陀羅尼雜集 4.73

4.73

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。若有受持讀誦、為他解說、書寫供養此陀羅尼者，能自憶念十二生事。阿難！此呪過去八十二億諸佛所說，若違犯此呪及持呪者，奪其精氣為作衰惱，則為違逆是諸佛也。」

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. If there is someone who receives, holds, reads, recites, explains to others, copies, and makes offerings to this dhāraṇī, they will be able to remember their births for twelve lifetimes. Ānanda! This mantra was spoken by eighty-two 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 defying these buddhas.'