..续本文上一页Earth Store, in the future if good men or good women only manage to plant a few good roots within the Buddhadharma, equivalent to no more than a strand of hair, a grain of sand, or a mote of dust, they will receive incomparable blessings and benefits.
复次地藏：『未来世中，若善男子善女人，於佛法中，种少善根，毛发沙尘等许，所受福利，不可为喻。』
"Moreover, Earth Store, good men or women in the future may, upon encountering images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Pratyekabuddhas, or Wheel-Turning Kings, give gifts or make offerings to them.
Such persons will attain limitless blessings and will always enjoy supremely wonderful bliss among people and gods.
If they can dedicate that merit to the Dharma Realm, their blessings and benefits will be beyond compare.
复次地藏：『未来世中，若有善男子善女人，遇佛形像、辟支佛形像、转论王形像，布施供养得无量福，常在人天受胜妙乐。若能回向法界，是人福利不可为喻。』
"Moreover, Earth Store, good men or good women in the future may, upon encountering Great Vehicle sutras or upon hearing but a single gatha or a sentence, be inspired to praise, venerate, give gifts, and make offerings to them.
Those people will attain great limitless and unbounded rewards. If they can dedicate that merit to the Dharma Realm, their blessings will be beyond compare.
复次地藏：『未来世中，若有善男子善女人，遇大乘经典，或听闻一偈一句，发殷重心，赞叹恭敬，布施供养。是人或大果报，无量无边。若能回向法界，其福不可为喻。』
"Moreover, Earth Store, in the future, good men or good women may, upon encountering new Buddhist stupas, monasteries, or sutras of the Great Vehicle, give gifts and make offerings to them, gaze at them in worship, and respectfully make praises with joined palms.
复次地藏：『若未来世中，有善男子善女人，遇佛塔寺，大乘经典。新者布施供养，瞻礼赞叹，恭敬合掌。
They may, upon encountering old ones or those that have been destroyed or damaged, either do the repairing or rebuilding themselves or encourage others to help them.
Those who help will become leaders of small nations throughout thirty successive lives. The donors themselves will always be Wheel-Turning Kings who will use the good Dharma to teach and transform those leaders of small nations.
若遇故者，或毁坏者，修补营理，或独发心，或劝多人同共发心。如是等辈，三十生中常为诸小国王，檀越之人，常为轮王，还以善法教化诸小国王。』
"Moreover, Earth Store, in the future, good men or good women may plant good roots in the Buddhadharma by giving, making offerings, repairing stupas or monasteries, rebinding sutras, or doing other good deeds amounting to no more than a strand of hair, a mote of dust, a grain of sand, or a drop of water. Merely by transferring the merit from such deeds to the Dharma Realm, those people”s meritorious virtues will enable them to enjoy superior and wonderful bliss for hundreds of thousands of lives.
复次地藏：『未来世中，若有善男子善女人，於佛法中所种善根，或布施供养，或修补塔寺，或装理经典，乃至一毛一尘，一沙一 。如是善事，但能回向法界，是人功德，百千生中受上妙乐。
If they dedicate the merit only to their immediate or extended families or to their own personal benefit, then the rewards received will be only three lives of happiness. By giving up one, a ten-thousandfold reward is obtained.
"So it is. Earth Store. The circumstances involved in the causes and conditions of giving are like that."
但如回向自家眷属，或自身利益，如是之果，即三生受乐，舍一得万报。是故地藏，布施因缘，其事如是。』
CHAPTER XI
The Dharma Protection of an Earth Spirit
地神护法品第十一
At that time the Earth Spirit Firm and Stable spoke to the Buddha and said, "World Honored One, from long ago I have personally beheld and bowed to limitless numbers of Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas. All of them have inconceivable and great spiritual penetrations and wisdom that they use in taking vast numbers of beings across. Among all the Bodhisattvas, Earth Store Bodhisattva, Mahasattva has the deepest and most weighty vows.
尔时坚牢地神白佛言：『世尊，我从昔来瞻视顶礼无量菩萨摩诃萨，皆是大不可思议神通智慧，广度众生。
"World Honored One, Earth Store Bodhisattva has great affinities in Jambudvipa. Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteshvara, and Maitreya, also produce by transformation, hundreds of thousands of bo…
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