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「善男子！我唯知此调和香法。如诸菩萨摩诃萨，远离一切诸恶习气，不染世欲，永断烦恼众魔罥索，超诸有趣，以智慧香而自庄严，于诸世间皆无染著，具足成就无所著戒，净无著智，行无著境，于一切处悉无有著，其心平等，无著无依；而我何能知其妙行？说其功德？显其所有清净戒门？示其所作无过失业？辨其离染身、语、意行？

　“I know this art of perfuming. How can I know the practice, tell of the virtues, elucidate the method of purification of conduct, convey the irreproachable action, or explain the malice-free words, thoughts, and deeds of the enlightening beings who are free from foulness, who are void of lusts, who are free from the snares of the demon of afflictions, who have transcended all conditions of existence, who proceed with material form as being something in the magic of knowing, who are unstained by any world, whose way of life is free from attachment, who have purified the sphere of unobstructed knowledge, who are in the realm of unimpeded knowledge, who do not take refuge in any abode or rely on anything in existence?

　　「善男子！我唯知此至一切处菩萨行。如诸菩萨摩诃萨，身与一切众生数等，得与众生无差别身，以变化身普入诸趣，于一切处皆现受生，普现一切众生之前，清净光明遍照世间，以无碍愿住一切劫，得如帝网诸无等行，常勤利益一切众生，恒与共居而无所著，普于三世悉皆平等，以无我智周遍照耀，以大悲藏一切观察；而我云何能知能说彼功德行？

　“I know this enlightening practice of going everywhere. How can I know the practice or tell of the virtues of the enlightening beings with bodies equal to all beings, who have attained concentration in which their own bodies and all bodies are indivisible, whose vast sphere of emanation adapts to all states of existence, who pass through existence in all worlds in their own bodies, who are intent on mystical projections pleasing to the sight of all beings, who appear to be born in all races, who carry out their vows unimpeded in all ages, who can manifest the interrelated cosmic network of practices, who are devoted to working for the welfare of all beings while living together with them without becoming defiled, who realize the basic equality of the worlds of past, present, and future, who are imbued with endless great compassion appearing in the realm of selfless knowledge, who aim to foster good in all beings?