Co-translators in the time
of Eastern Han Dynasty, China(A.D. 25 - 200) : Kasyapa Matanga and Zhu Falan
(Who translated the said Scripture from Sanskrit into Chinese. )
Translator in modern time
(A.D.2018: Tao Qing Hsu (Who translated the said Scripture from Chinese into
English.)
Chapter 22: Money and
erotic incur the affliction
The Buddha said,” That money and erotic for people can not be abandoned are
such as honey on the blade of one knife which is not enough to be the perfect
of one meal; when a child licks them, it would cause the trouble of cutting
tongue. ”
Chapter 23: Wife is more
than a prison
The Buddha said, ”People
are tied by wife and house, which is more than a prison. There is a date of the
release for the jail. There is no thought of departure from the wife. Emotion
and love about the erotic, how would they scare to offer the services? Even
though the worry about the mouth of tiger exists, the heart is willing to be
conquered. Throwing self into the mud and drowning self, that is why those
people are called ordinary people. Those who can see through such door are the
out-of-dust Arhat.
Chapter 24: The erotic and
desire hinder the Dao
The Buddha said,” Love and
desire is not more than erotic. The erotic as a desire is so large and there is
no beyond it in the external. Fortunately, there is only such one. If there
were the second one as the same, the people in the universal world would be
incapable of acting the Dao.”
Chapter 25: The fire of
desires burns the body.
The Buddha said,” For the
people, the love and desire are such as holding a burning torch to walk against
the wind, and which absolutely has the trouble of burning hands.”
Chapter 26: The heaven
demon disturbs the Buddha.
The heaven god devotes the
jade girl to the Buddha so as to spoil the will of the Buddha. The Buddha
said,” Leather bag with much filth inside, you come here for what? Go! I don’t
use it.” The heaven god is more respectful for the Buddha and thus inquires the
meaning of Dao. The Buddha explains it to him, who immediately attains the
fruit of Srotāpanna.
Chapter 27: Without
attachment gains the Dao.
The Buddha said,” Those who
put the Dao into the practice are such as the wood floats on the water, flows
along the river, doesn't touch the two side of the river, doesn't be taken away
by people, would not be covered by ghosts and gods, would not be stopped by
turbulence and nor being corrupt, I guarantee that this wood is decided to
enter the sea. People who learn the Dao are not confused by the emotion and
desire, are not disturbed by many viciousness, and refine the progress and
practice the no-doing, I guarantee such person to gain the Dao certainly.”
Chapter 28: A thought is as
a horse, don’t indulge it.
The Buddha said,” Don’t
trust your thought. Your thought is un-trusty. Be cautious not to meet the
erotic. Meeting the erotic would incur the disasters instantly. Having gained
the Arhathood, you thus can trust your thought.
Chapter 29: Right
perception can resist the
erotic.
The Buddha said,” Be
cautious not look at the women nor speak with them, if speaking with them, the
heart and thought should be right: I am śramaṇa, being in the turbid world,
should be as a lotus, not contaminated by the mud. Think those elderly as
mother; those older than me as elder sister; those younger than me as younger
sister and those children as daughter. Have the heart for saving and liberating
them, and eliminate my own vicious thought. "
”
Chapter 30: Depart far away
from the desire-fire
The Buddha said,” Those who
act the Dao are such as putting on the dried grass, must avoid it, when the
fire comes. When the Daoist people see the desire, they must depart far away
from it.”
Chapter 31: To silence in
heart removes the desire.
The Buddha said,” There is
someone who is suffering from fornications and can't stop, and wants to cut off
his penis by himself.” The Buddha told him, “If you cut off your penis, it
would be better to cut off your heart. The heart is like Gong Cao. If Gong Cao
stops, the followers will halt. If the evil heart could not stop, what are the
benefits to cut off the penis?” The Buddha said the verse to him:” The desire
is happened from your consciousness. Your consciousness is occurred from your
thought. If the two hearts are silent separately, there is no the erotic nor
the action.” The Buddha said,” This verse is spoken by the Buddha
Kāśyapa.”
Chapter 32: The
ego-emptiness eliminates the fear.
The Buddha said,” People
follow the desire of love and thus to occur the worry and follow the worry so
as to occur the fear. If they leave the desire of love, what would be worried
and what would be feared?”
Chapter 33: The
wisdom-brightness destroys the demon.
The Buddha said,” Those who
put the Dao into practice are as one person fights with the ten thousand
persons. When he puts on the armor and goes out of the door, his will may be
weak, he may retreat in the halfway, he may die because of fighting, or he may
return because of gaining the win. The Sramaṇa who learns the Dao, should
insist its heart to keep improving, and should be brave and elite, should not
fear the front situation, and should destroy many demons, and thus gains the
fruit of Dao.”
Chapter 34: Being in the
middle gains the
Dao.
A Sramaṇa
recited the Scripture of The Legacy of The Teachings Said by The Buddha Kasyapa
at night. His voice was showed sad and tight. He felt remorseful and would like
to retreat. The Buddha asked him and said,” What was your career when you were
at home? He answered and said,” I like to play the stringed instrument.” The
Buddha said,” What would happen when the string is loose?” He answered and
said,”Do not sound anymore.” The Buddha said,” What would happen when the
string is tight? He answered and said,” The sound breaks and stops.“ The Buddha
said,” What would happen if the string is in the middle between the loose and
the tight?” He answered and said.” All sounds ring melodiously.” The Buddha
said,” A Sramaṇa learning the Dao is as like these. If the heart is adjusted in
a proper way, the Dao can be gained. If being irritable in the Dao, being
irritable is the tired body. If being tired in the body, any nuisance would be
occurred from any thought instantly. If any nuisance is occurred from any
thought, the practicing would be retreated. Since the practicing is retreated,
the sin would be added certainly. But being clear, pure, peaceful and happy,
the Dao won’t be lost.”
Chapter 35: Once the filth
is cleaned, the brightness is
existed.
The Buddha said,” As if a
person forges iron to remove the dross, and then to be the utensil, the utensil
is thus refined and good, the person who learns the Dao removes the filth in
heart, his practicing is clean and pure accordingly.“
Chapter 36: Floundering gains the
victory.
The Buddha said,” After
people depart from the Evil Path, it is difficult for them to become the human
beings. Since they have become the human beings, it is difficult for them to
remove the female body but to be the male body. Since they have become the male
body, it is difficult for them to completely have the Six Roots. Since they
completely have the Six Roots, it is difficult for them to be born in the
central part of a country. Since they have been born in the central part of a
country, it is difficult for them to encounter the world of Buddha. Since they
have encountered the world of Buddha, it is difficult for them to encounter the
Dao. Since they have encountered the Dao, it is difficult for them to raise the
confidence. Since they have raised the confidence, it is difficult for them to
initiate the Bodhi-heart. Since they have initiated the Bodhi-heart, it is
difficult for them to be no-practicing and no-proving.
Chapter 37: Thinking of the
precepts approaches the
Dao.
The Buddha said,” The
disciples of Buddha are thousands of miles away from me, those who keep my
precepts in mind and think of them surely gain the fruit of Dao. Those who are
around me, although they can see me often, if they do not obey my precepts, do
not gain the Dao finally."
Chapter 38: Arising is to have the eliminating. (Happening is eliminating. When there is happening, there is eliminating. )
The Buddha asked
the Sramana,” How long is the span between the human life? ” The Sramana
answered and said,” It is between several days.” The Buddha said,” You have not
yet known the Dao.” Then, The Buddha asked another Sramana again: ” How
long is the span between the human life?” The Sramana answered and said,” It is
between meals.” The Buddha said,” You have not yet known the Dao.” Then, The
Buddha asked another Sramana again: ” How long is the span between the
human life?” The Sramana answered and said,” It is between breathing.” The
Buddha said,” Good! You have known the Dao.”
Chapter 39: There is no
difference in the
teaching.
The Buddha said,” Those who
learn the path of Buddha should believe and obey what the Buddha has spoken.
Such as eating the honey, both of the middle and the side are sweet; my
scripture is as the same.”
Chapter 40: Practicing the
Dao into
heart.
The Buddha said,” The Sramana
practices the Dao, who is not like the grinding cow; although the body
practices the Dao, the Dao of heart doesn’t be practiced. If the Dao of heart
is practiced, why should it be necessary to practice the Dao?”
Chapter 41: The honest
heart leaves the
desire.
The Buddha said,” Those who
practice the Dao are such as a cattle loads heavy objects. When it walks in the
deep mud, it is too tired to dare to look around; when it is out of the mud, it
is then able to be rest. The Sramana should perceive that the emotion and
desire are more than the mud. With the honest heart to think of the Dao, it
could avoid the suffering.”
Chapter 42:
Recognize the worldliness as illusion
The Buddha
said,” I view the position of a king and princes as that dust passes through a
gap, gold-jade treasures as rubbles, white-delicate clothes as broken-old silk,
large-thousand worlds as a myrobalan, Anuttana-pool water as applying foot oil,
convenient gate as transforming the treasures gathering, the supreme-boarding as
the gold-handkerchief in dream, the path of Buddha as the flowers in front of
the eyes, the meditation as Sumeru pillar, the Nirvana as the day-night
awakening, the reverse and positive as the six-dragons dance, the equality as
one truth-land, the thriving and teaching as the four-seasons
wood.
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