陀羅尼雜集 4.67

4.67

Thus have I heard: At one time the Buddha was staying in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada's park, in Śrāvastī, together with a great assembly of one thousand two hundred and fifty monks and forty thousand great bodhisattvas. Brahmā, the lord of the Sahā world; Śakra Devānām Indra; the Four Great Heavenly Kings—Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Heavenly King Virūḍhaka, Heavenly King Virūpākṣa, and Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa—leading the great generals of the twenty-eight classes of spirits; eighty-four thousand such devas; and Hārītī leading her sons and retinue all came to assemble in the congregation. At that time, passing beyond one hundred billion buddha-fields away from this buddha-world, there was a world named Myriad Flowers (Sarvapuṣpa). The Buddha's title was Most Victorious Lamp King (Jaya-pradīparāja), Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, who was present there preaching the Dharma. He dispatched two bodhisattvas—the first named Great Light (Mahāprabhā) and the second named Boundless Light (Amitaprabhā)—and addressed them, saying: 'Good men! You must take these dhāraṇī-phrases and go to the Sahā world to give them to Śākyamuni Buddha. This mantra brings abundant benefit: it can cause sentient beings to dwell in peace and security throughout the long night, and to obtain good benefit, complexion, strength, and renown.' He then spoke the mantra, saying: