The Importance of Repetition in Ancient Sutras

The world's oldest example of printing are Dharani or magical incantations printed in Japan between 764 and 770 during the reign of the Empress Shatoku. In this sutra, it has stated the different person will to build were to build several million small pagodas and place copies of Dharani in them. That person's life would be lengthened. Evil karma would be expunged and rebels or enemies would be vanquished. Back in the day, you had to be emperor to like indulge in in chain letter culture.