Lotus Sutra of the Wondrous Dharma, Fascicle Five

並諸餘山林、大海江河水，

And all the other mountains and forests, the great seas, rivers and waters,

下至阿鼻獄，上至有頂處，

Down to the Avici hell, up to the Summit of Existence,

其中諸眾生，一切皆悉見。

All the beings within it, he sees entirely.

雖未得天眼，肉眼力如是。

Though he has not yet attained the heavenly eye, the power of the physical eye is thus.

「復次，常精進！若善男子、善女人，受持此經，若讀、若誦、若解說、若書寫，得千二百耳功德。以是清淨耳，聞三千大千世界，下至阿鼻地獄，上至有頂，其中內外種種語言音聲——象聲、馬聲、牛聲、車聲，啼哭聲、愁歎聲，螺聲、鼓聲、鍾聲、鈴聲，笑聲、語聲，男聲、女聲、童子聲、童女聲，法聲、非法聲，苦聲、樂聲，凡夫聲、聖人聲，喜聲、不喜聲，天聲、龍聲、夜叉聲、乾闥婆聲、阿修羅聲、迦樓羅聲、緊那羅聲、摩睺羅伽聲，火聲、水聲、風聲，地獄聲、畜生聲、餓鬼聲，比丘聲、比丘尼聲，聲聞聲、辟支佛聲，菩薩聲、佛聲——以要言之，三千大千世界中一切內外所有諸聲，雖未得天耳，以父母所生清淨常耳，皆悉聞知，如是分別種種音聲而不壞耳根。」

(The Buddha continued:) "Furthermore, Sadaparibhuta! If good men or good women receive and uphold this sutra, whether reading it, reciting it, explaining it or copying it, they gain twelve hundred merits of the ear. With this pure ear they hear, in the three-thousand great-thousand world, down to the Avici hell and up to the Summit of Existence, all the various speech and sounds, inside and outside: the sounds of elephants, horses, oxen and carriages, the sounds of weeping and lamenting, of conch, drum, bell and chime, of laughter and speech, the voices of men and women, boys and girls, the sound of the Dharma and of non-Dharma, the sounds of suffering and joy, of ordinary people and of sages, of delight and displeasure, the sounds of devas, nagas, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras and mahoragas, the sounds of fire, water and wind, the sounds of hell, animals and hungry ghosts, the sounds of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis, of shravakas and pratyekabuddhas, of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. In short, all sounds inside and outside the three-thousand great-thousand world, though he has not yet attained the heavenly ear, with the pure ordinary ear born of his parents he hears and knows them all, distinguishing the various sounds without harming the faculty of hearing."

爾時世尊欲重宣此義，而說偈言：

Then the World-Honored One, wishing to restate this meaning, spoke in verse:

「父母所生耳，清淨無濁穢，

"The ears born of his parents are pure and without defilement,

以此常耳聞，三千世界聲。

With these ordinary ears he hears the sounds of the three-thousand worlds.

象馬車牛聲，鍾鈴螺鼓聲，

The sounds of elephants, horses, carriages and oxen, the sounds of bells, chimes, conches and drums,

琴瑟箜篌聲，簫笛之音聲，

The sounds of zithers, lutes and harps, the sounds of flutes and pipes,

清淨好歌聲，聽之而不著，

Pure and fine singing voices, which he hears without attachment,

無數種人聲，聞悉能解了。

The voices of countless kinds of people, which on hearing he can all understand.

又聞諸天聲，微妙之歌音，

He also hears the voices of devas, subtle and wondrous songs,

及聞男女聲，童子童女聲。

And hears the voices of men and women, of boys and girls.

山川嶮谷中，迦陵頻伽聲，

In mountains, rivers and perilous valleys, the sounds of the kalavinka birds,

命命等諸鳥，悉聞其音聲。

And the jivajiva and other birds, he hears all their cries.

地獄眾苦痛，種種楚毒聲，

The hell beings' many pains, all kinds of bitter and agonizing sounds,

餓鬼飢渴逼，求索飲食聲，

The hungry ghosts pressed by hunger and thirst, sounds of seeking food and drink,

諸阿修羅等，居在大海邊，

The asuras, who live beside the great ocean,

自共語言時，出於大音聲。

When they speak among themselves, produce loud voices.

如是說法者，安住於此間，

This preacher of the Dharma, dwelling in this place,

遙聞是眾聲，而不壞耳根。

Hears these many sounds from afar, without harming his faculty of hearing.

十方世界中，禽獸鳴相呼，

In the worlds of the ten directions, birds and beasts cry and call to one another,

其說法之人，於此悉聞之。

The one who teaches the Dharma hears all of them here.

其諸梵天上，光音及遍淨，

In the Brahma heavens above, Abhasvara and Subhakritsna,

乃至有頂天，言語之音聲，

Up to the Summit of Existence, the sounds of their speech,

法師住於此，悉皆得聞之。

The Dharma teacher, dwelling here, is able to hear them all.

一切比丘眾，及諸比丘尼，

All the assembly of bhikkhus, and the bhikkhunis,

若讀誦經典，若為他人說，

Whether reading and reciting the scriptures or teaching them to others,

法師住於此，悉皆得聞之。

The Dharma teacher, dwelling here, is able to hear them all.

復有諸菩薩，讀誦於經法，

Again, there are Bodhisattvas, who read and recite the sutra Dharma,

若為他人說，撰集解其義，

Or teach it to others, compile and explain its meaning,

如是諸音聲，悉皆得聞之。

All such sounds he is able to hear.

諸佛大聖尊，教化眾生者，

The Buddhas, the great sages and honored ones, who teach and transform beings,

於諸大會中，演說微妙法，

In the great assemblies, expounding the subtle Dharma,

持此法華者，悉皆得聞之。

One who upholds this Lotus is able to hear it all.

三千大千界，內外諸音聲，

In the three-thousand great-thousand worlds, the sounds inside and outside,

下至阿鼻獄，上至有頂天，

Down to the Avici hell and up to the Summit of Existence,

皆聞其音聲，而不壞耳根，

He hears all their sounds without harming his faculty of hearing,

其耳聰利故，悉能分別知。

Because his ear is keen, he can distinguish and know them all.

持是法花者，雖未得天耳，

One who upholds this Lotus, though he has not attained the heavenly ear,

但用所生耳，功德已如是。

Using only the ear he was born with, already has merit like this.

「復次，常精進！若善男子、善女人，受持是經，若讀、若誦、若解說、若書寫，成就八百鼻功德。以是清淨鼻根，聞於三千大千世界上下內外種種諸香——須曼那華香、闍提華香、末利華香、瞻蔔華香、波羅羅華香，赤蓮華香、青蓮華香、白蓮華香，華樹香、菓樹香，栴檀香、瀋水香、多摩羅跋香、多伽羅香，及千萬種和香，若末、若丸、若塗香——持是經者，於此間住，悉能分別。又復別知眾生之香——象香、馬香、牛羊等香，男香、女香、童子香、童女香，及草木叢林香——若近、若遠、所有諸香，悉皆得聞，分別不錯。持是經者，雖住於此，亦聞天上諸天之香——波利質多羅、拘鞞陀羅樹香，及曼陀羅華香、摩訶曼陀羅華香、曼殊沙華香、摩訶曼殊沙華香、栴檀、瀋水、種種末香，諸雜華香——如是等天香和合所出之香，無不聞知。又聞諸天身香——釋提桓因在勝殿上，五欲娛樂嬉戲時香；若在妙法堂上，為忉利諸天說法時香；若於諸園遊戲時香；及餘天等男女身香，皆悉遙聞。如是展轉乃至梵世，上至有頂諸天身香，亦皆聞之，並聞諸天所燒之香。及聲聞香、辟支佛香、菩薩香、諸佛身香，亦皆遙聞，知其所在。雖聞此香，然於鼻根不壞不錯，若欲分別為他人說，憶念不謬。」

(The Buddha continued:) "Furthermore, Sadaparibhuta! If good men or good women receive and uphold this sutra, whether reading it, reciting it, explaining it or copying it, they accomplish eight hundred merits of the nose. With this pure faculty of the nose, they smell, throughout the three-thousand great-thousand world, above and below, inside and outside, all kinds of fragrances: the fragrance of sumana flowers, jati flowers, malika flowers, champaka flowers, patala flowers, the fragrance of red lotus, blue lotus and white lotus, the fragrance of flowering trees and fruit trees, sandalwood, aloeswood, tamalapatra and tagara, and thousands of myriads of kinds of blended incense, whether powdered, in pills or as paste incense. One who upholds this sutra, dwelling here, can distinguish them all. He further knows separately the smells of beings: the smell of elephants, horses, oxen and sheep, the smell of men, women, boys and girls, and the smell of grass, trees, thickets and forests, whether near or far, all the various smells he hears and distinguishes without error. One who upholds this sutra, though dwelling here, also smells the fragrance of the devas in the heavens: the fragrance of the parijata and kovidara trees, and of mandarava flowers, great mandarava flowers, manjushaka flowers, great manjushaka flowers, sandalwood, aloeswood and all kinds of powdered incense and mixed flower fragrances, the fragrance produced by such heavenly fragrances blended together, he knows it all. He also smells the fragrance of the bodies of the devas: the fragrance when Indra is in his Victory Palace, enjoying the five desires in play; when he is in the Hall of Wondrous Dharma, teaching the Dharma to the devas of the Trayastrimsha heaven; when he is playing in the gardens; and the fragrance of the bodies of the other devas, men and women, he smells all of them from afar. In this way it extends up to the Brahma world, and the fragrance of the bodies of devas up to the Summit of Existence, he smells all of them, and also the incense burned by the devas. And the fragrance of shravakas, the fragrance of pratyekabuddhas, the fragrance of Bodhisattvas and the fragrance of the Buddhas' bodies, he smells all of them from afar and knows where they are. Though he smells these fragrances, his faculty of smell is not harmed and not mistaken, and if he wishes to distinguish them and tell them to others, his recollection is not wrong."

爾時世尊欲重宣此義，而說偈言：

Then the World-Honored One, wishing to restate this meaning, spoke in verse:

「是人鼻清淨，於此世界中，

"This person's nose is pure, in this world,

若香若臭物，種種悉聞知。

Whether fragrant or foul things, he smells and knows all kinds.

須曼那闍提、多摩羅栴檀、

Sumana and jati, tamalapatra and sandalwood,

瀋水及桂香，種種華菓香，

Aloeswood and cassia fragrance, the fragrance of all kinds of flowers and fruits,

及知眾生香，男子女人香，

And he knows the smell of beings, the smell of men and women,

說法者遠住，聞香知所在。

When the preacher of the Dharma dwells far away, he smells the fragrance and knows where he is.

大勢轉輪王，小轉輪及子，

The great mighty wheel-turning king, the lesser wheel-turners and their sons,

群臣諸宮人，聞香知所在。

The ministers and palace people, he smells the fragrance and knows where they are.

身所著珍寶，及地中寶藏，

The precious jewels worn on the body, and the treasures stored in the ground,

轉輪王寶女，聞香知所在。

The jewel women of the wheel-turning king, he smells the fragrance and knows where they are.

諸人嚴身具，衣服及瓔珞，

The adornments of people, clothes and necklaces,

種種所塗香，聞香知其身。

The various perfumes applied, he smells the fragrance and knows their bodies.

諸天若行坐，遊戲及神變，

When devas walk or sit, play or show divine transformations,

持是法華者，聞香悉能知。

One who upholds this Lotus smells the fragrance and can know it all.

諸樹華菓實，及酥油香氣，

The flowers and fruits of trees, and the fragrance of butter and oil,

持經者住此，悉知其所在。

The sutra-holder dwelling here knows where they are.