Aparimitāyuḥ Sūtra

evaṃ mayā śrutam / ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharatisma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṅghena sārdham ardhatrayodaśarbhibhikṣuśataiḥ sambahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ // 1 //

tatra khalu bhagavān mañjuśrīyāṃ kumārabhūtām āmantrayate sma / asti mañjuśrīrūpariṣṭāyām aparimitāguṇasañcayo nāma lokadhātustatrāparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorāja nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksambuddha eva hi tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati sattvānāṃ ca dharmaṃ deśayati // 2 //

śṛṇu mañjuśrīḥ kumārabhūtā, ime jambudvipakā manuṣyā alpāyuṣkā varṣaśatāyuṣas, teṣāṃ bahunyākālamaranāni nirdiṣṭāni / ye khalu mañjuśrīḥ sattvastasyāparimitāyuṣaḥ tathāgatasya guṇavarṇaparikīrtana nāma dharmaparyāyaṃ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti nāmadheyamātram api śroṣyanti yāvat pustakagatām api kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇacīvarachatradhvajaghaṇṭāpatākābhiśca samantāt pūjābhiḥ pūjāyiṣyanti te parikṣiṇāyuṣaḥ punaraiva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti / ye khalu punarmañjuśrīḥ sattvastasyāparimitāyurjñānasuviniścita tejorājasya tathāgatasya nāmoṣṭottaraśataṃ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti, teṣām āyurvadhayiṣyanti, ye parikṣiṇāyuṣaḥ sattvā nāmadheyaṃ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti teṣām apyāyurvivardhayiṣyati // 3 //

tasmāttarhi mañjuśrīdirghāyuṣkatvaṃ prārthayitukāmaḥ kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā tasyāparimitāyuṣastathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṃ śroṣyanti likhiṣyanti teṣām ime guṇānusaṃsā bhaviṣyanti // 4 //
om namo bhagavate aparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājāya tathāgatāyārhate samyaksambuddhāya, tadyathā, om puṇyamahāpuṇya aparimitāpuṇya aparimitāyupuṇya jñānasambhāropacite, om sarvasaṃskāra pariśuddhadharmate gagaṇasamudgate svabhāvapariśuddhe mahānayāparivāre svāhā // 5 //
imāṃ mañjuśrīstathāgatasya nāmoṣṭottaraśataṃ ye kecil likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti pustakagatām api kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti, te parikṣīṇāyuṣaḥ punaraiva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti, itaścutvā aparimitāyuṣastathāgatasya buddhakṣetre upapadyante, aparimitāyuṣaśca bhaviṣyanti aparimitāguṇasañcaye lokadhātau // 6 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena navanavatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 7 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena caturaśītīnāṃ Buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 8 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena saptasaptatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 9 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaṣaṣṭīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 10 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcapañcaśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 11 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcacatvāriśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 12 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena ṣaṭtriṃśatīnāṃ Buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 13 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaviṃśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 14 //

om namo bhagavate / tena khalu punaḥ samayena gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṃ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ bhāṣitam // 15 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa na kadācinnarakeṣūpapadyate na tīryagyonau na yamaloke na akṣaṇeṣu ca kadācid api upapasyate / yatra yatra janmanyupapadyate, tatra tatra sarvatra jātau jātau jātismaro bhaviṣyanti // 17 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇi likhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti // 18 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasrāṇi kārāpitāni pratiṣṭhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti // 19 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya pañcānantaryāṇi karmāvaraṇāni parikṣayaṃ gacchanti // 20 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya na māro na mārakāyikā na yakṣa na rākṣasā nākālamṛtyurevatāraṃ lapsyante // 22 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya maraṇakālasamaye navanavatayo buddhakoṭyaḥ sammukhaṃ darśanaṃ dāsyanti, buddhasahasraṃ hastena hastaṃ tasyopanāmayanti, Buddhakṣetrādbuddhakṣetraṃ saṅkrāmati, nātra kāṅkṣā na vicikitsā na vimātirutpādayitavyā // 23 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya catvāro mahārājānaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddha rakṣāvaraṇaguptiṃ kariṣyanti // 24 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau amitābhasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetre upapadyate // 25 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, sa pṛthivīpradeśaḥ caityabhūto vandanīyaśca bhaviṣyati / yeṣāṃ tiryagyonigatānāṃ mṛgapakṣīnāṃ karṇapuṭe nipatiṣyati te sarve anuttarāyāṃ samyak sambodhau abhisambodhim abhisambhotsyante // 26 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya strībhāvo na kadācid api bhaviṣyati // 27 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ dharmaparyāyam uddiśya ekam api kārṣāpaṇaṃ dānaṃ dāsyati, tena trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā dānaṃ dattaṃ bhavati // 28 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam dharmabhāṇakaṃ pūjayiṣyati, tena sakalasamāptaḥ saddharmaḥ pūjito bhavati // 29 //

om namo bhagavate / yathā vipaśviśikhiviśvabhukrakucchandakanakamunikāśyapaśākyamuniprabhṛtīnāṃ tathāgatānāṃ saptaratnamayaḥ pūjāḥ kṛtvā tasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvāparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayitum // 30 //

om namo bhagavate / yathā sumeroḥ parvatarājasya samānāṃ ratnarāśiṃ kṛtvā dānaṃ dadyāt, tasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvāparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayitum // 31 //

om namo bhagavate / yathā catvāro mahāsamudrā udakaparipūṇṇā bhaveyuḥ, tatra ekaikavinduṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ, na tvāparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṃ śakyaṃ gaṇayitum // 32 //

om namo bhagavate / ya idam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṃ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati saṃskṛtya pūjayiṣyati tena daśasu dikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu sarvatathāgatā vanditāḥ pūjitāśca bhaviṣyanti // 33 //

om namo bhagavate /
dānabalena samudgata buddho dānabalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
dānabalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 34 //
śīlabalena samudgata buddho śīlabalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
śīlabalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 35 //
kṣāntibalena samudgata buddho kṣāntibalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
kṣāntibalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 36 //
vīryabalena samudgata buddho vīryābalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
vīryabalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 37 //
dhyānabalena samudgata buddho dhyānabalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
dhyānabalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 38 //
prajñābalena samudgata buddho prajñābalādhigatā narasiṃhaḥ /
prajñābalasya ca śrūyati śabda kāruṇikasya pure praviśantaṃ // 39 //

om namo bhagavate / idam vocadbhagavān āttamanaste ca bhikṣavaste ca bodhisattva mahāsattvaḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanam iti // 40 //

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