..续本文上一页 the sun cannot reach, is the source of the five great rivers. Sarvashura, do you think that any one can count all the water drops of those five great rivers one by one

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　　Sarvashura replied: "No, Bhagavan."

　　The Buddha said to Sarvashura Bodhisattva Mahasattva: "The virtuous roots gained by hearing this Dharma-Gate are like that, if someone were to count them, he would not be able to finish even if he did the counting for hundreds of thousands of myriads of kalpas."

　　"Sarvashura, what do you think, is it difficult to hear this Dharma-Gate, even for a moment

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　　Sarvashura said: "Yes Bhagavan, it is difficult."

　　The Buddha told Sarvashura "Having faith in this Dharma-Gate is more difficult than that. The merits gained by the believers are like the water drops of the five great rivers that originate from the Anavatapta Lake, they are countless."

　　Sarvashura Bodhisattva Mahasattva asked the Buddha: "Bhagavan, what are those five great rivers

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　　The Buddha told Sarvashura Bodhisattva: "The five great rivers are: Ganges river, Sita river, Vaksa river, Yamuna river, and Chandrabhaga river, they all flow into the oceans. Each of these five great rivers has five hundred small rivers as its branches."

　　"Sarvashura, there are also five great rivers in the sky, each of which has one thousand small rivers as its branches."

　　Sarvashura Bodhisattva asked the Buddha: "What are those five great rivers, each of which has one thousand branches

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　　The Buddha told Sarvashura Bodhisattva: "The first river with one thousand branches is called Sudhara, the second river with one thousand branches is called Shamkha, the third river with one thousand branches is called Vahanti, the fourth river with one thousand branches is called Chitrasena, and the fifth river with one thousand branches is called Dharmavritta."

　　"Sarvashura, these five great rivers often benefit Jambudvipa. They often produce rains to make flowers and fruits grow, and the pure water that they rain down to Jambudvipa also make crops grow. "

　　"Sarvashura, the world-protecting heavenly gods comfort and please Jambudvipa. Likewise, this Sutra benefits, comforts and pleases all living beings in Jambudvipa, like the gods of the Thirty-three Heavens (Trayastrimsa)."

　　Sarvashura Bodhisattva asked the Buddha: "Bhagavan, what is the Heaven of the thirty-three gods

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　　The Buddha told Sarvashura Bodhisattva: "Where Sakra-Devanam-Indra dwells in, is the Heaven of the thirty-three gods."

　　"Sarvashura, the gods of that heaven always say: if any living being practices virtuous speeches, his merits and virtues will be countless; if any living being practices evil speeches, his sins will be countless so that he will fall into hell, hungry ghosts, and animals, and suffer solely from great afflictions in those three evil paths of hell, animal, and hungry ghost, with no salvation."

　　"Those who practices evil speeches are evil advisors, and those who practices virtuous speeches are virtuous advisors. Meeting a virtuous advisor can make one see Tathagatas, and seeing Tathagatas can clear all non-virtuous dharma (phenomena/things)."

　　"Sarvashura, for example, the guardian heavenly gods benefit Jambudvipa, likewise, this Sutra does Buddha-Works (Buddha-karya) in Jambudvipa. Without hearing this Dharma-Gate, one cannot achieve Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, cannot turn the Dharma-Wheels, cannot strike the Dharma-Drum, cannot sit on the Lion Dharma-Throne, cannot enter into the realm of Nirvana, cannot achieve boundless luminosity, and so forth, Sarvashura, without hearing this Dharma-Gate, one cannot sit under the Bodhi-Tree."

　　Sarvashura Bodhisattva Mahasattva then asked the Buddha: "Bhagavan, I have a minor question and wish to ask the Bhagavan."

　　The Buddha said to Sarvashura: "Whatever you ask about, I will remov…

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