“Great goddess Śrī, any noble man or noble woman who has faith and wishes to make an inconceivably, extremely vast and great offering of requisites to the past, future, and present buddha bhagavats, and wishes to know the profound field of activity of the past, future, and present buddhas, whether in a temple or in a wilderness, in whatever place The Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light is being correctly taught, in that place they should, with an undoubting and undistracted mind, pay attention and listen to this Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light.”
EN
Then the Bhagavat, in order to describe this extensively to the assembly, recited these verses:
EN
“Someone who wishes to make an Inconceivable offering to all the buddhas, And wishes to know the profound Field of activity of all the buddhas,
EN
“Should go to the place, whether It is a temple or a dwelling, Where is taught this sūtra of The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“This sūtra is inconceivable; Its ocean of qualities is endless, And it liberates all beings From the oceans of many sufferings.
EN
“I see the beginning of this sūtra And also its middle and its conclusion. This lord of sūtras is extremely profound. There is no analogy that exists for it.
EN
“All of the particles that exist In the Ganges and on the earth, In the oceans and in the sky, Cannot serve as an analogy for it.
EN
“The entrance to the Dharma realm Should be entered at that time. Jina Śākyamuni should be seen In the center of a stūpa,
EN
“Which is the profound, enduring stūpa That is the embodiment of the Dharma, Teaching this sūtra perfectly With a voice that is beautiful.
EN
“May the happiness of devas And of humans be experienced For as many countless, innumerable Million of eons as there are.
EN
“Whoever listens to this sūtra Should think they will accomplish My inconceivable accumulation of merit; At that time, they should know this to be so.
EN
“Someone should, in order to listen to this sūtra, Be able to endure the intense pain Of crossing over a hundred-yojana-wide Moat filled with a blazing inferno.
EN
“Then, as soon as they enter into The temple or the dwelling, Their bad karma will be eliminated And all the qualities of nightmares,
EN
Harm from planets and lunar asterisms, And terrible evil spirits and demons Will be entirely driven away The moment that they enter there.
EN
“There the Dharmabhāṇaka should make a seat That is in the form of a lotus Exactly as has been revealed By nāga kings in a dream.
EN
“Having sat upon that seat, They should teach this sūtra, Write it out, and read it out loud, And similarly, they should learn it.
EN
“After they have risen from that seat, Even if they go to another land, Miraculous manifestations Will appear on that seat.
EN
“Sometimes the form of the Dharmabhāṇaka will appear there, And sometimes the form of a buddha, Sometimes that of a bodhisattva,
EN
“Sometimes that of Samantabhadra, Sometimes that of Mañjuśrī, And sometimes that of Maitreya Will appear upon that seat.
EN
“Sometimes only light will appear. Sometimes devas will appear— They will appear there briefly, And then they will disappear.
EN
“If a buddha is seen, there will be praise. Everything will be accomplished. There will be perfect opulence and good fortune. This is an omen emanated by the Buddha.
EN
“There will be victory and glory and fame. Those who are adversaries will be repulsed. The opposing armies of enemies will defeated. Enemies will be vanquished in battle.
EN
“All nightmares will come to an end. All bad actions will be eliminated; All bad actions will be brought to an end. There will be victory in battle.
EN
“One will have fame that will spread Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa. All the enemies that he has Will be completely defeated.
EN
“Enemies will constantly be vanquished. All bad actions will be abandoned. There will be victory in battle, Freedom from enemies, and perfect joy.
EN
“The Lord of Brahmās, the Lord of Trāyastriṃśa, And similarly the guardians of the world; Vajrapāṇi who is the lord of yakṣas; Saṃjñeya, the supreme victorious leader;
EN
“The lord of nāgas, Anavatapta; And likewise Sāgara, The lord of kinnaras and lord of asuras; And also the lord of the garuḍas—
EN
“Those and also all such others, Every one of all of the devas— Will constantly make offerings to The inconceivable stūpa of the Dharma, And they will feel great joy on seeing Beings who have reverence.
EN
“The supreme lords of the devas Will all in their minds be thinking, And every one of the devas Will be saying to one another,
EN
“ ‘Look at them, they who have Accumulated merit, glory, and majesty! They have come here To listen to this profound sūtra.
EN
“ ‘Those humans who have arrived here Through having developed good roots Have reverence for the stūpa of the Dharma, With a faith that is inconceivable.
EN
“ ‘They have compassion for the world And they bring benefit to beings. They are vessels for the flavor of the sublime Dharma That comes from the profound Dharmas.
EN
“ ‘They have entered through The entrance to the Dharma realm. They who listen to this sublime goodness, The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light,
EN
“ ‘Have in the past made offerings To a hundred thousand buddhas; It is because of those good roots That they are listening to the sūtra.’
EN
“All the lords and kings of devas— Sarasvatī, and similarly Śrī and Vaiśravaṇa, And, similarly, the Four Mahārājas,
EN
“And the hundred thousand yakṣas Who have great might and miraculous powers— All of them in the four directions Will give them perfect protection.
EN
“Indra, Soma, and Yama, Vāyu and Varuṇa, Skanda, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī, Consumer of Burnt Offerings, and Prajāpati,
EN
“Those who with great power subjugate adversaries, All those protectors of the world, Day and night, never inattentive, Will give them their protection.
EN
“The yakṣa lords that have great might— Nārāyaṇa and Maheśvara, Saṃjñeya, and also the rest of The other twenty-eight yakṣas,
EN
“And the hundred thousand yakṣas With their great might and miraculous powers— Will give them their protection From all terror and fears.
EN
“Vajrapāṇi, the lord of yakṣas, With five hundred yakṣas And all the bodhisattvas, Will give them his protection.
EN
“Maṇibhadra, the lord of yakṣas, And similarly, Pūrṇabhadra, Kumbhīra and Aṭavika, Piṅgala and Kapila—
EN
“Each of those lords of yakṣas, Accompanied by five hundred yakṣas— Will give their protection to Those who listen to this sūtra.
EN
“Gandharva and Citrasena, Jinarāja and Jinarṣabha, Maṇikaṇṭha and Nikaṇṭha, And similarly Varṣādhipati;
EN
“Mahāgrāsa and Mahākāla, And similarly also Svarṇakeśin, Pāñcika, and Chagalapāda, And similarly also Mahābhāga;
EN
“Praṇālin and Mahāpāla, Markaṭa and also Vāli, Sūciroma and Sūryamitra, And similarly Ratnakeśa;
EN
“Mahāpraṇālin and Nakula, Kāmaśreṣṭha and Candana, Nāgāyana and Haimavata, And similarly Sātāgiri—
EN
“All of them, who have great might, Subjugate adversaries, and have miraculous power— Will give their protection to Those who listen to this sūtra.
EN
“The nāga lord Anavatapta, And similarly Sāgara, Both Elapatra and Mucilinda, And Nanda and Upananda,
EN
“With a hundred thousand nāgas With great might and miraculous powers, Will give them their protection From all terrors and fears.
EN
“Bali, Rāhu, and Namuci, Vemacitra and Saṃvara, Prahrāda and Kharaskandha, And similarly the other lords of asuras,
EN
“With a hundred thousand asuras With great might and miraculous powers, Will give them their protection From all terrors and fears.
EN
“Hārītī, the mother of spirits, With her five hundred children, Will give them their protection While they sit, sleep, or are intoxicated.
EN
“Caṇḍā and Caṇḍālikā, And similarly the yakṣiṇī Caṇḍikā, Conch Shell, and Kūṭadantī, And also Yakṣiṇī Thief of All Beings’ Splendor—
EN
“All of them, who have great might, Subjugate adversaries, and have miraculous power— Will give their protection to them Everywhere in the four directions.
EN
“Sarasvatī and all the other Countless numbers of goddesses, And similarly Śrī and All of the other goddesses—
EN
“The goddess of the earth and The goddesses of harvests, fruits, and forests; Those who dwell in parks, trees, and caityas; And the goddesses of the wind—
EN
“Every one of those goddesses, With their minds filled with joy, Will here give their protection To those who delight in this sūtra.
EN
“They will bestow on those beings Life and color and strength, And will constantly adorn them with perfect Glory and merit and magnificence.
EN
“They will end all harm from The planets and the lunar asterisms. They will bring to an end all troubles, Bad actions, and nightmares.
EN
“The goddess of the earth herself, Who has depth and great strength, Will be satiated by the flavor of The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“For sixty-eight thousand Times a hundred yojanas, As far down as the vajra foundation, The fertility of the earth will increase.
EN
“The fertility of the earth that has sunk A whole hundred yojanas below Will rise back upward And enrich the surfaces.
EN
“Every one of all those devas, through The power of listening to the sūtra, Will be satiated by the flavor of The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“They will become perfectly brilliant, And similarly they will have strength. They will be happy and satisfied. Throughout the entirety of Jambudvīpa,
EN
“The devas of fruits, harvests, and forests Will be satisfied by various flavors, And they will be completely delighted, Satisfied by the flavor of the sūtra.
EN
“Then the fruits and the harvests, And the various kinds of flowers And the various kinds of fruit trees, Will all develop perfectly.
EN
“All the fruit trees, The parks, and the forests Will blossom with flowers Emitting their various aromas.
EN
“All the plants and trees That have various kinds of flowers And various kinds of fruits Will grow upon the earth.
EN
“Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa There will be innumerable nāga maidens Whose minds will become filled with joy, And they will come to where the ponds are.
EN
“And there will grow in all the ponds A variety of night lotuses, Red lotuses, and similarly Blue lotuses and white lotuses.
EN
“In the sky there will be no smoke, And it will not be covered by clouds. There will be no darkness and no dust, And everywhere will be completely bright.
EN
“A bright and beautiful net of light rays That has a thousand rays of sunlight Brings the most perfect joy With its profound brightness.
EN
“Even that lord, the deva Sūrya, Dwelling in his divine palace Made of Jambū River gold, Will gain satisfaction through this sūtra.
EN
“When Lord Sūrya is gladdened, He will shine onto Jambudvīpa; He will completely illuminate it With an infinite net of light rays.
EN
“Simply through his rising, He will shine a net of light rays, And the lotuses that fill A variety of ponds will open.
EN
“Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa, The various flowers, fruits, and herbs Will perfectly, completely ripen, And the entire earth will be satisfied.
EN
“The moon and the sun also Will at that time be brighter. The lunar asterisms will move perfectly, And similarly so will the winds.
EN
“Throughout all of Jambudvīpa There will be excellent harvests. Wherever this sūtra is present, That kingdom will be preeminent.”
“Great goddess Śrī, any noble man or noble woman who has faith and wishes to make an inconceivably, extremely vast and great offering of requisites to the past, future, and present buddha bhagavats, and wishes to know the profound field of activity of the past, future, and present buddhas, whether in a temple or in a wilderness, in whatever place The Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light is being correctly taught, in that place they should, with an undoubting and undistracted mind, pay attention and listen to this Lord King of Sūtras, the Sublime Golden Light.”
EN
Then the Bhagavat, in order to describe this extensively to the assembly, recited these verses:
EN
“Someone who wishes to make an Inconceivable offering to all the buddhas, And wishes to know the profound Field of activity of all the buddhas,
EN
“Should go to the place, whether It is a temple or a dwelling, Where is taught this sūtra of The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“This sūtra is inconceivable; Its ocean of qualities is endless, And it liberates all beings From the oceans of many sufferings.
EN
“I see the beginning of this sūtra And also its middle and its conclusion. This lord of sūtras is extremely profound. There is no analogy that exists for it.
EN
“All of the particles that exist In the Ganges and on the earth, In the oceans and in the sky, Cannot serve as an analogy for it.
EN
“The entrance to the Dharma realm Should be entered at that time. Jina Śākyamuni should be seen In the center of a stūpa,
EN
“Which is the profound, enduring stūpa That is the embodiment of the Dharma, Teaching this sūtra perfectly With a voice that is beautiful.
EN
“May the happiness of devas And of humans be experienced For as many countless, innumerable Million of eons as there are.
EN
“Whoever listens to this sūtra Should think they will accomplish My inconceivable accumulation of merit; At that time, they should know this to be so.
EN
“Someone should, in order to listen to this sūtra, Be able to endure the intense pain Of crossing over a hundred-yojana-wide Moat filled with a blazing inferno.
EN
“Then, as soon as they enter into The temple or the dwelling, Their bad karma will be eliminated And all the qualities of nightmares,
EN
Harm from planets and lunar asterisms, And terrible evil spirits and demons Will be entirely driven away The moment that they enter there.
EN
“There the Dharmabhāṇaka should make a seat That is in the form of a lotus Exactly as has been revealed By nāga kings in a dream.
EN
“Having sat upon that seat, They should teach this sūtra, Write it out, and read it out loud, And similarly, they should learn it.
EN
“After they have risen from that seat, Even if they go to another land, Miraculous manifestations Will appear on that seat.
EN
“Sometimes the form of the Dharmabhāṇaka will appear there, And sometimes the form of a buddha, Sometimes that of a bodhisattva,
EN
“Sometimes that of Samantabhadra, Sometimes that of Mañjuśrī, And sometimes that of Maitreya Will appear upon that seat.
EN
“Sometimes only light will appear. Sometimes devas will appear— They will appear there briefly, And then they will disappear.
EN
“If a buddha is seen, there will be praise. Everything will be accomplished. There will be perfect opulence and good fortune. This is an omen emanated by the Buddha.
EN
“There will be victory and glory and fame. Those who are adversaries will be repulsed. The opposing armies of enemies will defeated. Enemies will be vanquished in battle.
EN
“All nightmares will come to an end. All bad actions will be eliminated; All bad actions will be brought to an end. There will be victory in battle.
EN
“One will have fame that will spread Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa. All the enemies that he has Will be completely defeated.
EN
“Enemies will constantly be vanquished. All bad actions will be abandoned. There will be victory in battle, Freedom from enemies, and perfect joy.
EN
“The Lord of Brahmās, the Lord of Trāyastriṃśa, And similarly the guardians of the world; Vajrapāṇi who is the lord of yakṣas; Saṃjñeya, the supreme victorious leader;
EN
“The lord of nāgas, Anavatapta; And likewise Sāgara, The lord of kinnaras and lord of asuras; And also the lord of the garuḍas—
EN
“Those and also all such others, Every one of all of the devas— Will constantly make offerings to The inconceivable stūpa of the Dharma, And they will feel great joy on seeing Beings who have reverence.
EN
“The supreme lords of the devas Will all in their minds be thinking, And every one of the devas Will be saying to one another,
EN
“ ‘Look at them, they who have Accumulated merit, glory, and majesty! They have come here To listen to this profound sūtra.
EN
“ ‘Those humans who have arrived here Through having developed good roots Have reverence for the stūpa of the Dharma, With a faith that is inconceivable.
EN
“ ‘They have compassion for the world And they bring benefit to beings. They are vessels for the flavor of the sublime Dharma That comes from the profound Dharmas.
EN
“ ‘They have entered through The entrance to the Dharma realm. They who listen to this sublime goodness, The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light,
EN
“ ‘Have in the past made offerings To a hundred thousand buddhas; It is because of those good roots That they are listening to the sūtra.’
EN
“All the lords and kings of devas— Sarasvatī, and similarly Śrī and Vaiśravaṇa, And, similarly, the Four Mahārājas,
EN
“And the hundred thousand yakṣas Who have great might and miraculous powers— All of them in the four directions Will give them perfect protection.
EN
“Indra, Soma, and Yama, Vāyu and Varuṇa, Skanda, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī, Consumer of Burnt Offerings, and Prajāpati,
EN
“Those who with great power subjugate adversaries, All those protectors of the world, Day and night, never inattentive, Will give them their protection.
EN
“The yakṣa lords that have great might— Nārāyaṇa and Maheśvara, Saṃjñeya, and also the rest of The other twenty-eight yakṣas,
EN
“And the hundred thousand yakṣas With their great might and miraculous powers— Will give them their protection From all terror and fears.
EN
“Vajrapāṇi, the lord of yakṣas, With five hundred yakṣas And all the bodhisattvas, Will give them his protection.
EN
“Maṇibhadra, the lord of yakṣas, And similarly, Pūrṇabhadra, Kumbhīra and Aṭavika, Piṅgala and Kapila—
EN
“Each of those lords of yakṣas, Accompanied by five hundred yakṣas— Will give their protection to Those who listen to this sūtra.
EN
“Gandharva and Citrasena, Jinarāja and Jinarṣabha, Maṇikaṇṭha and Nikaṇṭha, And similarly Varṣādhipati;
EN
“Mahāgrāsa and Mahākāla, And similarly also Svarṇakeśin, Pāñcika, and Chagalapāda, And similarly also Mahābhāga;
EN
“Praṇālin and Mahāpāla, Markaṭa and also Vāli, Sūciroma and Sūryamitra, And similarly Ratnakeśa;
EN
“Mahāpraṇālin and Nakula, Kāmaśreṣṭha and Candana, Nāgāyana and Haimavata, And similarly Sātāgiri—
EN
“All of them, who have great might, Subjugate adversaries, and have miraculous power— Will give their protection to Those who listen to this sūtra.
EN
“The nāga lord Anavatapta, And similarly Sāgara, Both Elapatra and Mucilinda, And Nanda and Upananda,
EN
“With a hundred thousand nāgas With great might and miraculous powers, Will give them their protection From all terrors and fears.
EN
“Bali, Rāhu, and Namuci, Vemacitra and Saṃvara, Prahrāda and Kharaskandha, And similarly the other lords of asuras,
EN
“With a hundred thousand asuras With great might and miraculous powers, Will give them their protection From all terrors and fears.
EN
“Hārītī, the mother of spirits, With her five hundred children, Will give them their protection While they sit, sleep, or are intoxicated.
EN
“Caṇḍā and Caṇḍālikā, And similarly the yakṣiṇī Caṇḍikā, Conch Shell, and Kūṭadantī, And also Yakṣiṇī Thief of All Beings’ Splendor—
EN
“All of them, who have great might, Subjugate adversaries, and have miraculous power— Will give their protection to them Everywhere in the four directions.
EN
“Sarasvatī and all the other Countless numbers of goddesses, And similarly Śrī and All of the other goddesses—
EN
“The goddess of the earth and The goddesses of harvests, fruits, and forests; Those who dwell in parks, trees, and caityas; And the goddesses of the wind—
EN
“Every one of those goddesses, With their minds filled with joy, Will here give their protection To those who delight in this sūtra.
EN
“They will bestow on those beings Life and color and strength, And will constantly adorn them with perfect Glory and merit and magnificence.
EN
“They will end all harm from The planets and the lunar asterisms. They will bring to an end all troubles, Bad actions, and nightmares.
EN
“The goddess of the earth herself, Who has depth and great strength, Will be satiated by the flavor of The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“For sixty-eight thousand Times a hundred yojanas, As far down as the vajra foundation, The fertility of the earth will increase.
EN
“The fertility of the earth that has sunk A whole hundred yojanas below Will rise back upward And enrich the surfaces.
EN
“Every one of all those devas, through The power of listening to the sūtra, Will be satiated by the flavor of The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light.
EN
“They will become perfectly brilliant, And similarly they will have strength. They will be happy and satisfied. Throughout the entirety of Jambudvīpa,
EN
“The devas of fruits, harvests, and forests Will be satisfied by various flavors, And they will be completely delighted, Satisfied by the flavor of the sūtra.
EN
“Then the fruits and the harvests, And the various kinds of flowers And the various kinds of fruit trees, Will all develop perfectly.
EN
“All the fruit trees, The parks, and the forests Will blossom with flowers Emitting their various aromas.
EN
“All the plants and trees That have various kinds of flowers And various kinds of fruits Will grow upon the earth.
EN
“Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa There will be innumerable nāga maidens Whose minds will become filled with joy, And they will come to where the ponds are.
EN
“And there will grow in all the ponds A variety of night lotuses, Red lotuses, and similarly Blue lotuses and white lotuses.
EN
“In the sky there will be no smoke, And it will not be covered by clouds. There will be no darkness and no dust, And everywhere will be completely bright.
EN
“A bright and beautiful net of light rays That has a thousand rays of sunlight Brings the most perfect joy With its profound brightness.
EN
“Even that lord, the deva Sūrya, Dwelling in his divine palace Made of Jambū River gold, Will gain satisfaction through this sūtra.
EN
“When Lord Sūrya is gladdened, He will shine onto Jambudvīpa; He will completely illuminate it With an infinite net of light rays.
EN
“Simply through his rising, He will shine a net of light rays, And the lotuses that fill A variety of ponds will open.
EN
“Throughout the entirety of this Jambudvīpa, The various flowers, fruits, and herbs Will perfectly, completely ripen, And the entire earth will be satisfied.
EN
“The moon and the sun also Will at that time be brighter. The lunar asterisms will move perfectly, And similarly so will the winds.
EN
“Throughout all of Jambudvīpa There will be excellent harvests. Wherever this sūtra is present, That kingdom will be preeminent.”
Sutraya