陀羅尼雜集 4.70

4.70

佛告阿難：「汝當受持讀誦通利、為他解說、書寫供養此持。所以者何？佛出世難，聞持此呪亦復甚難。阿難！若有受持讀誦通利、為他解說、書寫供養此陀羅尼者，火不能燒、水不能㵱、毒亦不入、怨不能害、王亦不殺、梵釋諸天不謙恚之，能自憶念七世生事。阿難！此持過去七十七億諸佛所說，若違犯此呪及持呪者，奪其精氣為作衰惱，則為侵毀違逆是諸佛也。」

The Buddha said to Ānanda: 'You should receive, hold, read, recite, master, explain to others, copy, and make offerings to this dhāraṇī. Why? The appearance of a buddha in the world is difficult [to encounter], and to hear and retain this mantra is likewise exceedingly difficult. Ānanda! If there is someone who receives, holds, reads, recites, masters, explains to others, copies, and makes offerings to this dhāraṇī, fire cannot burn them, water cannot drown them, poison cannot affect them, enemies cannot harm them, kings cannot execute them, and Brahmā, Śakra, and the devas will not resent or despise them; they will be able to remember their births for seven lifetimes. Ānanda! This dhāraṇī was spoken by seventy-seven billion past buddhas. If anyone violates this mantra or one who holds it, seizing their vital essence to cause them ruin and affliction, they will thereby be violating and defying these buddhas.'