The Dharma Teaching That Only the Blessed Can Hear

4-Line Gatha | Victory of the Ultimate Dharma | https://84000.co/translation/toh246#UT22084-066-004-section-1

Why should you seek out this Dharma Teaching? Because the Buddha explains to Subhūti (in the sutra), "...this Dharma teaching is heard by the ears of those who have generated the roots of virtue connected to a thousand buddhas."

Summary | A skeptic queries the Buddha by asking him 4 questions:
- What is the origin of sentient beings?
- Why will the world be consumed by apocalyptic fire at the end of the eon?
- How/Where will sentient beings reincarnate?
- What is the size of the soul?

The Buddha in response:
- Turns the Dharma Wheel by setting right the skeptic's misunderstanding
- Predicts the Skeptics attainment of future Buddhahood
- Performs two Inconcievable Magical Displays
- Informs his own followers the importance of this sutra

The Buddha said to Mañjuśrī (in this sutra), "...even if you do not prostrate to a single tathāgata but disseminate this Dharma teaching, you will have done the equivalent of making all those offerings to all the tathāgatas."

To deepen your understanding, you might explore related Buddhist concepts such as emptiness, dependent origination, and the nature of karma further.