仁王般若經疏 3.18
English (machine translation) 3.18
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3.18
"Great King! In the past there was the king of the Tianluo Kingdom, who had a crown prince about to ascend the royal throne, named Crown Prince Kalmāṣapāda. Having received teachings from the non-Buddhist master Rādha, he was supposed to take the heads of one thousand kings to sacrifice to the spirit of the burial mound. Ascending his throne, he had already obtained nine hundred and ninety-nine kings. Short of one king, he traveled ten thousand li to the north and obtained a king named King Samantaprabhāsa. That King Samantaprabhāsa said to King Kalmāṣapāda: 'I pray that you grant me one day to feed śramaṇas and pay homage to the Triratna.' King Kalmāṣapāda granted him one day. Thereupon King Samantaprabhāsa, relying upon the Dharma of the seven buddhas of the past, invited one hundred Dharma masters, arranged one hundred high seats, and twice a day expounded eight hundred billion verses of the prajñāpāramitā. When finished, the first Dharma master spoke verses for King Samantaprabhāsa, saying:"
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