陀羅尼雜集 4.76

4.76

佛復告阿難：「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、為他解說此陀羅尼句者，自憶念十三生事。阿難！此持過去劫九十九億諸佛所說，若違犯此呪及持呪者，奪其精氣為作衰惱，則為侵毀是諸佛也。」

The Buddha further 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, and explains to others these dhāraṇī-phrases, they will remember their births for thirteen lifetimes. Ānanda! This dhāraṇī was spoken by ninety-nine billion buddhas of past kalpas. If anyone violates this mantra or one who holds it, seizing their vital essence to cause them ruin and affliction, they will thereby be harming these buddhas.'