The Dharani Sutra of The Buddha on Longevity, The Extinction of Offences and The Protection of Young Children: 32 of 33

“Again, The Buddha spoke to Manjushri Bodhisattva, “This Sutra on Buddha’s Nature of Longevity, The Extinction of Offences and The Twelve Conditioned Links of Causation that I am now speaking was also spoken by all Past Buddhas. If living beings are able to accept, uphold, read and recite this Sutra, they will obtain great blessings and benefits. Their present lifespan will be more than one hundred and twenty years.”

“When they are to pass away, torturing such as the cutting of bodies with the knives of wind will not be experienced by them. In fact they will be free from all sufferings. They will obtain The Buddha’s Vajra, Permanent and Indestructible body for reading the Sutra of Buddha’s Nature. Such a body is naturally clear and pure, with firm and solid mindfulness in every thought. Wherever they are, they will constantly be protected and illuminated by all Bodhisattvas.”

“The Bodhisattva Who Contemplates The Sound of The World and The Great Strength Bodhisattva will come to welcome the man who is mindful of Buddha. They ride on white elephants with six tusks and travel on clouds of five colors. They brought along a Lotus Flower dias to lead him to attain rebirth in the Non-Moving Buddhaland. He will naturally be blissful and does not have to undergo eight sufferings.”

“Manjushri, you should know that all deluded living beings do not realize that their lifespan with little blessing is as short as the sparks from rubbing stones or the lightning. The lifespan also resembles the foam on water surface. SO they are not frightened nor worried while soaking in the seas of birth and death.”

“As these livings do not realize their danger which resembles that of burning eye-brows, so they greedily indulge in the benefits from wealth, love and sensual desires. Or they consume so much wine that their lifespan is at stake. There are also those who are jealous, deluded and arrogant. Most of them will sink in the seas of suffering with no chance of liberation.”

“Only the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are able to cross over the seas of birth and death. The common sentient beings are sure to sink into them. The ghastly ghost of Impermanence comes at unpredictable time. Even if we wish to bribe him with innumerable and limitless amount of gold, silver, money and precious jewels, and seek to lengthen our life, it will still be in vain.”

“All living beings should know and contemplate constantly that the body is just like the four great poisonous snakes with innumerable worms that feed on it throughout days and nights. They should contemplate that the body is full of evil. It is like a dead dog which is not to be desired. And the body is impure, with the nine apertures that produce the smelly dirt, wax and sweat constantly. And it is also like a city’s pond which becomes the dwelling place for Raksas Ghosts.”

“Living beings should also contemplate that the body is like the morning dew which cannot dwell long. It will be eaten by birds and hungry dogs, so we should renounce the foul and smelly body to seek the mind of enlightenment. We should contemplate the time of death, when a man suffers acute pain just as though millions of arrows are penetrating his heart, with the two empty hands open widely.”

“When root of life is completely cut off, the body swells and is covered with greenish bruises, within the first five days. Blood, pus and foul liquid will be oozed out. Even our beloved parents, wives and sons will not desire to take a look at it.”

“Even if it is buried in the earth, the flesh and bones will all be separated. The bones of the skeleton such as the tibia, scapula, ribs, spine and others will be at different position. The flesh, intestines, stomach, liver, kidney, lung, heart and others will all be the feeding place of abundant worms and bacteria.”

“If we are able to contemplate thus, then we will realize that there is no one who is really in existent. Then even if we were to be born in the world, all the gold, silver, pearls, carnelian, money and the treasury are none of our business. Then such a man will know how to renounce the foul, smelly body in search of Bodhisattva Path.”

“If there are living beings who seek to escape from these sufferings, then they should sacrifice all exterior possessions, even to the point of sacrificing their heads, eyes, brains, and marrow in order to write down this sutra besides accepting, upholding, reading and reciting it.”

“This Sutra on The Buddha’s Nature of Twelve Conditioned Links of Causation is the secret store of all Buddhas. If a man is able to make offering to it, circulate it and be mindful of it wholeheartedly, then he will be certified to The Unsurpassed Proper, Equal and Perfect Enlightenment. He will not die at a young age, neither will he suffer death accidentally.”