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| − | At that [[time]], the [[World Honored One]] extended his gold-colored arm, and again rubbed the {{Wiki|crown}} of the {{Wiki|head}} of [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]] [[Mahasattva]], saying, “[[Earth Store]], [[Earth Store]], your [[spiritual]] [[powers]], [[compassion]], [[wisdom]], and [[eloquence]] are inconceivable. Even if all the [[Buddhas of the Ten Directions]] were to proclaim their praises of your inconceivable [[deeds]], they could not finish in thousands of millions of eons.
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| + | * [[The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva with Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua#Chapter 13: The Entrustment of People and Gods|The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva with Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua - Chapter 13: The Entrustment of People and Gods]] |
| − | “[[Earth Store]], [[Earth Store]], remember this entrustment that I am again making here in the [[Trayastrimsha]] [[Heaven]] in this great assembly of uncountable millions of billions of [[Buddhas]], [[Bodhisattvas]], [[gods]], [[dragons]], and the rest of the Eightfold Division. I again entrust to you the [[gods]], [[people]], and others who are still in the burning house and have not yet left the Triple [[World]]. Do not allow those [[beings]] to fall into the [[evil]] destinies even for a single day and night, much less fall into the Fivefold Relentless [[Hell]] or the [[Avici]] [[Hell]], where they would have to pass through thousands of billions of eons with no chance of escape.
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| − | “[[Earth Store]], the [[beings]] of southern [[Jambudvipa]] have irresolute wills and natures. They habitually do many [[evil]] [[deeds]]. Even if they resolve to do good, they soon renounce that resolve. If they encounter [[evil]] [[conditions]], they tend to become increasingly involved in them. For those [[reasons]], I reduplicate thousands of billions of [[bodies]] to [[transform]] [[beings]], take them across, and liberate them, all in accord with their own fundamental natures.
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| − | “[[Earth Store]], I now earnestly entrust the multitudes of [[gods]] and [[people]] to you. If in the future, among [[gods]] and [[people]], there are good men or women who [[plant]] a few [[good roots]] in the [[Buddhadharma]], be they as little as a strand of [[hair]], a mote of dust, a grain of sand, or a drop of [[water]], then you should use your [[powers]] in the Way to {{Wiki|protect}} them so that they gradually cultivate the [[unsurpassed]] Way and do not get lost or [[retreat]] from it.
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| − | “Moreover, [[Earth Store]], in the future [[gods]] or [[people]], according to the responses of their [[karmic]] retributions, may be due to fall into the [[evil]] destinies. They may be on the brink of falling or may already be at the very gates to those [[paths]]. But if they can recite the [[name]] of one [[Buddha]] or [[Bodhisattva]] or a single sentence or verse of a [[Great Vehicle]] [[Sutra]], then you should use your [[spiritual]] [[powers]] to rescue them with [[expedient means]]. Display a [[boundless]] [[body]] in the places where they are, smash the [[hells]], and lead them to be born in the [[heavens]] and to [[experience]] supremely wonderful [[bliss]].”
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| − | At that [[time]], the [[World Honored One]] spoke in verse, saying:
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| − | Of [[gods]] and [[people]] both now and in the future.
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| − | Use [[spiritual]] [[powers]] and expedients to save them.
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| − | Do not allow them to fall into the [[evil]] destinies.
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| − | At that [[time]], [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]] [[Mahasattva]] knelt on one knee, joined his palms together, and said to the [[Buddha]], “I beg the [[World Honored One]] not to be concerned. In the future, if good men and women have a single [[thought]] of [[respect]] for the [[Buddhadharma]], I shall use hundreds of thousands of expedients to take them across and free them. They will quickly be {{Wiki|liberated}} from [[birth]] and [[death]]. How much more will that be the case for those who, having [[heard]] about all these good matters, are inspired to cultivate. Those [[people]] will naturally become irreversible from the [[unsurpassed]] Way.”
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| − | After he finished speaking, a [[Bodhisattva]] named [[Empty]] [[Space]] Treasury who was in the assembly addressed the [[Buddha]], “[[World Honored One]], I personally have come to the [[Trayastrimsha]] [[Heaven]] and have [[heard]] the [[Thus]] Come One praise [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva’s]] awesome [[spiritual]] strength, describing it as inconceivable. If in the future good men, good women, [[gods]] and [[dragons]] hear this [[sutra]] and the [[name]] of [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]], and if they behold and bow to his {{Wiki|image}}, how many kinds of [[blessings]] and benefits will they obtain? Please, [[World Honored One]], say a few words about this for the sake of [[beings]] of the present and future.”
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| − | The [[Buddha]] told [[Empty]] [[Space]] Treasury [[Bodhisattva]], “Listen attentively, listen attentively. I shall enumerate them and describe them to you. Good men or women in the future may see images of [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]] and hear this [[Sutra]] or read or recite it. They may use [[incense]], [[flowers]], [[food]] and drink, clothing, and [[gems]] to give gifts and make [[offerings]] to him. They may praise, behold, and bow to him. Such [[beings]] will {{Wiki|benefit}} in twenty-eight ways:
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| − | First, they will be protected by [[gods]] and [[dragons]].
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| − | Second, their [[good roots]] will {{Wiki|increase}} daily.
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| − | Third, they will amass [[supreme]] [[causes]] pertaining to sagehood.
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| − | Fourth, they will not [[retreat]] from [[Bodhi]].
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| − | Fifth, their clothing and [[food]] will be abundant.
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| − | Sixth, they will never succumb to epidemics.
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| − | Seventh, they will escape {{Wiki|calamities}} involving [[fire]] and [[water]].
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| − | Eighth, they will never be threatened by thieves.
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| − | Ninth, they will be respected by all who see them.
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| − | Tenth, they will be aided by [[ghosts]] and [[spirits]].
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| − | Eleventh, women who want to, can be [[reborn]] as men.
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| − | Twelfth, women who want to, can be [[reborn]] as daughters of national leaders and officials.
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| − | Thirteenth, they will have upright [[appearances]].
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| − | Fourteenth, they will often be born in the [[heavens]].
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| − | Fifteenth, they may be emperors or national leaders.
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| − | Sixteenth, they will have the [[wisdom]] to know past [[lives]].
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| − | Seventeenth, they will obtain whatever they seek.
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| − | Eighteenth, their families will be [[happy]].
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| − | Nineteenth, they will never undergo any disasters.
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| − | Twentieth, they will leave the bad [[karmic]] [[paths]] forever.
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| − | Twenty-first, they will always reach their destination.
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| − | Twenty-second, their [[dreams]] will be [[peaceful]] and [[happy]].
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| − | Twenty-third, their deceased relatives will leave [[suffering]] behind.
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| − | Twenty-fourth, they will enjoy [[blessings]] earned in previous [[lives]].
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| − | Twenty-fifth, they will be praised by [[sages]].
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| − | Twenty-sixth, they will be {{Wiki|intelligent}} and have keen [[faculties]].
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| − | Twenty-seventh, they will be magnanimous and {{Wiki|empathetic}}.
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| − | Twenty-eighth, they will ultimately realize [[Buddhahood]].
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| − | “Moreover, [[Empty]] [[Space]] Treasury [[Bodhisattva]], if [[gods]], [[dragons]], or [[spirits]] of the present or future hear [[Earth]] Store’s [[name]], bow to [[Earth]] Store’s {{Wiki|image}}, or hear of [[Earth]] Store’s past [[vows]] and the events of his practices, and then praise, behold, and bow to him, they will {{Wiki|benefit}} in seven ways:
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| − | First, they will quickly ascend to levels of sagehood.
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| − | Second, their [[evil]] [[karma]] will dissolve.
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| − | Third, all [[Buddhas]] will {{Wiki|protect}} and be near them.
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| − | Fourth, they will not [[retreat]] from [[Bodhi]].
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| − | Fifth, their inherent [[powers]] will {{Wiki|increase}}.
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| − | Sixth, they will [[know]] past [[lives]].
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| − | Seventh, they will ultimately realize [[Buddhahood]].
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| − | At that [[time]], all the indescribably ineffable numbers of [[Buddhas]], [[Thus]] Come Ones who had come from the [[Ten Directions]], and great [[Bodhisattvas]], [[gods]], [[dragons]], and the rest of the Eightfold Division, having [[heard]] [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha’s]] praise of [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva’s]] great awesome [[spiritual]] [[powers]], lauded this unprecedented event. Following that, [[incense]], [[flowers]], [[heavenly]] garments, and {{Wiki|pearl}} necklaces rained down in the [[Trayastrimsha]] [[Heaven]] as [[offerings]] to [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] and [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]], and everyone in the assembly joined together in gazing at and making obeisance to the [[Buddha]] and [[Bodhisattva]]. Then they put their palms together and withdrew.
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| − | End of Part Three of [[Sutra]] of the Past [[Vows]] of [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]].
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| − | li po li po di, qiu he qiu he di, tuo luo ni di,
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| − | ni he la di, pi li ni di, mo he qie di,
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| − | [[zhen]] ling qian di, suo po he. (3x)
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| − | [[Spirit]] [[Mantra]] for [[Rebirth]] in the [[Pure Land]]
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| − | na mo e mi duo po ye, duo tuo qie duo ye,
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| − | duo di ye tuo, e mi li du po pi, e mi li duo,
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| − | xi dan po pi, e mi li duo, pi jia lan di,
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| − | e mi li duo, pi jia lan duo, qie mi li,
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| − | qie qie nuo, zhi duo jia li, suo po he. (3x)
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| − | na mo he la da na, duo la ye ye,
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| − | qie la qie la, ju zhu ju zhu, mo la mo la,
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| − | hu la, hong, he he su da na, hong, po mo nu, suo po he. (3x)
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| − | [[Earth]] Store’s basic [[vows]] and comparative [[causes]] of [[virtue]] are told.
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| − | We learn that crippling {{Wiki|illness}}, [[physical]] defects, come from past [[lives]]’ [[deeds]].
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| − | In this [[life]], those who recite [[Great Vehicle]] [[Sutras]],
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| − | Bring benefits without end, aiding all
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| − | to be [[reborn]] from Jeweled [[lotuses]].
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| − | Homage to [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]], [[Mahasattva]].
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| − | [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]] Praise:
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| − | [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]], wonderful [[beyond]] compare;
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| − | Gold-hued in his [[transformation]] [[body]] he appears.
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| − | Wondrous Dharma-sounds throughout the Three [[Paths]] and [[Six Realms]];
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| − | Four [[Births]] and Ten Kinds of [[Beings]] gain his kindly grace.
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| − | His {{Wiki|pearl}}, shining brightly, lights the way to heaven’s halls;
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| − | Six-ringed golden [[staff]] shakes open wide the gates of [[hell]].
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| − | Leads on those with [[causes]] garnered [[life]] and [[life]] again;
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| − | To bow at the Nine-flowered Terrace of the Honored One.
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| − | [[Namo]] [[Earth Store]] [[Great]] [[Vows]] and [[Compassion]]
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| − | [[Bodhisattva]] of the dark and dismal [[worlds]];
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| − | On Nine [[Flower]] Mountain, Most Honored One,
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| − | With Ten Wheels of [[power]] you rescue all the [[suffering]] ones.
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| − | Homage to [[Earth Store]] [[Bodhisattva]].
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| − | [http://www.cttbusa.org/ess/earthstore13.htm www.cttbusa.org]
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