"Furthermore, Subhūti, if there is a good son or good daughter who memorizes and recites this scripture, but is belittled by others, it is because this person committed crimes in a prior life which resulted in negative rebirths. Through enduring the disparagement of others in the present life, the bad karma from the prior lives can be removed, and one can attain peerless perfect enlightenment. Subhūti, billions of countless eons ago, before the time of Dīpaṃkara Buddha, I have encountered 84,000 billions of countless buddhas, serving them and making offerings to them without lapse. If there is also a person in the final age who is able to memorize and recite this scripture, this person's merit will be one hundred times, a hundred trillion times — nay, an incalculable number of times greater than that which I gained when I made offerings to all these buddhas. "
"Subhūti, if I completely elucidated the merits to be gained by good sons and good daughters in the final age who memorize and recite this scripture, there may be people who, upon its hearing, become confused, suspicious, and unbelieving. Subhūti, you should know that the underlying meaning of this sūtra is inconceivable, and the results [obtained from its memorization and recitation] are also inconceivable."
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