大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經 1.121

1.121

爾時，會中有火首金剛、摧碎金剛、尼藍婆金剛等八萬金剛并其眷屬即從座起，頂禮佛足，右繞三匝而白佛言：「世尊！若後末世，一切眾生有能持此決定大乘，我當守護如護眼目；乃至道場所修行處，我等金剛自領徒眾晨夕守護，令不退轉。其家乃至永無災障，疫病銷滅，財寶豐足常不乏少。」

come to hear the teachings of this scripture not merely by accumulating the

merit and wisdom of one or two buddhas but rather by accumulating the

good roots of all buddhas as innumerable as the sands of the Ganges River.

You sons of good family, you should protect practitioners of this scripture

in the final age and not let evil demons or heretics make them despair by

assailing their bodies and minds.”

At that time Flaming-headed Vajra, Pulverizing Vajra, Blue-faced Vajra,

and eighty thousand Vajra Guardians accompanied by their retinues arose

from their seats within the assembly, bowed their heads at the feet of the

Buddha, circumambulated him three times, and addressed the Buddha, say-

ing, “World-honored One, if later in the final age there are sentient beings

who are able to maintain this teaching of the definitive Great Vehicle, we

will guard them as we would our own eyes, and in the sanctuaries and places

where they practice, we Vajra Guardians will ourselves exercise dominion

over the monastic community and protect it day and night so that its mem-

bers will not retrogress. We will also exercise dominion over the lay com-

munity so that its members will never suffer calamity, their ailments will be

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eradicated, their wealth will increase in abundance, and they will never be reduced to penury.”

At that time the great Brahma king, the twenty-eight heavenly kings, together with the king of Mount Sumeru and the nation-protecting kings, arose from their seats, bowed their heads at the feet of the Buddha, circumambulated him three times, and addressed the Buddha, saying, “World-honored One, we too will protect those who uphold this scripture and will always keep them peaceful so that they will not retrogress in their aspiration.”

At that time a mighty demon king called Kumbhāṇḍa along with a hundred thousand demon kings arose from their seats, bowed their heads at the feet of the Buddha, circumambulated him three times, and addressed the Buddha, saying, “World-honored One, we too will protect people who uphold this scripture, guarding them day and night and not letting them despair. If there is a demon who infringes on the territory within a league of where they dwell, we will smash him to pieces.”

When the Buddha had finished preaching this scripture, all the bodhisattvas, gods, dragons, demons, and other types of heavenly beings and their eightfold retinue, as well as Brahma, the other heavenly kings, and all sentient beings, were greatly delighted to have heard what the Buddha preached, and they received it with faith and practiced it reverently.