12. The Most Extraordinary Merit
“Furthermore, Subhuti, wherever one teaches or recites so much as a four-line verse of this sutra, that place should be venerated as a Buddha-shrine by heavenly beings, human beings, and asuras in this world. How much more so is the case where one can completely remember, comprehend, and follow this sutra! Subhuti, you should know that such a person has achieved the highest, rarest of accomplishments. Wherever this sutra is present, it is as if the Buddha and the Buddha’s revered disciples were also present.”
尊 重 正 教 分 第 十 二
復次須菩提•隨說是經•乃至四句偈等•當知此處• 一切世間天人阿修羅•皆應供養•如佛塔廟•何況有 人•盡能受持讀誦•須菩提•當知是人•成就最上第 一希有之法•若是經典所在之處•即為有佛•若尊重 弟子•
