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they will seek to benefit one another."
"Moreover, Manjushri, there may be those among the fourfold assembly of Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, Upasakas and Upasikas, as well as other good men and women of pure faith, who accept and uphold the eight precepts, either for one year or for three months, practicing and studying them.
With these good roots, they may vow to be born in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss where the Buddha of Limitless Life dwells, to hear the Proper Dharma, but their resolve may not be firm.
However, if they hear the name of the World Honored One, Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata, then as the end of their lives draws near, before them will appear eight great Bodhisattvas, whose names are:
Manjushri Bodhisattva,
The Bodhisattva Who Observes the Sounds of the World,
Great Strength Bodhisattva,
Inexhaustible Intention Bodhisattva,
Jeweled Udumbara Flower Bodhisattva, Medicine King Bodhisattva,
Medicine Superior Bodhisattva, and
Maitreya Bodhisattva.
Those eight great Bodhisattvas will appear in space to show them the way, and they will naturally be born by transformation in that land, amid precious flowers of a myriad colors.
Or they may be born in the heavens due to this cause.
Although reborn in the heavens, their original good roots will not be exhausted and so they will not fall into the evil destinies again.
When their life in the heavens ends, they will be born among people again.
They may be wheel-turning kings, reigning over the four continents with awesome virtue and ease,
bringing uncountable hundreds of thousands of living beings to abide in the practice of the ten good deeds.
Or they may be born as kshatriyas, Brahmans, laymen, or sons of honorable families.
They will be wealthy, with storehouses filled to overflowing.
Handsome in appearance. they will be surrounded by a great retinue of
relatives.
They will be intelligent and wise, courageous and valiant, like great and awesome knights.
If a woman hears the name of the World Honored One, Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata,
and sincerely cherishes it, in the future she will never again be born as a female."
"Moreover, Manjushri, when Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata attained Bodhi, by the power of his past vows he contemplated all the sentient beings who were undergoing various kinds of sickness and sufferings.
Some suffered from diseases such as emaciation,atrophy, severe thirst, or yellow fever; others were harmed by paralysis ghosts or by poisonous hexes; some died naturally when young, while others experienced untimely deaths.
He wished to dispel all their sicknesses and sufferings, and to fulfill their wishes."
At that time, the World Honored One entered a samadhi called "extinguishing the suffering and distress of all beings."
After he entered this samadhi, a great light came forth from his flesh-cowl.
From amid that light he proclaimed this magnificent dharani:
Na mo bo qie fa di
Bi sha she
Ju lu bi liu li
Bo la po
He la she ye
Da tuo jie duo ye
E la he di
San miao san pu tuo ye
Da zhi tuo nan
Bi sha shi
Bi sha shi
Bi sha she
San mo jie di
Suo he.
After he had spoken that mantra from amid the light, the earth trembled and emitted great light. All beings” sicknesses and sufferings were cast off, and they felt peaceful and happy.
"Manjushri, if you see a man (or a woman) who is ill, you should single-mindedly and frequently clean and bathe him and rinse his mouth. Provide him with food, medicine, or water that is free of insects, over any of which the dharanihas been recited 108 times. After the sick person has taken it, all his sicknesses and sufferings will be gone.
If this person has a wish, he should recite this mantra with utmost sincerity. Then he will obtain whatever…
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