听佛经 - 66 地藏菩萨本愿经浅释【利益存亡品第七】宣化上人 Venerable Master Hsuan Hua 临命终的人

宣化上人 ｜AI 配音
佛经 : 地藏菩萨本愿经浅释。
【利益存亡品第七】

Chinese AI Dubbing ｜ By Venerable Master Hsuan Hua .
Title: Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva .
【Chapter 7 : Benefiting the Living and the Dead】
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佛 = Buddha
菩萨 = Bodhisattva
辟支佛 = Pratyekabuddha (One Who Enlightens to Conditions)
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鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；
人之将亡，其言也善。
“When the bird is about to die, its chirpings are sad too; when a person is about to die, his words are kind too.”
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世尊。我观阎浮众生。但能于诸佛教中。乃至善事。一毛一渧。一沙一尘。如是利益。悉皆自得。说是语时。会中有一长者。名曰大辩。是长者久证无生。化度十方。现长者身。

Sutra:
“World Honored One, I see that beings of Jambudvipa will themselves receive the benefit of any good deeds they are able to do that accord with the Buddha’s teachings. That holds true even when the deeds are as small as a strand of hair, a drop of water, a grain of sand, or a mote of dust.”

After that had been said, an elder named Great Eloquence rose in the assembly. He had realized Non-Production long ago and was appearing in the body of an elder only to teach and transform those in the Ten Directions.
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合掌恭敬。问地藏菩萨言。大士。是南阎浮提众生。命终之后。小大眷属。为修功德。乃至设斋。造众善因。是命终人。得大利益。及解脱不。地藏答言。长者。我今为未来现在。一切众生。承佛威力。略说是事。长者。未来现在诸众生等。临命终日。得闻一佛名。一菩萨名。一辟支佛名。不问有罪无罪。悉得解脱。

Sutra:
Putting his palms together respectfully, he asked Earth Store Bodhisattva, “Great Lord, after people in Jambudvipa die and their close and distant relatives cultivate merit by making vegetarian meal offerings and doing other such good deeds, will the deceased obtain merit and virtue significant enough to bring about their liberation?”

Earth Store replied, “Elder, based on the awesome power of the Buddhas, I will now expound this principle for the sake of beings of the present and future. Elder, if beings of the present and future when on the verge of dying hear the name of one Buddha, one Bodhisattva, or one Pratyekabuddha, they will attain liberation whether they have committed offenses or not.