無上依經囑累品第七
Chapter 7: Entrustment
佛告阿難：「汝可受持此正法門。」
The Buddha said to Ananda, "You should uphold and practice this true Dharma."
爾時阿難長跪白佛：「我今從佛聞此深法，得未曾有，頂戴奉持。世尊！當何名此經？云何受持？」
At that time, Ananda knelt upright and said to the Buddha: "Now that I have heard this profound teaching from you, I have gained something unprecedented, and I receive and uphold it with the utmost respect. World-Honored One, what shall this sutra be called, and how shall we receive and uphold it?"
佛言：「阿難！此經名『無上依』，亦名『未曾有』，亦名『攝善法』，亦名『清淨行』，亦名『行究竟』。阿難！有十種法受持此經。何等為十？一者書寫、二者供養、三者傳流、四者諦聽、五者自讀、六者憶持、七者廣說、八者自誦、九者思惟、十者修行。阿難！此十種法能持此經，真功德聚無量無盡。阿難！譬如如意珠王所在之處，一切眾寶悉皆出現；持此經人亦復如是，一切善法皆悉得成。阿難！譬如一切樹林藥草，悉依於地而得生長；善法亦爾，皆因此經而得增長。阿難！譬如一切善法已生現生當生是不放逸之所攝持，不放逸行最為第一；若經說聲聞法，若經說緣覺法，若經說菩薩法，此經所攝最為第一。阿難！譬如轉輪聖王，若王在世七寶常隨；此經亦爾，若住於世，佛寶、法寶、僧寶種性相續不絕。阿難！汝可展轉廣為比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷，天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿修羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽、人非人等，演說此經。何以故？欲令一切諸眾生類於如來處種善根故。」
The Buddha said: "Ānanda, this sutra is called 'The Supreme Reliance,' also called 'The Unprecedented,' also called 'The Collection of Wholesome Dharmas,' also called 'The Practice of Purity,' also called 'The Ultimate Practice.' Ānanda, there are ten methods for upholding this sutra. What are these ten? First, copying it; second, making offerings to it; third, transmitting it; fourth, listening to it with attention; fifth, reciting it yourself; sixth, memorizing it; seventh, explaining it widely; eighth, chanting it; ninth, contemplating it; and tenth, putting it into practice. Ānanda, these ten methods enable one to uphold this sutra, and they yield a true accumulation of merit that is measureless and endless.
Ānanda, just as wherever the wish-fulfilling jewel resides, all treasures emerge, so too, wherever a person who upholds this sutra resides, all wholesome dharmas are realized. Ānanda, just as all forests, trees, and medicinal herbs depend on the earth to grow, so too, all wholesome dharmas depend on this sutra to increase and flourish. Ānanda, just as all wholesome dharmas—whether they have already arisen, are arising now, or will arise in the future—are encompassed by diligence, and diligence is the foremost, so too, whether this sutra teaches the Dharma for Hearers, the Dharma for Solitary Realizers, or the Dharma for Bodhisattvas, this sutra is the foremost of all that is taught.
Ānanda, just as when a Wheel-Turning King rules, the seven treasures always accompany him, so too, when this sutra exists in the world, the treasure of the Buddha, the treasure of the Dharma, and the treasure of the Saṅgha continue uninterrupted in their lineage. Ānanda, you may widely proclaim this sutra in turn to monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, and to gods, dragons, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, mahoragas, humans, and non-humans. Why is this? It is so that all beings may plant wholesome roots directed toward the Tathāgata."
佛說此經已，阿難及大會菩薩摩訶薩，帝釋、梵眾、護世天等，聞佛所說希有法門，歡喜踊躍，信受奉行。
The Buddha having delivered this sutra, Ananda, the great bodhisattvas of the assembly, along with King Shakra, the Brahma gods, and the protective world deities, heard this rare and wonderful teaching. They were filled with joy, leaped up in delight, and with faith received it, vowing to practice accordingly.
佛說無上依經卷下
Sutra on the Supreme Reliance Spoken by the Buddha, Scroll Two