三寶感應要略錄 2.74

2.74

曾有苾芻。心懷淨信。如來制戒。有所違犯。不寫取現前僧物僧祇眾物。將入己用。後遇重病。受大苦惱。時彼苾芻。無救濟者。作大叫聲。則於其處。有一婆羅門。聞其叫聲。即往詣彼病苾芻所。起大悲愍。即為書此隨求大明王陀羅尼。繫於頸下。苦惱皆息。便即命終。生無間獄。其苾芻屍。殯在塔中。其陀羅尼。帶於身上。因其苾芻。纔入地獄。諸受罪者。所有苦痛。悉得停息。咸皆安樂。阿鼻地獄所有猛火。由此陀羅尼威德力故。悉皆消滅云云。

Once there was a bhikṣu who harbored pure faith in his heart, yet transgressed the precepts instituted by the Tathāgata. He appropriated the property of the present saṅgha and the collective property of the saṅghika, putting it to his own use. Later he contracted a severe illness and suffered great pain and distress. At that time, that bhikṣu had no one to save or help him, and uttered loud cries. In that place there was a brahmin who heard his cries and immediately went to the sick bhikṣu. Arousing great compassion and pity, he wrote this Mahāpratisarā-vidyārāja-dhāraṇī for him and tied it beneath his neck; his distress and suffering all ceased, and he then died. Born into the Avīci Hell, the bhikṣu's corpse was interred in a stūpa, bearing the dhāraṇī upon his body. Because of this, the moment that bhikṣu entered the hell, all the pains of those undergoing punishment completely ceased, and all obtained ease and joy. Due to the majestic power and virtue of this dhāraṇī, all the raging flames of the Avīci Hell were extinguished; and so forth.