法苑珠林 30.24

30.24

又大集經云。爾時世尊告上首彌勒及賢劫中一切菩薩摩訶薩言。諸善男子。我昔行菩薩道時。曾於過去諸佛如來作是供養。以此善根與我作於三菩提因。我今憐愍諸眾生故。以此報果分作三分。留一分自受。第二分者。於我滅後與禪解脫三昧堅固相應聲聞。令無所乏。第三分者。與彼破戒讀誦經典相應聲聞正法像法𩮜頭著袈裟者。令無所乏。彌勒。我今復以三業相應諸聲聞眾比丘比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷寄付汝手。勿令乏少孤獨而終。及以正法像法毀破禁戒著袈裟者。寄付汝手。勿令彼等於諸資具乏少而終。亦勿令有旃陀羅王共相惱害身心受苦。我今復以彼諸施主寄付汝手。我今所有器以非器為我出家。而供養者。汝等亦當護持養育。彌勒。若於現在及未來世。讀誦受持此法門者。彼等當得十種清淨功德。何等為十。始從身清淨故離殺生乃至離邪見。是為十種功德。從是已後百千萬生。常得如是十種清淨功德。若有至心聽此法門者。是人住如實際得於八種清淨功德。何等為八。一長壽。二端正。三富貴四名稱。五常為諸天守護。六所須常無所乏。七盡諸業障。八命欲終時有十方佛及諸大眾。放大光明照其眼目。令其人見得生善處。於百千萬生常得如是八種功德。我今更復略說。是人當得十三種清淨功德。何謂十三。一生死流轉終不更起顛倒惡見。二不生五濁無佛國土。三常得見佛。四常聞正法。五常得供養眾僧。六值善知識。七常與六波羅蜜相應。八不墮小乘。九常以大慈大悲大方便力成熟眾生。十常發勝願。十一乃至菩提而常不離如上等法。十二速能滿足六波羅蜜。十三於阿耨多羅三藐三菩提而成正覺。若有受持書寫讀誦為他解說如說修行此月藏法門者。所得功德如前所說。

Also, the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra says: At that time the World-Honoured One addressed the foremost, Maitreya, and all the bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the Bhadrakalpa, saying, "Good sons, formerly when I was practicing the bodhisattva path, I made such offerings to the past Buddhas, the Tathāgatas. With these good roots, they served as the cause for my saṃbodhi. Out of pity for all sentient beings, I now divide this retribution-fruit into three portions. I reserve one portion for my own use. The second portion, after my extinction, I grant to the śrāvakas who are firmly endowed with dhyāna, liberation, and samādhi, so that they lack for nothing. The third portion I grant to those śrāvakas who have broken the precepts but recite the scriptures, and who shave their heads and wear the kāṣāya in the periods of the true Dharma and semblance Dharma, so that they lack for nothing. Maitreya, I now also entrust into your hands all the assemblies of śrāvakas—the bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, and upāsikās who are aligned with the three modes of karma—do not let them fall into scarcity or die in isolation. And those who have broken and violated the prohibitions and precepts yet wear the kāṣāya in the periods of the true Dharma and semblance Dharma, I entrust into your hands; do not let them die in scarcity of material necessities, nor let there be caṇḍāla kings who together harass and harm them so that they suffer in body and mind. I now also entrust into your hands all those donors. Those who have gone forth for my sake—whether they are suitable vessels or not—and are offered sustenance, you must also protect and nourish. Maitreya, if in the present or in future ages there are those who recite, receive, and maintain this Dharma gate, they shall attain ten kinds of pure virtues. What are the ten? Beginning with physical purity and thus abstaining from taking life, up to abstaining from wrong views; these are the ten kinds of virtues. From this time onward, for hundreds of thousands of millions of births, they will always attain these ten kinds of pure virtues. If there are those who listen to this Dharma gate with a sincere mind, these persons, abiding in the limit of reality (bhūta-koṭi), will attain eight kinds of pure virtues. What are the eight? First, longevity. Second, handsome appearance. Third, wealth and nobility. Fourth, fame. Fifth, constant protection by all the devas. Sixth, constant lack of nothing in what is needed. Seventh, the exhaustion of all karmic hindrances. Eighth, when their lives are about to end, the Buddhas of the ten directions and the great assemblies will emit great radiance shining upon their eyes, causing those persons to see it and be reborn in a good realm. Through hundreds of thousands of millions of births, they will always attain such eight kinds of virtues. I shall now also speak in brief: these persons will attain thirteen kinds of pure virtues. What are the thirteen? First, in the transmigratory flow of saṃsāra, they will never again give rise to inverted, evil views. Second, they will not be born in Buddha-less lands of the five turbidities. Third, they will always be able to see the Buddha. Fourth, they will always hear the saddharma. Fifth, they will always be able to make offerings to the saṃgha. Sixth, they will meet good spiritual friends. Seventh, they will always be aligned with the six pāramitās. Eighth, they will not fall into the Hīnayāna. Ninth, they will always mature sentient beings through the power of great loving-kindness, great compassion, and great skillful means. Tenth, they will always generate supreme vows. Eleventh, up until bodhi, they will never be separated from the aforesaid dharmas. Twelfth, they will swiftly be able to fulfill the six pāramitās. Thirteenth, they will realize saṃbodhi in anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi. If there are those who receive, maintain, copy, recite, explain to others, and practice according to the teachings of this Candragarbha Dharma Gate, the merits and virtues they obtain will be as described above."