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English version 'Good man! If, in the evil world of the five turbidities (referring to an era filled with various impurities and sufferings), someone can believe and accept this Sutra (Buddhist scripture), then that person is someone I have transformed in the past and is also protected by Ajita Bodhisattva (another name for Maitreya Bodhisattva). That person has already crossed the sea of birth and death, has already subdued the hordes of demons, eliminated afflictions, has already thundered the Dharma, has already beaten the Dharma drum, has already left the female body, has already subdued all grievances, and has already been able to extinguish all afflictions.' 'Good man! If there are good men and good women who use all the offerings of all the Buddhas and Tathagatas (title of a Buddha) in ten Asamkhya (extremely large numerical unit) three-thousand-great-thousand worlds (Buddhist cosmology, referring to a very large world) to make offerings to them; if someone also hears the words of this Sutra (Buddhist scripture) of true meaning and can believe and accept it, praising 'Sadhu' (well done) because of faith, then the merit they obtain exceeds the merit of offering to all the Buddhas and Tathagatas in the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds. For this reason, good men! If any of you believe my words, you should write, receive, and uphold this scripture. Good men! Wherever this scripture is written and offered, you should know that the Tathagata (Buddha) exists in that family.' At that time, Shengji Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Dianyan Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Guangchang Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Jingyan Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Wuwei Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (another name for Guanyin Bodhisattva), Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Manjushri Bodhisattva (another name for Manjushri Bodhisattva), Bianji Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Gaiyiqiezhang Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), Zuoguangming Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Bodhisattva's name), these eighty-four trillion hundred thousand Bodhisattvas said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! We will widely proclaim the words of this Dharma gate in the future. World Honored One! If there are sentient beings who hear this scripture, that person is also called one who has attained Nirvana (the highest state in Buddhism). World Honored One! If someone can believe this Sutra (Buddhist scripture), these sentient beings have not merely planted small roots of goodness. World Honored One! If hearing this scripture once passes through the ear, how much more so if they fully read, recite, receive, and uphold it, the merit obtained by these sentient beings cannot be exhausted even in hundreds of thousands of trillions of kalpas (eons).' At that time, the World Honored One told the Bodhisattva Mahasattvas (great Bodhisattvas): 'Good, good. Good men! You should protect the Dharma of the Tathagata (Buddha) in this way.' When the Buddha spoke this Dharma gate, Shengji Bodhisattva and their assembly were all very happy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------