THE 48 VOWS OF DHARMA STORE BODHISATTVA BEFORE BECOMING AMITABHA BUDDHA (CHAPTER 6:BRING FORTH THE VOWS-FROM THE " THE BUDDHA'S TEACHING ON THE SUTRA OF AWAKENING TO THE EQUANIMITY, PURE ADORNMENT OF THE IMMEASURABLE LIFESPAN OF THE GREAT VEHICLE )"

1. THE LAND IS FREE FROM ALL EVIL PATHS.
2. THE VOW OF NOT FALLING INTO THE EVIL PATHS.
3. THE VOW OF OBTAINING A PURE GOLDEN BODY.
4. THE VOW OF REPLETING WITH THE THIRTY-TWO MARKS.
5. THE VOW OF HAVING THE SAME FORMS AND FEATURES.
6. THE ENDOWMENT OF  THE PENETRATION OF PAST LIVES.
7. THE ENDOWMENT OF THE HEAVENLY EYES PENETRATIONS.
8. THE ENDOWMENT OF THE HEAVENLY EARS PENETRATIONS.
9. THE ENDOWMENT OF KNOWING OTHERS' MIND.
10. THE ENDOWMENT OF SPIRITUAL ABILITY TO TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY AT LIGHTNING SPEED.
11. THE ENDOWMENT OF PERVASIVELY MAKING OFFERINGS TO ALL THE BUDDHAS.
12. THE CERTAINTY OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PROPER ENLIGHTENMENT.
13. THE VOW OF IMMEASURABLE BRIGHT LIGHT.
14. THE ENDOWMENT OF BLISS WHEN THE LIGHTS SHINE ON ONE.
15. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF IMMEASURABLE LIFESPAN.
16. THE INNUMERABLE SOUND HEARERS
17. THE PRAISE BY ALL BUDDHAS.
18. THE CERTAINTY OF ATTAIN A REBIRTH BY BEING MINDFUL OF HIM FOR TEN TIMES
19. THE BRINGING FORTH OF BODHI RESOLVE ON HEARING HIS NAME.
20. HE WILL WELCOME LIVING BEINGS TO HIS LAND WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE THEIR PRESENT LIFESPAN.
21. THE ATTAINMENT OF REBIRTH BY REPENTING AND REFORMING.
22. THERE IS NO WOMEN IN HIS LAND.
23. A WOMAN WILL DESPISE HER PRESENT FORM AND BE TRANSFORMED INTO A MAN.
24. TO BE BORN FROM TRANSFORMATION IN THE LOTUSES.
25. THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND WORLDLY PEOPLE WILL BE RESPECTFUL TO THEM.
26. THE ENDOWMENT OF BLESSINGS UPON HEARING HIS NAME.
27. THE CULTIVATION OF SUPREME AND UNSURPASSED CONDUCT.
28. THERE IS NO EVIL IN MY LAND.
29. THE LIVING BEINGS WILL DWELL IN PROPER CONCENTRATION.
30. THE BLISS RESEMBLES THE EXTINCTION OF ALL OUTFLOWS.
31. THE LIVING BEINGS WILL NOT BE GREEDY TO SCHEME FOR SELF BENEFIT.
32. THE ENDOWMENT OF A VAJRA INDESTRUCTIBLE BODY.
33. THE ENDOWMENT OF BRIGHT ILLUMINATION AND ELOQUENCE.
34. THEY ARE GOOD AT DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANT DHARMAS.
35. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF BUDDHAHOOD IN JUST ONE MORE LIFE TIME.
36. TO TEACH AND TRANSFORM LIVING BEINGS IN ACCORD WITH ONE'S WISH.
37. THE APPEARANCE OF FOOD AND CLOTHING AS ONE WISHES.
38. THE BUDDHAS WILL RECEIVE THE OFFERINGS UPON THE BIRTH OF SUCH A THOUGHT.
39. THE VOW OF INEXHAUSTIBLE ADORNMENT.
40. THE VOW OF IMMEASURABLE COLOURFUL TREES.
41. THE VOW OF THE APPEARANCES OF BUDDHALANDS AMONG THE TREES.
42. THE BRILLIANT LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATE THE TEN DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY.
43. THE JEWEL FRAGRANCE WILL PERMEATE THE TEN DIRECTIONS PERVASIVELY.
44. THE ENDOWMENT OF UNIVERSAL EQUANIMITY SAMADHI.
45. THE MAKING OF OFFERINGS TO BUDDHAS IN SAMADHI.
46. THE ATTAINMENT OF DHARANIS.
47. THE ATTAINMENT OF PATIENCE UPON HEARING HIS NAME.
48. THE CERTIFICATION OF NON-RETREATING PRESENTLY.

I WILL FURTHER EXPLAIN ALL THE 48 VOWS ABOVE......(TO BE CONTINUE....)

THE MERITS OF PRODUCING BUDDHA TEACHINGS AND BUDDHA IMAGES

1. ONE'S LIGHT KARMIC MISGIVINGS WILL DISSOLVE, WHILE HEAVY ONES LIGHTEN
2. ONE WILL BE PROTECTED BY DEVAS, AND BE UNHARMED BY NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS.
3. ONE WILL ALWAYS BE FREE FROM THE SUFFERING OF HATRED AND VENGEANCE.
4. ONE WILL BE UNHARMED BY YAKSAS, EVIL SPIRITS AND WILD BEASTS.
5. ONE'S MIND WILL BE AT PEACE, FREE FROM HARM AND NIGHTMARES.
6. ONE'S COMPLEXION WILL BE RADIANT.
7. ONE WILL BE FULL OF AUSPICIOUS ENERGY.
8. ONE WHO PRACTICES THE DHARMA WHOLEHEARTEDLY WILL HAVE ADEQUATE LIVING NECESSITIES.
9. ONE'S FAMILY WILL BE HARMONIOUS AND BE BLESSED WITH FORTUNE AND WISDOM.
10. ONE WHO PRACTICES WHAT ONE PREACHES WILL BE RESPECTED AND LOVED BY ALL.
11. ONE WHO IS DULL-MINDED WILL GAIN WISDOM.
12. ONE WHO IS ILL WILL GAIN HEALTH.
13. ONE WHO IS POOR WILL GAIN WEALTH.
14. ONE WILL BE FREE OF BEING REBORN IN THE NEGATIVE REALMS.
15. ONE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS GROW IN WISDOM AND GAIN MERIT IN DOING SO.
16. ONE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO LEARN THE DHARMA, TILL ONE'S WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL PENETRATIONS ARE FULLY GROWN AND ONE BECOMES A BUDDHA.

ONE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ALL MERITS ABOVE HAVE TO BE APPLY BY WISDOM. BY JUST DOING FOR SELFISH AND SELF-GAIN PURPOSE OR WITHOUT KNOWING THE PROPER MEANING(INSIGHT) WILL RESULT IN NOTHING BUT BAD KARMA WHICH BRING DISASTER. ABOVE TEXT WAS CAN BE FOUND IN A BOOK TITLED 'BE A LAMP UPON YOURSELF'. MAY ALL TRUE DHARMA-HEART FRIENDS AND ALL SENTIENT BEINGS GAIN BENEFITS FROM THE ABOVE TEXT....AMITUOFO_/|\_