陀羅尼雜集 8.32

8.32

The Buddha said: "This is the Dantala Sūtra; for this reason the Buddha has sealed this mantra sūtra for his disciples." The Buddha told the disciples: "If anyone is in urgent straits, they should read and recite it. If ghosts and spirits should come to harass a person, always maintain a mind of loving-kindness, a pure mind, and a compassionate mind, and reflect inward upon your own five viscera. When the Buddha seals this sūtra, though the sun and moon might constantly fear falling to the earth, the Buddha's words will never differ. Now that the Buddha has spoken and sealed this Dantala Sūtra, living persons wishing to harass people will be unable to do so; mountain spirits will also be unable to harass people; ghosts and spirits in roads and ditches will also be unable to harass people; ghosts and spirits of those who died under ill stars will also be unable to harass people; and ghosts and spirits of those who died peaceful deaths will also be unable to harass people. Having heard these words, fire will not burn them; if poison is received in food or drink, the poison will not act; if evil people wish to kill or harm them, blades will not wound them; if drowning in deep water, the water will not submerge them in peril; and in every region there will be the Four Sons to protect them. When a person walks in secluded places, whether walking in prefectures, towns, or villages, or walking in great kingdoms, whether facing assemblies or gatherings, or sitting among elders, or walking among companions, or sitting or lying down—if there are any practitioners of black-magic hexes (gu), when this sūtra is recited facing them, the hex craft will cease to function." After the Buddha had spoken this for Rāhula, he had Rāhula read and recite it for all the monks, nuns, laymen (upāsakas), laywomen (upāsikās), and all disciples, and then spoke this verse: