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English version: 'To come [to hear] the secret treasury Dharma, and having heard it, understand its meaning.' Ananda said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! When will this Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intelligence Adornment King attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (unsurpassed, complete and perfect enlightenment)?' The Buddha told Ananda: 'Among the thousand Buddhas who have already appeared and will appear in this Bhadrakalpa (Fortunate Aeon), Ananda! The last Tathagata (Thus Come One) will be named Ruchi (Liking). Ananda! The assembly of Śrāvakas (Voice-Hearers) of the Tathagata, Arhat (Worthy of Offerings), Samyak-sambuddha (Perfectly Enlightened One) Ruchi will be more numerous than the Śrāvaka Sangha of all the previous Buddhas. Ananda! That Tathagata Ruchi will bestow the prediction of unsurpassed enlightenment upon this Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intelligence Adornment King, saying: 'Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intelligence Adornment King, after ninety-eight kalpas (aeons), will attain Buddhahood, with the name Vyūharāja (Adornment King), and will also attain unsurpassed enlightenment in this land.' When that Tathagata Adornment King sits on this ground, the Bodhisattvas and others in this lotus dais, even down to this ground, will again hear this secret treasury Dharma of the Tathagata. Ananda! At that time, the world of the Tathagata Adornment King will be named Inexhaustible Merit Adornment. Ananda! All the palaces of the heavens in the Kāmadhātu (Desire Realm) are equal to just one jeweled platform in the Buddha-land of Adornment King! This Sahā (endurance) world will then be named Wonderful Color Land. Ananda! The lifespan of the Tathagata Adornment King will be one hundred kalpas, and after the Buddha's Parinirvana (complete extinction), the Proper Dharma will remain in the world for a full ten kalpas, and the Sangha will be purely composed of Bodhisattvas.' After speaking the prediction of the Tathagata Adornment King, the flower canopy of the Buddha-land disappeared, and Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intelligence Adornment King appeared standing before the Buddha. At that time, Ananda said: 'World Honored One! How can we protect and uphold this Dharma, so that it may abide long in the world, be widely propagated in Jambudvīpa (the continent where we live), and enable good men to hold the secret treasury Dharma of the Tathagata, perfect their merits, and obtain this Dharma?' At that time, the World Honored One told Ananda: 'Even if the four elements (catvāri mahābhūtāni, earth, water, fire, and wind) were to change their nature, it would never happen that these good men and others would die without hearing this Dharma. Ananda! If someone writes, receives, upholds, and recites this Dharma, know that this person is protected by the Tathagata. Ananda! If someone can hold in their right hand seven treasures (saptaratna) filling as many Buddha-lands as there are sands in the Ganges River, and also hold in their left hand seven treasures filling as many worlds as there are sands in the Ganges River, and if they use --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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布施，是人不懈经恒沙劫，阿难！是布施功德；若有书写、受持、读诵是经典者，所得功德复过于是！是故阿难！汝今受持、读诵是经，令诸法器普得闻知，是诸人等则为受持如来秘密藏法。” 佛说此经已，无量志庄严王菩萨，大德阿难、大德迦叶，一切大众，天、人、阿修罗等，闻佛所说，皆大欢喜。 大方广如来秘密藏经卷下 现代汉语译本： 佛陀说：‘阿难！一个人不懈地布施，持续像恒河沙粒数一样多的劫数，这样的布施功德很大。但是，如果有人书写、受持、读诵这部经典，所获得的功德又超过了前者！所以，阿难！你现在应当受持、读诵这部经，让所有堪能接受佛法教诲的人都能普遍听闻知晓，这些人就等于受持了如来的秘密藏法。’ 佛陀说完这部经后，无量志庄严王菩萨（Bodhisattva Wuliangzhi Zhuangyan Wang），大德阿难（Mahākāśyapa）、大德迦叶（Ānanda），以及所有的大众，包括天人、阿修罗（Asura）等，听闻佛陀所说，都非常欢喜。 《大方广如来秘密藏经》卷下
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English version: The Buddha said: 'Ānanda! A person who tirelessly gives alms for as many kalpas (aeons) as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River, the merit of such almsgiving is great. However, if someone writes, upholds, reads, and recites this scripture, the merit they obtain will surpass that of the former! Therefore, Ānanda! You should now uphold and recite this scripture, so that all those who are vessels for the Dharma can universally hear and know it. These people will then be upholding the secret treasury of the Tathāgata's (如来) Dharma.' After the Buddha finished speaking this scripture, Bodhisattva Wuliangzhi Zhuangyan Wang (无量志庄严王菩萨), the venerable Ānanda (阿难), the venerable Mahākāśyapa (迦叶), and all the assembly, including devas (天), humans, asuras (阿修罗), and others, having heard what the Buddha said, were all greatly delighted. The End of the Lower Volume of the *Great Vaipulya Tathāgata Secret Treasury Sutra* (大方广如来秘密藏经卷下) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------