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English version: The heart rejoices, encountering the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings), and the Sangha (noble community), continuously striving in practice, not associating with sins, and will surely attain Nirvana (liberation). All of this is due to upholding the Five Precepts, the Ten Virtues, restraining emotions and desires, and observing the Six Fasting Days! ‘During the time of Kakusandha Buddha (Kakusandha Buddha), people lived for sixty thousand years, and the people's nature was non-assertive, protecting others as if protecting themselves, equal without distinction. After that Buddha passed away, the true teachings gradually declined; people lacked righteous conduct and gradually became evil; their lifespan decreased day by day, eventually reaching only one hundred years. After my (Sakyamuni Buddha) Parinirvana (final departure), people will disobey the Buddha's teachings, and there will be no more filial children; lifespan will decrease with sins, and lifespan will shorten day by day. The gods will no longer protect, and plagues and evil spirits will come to invade every day; disasters and strange events will occur one after another, wishes will be contrary to reality, and unexpected disasters will occur constantly. While alive, they will suffer the punishment of the king's law, and after death, they will fall into hell, the realm of hungry ghosts, and the realm of animals. If they are reborn as humans, they will surely become servants. Good and evil follow the body like a shadow, just like sowing five grains, reaping the corresponding fruits according to the type sown; it is also like writing at night, the fire is extinguished but the words remain. The body dies, the name disappears, but the karmic consequences of good and evil do not perish. Carefully guard your mind, restrain your body, guard your speech, and upholding the Five Precepts and the Ten Virtues can lead to the attainment of the path. My attainment of Buddhahood today is also the result of accumulating good deeds over a long period of time!’ The Bhikkhus (monks) who heard the sutra were all very happy, bowed to the Buddha and departed. The Sutra of the Four Heavenly Kings Spoken by the Buddha --------------------------------------------------------------------------------