法苑珠林 20.10

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又佛名經云。若善男子善女人。聞此二十五佛名。至心受持讀誦恭敬禮拜。得離地獄餓鬼畜生三惡道苦。得除瞋恚愚癡。滅百劫重罪。常生十方淨佛國土。設復有人滿三千大千世界七寶。一百歲中常用布施。猶不如誦持禮拜二十五佛名功德。千分不及一。乃至算數譬喻所不能知。何以故。以眾生善根微薄不得聞此佛名。若善男子善女人。得聞此二十五佛者。非於一佛十佛所種諸善根。是人乃於百千萬佛所種諸善根。然後乃得聞此佛名。是人超越四十八劫在前成佛。若復有人。不信此二十五佛名得此功德。是人當墮阿鼻地獄滿足百劫。舍利弗。若比丘比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷。欲懺悔諸罪。當淨洗浴著新淨衣淨治室內敷好高座安置尊像懸二十五枚幡種種華香供養誦此二十五佛名日夜六時懺悔滿二十五日。滅四重八重等罪。式叉摩那沙彌沙彌尼亦復如是。又文殊問經讚佛偈云。

Furthermore, the Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas says: 'If a good man or good woman hears the names of these twenty-five Buddhas, and with a sincere mind upholds, reads, recites, reverently honours, and prostrates to them, they will be freed from the sufferings of the three evil destinies—hell, hungry ghosts, and animals; they will eliminate hatred and delusion; they will extinguish grave transgressions of a hundred kalpas; and they will constantly be reborn in the pure Buddha lands of the ten directions. Suppose there were another person who filled a great trichiliocosm with the seven jewels and constantly used them for dāna over a hundred years: this still would not equal the merit of reciting, upholding, and prostrating to the names of the twenty-five Buddhas—it does not equal even one part in a thousand, nor can it be known by any calculation or metaphor. Why is this? Because sentient beings whose roots of goodness are slight and faint cannot get to hear these Buddha names. If a good man or good woman gets to hear these twenty-five Buddhas, they have planted roots of goodness not merely with one Buddha or ten Buddhas: this person has planted roots of goodness with hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, and only then gets to hear these Buddha names. This person will surpass forty-eight kalpas and attain Buddhahood beforehand. If, furthermore, there is someone who does not believe that these names of the twenty-five Buddhas obtain such merit, this person will fall into the Avīci Hell for a full hundred kalpas. Śāriputra, if a bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, or upāsikā wishes to repent of various sins, they should wash and bathe purely, put on fresh, clean clothes, clean the interior of the room, spread a fine high seat, set up the venerable image, hang twenty-five banners, make offerings of various flowers and incenses, recite these names of the twenty-five Buddhas, and perform deśanā during the six periods of the day and night for a full twenty-five days. This will extinguish sins such as the four pārājikas and eight pārājikas. The same also applies to śikṣamāṇās, śrāmaṇeras, and śrāmaṇerikās.' Furthermore, the verses praising the Buddha in the Sūtra of Mañjuśrī's Questions say: