[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [本願藥師經古迹](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770) › 2.8 # 本願藥師經古迹 2.8 本願藥師經古迹 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2.8) 爾時眾中有一菩薩摩訶薩名曰救脫，即從座起，偏袒一肩右膝著地，曲躬合掌而白佛言：大德世尊！像法轉時，有諸眾生為種種患之所困厄，長病羸瘦不能飲食，喉脣乾燥，見諸方暗，死相現前。父母親屬朋友知識啼泣圍遶，然彼自身臥在本處，見琰魔使引其神識至于琰魔法王之前。然諸有情有俱生神，隨其所作若罪若福皆具書之，盡持授與琰魔法王。爾時彼王推問其人算計所作，隨其罪福而處斷之。時彼病人親屬知識若能為彼歸依世尊藥師瑠璃光如來，請諸眾僧轉讀此經，燃七層之燈、懸著五色續命神幡，或有是處彼識得還，如在夢中明了自見。或經七日、或二十一日、或三十五日、或四十九日，彼識還時如從夢覺，皆自憶知善不善業所得果報。由自證見業果報故，乃至命難亦不造作諸惡之業。是故淨信善男子善女人等，皆應受持藥師瑠璃光如來名號，隨力所能恭敬供養。 > At that time, within the assembly there was a bodhisattva mahāsattva named Trāṇamukta (Deliverance), who arose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, bowed forward with palms joined, and said to the Buddha: "Virtuous Bhagavat, when the Semblance Dharma is turning, there will be sentient beings troubled and oppressed by various afflictions, emaciated by chronic illness, unable to eat or drink, with dry throat and lips, seeing darkness in all directions, with the signs of death appearing before them. Parents, relatives, friends, and acquaintances weep and surround them; meanwhile, their own body lies in its original place, and they see the emissaries of Yama leading their conscious spirit before King Yama, the Dharma King. However, all sentient beings have an innate spirit who completely records whatever they have done, whether sin or merit, and hands it all over to King Yama, the Dharma King. At that time, that king interrogates the person, calculates what they have done, and passes judgment according to their sins and merits. If the relatives and acquaintances of that sick person at that time can take refuge in the Bhagavat Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabha Tathāgata on their behalf, invite the saṃgha to recite this sūtra, light lamps in seven tiers, and hang up five-colored spiritual banners for prolonging life, it may be possible that their consciousness will return, seeing it clearly for themselves as if in a dream. Perhaps after seven days, or twenty-one days, or thirty-five days, or forty-nine days, when their consciousness returns, as if awakening from a dream, they will all remember and know for themselves the retributions obtained from their wholesome and unwholesome karma. Because they personally witness the retributions of karma, even at the risk of their lives they will not commit any evil karma. Therefore, faithful good men and good women should all uphold the name of Bhaiṣajyaguru-vaiḍūryaprabha Tathāgata, and revere and make offerings to him according to their capability." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [藥師琉璃光七佛本願功德經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bhaisajyaguru*zh-yijing.2.19) — Classical Chinese - [藥師經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2767.1.78) — Classical Chinese - [佛說藥師如來本願經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bhaisajyaguru*zh-dharmagupta.1.43) — Classical Chinese - [藥師琉璃光如來本願功德經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bhaisajyaguru*zh-xuanzang.1.30) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་སྨན་གྱི་བླ་བཻ་ཌཱུརྱའི་འོད་ཀྱི་སྔོན་གྱི་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱི་ཁྱད་པར་རྒྱས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bhaisajyaguru*bo-d504.15) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1770.2.8) · Pramāṇa