འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.25

3.25

Why is that? When the rulers of those lands act in accord with the Dharma,⁴⁵⁹ all the people will follow the king and practice in the same way, and you and the others will gain perfect form, strength, and benefits; your divine palaces will shine with light; and your entourages will be diligent and grow larger.”

Then Śakra, Brahmā, and the others said to the Bhagavat, “It will be like that.”

The Bhagavat then said, “Wherever this sublime sūtra is taught, read, and promulgated, the prime ministers and the inner ministers will gain four benefits. What are those four?⁴⁶⁰ First, there will be harmony among them; they will be close, respect each other, and have loving minds.⁴⁶¹ Second, they will always be beloved and empowered by the human king, and also mendicants, brahmins, and the people in the greater land and in the districts will venerate⁴⁶² them. Third, they will firmly control wealth,⁴⁶³ will venerate the Dharma, and will not seek worldly profit,⁴⁶⁴ so that their fame will be renowned, and they will be honored by many. Fourth, they will have long lives and happiness.⁴⁶⁵ Those are the four benefits.

“If a ruler of a land teaches this sūtra correctly,⁴⁶⁶ mendicants and brahmins will gain four superior benefits.⁴⁶⁷ What are those four? First, they will never be lacking in clothes, food, drink, bedding, or medicines when sick. Second, they will all contemplate, read, and chant without difficulty. Third, if they are living on mountains or in forests, they will find happiness. Fourth, whatever they pray for in their minds will be accomplished.