འཕགས་པ་ཚ་དང་ཡ་ཤས་དཔག་ཏ་མད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2

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Homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavān was staying in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, with a great saṅgha of bhikṣus comprised of 1,250 bhikṣus, and with a great number of bodhisattva mahāsattvas.

Then the Bhagavān said to Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta, “Mañjuśrī, in the upward direction there is a universe named Aparimita­guṇa­saṃcaya.⁴¹ There, the tathāgata, arhat, perfectly awakened buddha Aparimitāyur­jñāna­suviniścita­tejo­rāja⁴² resides, and with the wish to sustain life and extend life to its very limit,⁴³ teaches the Dharma to beings.

“Listen, Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta, the lives of humans in this Jambudvīpa are short; their lifespan is no more than a hundred years, and most of them are seen to have⁴⁴ premature deaths. Mañjuśrī, those beings who will write out or cause to be written out this Dharma discourse called ‘Uttering the Praise of the Qualities⁴⁵ of the Tathāgata Aparimitāyur­jñāna,’⁴⁶ and even those who hear or recite its title only, up to those who write a copy, keep it at home,⁴⁷ and offer flowers, perfume, incense, and garlands to it,⁴⁸ will, when their lifespan is ending, still be able to live to a hundred years.

“Mañjuśrī, the lifespan of beings who hear⁴⁹ the one hundred and eight names⁵⁰ of the tathāgata Aparimitāyur­jñāna­suviniścita­tejo­rāja will be lengthened. Those beings whose lifespan is coming to an end, who keep⁵¹ those names, will also