妙法蓮華經 7.46

7.46

He is endowed with every quality,

Sees the sentient beings with his benevolent eyes,

And his ocean of merit is immeasurable;

For this reason you should pay him homage.

At that time Bodhisattva Dharaṇiṃdhara arose from his seat, went before

the Buddha and said to him: “O Bhagavat! If there are any sentient beings

who hear of this chapter, ‘Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara,’ and these effortless

deeds, the manifestation of the gateway to all directions, and the transcen-

dent powers, know that their merit will not be little!”

When the Buddha taught the chapter, “The Gateway to Every Direc-

tion,” the thought of incomparable highest, complete enlightenment awoke

in eighty-four thousand sentient beings in the assembly.

Chapter XXVI

Dhāraṇī

Thereupon, rising from his seat with his right shoulder bared, Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja faced the Buddha with his palms pressed together, and spoke to him, saying: “O Bhagavat! If there is any son or daughter of a virtuous family who preserves the Lotus Sutra and recites it, is versed in it, and copies it, how much merit will he or she attain?”

Then the Buddha addressed Bhaiṣajyarāja, saying: “If there is any son or daughter of a virtuous family who pays homage to buddhas numbering as many as the sands of eight hundred myriads of koṭis of nayutas of Ganges Rivers, what do you think? Will the merit he or she attains be great or not?”

He answered: “It will be great, O Bhagavat!”

The Buddha said: “If any son or daughter of a virtuous family preserves a verse of four lines of this sutra, recites it, understands the meaning, or practices what it teaches, his or her merit will be very great.”

Thereupon, Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja addressed the Buddha, saying: “O Bhagavat! I will now give the dhāraṇīs to the expounders of the Dharma and protect them.”

He then recited a dhāraṇī:

Anye manye mane mamane citte carite same samitā viśānte mukte muk-

tatame same avisame samasame jaye kṣaye akṣaye akṣiṇe śānte samite

dhāraṇi ālokabhāṣe pratyavekṣaṇi nidhiru abhyantaranirviṣte

abhyantarapāriśuddhi mutkule araḍe paraḍe sukāṇkṣi asamasame

buddhavilokite dharmaparikśite saṃgha-nirghoṣanirghoṇi bhayā-