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“For what [[reason]]? The [[Thus Come One]] is greatly kind and [[compassionate]], without [[stinginess]] and without {{Wiki|fear}}. He is able to give [[living beings]] the [[wisdom]] of the [[Buddha]], the [[wisdom]] of the [[Thus Come One]], and spontaneous [[wisdom]]. The [[Thus Come One]] is a great giving host to all [[living beings]]. You should all accordingly study the [[Dharmas]] of the [[Thus Come One]] and never be stingy.” | “For what [[reason]]? The [[Thus Come One]] is greatly kind and [[compassionate]], without [[stinginess]] and without {{Wiki|fear}}. He is able to give [[living beings]] the [[wisdom]] of the [[Buddha]], the [[wisdom]] of the [[Thus Come One]], and spontaneous [[wisdom]]. The [[Thus Come One]] is a great giving host to all [[living beings]]. You should all accordingly study the [[Dharmas]] of the [[Thus Come One]] and never be stingy.” | ||
− | “In the {{Wiki|future}}, if there is a good man or a good woman who believes in the | + | “In the {{Wiki|future}}, if there is a good man or a good woman who believes in the Thus Come One’s [[wisdom]], you should expound the [[Dharma Flower Sutra]] to that [[person]], causing the [[person]] to hear and understand and obtain the [[Buddha’s wisdom]]. If there are [[living beings]] who do not believe or accept it, you should instruct them with another of the profound [[Dharmas]] of the [[Thus Come One]], benefiting them and causing them to rejoice. If you can do this, you will have already repaid the [[kindness]] of the [[Buddhas]].” |
When the [[Bodhisattvas]] [[Mahasattvas]] heard the [[Buddha’s]] words, profuse [[joy]] permeated their [[bodies]]. With increasing reverence, they [[bowed]] their heads, placed their palms together, faced the [[Buddha]], and said in [[unison]], “We shall reverently carry out the [[World]] Honored One’s command. Yes, [[World Honored One]], pray do not be concerned about this.” The assembly of [[Bodhisattvas]] [[Mahasattvas]] spoke in this way three times, saying, “We shall reverently carry out the [[Buddha’s]] command. Yes, [[World Honored One]], pray do not be concerned about this.” | When the [[Bodhisattvas]] [[Mahasattvas]] heard the [[Buddha’s]] words, profuse [[joy]] permeated their [[bodies]]. With increasing reverence, they [[bowed]] their heads, placed their palms together, faced the [[Buddha]], and said in [[unison]], “We shall reverently carry out the [[World]] Honored One’s command. Yes, [[World Honored One]], pray do not be concerned about this.” The assembly of [[Bodhisattvas]] [[Mahasattvas]] spoke in this way three times, saying, “We shall reverently carry out the [[Buddha’s]] command. Yes, [[World Honored One]], pray do not be concerned about this.” |
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The Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra
Chapter 22
The Entrustment
At that time Shakyamuni Buddha rose from his Dharma seat and manifested great spiritual power. With his right hand he patted the crowns of limitless Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas and said, “Throughout limitless hundreds of thousands of myriads of kotis of asamkhyeyas of eons, I have cultivated and practiced the rare Dharmas of Anuttarasamyaksambodhi. I now entrust them to all of you. You should, with a single mind, propagate this Dharma, causing it to spread and grow extensively.”
“In this way he patted the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas on the crown three times, saying, “Throughout limitless hundreds of thousands of myriads of kotis of asamkhyeyas of eons, I have cultivated and practiced the rare Dharmas of Anuttarasamyaksambodhi. I now entrust them to all of you. You should receive, uphold, read, recite, and vastly proclaim this Dharma, causing all living beings to hear and understand it.”
“For what reason? The Thus Come One is greatly kind and compassionate, without stinginess and without fear. He is able to give living beings the wisdom of the Buddha, the wisdom of the Thus Come One, and spontaneous wisdom. The Thus Come One is a great giving host to all living beings. You should all accordingly study the Dharmas of the Thus Come One and never be stingy.”
“In the future, if there is a good man or a good woman who believes in the Thus Come One’s wisdom, you should expound the Dharma Flower Sutra to that person, causing the person to hear and understand and obtain the Buddha’s wisdom. If there are living beings who do not believe or accept it, you should instruct them with another of the profound Dharmas of the Thus Come One, benefiting them and causing them to rejoice. If you can do this, you will have already repaid the kindness of the Buddhas.”
When the Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas heard the Buddha’s words, profuse joy permeated their bodies. With increasing reverence, they bowed their heads, placed their palms together, faced the Buddha, and said in unison, “We shall reverently carry out the World Honored One’s command. Yes, World Honored One, pray do not be concerned about this.” The assembly of Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas spoke in this way three times, saying, “We shall reverently carry out the Buddha’s command. Yes, World Honored One, pray do not be concerned about this.”
At that time Shakyamuni Buddha sent the division-body Buddhas of the ten directions back to their own lands, saying, “Peace to all of you Buddhas. Let the stupa of the Buddha Many-Jewels be again as it was.”
As he said this, the limitless division-body Buddhas of the ten directions, seated on lion thrones beneath jeweled trees; the Buddha Many-Jewels; Superior Conduct and the limitless asamkhyeyas of Bodhisattvas in the great assembly; Shariputra and the other Hearers; as well as the fourfold assembly and all those in the world—the gods, humans, asuras, and so forth—hearing what the Buddha words, all rejoiced exceedingly.
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- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 1- Introduction
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 2 - Expedient Devices
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 3 - A Parable
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 4 - Belief and Understanding
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 5 - Medicinal Herbs
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 6 - Conferring Predictions
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 7 - The Analogy of the Transformed City
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 8 - Five Hundred Disciples Receive Predictions
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 9 - Bestowing Predictions Upon Those Studying and Those Beyond Study
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 10 - Masters of the Dharma
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 11 - Vision of the Jeweled Stupa
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 12 - Devadatta
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 13 - Exhortation to Maintain
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 14 - Happily Dwelling Conduct
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 15 - Welling forth from the Earth
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 16 - The Thus Come One's Life Span
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 17 - Discrimination of Merit and Virtue
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 18 - Rejoicing in Accord with Merit and Virtue
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 19 - The Merit and Virtue of a Dharma Master
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 20 - Never-Slighting Bodhisattva
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 21 - The Spiritual Powers of the Thus Come One
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 22 - The Entrustment
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 23 - The Former Deeds of Medicine King Bodhisattva
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 24 - The Bodhisattva Wondrous Sound
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 25 - The Universal Door Of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 26 - Dharani
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 27 - The Past Deeds Of The King Wonderful Adornment
- The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra: Chapter 28 - The Encouragement Of The Bodhisattva Universal Worthy