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Toh 278

བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པ།
The Eight Auspicious Ones
《八吉祥經》 (大正藏:《佛說八部佛名經》)
Maṅgalāṣṭaka

一時,佛在毗舍離奈女樹園,有一離車族青年名為「善作」,請佛宣說現今住世修行本願之諸佛
名號,使持名禮敬者無有恐懼、無復眾難。世尊隨即演說八佛及其佛土之名,教喻善作應諦奉善
思、係心毋忘,必能德行日進、所作皆成。善作告退之後,天帝釋白佛言,我已受此八佛之名,
精进奉行。佛告天帝,天人與阿修羅戰鬥之前,念諸八佛名即可無畏,繼而講說傳布本經的種種
功德。

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