天地灵文楞严咒

The Shurangama Mantra--The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth

我现在给你们讲〈楞严咒〉，这〈楞严咒〉百千万劫也没有人讲一次，也不容易讲一次。这么一个法会是很稀有的，难遭难遇的。在我给各位讲时，我知道没有人听得懂。就是有人自以为懂得，也不是真懂。有人自以为懂了，所以不注意，那也等于不懂。在佛教里头，〈楞严咒〉是最重要的一部咒，是咒中的王，也是咒里边最长的一个咒，这个咒关系整个佛教的兴衰。〈楞严咒〉是支持天地没有毁灭的灵文，〈楞严咒〉是支持世界不到末日的灵文。所以我常说，世界上若有一人会念〈楞严咒〉，这世界就不会毁灭，佛法也不会毁灭的。等到世上没有人会念〈楞严咒〉时，这世界就快毁灭了，因为正法不存在了。

Now I am explaining the Shurangama Mantra for you and it is extremely difficult to encounter such a rare Dharma assembly as this. Billions of eons pass and no one explains the Shurangama Mantra even once. Nor is it easy to explain even once. When I am explaining, I know full well that no one understands what's being said. Even if there are those who think they do, they don't really understand. Some think they already understand and so they don't pay attention, but that's also failing to understood.

Among the Buddha's teachings, the Shurangama Mantra is considered to be the king of mantras because it is the longest and most important. The flourish or demise of Buddhism rests entirely with the Shurangama Mantra. It is the efficacious phrases of the Shurangama Mantra that keep heaven and earth from being destroyed. It is the efficacious phrases of the Shurangama Mantra that keep the world from coming to an end. That is why I often tell you that as long as a single person can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the world cannot be destroyed, nor can Buddhism. But when there is no longer anyone who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, then very quickly the world will be destroyed, because the Proper Dharma no longer abides.

现在便有一些天魔外道说，《楞严经》和〈楞严咒〉都是假的，这是天魔外道派出魔子魔孙来造出这些谣言，令人不相信《楞严经》和〈楞严咒〉。《楞严经》和〈楞严咒〉，这是正法最要紧的一部经和一部咒，《楞严经》就是为〈楞严咒〉而说的，这《楞严经》就是解释〈楞严咒〉的一部经。《楞严经》和〈楞严咒〉的重要性是没有法子能说得完的，尽未来际也说不完它的这种功德和妙用，所以是不可思议。说来说去，归纳起来，《楞严经》就是赞叹〈楞严咒〉的。如果有一个人能在世界上念〈楞严咒〉，这妖魔鬼怪都不敢公然出现于世，因为他们所怕的就是〈楞严咒〉。如果一个人也不会背〈楞严咒〉了，这时候妖魔鬼怪就都出现于世。他们在世界上为非作歹，一般人也不认识他们了。现在因为有人会念〈楞严咒〉，妖魔鬼怪就不敢公然出现于世。所以若想世界不灭，就赶快念〈楞严咒〉、读《楞严经》，这就是正法住世。

Now there are even heavenly demons and externalists who claim that the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra are false. These heaven demons and externalists send their demon sons and grandsons to stir up rumors that cause people to not believe in the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra. This sutra and mantra are critically important to the preservation of the Proper Dharma. The Shurangama Sutra was spoken for the sake of the Shurangama Mantra. There's no way to ever finish expressing the importance of the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra; to the ends of all time their merits, virtues, and wonderful functions could never be told--so absolutely inconceivable and ineffable are they! When all is said and done, the Shurangama Sutra is an ode to the Shurangama Mantra. As long as there is even one person who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the demons, ghosts, and strange entities don't dare show themselves in this world. They fear the mantra. But when not even one person can recite the Shurangama Mantra by heart, then those weird entities, those demons and ghosts will come out of hiding. Depraved and up to no good, they will not be recognized by most people. At this point in time, since there are still those who can recite the mantra from memory, those malevolent beings haven't made their appearance yet. And so, if you want to keep the world from being destroyed, quickly learn the Shurangama Mantra and read the Shurangama Sutra to keep the Proper Dharma in the world.（待续 To be continued）