[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) › [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246) › 2.67 # 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經 2.67 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經 2.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.67) 佛告波斯匿王：「今誡汝等！吾滅度後，正法欲滅，後五十年、後五百年、後五千年，無佛、法、僧。此經、三寶，付諸國王建立守護，令我四部諸弟子等，受持、讀誦，解其義理，廣為眾生宣說法要，令其修習出離生死。 > The Buddha told King Prasenajit: "I now admonish you! After my nirvāṇa, when the true Dharma is on the verge of extinction—after fifty years, after five hundred years, after five thousand years—there will be no Buddha, Dharma, or Saṅgha. This sūtra and the Three Jewels are entrusted to the kings of states to establish and safeguard, so that my fourfold assembly of disciples may receive, uphold, read, recite, and understand their meanings, broadly proclaiming the essentials of the Dharma for sentient beings and causing them to practice and escape birth and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.66) - [Next: 2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.68) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246~en-mt.2.67) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.3.625) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.246.2.67) · Pramāṇa