Section 16 — Purity melts the hindrances of karma能淨業障分第十六
1Being Despised Melts Away Evil Karma
「復次，須菩提！善男子、善女人，受持讀誦此經，若為人輕賤，是人先世罪業，應墮惡道，以今世人輕賤故，先世罪業則為消滅，當得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。」
"Furthermore, Subhuti! Suppose a good man or a good woman takes up and keeps this sutra, reading and reciting it, and yet is despised by others. The evil karma of that person's former lives should have brought them down into the evil paths, but because they are despised by others in this life, the evil karma of their former lives is wiped away, and they will attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi."
Interlinear notes 1
若能清淨，業障盡消
Be pure, and the hindrances of karma all melt away.
2Merit No Reckoning Can Reach
「須菩提！我念過去無量阿僧祇劫，於燃燈佛前，得值八百四千萬億那由他諸佛，悉皆供養承事，無空過者；若復有人，於後末世，能受持讀誦此經，所得功德，於我所供養諸佛功德，百分不及一，千萬億分、乃至算數譬喻所不能及。」
"Subhuti! I remember that through measureless asamkhya kalpas in the past, with Dipamkara Buddha, I met eight hundred and four thousand myriads of millions of nayutas of Buddhas, and I made offerings to them all and served them all, letting none pass by in vain. Yet if in the last age to come someone can take up and keep this sutra, reading and reciting it, then set against the merit that person gains, the merit of all my offerings to those Buddhas is not one part in a hundred, nor one part in a thousand myriads of millions, and no reckoning or parable can reach it."
3Its Fruit Too Is Beyond Thought
「須菩提！若善男子，善女人，於後末世，有受持讀誦此經，所得功德，我若具說者，或有人聞，心則狂亂，狐疑不信。須菩提！當知是經義不可思議，果報亦不可思議！」
"Subhuti! If in the last age to come a good man or a good woman takes up and keeps this sutra, reading and reciting it, and I were to speak in full of the merit they gain, some who heard it would go mad in their minds and waver in doubt and not believe. Subhuti! Know this: the meaning of this sutra is beyond thought, and the fruit it brings is beyond thought as well!"