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the Ghost King Evil ”Eyes, the Ghost King Blood-drinker, the Ghost King Essence and Energy-eater, the Ghost King Fetus and Egg-eater, the Ghost King Spreader of Sickness, the Ghost King Collector of Poisons, the Ghost King Kind-hearted, the Ghost King Blessings and Benefits, the Ghost King Great Regard and Respect, and others.
复有他方国土，及娑婆世界，海神、江神、河神、树神、山神、地神、川泽神、苗稼神、昼神、夜神、空神、饮食神、草木神，如是等神，皆来集会。
复有他方国土及娑婆世界、诸大鬼王、所谓恶目鬼王、啖血鬼王、啖精气鬼王、啖胎卵鬼王、行病鬼王、摄毒鬼王、慈心鬼王、福利鬼王、大爱敬鬼王，如是等鬼王、皆来集会。
At that time, Shakyamuni Buddha said to the Dharma Prince, Bodhisattva, Mahasattva, Manjushri, "As you regard these Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, gods, dragons, ghosts and spirits from this land and other lands who are now gathered in the Trayastrimsha Heaven, do you know their number
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Manjushri said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, even if I were to measure and reckon with my spiritual powers for a thousand eons I would not be able to know their number."
The Buddha told Manjushri, "Regarding them with my Buddha Eye, I also cannot count them all. Those beings have been taken across, are being taken across, will be taken across, have been brought to accomplishment, are being brought to accomplishment, or will be brought to accomplishment by Earth Store Bodhisattva, throughout many eons."
尔时释迦牟尼佛、告文殊师利法王子菩萨摩诃萨：「汝观是一切世界诸佛菩萨摩诃萨及天龙鬼神，此世界、他世界，此国土、他国土，如今集会到忉利天者，汝知数否？」
文殊师利白佛言：「世尊，若以我神力，千劫测度，不能得知。」
佛告文殊师利：「吾以佛眼观故，犹不尽数。此皆是地藏菩萨久远劫来，已度、当度、未度，已成就、当成就、未成就。」
Manjushri said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, throughout many eons I have cultivated good roots and my wisdom was certified as unobstructed. When I hear what the Buddha says, I immediately accept it with faith.
But Sound-hearers of small attainment, gods, dragons, and the rest of the Eightfold Division, and beings in the future who hear the Thus Come One”s true and sincere words will certainly harbor doubts. Even if they receive the teaching most respectfully, they will still be unable to avoid slandering it.
My only wish is that the World Honored One will proclaim for everyone what practices Earth Store Bodhisattva did. Tell us what vows he made while on the level of planting causes that now enable him to succeed in doing such inconceivable deeds."
文殊师利白佛言：「世尊，我已过去久修善根、证无碍智、闻佛所言，即当信受。小果声闻、天龙八部、及未来世诸众生等，虽闻如来诚实之语，必怀疑惑。设使顶受，未免兴谤。唯愿世尊、广说地藏菩萨摩诃萨，因地作何行、立何愿，而能成就不思议事。」
The Buddha said to Manjushri, "By way of analogy suppose that each blade of grass, tree, forest, rice plant, hemp stalk, bamboo, reed, mountain, rock and mote of dust in a Three Thousand Great Thousand-World System were a Ganges River. Then suppose that each grain of sand in each of those Ganges Rivers were a world and that each mote of dust in each of those worlds were an eon. Then suppose each mote of dust accumulated in each of those eons were itself an eon.
The time elapsed since Earth Store Bodhisattva was certified to the position of the Tenth Ground is a thousand times longer than that in the above analogy. Even longer was the time he dwelled on the levels of Sound-hearer and Pratyekabuddha.
佛告文殊师利：「譬如三千大千世界所有草木丛林、稻麻竹苇、山石微尘，一物一数，作一恒河；一恒河沙，一沙一界；一界之内、一尘一劫，一劫之内，所积尘数，尽充为劫，地藏菩萨证十地果位以来，千倍多於上喻。何况地藏菩萨在声闻、辟支佛地。
Manjushri, the awesome spiritual strength and vows of this Bodhisattva are inconceivable.
If good men or women in the future hear this Bodhisattva”s name, praise him, behold and bow to him, call his name, make offerings to him, or if they draw, carve, cast, sculpt or make lacquered images of him, such people will be reborn in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three one hundred times and will never fall into the Evil Paths.
文殊师利，此菩萨威神誓愿，不可思议。若未来世，有善男子、善女人，闻是菩萨名字，或赞叹、或瞻礼、或称名、或供养，乃至彩画刻镂塑漆形像，是人当得百返生於三十三天，永不堕恶道。
"Manjushri, indescribably many eons ago, during the time of a Buddha named Lion Sprint Complete in the Ten Th…
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