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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BHAIŞAJYA-GURU-SŪTRA
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2. It will suffice only to think of his name for deliverance from all evils, and if one dreams of him at the time of death, Manjusribodhisattva, Avalokitesvara b., Mahāsthāmaprāpta b., Akşayamati b., Pao-t’an-houa b., Bhaisajyarāja b., Bhaisajyasamudgata b.,' Maitreya b. will act as attendants of the deceased and conduct him to the place of delight.
3. If one makes an image of this Buddha, or if one recites the text of the sūtra, he will escape from the nine ways of death (neuf fins violentes): this is what the Bodhisattva Kicou-t’o» explained to Ānanda. In conclusion, having heard this instruction of Bhagavā, 12 great rāksasa-chiefs, each having a following of 7,000 rākṣasas, were converted; and they consecrated themselves to better the lot of living beings.”
Our Sanskrit text runs as follows:
“Salutations to all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Thus have I heard. Once Bhagavā in course of his tour came to the great city of Vaiśāli. There he stopped under a tree, giving out musical sounds, with a large number of bhikṣus, bodhisattvas, householders, gods, nāgas, yakșas, gandharvas, etc., in short, many human and non-human beings. Then the dharmarājaputra Mañjuśrī, being inspired by Buddha, put the robe on one shoulder, knelt down and said with folded hands: 0 Bhagavā, tell us the names of the Tathāgatas and their former resolutions in detail for the good of all beings."
“Bhagavā praises Manjuśrī for his compassion for the living beings and proceeds to recount the twelve great vows ((dvādaśa mabāpranidbānāni) of the Bhaișajyaguru-vaidūrya-prabharāja Tathāgata :
All these names occur in the list of bodhisattvas in the Saddharmapundarika; but these names are not found in the Sanskrit Ms.
2 Its Sanskrit restoration is Trānamukta.
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