..续本文上一页u give away your kingship
”
The king replied:
”I have been dealing with the affairs of kingdoms for many kalpas,
now I am tired of that,
thus I abandoned it to practice Dharmas.”
Not long after,
The son committed the heinous sin,
by killing both his father and mother.”
The supernatural person continued:
I remember that,
after killing his parents,
the son became worried.
He wept sorrowfully,
reproached himself,
and repented.
At that time,
I spoke the Dharmas for him with the great compassionate heart,
and his heinous sin was cleared after hearing the Dharma.”
The person then asked:
”What Dharma did you speak at that time
”
The supernatural one answered:
”What I spoke at that time, was Sanghata Dharma-Gate.
If one hears this Dharma,
He will achieve Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi,
clear all sins,
and conquer and cease all delusions.”
Now listen,
I will speak it for you,
to make you achieve the liberation quickly after hearing it.
If you can be mindful of even four Gathas of it uninterruptedly,
You will get immeasurable blessings.
By practicing it,
You will extinguish all your sins and become a Srota-apanna (stream-enterer),
You will practice charity, be distant from afflictions,
and liberate living beings from sufferings and fears.”
The person then joined his palms,
bowed to the feet of the supernatural one,
and praised:
”How virtuous, How virtuous!
you are really a virtuous knowledgeable one,
who is good at clearing all non-virtuous karmas,
and good at expounding the Sanghata Dharma-Gate.
Also, Virtuous are all who listen.”
At that time from the sky,
12 thousand heavenly gods went to where the supernatural one was,
joined their palms, bowed to his feet, and said:
”Great supernatural one (Maha-rsi),
for the events you just recalled,
when did they happen
”
Four dragon kings,
and 18 hundred billion Yaksa kings,
also arrived there,
bowed to his feet, and asked:
”For the events you just recalled,
when did these happen
”
The great supernatural one answered:
”Those events that I recalled,
had happened hundreds of thousands of billions Asamkhya kalpas before.”
The visitors asked:
”What virtuous roots allow you remember the events of so long ago
”
He answered:
”Because I had heard and accepted the Sanghata Dharma-Gate.
in, that congregation,
everyone who heard this Dharma-Gate and aroused pure faith,
was awarded the mark of Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.
If anyone had committed the five heinous sins,
after hearing this Dharma-Gate,
all those sins will be cleared in a moment.
For innumerable hundreds of thousands of billions of kalpas,
doors to the evil paths will be closed,
and paths to heavens will be open.
By hearing just four gathas(verses) of this Dharma-Gate,
one can gain such merits and virtues,
how much more so, of those who write, read, and recite it,
make offerings to it with flowers, incenses, streamers, canopies, etc.,
respect and pay homage to it,
join their palms and bow to it,
and praise it even with one word,
such merits and virtues will be unimaginable.””"
Having stated what Lotus-Repository Tathagata had spoken about the Sanghata Dharma-Gate, Sarvashura Bodhisattva asked Sakyamuni Buddha: "Bhagavan, if anyone join his palms and pay homage to this True Dharma, how many merits and virtues will he gain
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The Buddha said: "Virtuous man, suppose someone has personally committed, or asked others to commit, or compliantly rejoiced in the five heinous sins, if he can hear even four gathas from this Dharma-Gate, join his palms, pay homage to it, and have pure faith in it, then his five heinous karma will be eliminated. How much more so, of those who fully write, read, recite, and make offerings to it, such merits and virtues are immeasurable. "
"Virtuous man, for example, Anavatapta Lake (the Lake of No hot affliction), which the light of…
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