印造佛經佛像之十大利益 the advantages of printing the Buddhist scripture

印造佛經佛像之十大利益 the advantages of printing the Buddhist scripture

一、從前所作種種罪過，輕者立即消滅，重者亦得轉輕。
         Light wrong doing made previously can be cancelled, serious wrong doing will be lightened.
二、常得吉神擁護，一切瘟疫、水火、寇盜、刀兵、牢獄之災、悉皆不受。
         Protected by the fairies, aviod the pestilence, flood disaster,  fire, thief, and prisoning.
三、夙生怨對，咸蒙法益而得解脫，永免尋仇報復之苦。
        Can avoid to be revenged.
四、夜叉、惡鬼不能侵犯，毒蛇、餓虎不能為害。
        Never attacked by evils, snacks, or hungry wild animals.
五、心得安慰，日無險事，夜無惡夢，顏色光澤，氣力充盛，所作吉利。
        Can live peacefully,  no accidents, no nightmare, healthy, energetic, successful.
六、至心奉法，雖無希求，自然衣食豐足，家庭和睦，福壽綿長。
        Sufficient clothes and food, have a long long life, and have a harmonic family.
七、所言所行，人天歡喜，任到何方，常為多眾傾誠愛戴，恭敬禮拜。
        All the people and fairies love what you did and what you said. Always wellcome and respect you, treat you as a superior person.
八、愚者轉智，病者轉健，困者轉亨。為婦女者，報謝之日，捷轉男身。
          If you are not talented, you will become talented and competence; If you are weak, you will have a stronger and healthier body; If you are trapped in difficult situation right now, the situation will become much better soon; if you are woman, once day the opportunity come, you will become a male and therefore can avoid the all the pain which suffered by female( e.g. painful of borning baby)
九、永離惡道，受生善道，相貌端正，天資超越，福祿殊盛。
         Leave the lowest 3 level of transmigration system, can reborn at the highest 3 levels(i.e. human, fairies, Buddhist), with pretty appearance, talent, good luck, and rich.
十、能為一切眾生種植善根，以眾生心作大福田，獲無量勝果。所生之處，常得見佛聞法。直至三慧宏開，六通親證，速得成佛。
         Can help all the anima to reflect and learn the right thing. And no matter where you born in the coming lifes, you can always hear and acquire the Buddhist related knowledge.
※印造經像，既有如此殊勝功德，故凡值遇祝壽、賀喜、免災、祈求、懺悔、薦拔之時，皆宜歡喜施捨，努力行之！
     Printing the Buddhist scripture and Drawing the Joss can get so many advantages, therefore, whenever there is birthday, celebration, or want to aviod disaster, beg for somethings, reflection, or even want a recommendation, you should try your best to perform it.
(以上節錄《印光大師文鈔》卷四：印造經像之功德，一文。)