If inhabitants of Jambudvipa in future times shall, at the
advent of newly born children, cause the parents to chant the
Ksitigarbha Sutra and his name for ten thousand times, then the
newly-born children, whether male or female, will achieve expiation
of the sins of their previous lives and will live long and happy
lives. If all those about to be born into this life have done
meritorious deeds in their previous existences, their lives here
will be even longer and happier.
Dwellers in the Jambudvipa world who are guilty of such sins in
their daily life as killing, stealing, adultery, lying etc., are
advised to chant the Ksitigarbha Sutra before images of Buddhas and
Bodhisattvas for ten days within a month, such as the first
day, the eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third,
twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth
days, once a day, there will be no suffering to yojanas of
distance, east, west, north and south. Within the family, everyone,
whether young or old, will not again be born into evil realms for
thousands of years.
