འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 118

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“If someone without method were to practice the six perfections for eighty²¹⁰ great eons, and a noble man or noble woman were to write a volume of this Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light, and every half-month one-pointedly read and recited it, the previous accumulation of merit would not be even a hundredth of this accumulation of merit. It could not even be used to enumerate it or be an analogy for it.

“Therefore, Mahābrahmā, always keep it in mind, practice it diligently, retain it, and teach it widely to others.

“Why is that? In the past when I was practicing the path of a bodhisattva, just as a warrior in battle has no concern for his life or body, in the same way I obtained, possessed, read, recited, and taught widely to others this king that is the lord of sūtras.

“Mahābrahmā, while a cakravartin is in the world, his seven jewels do not cease to exist, but if the king is no longer present, then the seven jewels will also vanish at that same time.

“Mahābrahmā, in that same way, while this Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light is in the world, all of the unsurpassable, precious Dharma will not cease to be. When this king of sūtras ceases to be, then the rest will also vanish. Therefore, with a one-pointed mind, listen to, obtain, read, and teach widely to others this king of sūtras and have them write it out—without concern for life and body, ignoring tiredness and exhaustion, practice the perfection of diligence. This is supreme among all merit and therefore my followers similarly should diligently train and be dedicated in that way.”