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English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time Shakyamuni Buddha rose from his Dharma seat and, manifesting his great supernatural powers, with his right hand patted the heads of the immeasurable bodhisattvas and mahasattvas and spoke these words: “For immeasurable hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, millions of…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time the bodhisattvas and mahasattvas who had emerged from the earth, numerous as the dust particles of a thousand worlds, all in the presence of the Buddha single-mindedly pressed their palms together, gazed up in reverence at the face…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group At that time the Buddha said to the bodhisattva and mahasattva Gainer of Great Authority: ‘You should understand this. When monks, nuns, laymen or laywomen uphold the Lotus Sutra, if anyone should speak ill of them, curse or slander them, he will…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time the Buddha said to the bodhisattva and mahasattva Constant Exertion: ‘If good men or good women accept and uphold this Lotus Sutra, if they read it, recite it, explain and preach it, or transcribe it, such persons will…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group At that time the bodhisattva and mahasattva Maitreya said to the Buddha: World-Honored One, if there are good men or good women who, hearing this Lotus Sutra, respond with joy, what amount of blessings do they acquire?” Then he spoke in verse,…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time, when the great assembly heard the Buddha describe how his life span lasted such a very long number of kalpas, immeasurable, boundless asamkhayas of living beings gained a great many rich benefits. – Lúc bấy giờ, trong đại-hội…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group At that time the Buddha spoke to the Bodhisattvas and all the great assembly: “Good men, you must believe and understand the truthful words of the Thus Come One.” And again, he said to the great assembly: You must believe and understand…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group At that time the bodhisattvas and mahasattvas who had gathered from the lands of the other directions, greater in number than sands of eight Ganges, stood up in the midst of the great assembly, pressed their palms together, bowed in obeisance and…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time Manjushri, Dharma prince, bodhisattva and mahasattva, said to the Buddha: “World-Honored One, these bodhisattvas undertake something that is very difficult. Because they revere and obey the Buddha, they have taken a great vow that in the evil age…

English: Burton Watson Việt ngữ: Tỳ Kheo Thích Trí Tịnh Compile: Lotus group   At that time the Bodhisattva and mahasattva Medicine King, along with the bodhisattva and mahasattva Great Joy of Preaching and twenty thousand bodhisattva followers who were accompanying them, all in the presence of the Buddha took this vow, saying: “We beg…