陀羅尼雜集 4.79

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佛告阿難：「汝當受持讀誦通利、為他解說、書寫供養此陀羅尼。所以者何、佛出世難，聞持此呪亦復甚難。若有受持讀誦通利、為他解說、書寫供養者，能自憶念十四生事。阿難！此陀羅尼句，過去九十九億諸佛所說，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。」佛告阿難：「若入賊中，當念此呪。若入水火欲入王宮，亦當念此呪。若有種種疾病怖畏之處，亦當念此呪。此呪神力，皆得解脫。阿難！若有讀誦通利、為他解說、書寫供養此陀羅尼句者，若王賊水火、若天龍夜叉、若浮多若究槃茶、若富單那若毘舍遮、若餓鬼若斬人鬼、若揵陀鬼若疫鬼、若使人狂鬼若亂人心鬼、若一日二日三日至四日發病鬼、若日月星宿若師子虎狼毒蛇𮕙蝠人若非人而來怖畏惱害者，無有是處。阿難，若有善男子善女人，受持讀誦通利、書寫供養歡喜信樂、廣令流布此陀羅尼者，火不能燒、不溺水死、刀刃不傷、毒不能害、不中方道。阿難！若以此呪繫枯樹上，求哀救護還生華葉，何況人也，唯除宿業已定果報。若求現願，七日七夜至心修行，無不果遂。」

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, masters, explains to others, copies, and makes offerings to it, they will be able to remember their births for fourteen lifetimes. Ānanda! These dhāraṇī-phrases were spoken by ninety-nine 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 harming these buddhas.' The Buddha said to Ānanda: 'If you fall among bandits, you should be mindful of this mantra. If you enter fire or water, or wish to enter a royal palace, you should also be mindful of this mantra. If there are various illnesses or terrifying places, you should also be mindful of this mantra. Through the supernatural power of this mantra, all will attain liberation. Ānanda! If someone reads, recites, masters, explains to others, copies, and makes offerings to these dhāraṇī-phrases, it is impossible that kings, bandits, water, fire, or devas, nāgas, yakṣas, bhūtas, kumbhāṇḍas, pūtanas, piśācas, pretas, decapitator spirits, gandha spirits, pestilence spirits, spirits that cause people to go mad, spirits that derange the human mind, spirits causing fevers recurring every one, two, three, or four days, or the sun, moon, stars, constellations, lions, tigers, wolves, venomous snakes, bats, humans, or non-humans should come to terrify, afflict, or harm them. Ānanda, if there is a good man or good woman who receives, holds, reads, recites, masters, copies, makes offerings to, rejoices in, faithfully delights in, and widely disseminates this dhāraṇī, fire cannot burn them, they will not drown and die in water, blades will not wound them, poison cannot harm them, and they will not be struck by sorcery. Ānanda! If one ties this mantra onto a withered tree, begging for mercy and salvation, it will again produce flowers and leaves; how much more so for a human being! The only exception is the fixed retribution of past karma. If one seeks present wishes, practicing with a sincere mind for seven days and seven nights, there is nothing that will not be fulfilled.'