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．已发愿．今发愿．当发愿．欲生阿弥陀佛国者是诸人等．皆得不退转于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提于彼国土．若已生．若今生．若当生是故舍利弗．诸善男子．善女人．若有信者．应当发愿．生彼国土
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．称赞诸佛不可思议功德彼诸佛等．亦称赞我不可思议功德．而作是言．释迦牟尼佛．能为甚难稀有之事能于娑婆国土．五浊恶世．劫浊．见浊．烦恼浊．众生浊．命浊中．得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提为诸众生．说是一切世间难信之法舍利弗．当知我于五浊恶世．行此难事．得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提为一切世间说此难信之法．是为甚难
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.
佛说此经已．舍利弗．及诸比丘．一切世间 天 人 阿修罗等．闻佛所说．欢喜信受．作礼而去
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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