Sariputra, what do you think
Why is this sutra named the Favor of All Buddhas Sutra
Sariputra, if there are good men or women who hear, accept and uphold this sutra and hear the names of these Buddhas, all these good men or women will be favored by all Buddhas and will never regress on the path toward the Unsurpassable Right and Full Enlightenment. Therefore, Sariputra, all of you should believe and accept these words of mine and those of the Buddhas.
舍利弗．若有人．已發願．今發願．當發願．欲生阿彌陀佛國者是諸人等．皆得不退轉于阿耨多羅叁藐叁菩提于彼國土．若已生．若今生．若當生是故舍利弗．諸善男子．善女人．若有信者．應當發願．生彼國土
Sariputra, those people who have vowed, vow now, or will vow to be born in the land of Amitabha Buddha will never regress on the path toward the Unsurpassable Right and Full Enlightenment. They have been born, are born or will be born in that land. Hence, Sariputra, all good men or women, if they have faith, should vow to be born in that land.
舍利弗．如我今者．稱贊諸佛不可思議功德彼諸佛等．亦稱贊我不可思議功德．而作是言．釋迦牟尼佛．能爲甚難稀有之事能于娑婆國土．五濁惡世．劫濁．見濁．煩惱濁．衆生濁．命濁中．得阿耨多羅叁藐叁菩提爲諸衆生．說是一切世間難信之法舍利弗．當知我于五濁惡世．行此難事．得阿耨多羅叁藐叁菩提爲一切世間說此難信之法．是爲甚難
Sariputra, just as I am now praising the inconceivable merits of those Buddhas, likewise they are praising my inconceivable merits by uttering the following: “Sakyamuni Buddha is capable of rare and most difficult accomplishments. He is able to achieve the Unsurpassable Right and Full Enlightenment in the land of Toleration during the corrupt age of Five Obscurities—those of the era, the views, the sorrows, the sentient beings and the lives, and to preach to the sentient beings such teachings that are difficult to believe by all worldlings.” Sariputra, you should realize that it is extremely difficult for me to accomplish the heavy task of achieving the Unsurpassable Right and Full Enlightenment in the corrupt age of Five Obscurities and to preach to all worldlings such unbelievable teachings.
佛說此經已．舍利弗．及諸比丘．一切世間 天 人 阿修羅等．聞佛所說．歡喜信受．作禮而去
Thus Buddha concluded the preaching of this sutra. Sariputra, the monks and the worldlings—heavenly beings, humans, asuras, etc., all rejoiced in hearing the teaching of Buddha, and they accepted the teaching with great faith. They all prostrated to Buddha and then departed.
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