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前期提示：普賢菩薩十大願。
贊日：
虚空有盡 我願無窮
充滿法界 遍入微塵
處處示現 剎剎化身
皆證菩提 圓大覺尊
「虛空有盡」：虛空本來沒有窮盡，不會完的，可是假如虛空窮盡了：「我願無窮」：這個普賢所發的願也沒有窮盡的時候。
「充滿法界，遍入微塵」：我這個願力雖然是無形的，可是它的力量充滿法界，遍入微塵，遍人每一粒微塵的裡邊去。
「處處示現」；普賢菩薩處處都示現他的化身，「剎剎化身」；在每一個微塵剎土裡邊，他都有化身到那邊去，「皆證菩提」：令一切的眾生都成佛，「圓大覺尊」：圓滿大覺的這種地位。
又說偈日：
眾生界盡願無窮 煩惱断時行更深
禮敬諸佛诚懇切 稱讚如來誓大伸
廣修供養培福德 懺悔業障除罪根
普賢菩薩歎難盡 倒駕慈航轉法輪
「眾生界盡願無窮」：眾生假如都沒有了，我的願力也不會沒有的。「煩惱斷時行更深」：我這個煩惱，這個一切眾生的煩惱也都沒有了，也都斷了，眾生的煩惱不容易斷，可是，假如要能斷了，我這個誓願更深，比以前更深。
「禮敬諸佛誠懇切」：我頂禮十方盡虛空遍法界無盡無盡的諸佛，又具足虔誠心，又要有親切心。「稱讚如來誓大伸」：我稱讚如來，以這個功德把我的誓願伸展到每一個角落去，每一粒微塵裡去。
「廣修供養培福德」：我在佛教裡頭，廣修供養三寶，培福培慧培功德。「懺悔業障除罪根」：我懺悔業障把我這個罪根都除去了。
「普賢菩薩歎難盡」：這位普賢菩薩，我們就怎麼樣稱讚他，也都是說也說不完的，讚也讀不完的，歎也歎不完的。他是一位倒駕慈航轉法輪的再來人，已經到常寂光淨土，他不肯在那個地方享這種常樂我淨的快樂，他還念念不忘眾生，在這個定裡頭，都在教化我們這個婆婆可憐愍的眾生，希望我們眾生早一點覺悟，離苦得樂，了生脱死。
小啟 本刊承方氏兄弟印刷公司，發心贊助，承印達十年之久。方氏兄弟不計個人利益之護法精神，堪為世人楷模，特此敬告讀者，知其義行。 萬佛城金剛菩提海月刊謹啟
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From last Issue: The Ten Great Vows of Universal Worthy Bodhisattva
A verse in praise says:
Empty space may come to an end,
But my vows will not be exhausted.
They fill up the Dharma Realm
And pervade every mote of dust.
He appears in all places,
Manifesting transformation bodies in every land
To cause living beings to certify to Bodhi
And accomplish the great and perfect enlightenment.
Commentary:
Empty space may come to an end. Empty space actually has no end; it will not end. But even if empty space comes to an end, my vows will not be exhausted. The vows made by Universal Worthy Bodhisattva will never be exhausted.
They fill up the Dharma Realm and pervade every mote of dust. Though my vows are invisible, their power fills up the Dharma Realm and pervasively enter into every mote of dust.
He appears in all places,/ Manifesting transformation bodies in every land. Universal Worthy Bodhisattva's transformation bodies manifest everywhere; he sends his transformation bodies to lands as numerous as motes of dust.
To cause living beings to certify to Bodhi and accomplish the great and perfect enlightenment. He causes all living beings to accomplish Buddhahood and reach the position of perfect and great enlightenment.
Another verse says:
The realm of living beings can be exhausted,
but his vows will not end.
When afflictions are severed, his practice will only go deeper.
He bows to all Buddhas in sincere earnest.
He praises the Tathagata, greatly extending his vow.
He vastly cultivates the giving of offerings to develop blessings.
He repents of and reforms karmic hindrance
to eradicate the roots of offenses.
Our praise to Universal Worthy Bodhisattva is endless.
He reverses the ship of kindness and turns the Dharma wheel.
Commentary:
The realm of living beings can be exhausted, but his vows will not end. Even if all living beings are gone, the power of my vows will not end.
When afflictions are severed, his practice will only go deeper. Suppose that my afflictions and the afflictions of all living beings disappear, suppose they are all severed. The afflictions of living beings are not easy to sever; however, if they were severed, my vows would become even deeper than they were before.
He bows to all Buddhas in sincere earnest. I bow to the limitless Buddhas of the ten directions throughout empty space and the Dharma Realm, replete with sincerity and earnestness.
He praises the Tathagata, greatly extending his vow. When I praise the Tathagata, the merit and virtue derived from such praise extends my vow so that it reaches every corner and every mote of dust.
He vastly cultivates the giving of offerings to develop blessings. In Buddhism, I vastly practice the making of offerings to the Triple Jewel, thus developing blessings, wisdom, and merit and virtue.
He repents of and reforms karmic hindrance to eradicate the roots of offenses. I eradicate the roots of offenses by repenting of and reforming my karmic obstacles.
Our praise to Universal Worthy Bodhisattva is endless./ He reverses the ship of kindness and turns the Dharma wheel. No matter how we praise Universal Worthy Bodhisattva, we cannot finish speaking in praise of him. He is a person who has reversed the ship of kindness and returned. He was already in the Pure Land of Eternal Stillness and Light. He would not stay there and enjoy the happiness of permanence, bliss, true self, and purity. He is still mindful of living beings in every thought, never forgetting them. Within samadhi, he is always teaching and transforming the pitiful living beings of the Saha world, hoping that we will attain enlightenment a little sooner so that we can leave suffering, attain bliss, and be liberated from birth and death.
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