The Discourse of the Sublime Golden Light

 "Then, during the afternoon, the Bhagavat arose from samādhi, looked upon the multitude that had assembled, and recited these verses:

'I will teach this Sublime Golden Light,

 Which is the lord of the kings of sūtras.

'If you listen to it, it is profound; 

 If you analyze it, it is profound.

'It has received the blessings

Of the buddhas in the four directions:

'The Buddha Akṣobhya in the east, 

The Buddha Ratnaketu in the south, 

 The Buddha Amitābha  in the west,

 And the Buddha Dundubhisvara in the north. 

'This auspicious, sublime teaching

Is in order to eliminate all bad actions.

It causes all bad karma to cease.

'It will bestow every happiness;

It will eliminate all suffering.

It is the basis of omniscience,

 And it is adorned by every splendor.

'Beings with impaired faculties,

Whose lives are in decline and ending;

Those who are beset by misfortune,

Who have been forsaken by the devas,

'Who are hated by their spouses and other people,

Who are tormented by family and servants,

Who are in conflict with others,

And who are oppressed by loss of wealth;

'Those who are miserable, tired, and ruined,

Who are frightened and in distress,

Who are oppressed by planets and lunar asterisms,

And who are afflicted by dreadful demons;

'And those who see evil in their dreams

Arising from misery and fatigue~

Should wash themselves clean

And listen to this supreme sūtra.

'For those who listen to this sūtra,

This profound field of the buddhas,

With a lucid mind and good motivation,

And dressed in clean clothes‍ —

'For all those beings,

All those dreadful misfortunes

Will always come to an end

Through the brilliance of this sūtra.

'The guardians of the world themselves

And their ministers and army generals,

As well as a multitude of millions of yakṣas,

Will be their protectors.

'The great goddess Sarasvatī

And Nairañjanāvasinī,

Hārītī, the mother of bhutas,

And Dṛḍhā, the goddess of the earth; 

'The lords of Brahmā devas, lords of the devas; 

The greatly powerful lords of the nāgas;

And the lords of the kinnaras, the lords of the asuras, 

And similarly the lords of the garuḍas

'Will come to the place where those people are,

Accompanied by troops and steeds,

And will be their protectors,

Attentive day and night.

'I will elucidate this sūtra,

Which is the profound field of the buddhas,

Which is the secret of all buddhas,

And which is difficult to obtain in a million eons. 

'Those who hear this sūtra

And cause others to hear it,

And those who rejoice in this sūtra,

And those who make offerings to it,

'Throughout millions of eons

Will themselves receive offerings

From devas, nāgas, and humans, 

And from kinnaras, asuras, and yakṣas.

'For beings who create this merit,

There will arise for them

An infinite, incalculable,

Inconceivable mass of merit.

'They will be taken into the care

Of the perfect buddhas in the ten directions,

And similarly by the bodhisattvas

Who have profound activity.

'Having put on clean clothes,

Wearing perfumed clothing,

And having a loving mind,

They should offer without distraction.

'They should make their

Own minds pure and vast,

And with minds filled with faith,

They should listen to this sublime sūtra.

'Those who listen to this sūtra

Will be welcomed among humans,

Will attain an excellent human existence,

And will live happy lives.

'Those in whose ears

This teaching sounds

Will plant good roots

And be praised by many buddhas.' "

 The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Lord King of Sūtras, The Sublime Golden Light”

Ārya Suvarṇa­-prabhā-sottama­-sūtrendra­-rāja­ Nāma­ Mahāyāna­ Sūtra