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　　” Those Buddhas will say: ”Virtuous man, when you were a human being, you had heard the Sanghata Dharma-Gate, because of that, so many Buddhas come to see you.” That virtuous person would say to the Buddhas: ”Bhagavans, having heard of a little of the Sanghata Dharma-Gate, I can obtain so many blessings, how much more so those who fully accept and uphold the sutra!” Then those Buddhas will tell him: ”Virtuous man, that is hard to calculate. Now I am just telling you the merits and virtues gained by hearing four lines of verse(gatha) of the sutra. Virtuous man, the blessings and virtues that will be gained by hearing this Dharma-Gate are more than all the blessings and virtues of 13 Ganges-river-sands Buddhas, Tathagatas. If some person has offered and sustained 13 Ganges-river-sands Buddhas, Tathagatas, and if another person has heard four lines of verse of this Dharma-Gate, the blessings and virtues gained by the later person are more than those gained by the former person, and how much more so those who have completely heard this Dharma.”"

　　"That Buddha told me again: ”Virtuous man, suppose the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds are full of sesames, and there are wheel turning kings as many as those sesames. If some person donates to those wheel-turning kings, then it would be more beneficial to donate to one Srota-apanna(stream-enterer); if some person donates to all Srota-apannas in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, then the blessings and virtues that he gains are less than those gained by donating to one Sakrd-agamin(once-returner); if he donates to all Sakrd-agamins in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, it would be more beneficial to donate to one Anagamin(Non-returner); if he donates to all Anagamins in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, it would be more beneficial to donate to one Arhat; if he donates to all Arhats in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, the blessings and virtues that he gains are less than those gained by donating to one Pratyeka-buddha(self-enlightened one); if he donates to all Pratyeka-buddhas in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, the blessings and virtues that he gains are less than those gained by donating to one Bodhisattva; if he donates to all Bodhisattvas in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, it would be more beneficial to arouse pure mind towards one Tathagata; but if he arouses pure mind towards all Tathagatas in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds, and another mundane person hears this Dharma-Gate, then the merits and virtues gained by the later person are much greater, and how much more so those who write, read, recite, and uphold it.”"

　　"”Sarvashura, How much more so, if some person can keep remembering this sutra with pure mind. Sarvashura, what do you think, can any mundane person measure the great oceans with no tool

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　　"I said: ”No Bhagavan.”"

　　"That Buddha said: ”Sarvashura, what do you think, can any mundane person hold all water of an ocean by using his fingers to pinch the ocean one time

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　　"I answered: ”No Bhagavan.”"

　　"That Buddha told me: ”Likewise, those who delight in the lesser Dharmas are not able to hear and accept this Dharma-Gate. Sarvashura, if one had not seen 1.8 billion Ganges-river-sands Buddhas, Tathagatas, he would not be able to write this Dharma-Gate; if one had not seen 9 billion Ganges-river-sands Tathagatas, he would not be able to hear this Dharma-Gate; if one had seen 10 trillion Tathagatas, then he will not slander this Dharma-Gate when he hears it. Sarvashura, if one had seen 10 trillion Ganges-river-sands Tathagatas, then he will be able to arouse the pure belief when he hears this Dharma-Gate, he will think correctly and will not slander it. If anyone…

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