曼殊室利呪藏中校量數珠功德經
Sutra on the Merit of Reckoning Prayer Beads in the Mantra Treasury of Manjushri
大唐三藏沙門釋義淨譯
Translation by the Tang Dynasty Tripiṭaka Master Śramaṇa Yijing
爾時，曼殊室利法王子菩薩摩訶薩，於大眾中從座而起，整理衣服，偏袒右肩，合掌恭敬白佛言：「世尊！我今為欲利益諸有情故，說受持數珠功德，校量福分利益差別。唯願世尊哀愍聽許。」
佛告曼殊室利：「善哉，善哉！聽汝為說。」
The Buddha said to Manjushri, "Excellent, excellent! Let me hear what you have to say."
曼殊室利菩薩摩訶薩言：「若善男子善女人有能誦念諸陀羅尼及佛名者，為欲自利及護他人，速成諸法而得驗者，其數珠法應當如是作意受持。然其珠體種種不同，若以鐵為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福五倍；若用赤銅為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福十倍；若用真珠、珊瑚等寶為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福百倍；若用槵子為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福千倍；若用蓮子為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福萬倍；若用因陀囉佉叉為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福百萬倍；若用烏嚧陀囉佉叉為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福百億倍；若用水精為數珠者，誦掐一遍得福千億倍；若用菩提子為數珠者，或時掐念或但手持，誦數一遍其福無量不可算計難可校量。若欲願生諸佛淨土者，應當依法受持此珠。」
曼殊室利菩薩言：「菩提子者，若復有人手持此菩提珠，不能依法念誦佛名及陀羅尼，但能手持隨身，行、住、坐、臥，所出言說，若善若惡，斯由此人以持菩提子故，所得功德如念諸佛誦呪無異，獲福無量。其數珠者要當須滿一百八顆。如其難得，或五十四，或二十七，或但十四，此乃數珠功德差別。以何因緣，我今偏讚用菩提子獲益最勝？」
Manjushri Bodhisattva said: "As for Bodhi seeds, if someone carries these Bodhi prayer beads on their person but does not formally recite the Buddha's name or mantras according to the proper method—merely keeping them with them while walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, and whatever words they speak, whether good or evil—the merit they gain from simply holding the Bodhi seeds is no different from reciting the names of all Buddhas and chanting mantras. They will obtain boundless blessings. As for the prayer beads themselves, one must use a full set of 108 beads. If that is difficult to obtain, one may use 54, or 27, or even just 14 beads—this represents the difference in merit according to the number of beads. For what reason do I now particularly praise using Bodhi seeds as bringing the greatest benefit?"
曼殊室利菩薩言：「乃往過去有佛出世，在此樹下成等正覺。時，一外道邪見壞心毀謗三寶，彼有一男，忽被非人之所打殺。外道念言：『我今邪見，未審諸佛有何神力，如來今既在此樹下成等正覺，若其實聖，樹應有感。』即將亡子臥菩提樹下，作如是言：『佛樹若聖，我子應蘇。』以經七日誦念佛名，子乃重蘇。外道歡喜，讚言：『諸佛有大神力，我未曾見。佛成道樹現此希奇，甚大威德，難可思議。』時，諸外道聞此事已，捨邪歸正，發菩提心，信佛神力不可思議。以此因緣，世人皆號為延命樹。其菩提樹遂有二名：一名菩提樹，二名延命樹。」
Manjushri Bodhisattva said: "In times long past, a Buddha appeared in the world and attained perfect enlightenment under this tree. At that time, a follower of false views, his mind corrupted by wrong beliefs, slandered the Three Jewels. He had a son who was suddenly killed by a non-human being. The non-believer thought, 'I hold these wrong views, but I do not know what divine powers the Buddhas truly possess. Since the Tathagata attained perfect enlightenment under this tree, if he is truly sacred, the tree should respond.' So he laid his dead son beneath the Bodhi tree and said, 'If this Buddha tree is holy, may my son revive.' For seven days he recited the Buddha's name, and indeed his son came back to life.
Overjoyed, the non-believer praised, 'Buddhas have great divine powers—I have never seen such things! The tree where the Buddha attained enlightenment has displayed this rare wonder. It is truly majestic and inconceivable!' When the other followers of wrong views heard this, they abandoned false beliefs and returned to the true path, awakening the Bodhi mind and believing that the Buddha's powers are beyond imagination.
Because of this event, people call this tree 'The Life-Extending Tree.' Thus, the Bodhi tree has two names: the Bodhi Tree and the Life-Extending Tree."
爾時，曼殊室利菩薩摩訶薩說是語已，佛言：「善哉，善哉！曼殊室利！如汝所說。」
At that time, the great being Manjushri had finished speaking these words. The Buddha said: "Excellent, excellent, Manjushri! Just as you have said."
爾時，大眾聞說持珠功德經已，皆大歡喜，信受奉行。
曼殊室利校量數珠功德經