修福慧，三大阿僧祇劫修福修慧；百劫種相
好，在無量百千萬劫以前修的這個相好，這不知道經過多長的時間。「經無量劫」：經過無量無邊這麼多的大劫。「勤苦積行」：勤精進修苦行啊，積功累德啊，時
間久了。「具修諸度」：又修六度萬行。「然後乃成」：然後呢，才成佛道。
「又女人身」：又者，這個女人身。「猶有五障」：尚且還有五種的障礙。這五種的障礙是：
「一者不得做梵天王」：第一她不可以做大梵天王，因為她不清淨。「二者帝釋」：第二，這個女身也不可以做帝
釋。「三者魔王」：第三，不單不能做帝釋，連魔王都不能做。「四者轉輪聖王」：第四，不能做轉輪聖王。「五者佛身」：第五種是佛身，也不能做。
女人身有這五種的障礙；這五種的地位她都不能做，何況成佛呢？「云何女身速得成佛」：妳怎麼可以說，妳以女人
之身就可以成佛道呢？
待續
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Sutra text from last
issue: They had not yet finished their discussion when the
Dragon King's daughter suddenly appeared before them, bowed with her
head at their feet, and withdrew to one side to speak these verses:
The dragon girl said:
Having deeply understood the marks of offenses and blessings,
she does not commit offenses, but cultivates blessings. In this way she
obtains the marks of “neither offenses nor blessings,” transcends the
mundane, and becomes a Buddha. Buddhas transcend the marks of offenses
and blessings. Since she is replete with blessings and wisdom, a
“Doubly Complete Honored One,” she illuminates throughout
the ten directions. Her wisdom
shines upon the worlds of the ten directions.
That kind of inconceivably wondrous,
pure Dharma body / Is complete with the thirty-two marks of a
great person. Since she perfected the practice of the Six Paramitas and
the Ten Thousand Conducts, she has obtained the thirty-two marks. And with
the eighty minor characteristics / That adorn the Dharma
body of the Buddha, one is honored and looked up to
by gods and humans. The Buddha is venerated and beheld with
admiration by the gods. And revered by all the dragons and
spirits. The dragons, ghosts, and spirits also revere the
World Honored One. Of all the varieties of beings, / None fail
to respect and revere one. Among living beings, there are none
who fail to worship the Buddha.
Hearing about the
realization of Bodhi / Which only a Buddha can certify... I
have heard that all living beings can become Buddhas, but only a Buddha
can certify a living being's realization of Buddhahood.
I proclaim the Great
Vehicle Teaching, / Which liberates suffering living beings.
What I am now expounding are the doctrines of the Great Vehicle, which
aims to rescue all living beings from the sea of suffering.
Sutra:
At that time, Shariputra said to the dragon
girl, “You claim quick attainment to the Supreme Path. This is
difficult to believe. Why? The body of a woman is filthy and not a
vessel for the Dharma. How can you attain to Supreme Bodhi? The Buddha
Path is remote and distant. Only after one has passed through limitless
eons, diligently practicing ascetism and accumulating one's conduct,
perfecting one's cultivation of all paramitas, can one then attain
realization. What is more, a woman's body has five obstacles: 1) she
cannot become a Brahma Heaven King, 2) she cannot become Shakra, 3) she
cannot become a demon king, 4) she cannot become a Wheel-turning Sage
King, and 5) she cannot become a Buddha. How can a woman quickly
realize Buddhahood?”
Commentary:
After the dragon girl finished speaking her verses, at that
time the Greatly Wise Shariputra, said to the dragon
girl, “You claim quick attainment to the Supreme Path. This is
difficult to believe; I don't believe it at all. Why?
The body of a woman is filthy and not a
vessel for the Dharma. You are a woman, and women's bodies are
unclean—very dirty. They are not vessels appropriate for realizing
Buddhahood. How can you attain to Supreme Bodhi? You
are a woman, so how can you say that you can attain Buddhahood so fast?
“The Buddha Path is remote
and distant. Shakyamuni Buddha cultivated blessings and wisdom
for three great asamkhyeya eons, and perfected the fine marks for a
hundred kalpas. It took him who knows how long to realize Buddhahood.
Only after one has passed through limitless eons, diligently practicing
ascetism and accumulating one's conduct, piling up merit and
virtue, perfecting one's cultivation of all paramitas, the
Six Paramitas and Ten Thousand Conducts, can
one then attain realization. Only after such long and bitter
cultivation can one become a Buddha.
“What is more, a woman's
body has five obstacles:
1) She cannot become a Great
Brahma Heaven King, because she is
impure.
2) She cannot become Lord
Shakra.
3) She cannot become a
demon king. Not only can she not become Lord Shakra, she
cannot even be a demon king.
4) She cannot become a
Wheel-turning Sage King, and
5) She cannot become a
Buddha. She cannot obtain the body of a Buddha either.
“Since a woman's body has these
five obstacles—there are these five positions that she cannot hold, how
can she become a Buddha? How can a woman quickly realize
Buddhahood? How can she claim that she can attain the Buddha
Way right in her woman's body?”
To be continued
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