妙法蓮華經 7.92

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walking or standing, I will then come before them on a white elephant king

with six tusks, together with the assembly of great bodhisattvas, manifest myself,

pay homage and protect them, and console their minds for the sake of revering

the Lotus Sutra. If they sit contemplating upon this sutra, I will then manifest

myself before them on a white elephant king. If they forget a single line or a

verse in the Lotus Sutra, I will teach and recite it with them and cause them to

become proficient in it. At that time those who accept and recite the Lotus Sutra

will be able to see me and, greatly rejoicing, will thus make further efforts. As

a result of seeing me they will attain the samādhi and dhāraṇīs named āvartā

dhāraṇī, koṭīśatasahasrāvartā dhāraṇī, and sarvarutakauśalyāvartā dhāraṇī.

They will attain dhāraṇīs like these. O Bhagavat! In the troubled world of five

hundred years after those monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen who seek, pre-

serve, recite, copy, and wish to practice this Lotus Sutra should persevere sin-

glemindedly for twenty-one days. After a full twenty-one days I will appear on

a white elephant with six tusks, accompanied by innumerable bodhisattvas who

themselves will also be surrounded by their retinues, and manifest myself before

sentient beings in whatever form they wish to see. Then I will expound and

teach the Dharma to them and gladden them. I will also give them a dhāraṇī-

spell. When they attain this dhāraṇī, nonhumans will have no power to destroy

them and women no power to trouble them. I myself will also protect these

people. I entreat you, O Bhagavat, to allow me to teach this dhāraṇī.”

Thus he taught the spell in the presence of the Buddha, saying:

Adaṇḍe daṇḍapati daṇḍāvartani daṇḍakuśale daṇḍasudhāri sudhāri

sudhārapati buddhapaśyane sarvadhāraṇī āvartani sarvabhāṣyā-

vartane su-āvartane saṃghaparīkṣani saṃghanirghātani asaṃge

saṃgāpa-gate tṛ-adhvasaṃgatulyaprāpte sarvasaṃgasamatikrānte

sarvadharmasuparīkṣite sarvasattvarutakauśalyānugate siṃhavikrīḍite.

“O Bhagavat! If there is any bodhisattva who hears this dhāraṇī, he

should know it is because of the transcendent power of Samantabhadra. If