Aparimitāyuḥ nāma mahāyāna sūtram
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aparimitāyuḥ nāma mahāyāna sūtram
evaṃ mayā śrutam| ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhirbhikṣuśataiḥ saṃbahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ|| [1]
tatra khalu bhagavān mañjuśriyaṃ kumārabhūtamāmantrayate sma| asti mañjuśrīrupariṣṭāyāmaparimitaguṇasaṃcayo nāma lokadhātustatrāparimitāyu[r]jñānasuviniścitatejorāja nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha eva hi tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati sattvānāṃ ca dharmaṃ deśayati| [2]
śṛṇu mañjuśrīḥ kumārabhūta, ime jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyā alpāyuṣkā varṣaśatāyuṣas;teṣāṃ bahūnyakālamaranāni nirdiṣṭāni| ye khalu mañjuśrīḥ sattvāstasyāparimitāyuṣaḥ tathāgatasya guṇavarṇaparikīrtana nāma dharmaparyāyaṃ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti nāmadheyamātramapi śroṣyanti yāvat pustakāgatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti puṣpa-dhūpa-gandha-mālya-vilepana-cūrṇa-cīvara-cchatra-dhvaja-ghaṇṭā-patākābhiśca samantāt pūjābhiḥ pūjayiṣyanti te parikṣināyuṣaḥ punareva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti| ye khalu punarmañjuśriḥ sattvāstasyāparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājasya tathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācaviṣyanti, teṣāṃ āyurvardhayiṣyati; ye parikṣiṇāyuṣaḥ sattvā nāmadheyaṃ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti teṣāmapyāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [3]
tasmāttarhi mañjuśrirdīrghāyuṣkatvaṃ prārthayitukāmāḥ kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā tasyāparimitāyuṣastathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ śroṣyanti likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti teṣāṃ ime guṇānusaṃsā bhaviṣyanti| [4]
om namo bhagavate aparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājāya tathāgatāyārhate samyaksaṃbuddhāya, tadyathā, oṃ puṇyamahāpuṇya aparimitapuṇya aparimitāyupuṇyajñānasaṃbhāropacite, oṃ sarvasaṃskārapariśuddhadharmate gagaṇasamudgate svabhāvapariśuddhe mahānayaparivāre svāhā| [5]
imāṃ mañjuśrīstathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ ye kecillikhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti pustakagatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti, te parikṣīṇāyuṣaḥ punareva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti; itaścyutvā aparimitāyuṣastathāgatasyabuddhakṣetre upapadyante, aparimitāyuṣaśca bhaviṣyanti aparimitaguṇasaṃcaye lokadhātau| [6]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena navanavatīnāṃ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitam| [7]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena caturaśītīnāṃ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitam| [8]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena saptasaptatīnāṃ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [9]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaṣaṣṭīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnāṃ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣītam| [10]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcapañcaśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnāṃ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [11]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcacatvāriṃśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnāṃ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [12]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena ṣattriṃśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [13]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaviṃśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [14]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ bhāṣitaṃ| [15]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati| sā gatāyurapi varṣaśatāyurbhaviṣyati punarvāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [16]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa na kadācin narakeṣupapadyate na tiryagyonau na yamaloke na akṣaṇeṣu ca kadācidapi upapatsyate| yatra yatra janmanyupapadyate, tatra tatra sarvatra jātau jātau jātismaro bhaviṣyati| [17]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇi likhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti| [18]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasrāṇi kārāpitāni pratiṣṭhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti| [19]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya pañcānantaryāṇi karmāvaraṇāni parikṣayaṃ gacchanti| [20]
[Para. 21 is missing in the Sanskrit text.]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya na māro na mārakāyikā na yakṣā na rākṣasā nākālmṛtyuravataraṃ lapsyante| [22]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya maraṇakālasamaye navanavatayo buddhakoṭyaḥ saṃmukhaṃ darśanaṃ dāsyanti, buddhasahasraṃ hastena hastaṃ tasyopanāmayanti, buddhakṣetrād buddhakṣetraṃ saṃkrāmanti; nātm kāṅkṣā na vicikitsā na vimātirutpādayitavyā| [23]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya catvāro mahārājānaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā rakṣāvaraṇāguptiṃ kariṣyanti| [24]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātav amitābhasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetre upapadyate| [25]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yasmin pṛthivīpradeśe idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti, sa pṛthivīpradeśaḥ caityabhūto vandanīyaśca bhaviṣyati| yeṣāṃ tiryagyonigatānāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇāṃ karṇāpuṭe nipatiṣyati te sarve anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhāvabhisaṃbodhimabhisambhotsyante| [26]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya strībhāvo na kadācidapi bhaviṣyati| [27]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ dharmaparyāyam uddiśya ekam api kārṣāpanāṃ dānaṃdāsyati, tena trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā dānaṃ dattaṃ bhavati| [28]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yaidaṃ dharmabhāṇakaṃ pūjāyiṣyati, tena sakalasamāptaḥ saddharmaḥ pūjito bhavati| [29]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yathā vipaśvi-śikhi-viśvabhu-krakucchanda-kanakamuni-kāśyapa-śākyamuni-prabhṛtīnaṃ tathāgatānāṃ saptaratnamayāḥ pūjāḥ kṛtvā tasya puṇyaskadhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvaparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayitum| [30]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yathā sūmeroḥ parvatarājasya samānaṃ ratnarāśiṃ kṛtvā dānaṃ dadyāt, tasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṃ gaṇayitum| [31]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yathā catvāro mahāsamudrā udakaparipūrṇṇā bhaveyuḥ, tatra ekaikavinduṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṃ gaṇayitum| [32]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati saṃskṛtya pūjayiṣyati tena daśasu dikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu sarvatathāgatā vanditāḥ pūjitāśca bhaviṣyanti| [33]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]
dānabalena samudgata buddho dānabalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
dānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam || [34]
śīlabalena samudgata buddhaḥ śīlabalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
śīlabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśantam ||[35]
kṣāntibalena samudgata buddhaḥ kṣāntibalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
kṣāntibalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[36]
viryabalena samudgata buddho vīryabalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
vīryabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[37]
dhyānabalena samudgata buddho dhyānabalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
dhyānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam||[38]
prajñābalena samudgata buddhaḥ prajñābalādhigatā narasiṃhāḥ|
prajñābalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[39]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| idamavocad bhagavānāttamanāste ca bhikṣavaste ca bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandamiti| [40]