[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) › [佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245) › 2.48 # 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.48 佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.48) 佛告波斯匿王：「我誡勅汝等，吾滅度後，八十年八百年八千年中，無佛無法無僧，無信男無信女時，此經三寶，付囑諸國王四部弟子受持讀誦解義，為三界眾生開空慧道，修七賢行、十善行，化一切眾生。後五濁世，比丘、比丘尼四部弟子，天龍八部，一切神王，國王大臣太子王子，自恃高貴，滅破吾法。明作制法，制我弟子比丘、比丘尼。不聽出家、行道，亦復不聽造作佛像形、佛塔形。立統官制眾，安籍記僧；比丘地立，白衣高坐；兵奴為比丘；受別請法。知識比丘共為一心親善，比丘為作齋會求福，如外道法，都非吾法。當知爾時正法將滅不久。 > The Buddha told King Prasenajit: "I admonish and instruct you all: after my parinirvāṇa, in the period of eighty years, eight hundred years, or eight thousand years, when there is no buddha, no Dharma, and no Saṅgha, when there are no faithful laymen and no faithful laywomen, this sūtra and the Three Jewels are entrusted to the kings and the fourfold assembly of disciples to receive, uphold, recite, expound, and explain its meaning, opening up the path of empty wisdom for the sentient beings of the three realms, cultivating the practices of the seven worthy stages and the ten good actions, and transforming all sentient beings. Later, in the age of the five turbidities, monks, nuns, the fourfold assembly of disciples, the eight classes of devas and nāgas, all divine kings, kings, ministers, crown princes, and royal princes, relying on their own nobility, will destroy and ruin my Dharma. They will clearly enact restrictive laws to restrict my disciples, the monks and nuns. They will not allow them to go forth from household life or practice the Way, nor will they allow the making of buddha images or stupas. They will establish official controllers to oversee the assembly and set up registers to record the monastics; monks will stand on the ground, while white-robed laity sit high; soldiers and slaves will be made monks; and they will follow the practice of accepting individual invitations. Monks who are acquaintances will unite in exclusive favoritism; monks will hold vegetarian banquets for them to seek worldly merit, just like the practices of non-Buddhists, which are entirely not my Dharma. You should know that at that time, the true Dharma will soon be extinguished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.47) - [Next: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.49) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245~en-mt.2.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.3.631) — Classical Chinese - [仁王般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.3.173) — Classical Chinese - [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.245.2.48) · Pramāṇa