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English version: 'Name' refers to the wisdom seal of the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra (The Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra). If a Bodhisattva seeking the path hears of the wisdom seal of the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra, it is a great and rare good fortune. A Bodhisattva seeking the path and desiring to become a Buddha must obtain the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra. The Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra is the great parent of all Buddhas in the eight directions, above and below. Only by obtaining the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra can one become a Buddha. A Bodhisattva seeking the path must accumulate sufficient merit and virtue to hear of the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra. A Bodhisattva seeking the path who does not obtain the Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra cannot become a Buddha. The Buddha said: 'If there are good men and good women who believe in and aspire to the sutra named 'Buddha Samādhi Sutra', kneeling before it with compassionate joy, that person will receive blessings, and will also receive blessings in future lives. Upon the end of their life, they will be reborn in the heavens as a Deva King, and upon the end of their heavenly life, they will be reborn in the world as a Cakravartin-rāja (Wheel-Turning King). In this way, upon the end of their life, they will be reborn in the heavens, and upon the end of their heavenly life, they will be reborn in the house of kings and nobles, rotating between the heavenly and human realms, and will ultimately not fall into Niraya (hell), the animal realm, the preta realm, the realm of ghosts and spirits, or the dragon realm. After countless kalpas, they will all become Buddhas. If someone hears the name of 'Samādhi' (concentration) and has even a slight doubt, disbelieving even as little as a hair, that person will enter the eighteen hells upon the end of their life, suffering burning and boiling without any time of release. Even if they are able to emerge and seek the path, they will ultimately not become a Buddha. Why is this so? Because the 'Buddha Samādhi Sutra' is the essential decisive seal and confirmation of all Buddhas in the eight directions, above and below.' The Buddha said: 'What I have said is true, and you should all believe it without doubt. Who can prove these things? Only the Bodhisattvas in the sands of the forty Ganges River banks, who are my younger brothers, can all prove these things.' After the Buddha finished speaking this sutra, Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva (Manjushri Bodhisattva) and others, Maitreya Bodhisattva (Maitreya Bodhisattva) and others, Śāriputra Arhat (Sariputra Arhat) and others, and all the gods and people, were greatly delighted upon hearing this sutra, and rose to pay homage to the Buddha. The Buddha Speaks the Buddha Seal Samādhi Sutra --------------------------------------------------------------------------------