Summary
s.1The Seven Buddhas opens with the Buddha Śākyamuni residing in an alpine forest on Mount Kailāsa with a saṅgha of monks and bodhisattvas. The Buddha notices that a monk in the forest has been possessed by a spirit, which prompts the bodhisattva Ākāśagarbha to request that the Buddha teach a spell to cure diseases and exorcise demonic spirits. The Buddha then emanates as the set of “seven successive buddhas,” each of whom transmits a dhāraṇī to Ākāśagarbha. Each of the seven buddhas then provides ritual instructions for using the dhāraṇī.
s.1《七佛》經開篇描述釋迦牟尼佛住在須彌山的高山森林中，周圍聚集著許多比丘和菩薩。佛陀發現森林裡有一位比丘被靈體附身，這促使菩薩虛空藏菩薩請求佛陀傳授一個咒語，用以治療疾病並驅除邪魔。佛陀隨後化現為「七位相續的佛陀」，每位佛陀都向虛空藏菩薩傳授一個陀羅尼。隨後七位佛陀各自為使用該陀羅尼提供修持指導。