佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經卷下
姚秦三藏鳩摩羅什譯
護國品第五
爾時，佛告大王：「汝等善聽，吾今正說護國土法用，汝當受持般若波羅蜜。當國土欲亂，破壞劫燒，賊來破國時，當請百佛像、百菩薩像、百羅漢像，百比丘眾，四大眾、七眾共聽，請百法師講般若波羅蜜。百師子吼高座前燃百燈，燒百和香，百種色花，以用供養三寶，三衣什物供養法師，小飯中食亦復以時。大王！一日二時講讀此經，汝國土中有百部鬼神，是一一部復有百部，樂聞是經，此諸鬼神護汝國土。
At that time, the Buddha said to the king, “Listen well. I will now explain the method for protecting a nation. You should uphold the Perfection of Wisdom. When your country is about to fall into chaos—when it faces destruction, calamity, fire, or invasion by bandits—then invite one hundred Buddha images, one hundred Bodhisattva images, one hundred Arhat images, and one hundred Bhikkhus. Gather the fourfold assembly and the sevenfold assembly to listen together. Invite one hundred Dharma teachers to expound the Perfection of Wisdom. Before the hundred lion’s roar high seats, light one hundred lamps, burn one hundred kinds of blended incense, and offer one hundred varieties of colored flowers as offerings to the Three Jewels. Provide the Dharma teachers with the three robes and other necessities, and offer them timely meals, both light and substantial. Great King! If this sutra is expounded and recited twice daily, in your country there will be one hundred groups of spirits and deities, and each group will further have one hundred subgroups, all delighting to hear this sutra. These spirits and deities will protect your land.”
「大王！國土亂時，先鬼神亂，鬼神亂故萬民亂，賊來劫國，百姓亡喪。臣君太子王子百官共生是非，天地怪異，二十八宿、星道日月失時失度，多有賊起。
"Great King! When a kingdom falls into chaos, it is first the spirits and deities that become disturbed. Because the spirits and deities are disturbed, the people become disordered. Bandits come to plunder the kingdom, and the common people perish or flee. Ministers, rulers, crown princes, princes, and officials all give rise to disputes and conflicts. Strange and abnormal phenomena appear in heaven and earth. The twenty-eight constellations, the paths of the stars, the sun, and the moon lose their proper timing and measure. Many bandits rise up."
「大王！若火難水難風難一切諸難，亦應講讀此經，法用如上說。
「大王！不但護國，亦有護福，求富貴官位七寶如意行來，求男女，求慧解名聞，求六天果報，人中九品果樂，亦講此經，法用如上說。
「大王！不但護福，亦護眾難，若疾病苦難，杻械枷鎖檢繫其身，破四重罪，作五逆因，作八難罪，行六道事，一切無量苦難，亦講此經，法用如上說。
「大王！昔日有王釋提桓因，為頂生王來上天欲滅其國。時帝釋天王即如七佛法用，敷百高座，請百法師，講般若波羅蜜。頂生即退，如滅罪經中說。
「大王！昔有天羅國王，有一太子欲登王位，一名班足。太子為外道羅陀師受教，應取千王頭以祭家神。自登其位，已得九百九十九王，少一王。即北行萬里，即得一王，名普明王。其普明王白班足王言：『願聽一日飯食沙門，頂禮三寶。』其班足王許之一日。時普明王即依過去七佛法，請百法師，敷百高座，一日二時講般若波羅蜜八千億偈竟，其第一法師為普明王而說偈言：
「『劫燒終訖， 乾坤洞燃。 須彌巨海， 都為灰焬，
天龍福盡， 於中彫喪。 二儀尚殞， 國有何常。
生老病死， 輪轉無際， 事與願違， 憂悲為害。
欲深禍重， 瘡疣無外， 三界皆苦， 國有何賴。
有本自無， 因緣成諸， 盛者必衰， 實者必虛。
眾生蠢蠢， 都如幻居， 聲響俱空， 國土亦如。
識神無形， 假乘四蛇， 無明寶象， 以為樂車。
形無常主， 神無常家， 形神尚離， 豈有國耶！』
「爾時，法師說此偈已，時普明王眷屬得法眼空，王自證虛空等定，聞法悟解。還至天羅國班足王所眾中，即告九百九十九王言：『就命時到，人人皆應誦過去七佛《仁王問般若波羅蜜經》中偈句。』時班足王問諸王言：『皆誦何法？』時普明王即以上偈答王。王聞是法，得空三昧；九百九十九王亦聞法已，皆證三空門定。時班足王極大歡喜，告諸王言：『我為外道邪師所誤，非君等過。汝可還本國，各各請法師講般若波羅蜜名味句。』時班足王以國付弟，出家為道，證無生法忍，如十王地中說。五千國王常誦是經，現世生報。
「大王！十六大國王修護國之法，法應如是，汝當奉持。天上人中六道眾生，皆應受持七佛名味句。未來世中有無量小國王欲護國土，亦復爾者，應請法師說般若波羅蜜。」
爾時，釋迦牟尼佛說般若波羅蜜時，眾中五百億人得入初地，復有六欲諸天子八十萬人得性空地，復有十八梵王得無生忍、得無生法樂忍，復有先以學菩薩者證一地二地三地乃至十地，復有八部阿須輪王得十三昧門、得三三昧門，得轉鬼身，天上正受，在此會者皆得自性信乃至無量空信。吾今略說天等功德不可具盡。