འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 74

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“It is so. Bhagavat, in whatever land this lord of sūtras is read, recited, and taught, we will go to that king and that land, and there we will continuously guard them and remain with them. And we will prevent there being any opposing enemies, harm, obstacles, illness, misery, and so on. We will cause there to be long life, happiness, good fortune, and the fulfillment of all wishes so that there will be continuous happiness. We will make that king’s army courageous and heroic.”

When they had said that, the Bhagavat exclaimed, “Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Noble ones, accomplish what you have said you will do! Through the king acting in accord with the Dharma, his subjects also will, like the king, act in accord with the Dharma. Your power and color will become perfect, and through that sublime benefit, your residences, entourages, and so on will become radiant.”

Śakra, Brahmā, and the others then said that they would fulfill the instructions of the Bhagavat.

Then the Bhagavat said, “There are four benefits that will arise for the king’s ministers in the location and environs where this lord of sūtras is taught and promulgated. What are those four? (1) They will respect each other and be friendly to each other; (2) they will have the authorization of the king and be held in esteem by mendicants, brahmins, minor kings, and so on; (3) dedicated to the Dharma and not seeking gain and fame, they will nevertheless have great fame that spreads through every direction and they will be praised by all; and (4) they will enjoy long life and happiness. Those are the four.