Buddhist Stories: The Names of the Buddhas and the Merit and Virtue of Giving, Part 5 of 7, Aug. 11, 2015

He further said to the Buddha, “World Honored one, good men or good women in the future may keep this sutra and an image of the Bodhisattva where they live. Further, they may recite the sutra and make offerings to the Bodhisattva. For those who do that, I shall constantly use my own spiritual powers to guard and protect them day and night, so that nothing bad happens to them including floods, fire, robbery and theft, major disasters and minor accidents.” If they have the Bodhisattva image in their home, the Earth Spirit will protect that home.