菩薩瓔珞本業經 2.68

2.68

爾時佛告文殊師利、慧海、金剛藏、道華等八千菩薩，皆為十方諸佛國中第一弟子：「汝應為十方無明眾生，受持讀誦解其義味。為過去未來現在一切眾生，開空慧道入法明門。」

Then the Buddha told Mañjuśrī, Jñānasāgara, Vajragarbha, Dharmapuṣpa, and others among the eight thousand bodhisattvas, all of whom were foremost disciples in the Buddha lands of the ten directions: "For the sake of the ignorant sentient beings of the ten directions, you should accept, uphold, recite, and understand its meaning. For all sentient beings of the past, future, and present, open the path of empty wisdom and enter the gates of illumination of the Dharma."