Summary
s.1The Twelve Buddhas opens at Rājagṛha with a dialogue between the Buddha Śākyamuni and the bodhisattva Maitreya about the eastern buddhafield of a buddha whose abbreviated name is King of Jewels. This buddha prophesies that when he passes into complete nirvāṇa, the bodhisattva Incomparable will take his place as a buddha whose abbreviated name is Victory Banner King. Śākyamuni then provides the names of the remaining ten tathāgatas, locating them in the ten directions surrounding Victory Banner King’s buddhafield Full of Pearls. After listing the full set of names of these twelve buddhas and their directional relationship to Victory Banner King, the Buddha Śākyamuni provides an accompanying mantra-dhāraṇī and closes with a set of thirty-seven verses outlining the benefits of remembering the names of these buddhas.
s.1《十二佛經》在王舍城開始，記述釋迦牟尼佛與菩薩彌勒之間的對話，內容涉及東方佛土的一位佛陀，其略名為寶王。這位佛陀預言當他進入涅槃後，菩薩無比將取代他成為佛陀，其略名為勝幢王。釋迦牟尼隨後提供其餘十位如來的名號，將他們定位在勝幢王佛土珠飾周圍的十個方位。釋迦牟尼佛列出這十二位佛陀的完整名號及他們與勝幢王的方位關係後，提供了相應的咒陀羅尼，最後以三十七首偈頌作為結尾，闡述憶念這些佛陀名號的功德。