本願藥師經古迹 2.10

2.10

爾時阿難問救脫菩薩曰：善男子！應云何恭敬供養彼世尊藥師瑠璃光如來？續命幡燈復云何造？救脫菩薩言：大德！若有病人欲脫病苦，當為其人七日七夜受持八分齋戒，應以飲食及餘資具隨力所辯供養苾芻僧，晝夜六時禮拜供養彼世尊藥師瑠璃光如來，讀誦此經四十九遍，燃四十九燈。造彼如來形像七軀，一一像前各置七燈，一一燈量大如車輪，乃至四十九日光明不絕。造五色綵幡，長四十九搩手。應放雜類眾生至四十九，可得過度危厄之難，不為諸橫惡鬼所持。復次阿難！若剎帝利灌頂王等災難起時，所謂人眾疾疫難、他國侵逼難、自界叛逆難、星宿變怪難、日月薄蝕難、非時風雨難、過時不雨難。彼剎帝利灌頂王等，爾時應於一切有情起慈悲心，赦諸繫閉，依前所說供養之法供養彼世尊藥師瑠璃光如來。由此善根及彼如來本願力故，令其國界即得安穩，風雨順時穀稼成熟，一切有情無病歡樂，於其國中無有暴惡藥叉等神惱有情者，一切惡相皆即隱沒，而剎帝利灌頂王等壽命色力無病自在皆得增益。阿難！若帝后妃主、儲君王子、大臣輔相、中宮婇女、百官梨庶為病所苦及餘厄難，亦應造立五色神幡、燃燈續明、放諸生命、散雜色華、燒眾名香，病得除愈，眾難解脫。

At that time, Ānanda asked Bodhisattva Trāṇamukta: "Good man, how should one revere and make offerings to that Bhagavat Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabha Tathāgata? And how should one make the life-prolonging banners and lamps?" Bodhisattva Trāṇamukta said: "Virtuous one, if there is a sick person who wishes to be freed from the suffering of disease, one should observe the eightfold precepts for seven days and seven nights on that person's behalf, provide food and drink and other requisites according to one's capability to make offerings to the bhikṣu-saṃgha, and during the six periods of the day and night bow to and make offerings to that Bhagavat Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabha Tathāgata, recite this sūtra forty-nine times, and light forty-nine lamps. One should fashion seven images of that Tathāgata, placing seven lamps before each image, with each lamp being as large as a cartwheel, keeping their illumination continuous for up to forty-nine days. One should make five-colored silk banners forty-nine spans in length. One should release diverse living beings up to forty-nine, and thereby one will be able to cross over perilous calamities and not be held by various untimely evil ghosts. Furthermore, Ānanda, when disasters and calamities arise for kṣatriya consecrated kings and the like—namely, the calamity of pestilence among the populace, the calamity of invasion and oppression by other states, the calamity of rebellion within one's own domain, the calamity of ominous changes in stars and constellations, the calamity of eclipses of the sun and moon, the calamity of unseasonable wind and rain, or the calamity of drought past its season—those kṣatriya consecrated kings and the like should at that time give rise to thoughts of loving-kindness and compassion toward all sentient beings, pardon all who are imprisoned, and make offerings to that Bhagavat Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabha Tathāgata according to the previously stated method of offering. Due to these roots of goodness and the power of that Tathāgata's original vows, their country will immediately attain tranquility, wind and rain will be timely, the grain crops will ripen, all sentient beings will be free of disease and full of joy, in that country there will be no violent and evil yakṣa spirits afflicting sentient beings, all evil omens will immediately disappear, and the kṣatriya consecrated kings and the like will all increase in lifespan, physical strength, freedom from disease, and sovereignty. Ānanda, if queens, consorts, crown princes, royal sons, chief ministers, advisors, court ladies, hundred officials, or common people are tormented by illness and other calamities, they should also fashion five-colored spiritual banners, light lamps to perpetuate illumination, release living beings, scatter multicolored flowers, and burn various renowned incenses; their illnesses will be cured and their multiple calamities will be resolved."