Benefits of Circulating Buddhist Sutras and Making Buddha Images
Ten Inconceivable from Printing Sutras and Making Buddha Images
It is immensely beneficial to everyone when one posts, circulates, or distributes Buddhist arts and sutra teachings as such actions help ensure the Dharma be widely accessible and passed along to future generations.
These are the ten immediate benefits to one who distributes the sutra text and/or makes Buddha statues or images:
1. All evil karma made in the past will either be wiped off or retribution created by past serious offences reduced.
2. Auspicious spirits constantly protect you and you do not have to experience the disasters of plagues, floods, fires, thieves, armed conflict, or imprisonment.
3. Suffering inflicted by vengeful enemies made in the past will be avoided, and the merit derived from printing sutras will allow these enemies to receive the benefits of Dharma, and thereby untie the bond of hatred.
4. Evil ghosts and other yaksha-ghosts cannot encroach on you; poisonous snakes or man-eating beasts cannot harm you.
5. You will have peace of mind. During the day you will meet with no danger, and at night you will have no bad dreams. Your complexion will be healthy, smooth and moist. Your energy will be full of vitality. Your business will continue to prosper and meet with ultimate success.
6. You will always have ample food and clothing. Your families will always be at peace, and your prosperity and blessings will constantly increase.
7. Gods and other people will immediately take a liking to things you do or say. Wherever you go, you will always be greeted with respect and revered by happy crowds of dear friends.
8. Ignorant people will grow wiser, unhealthy people will grow healthier, troubled people will feel happier, and women can become men in their next lives if they wish to do so.
9. Your will escape from the three lower realms, and always be reborn in wholesome places, with a handsome upright appearance and unusually fine character. You will enjoy supreme happiness and abundant wealth.
10. You will be able to plant innumerable roots of goodness in the blessed minds of all living beings. You will help the living beings to reap bounteous, measureless merits, and help them attain the final Buddhahood.
Resources:
Singleminded Practice of Buddha-name Chanting
Benefits of Mindful Chanting of the Buddha
Samples of chanting music of Amitabha Mindful collection
