仁王護國般若經疏 5.54

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大章第三報恩供養，故有〈散花品〉。花表因，散佛表行因至果也。品文三：一散花供養、二現通利益、三歎教勸持。初文三：一聞經勸持、二散花供養、後諸王發願。初文三：初聞經人，可解。「聞佛所說」下，二所聞法。此經三處說偈不同：一〈二諦品〉中說八百萬億偈，二〈護國品〉末說八千億偈，今〈散花品〉說十萬億偈。初〈二諦品〉即合說三時數，次〈護國品〉別引過去佛說，今此品中明今佛說。阿難觀機，略結如此。「歡喜無量」者，三結歡喜也。

Major section three: repaying kindness through offerings; hence there is the "Chapter on Scattering Flowers". Flowers symbolize causes; scattering them before the Buddha symbolizes practicing causes to reach the fruit. The chapter's text has three parts: 1. scattering flowers as an offering, 2. displaying supernatural powers to bring benefit, 3. praising the teaching and exhorting upholding. The first text has three parts: 1. hearing the sūtra and being exhorted to uphold it, 2. scattering flowers as an offering, and finally, the kings making vows. The first text has three parts: first, the people hearing the sūtra, which is easily understood; from "having heard what the Buddha spoke" onward, second, the Dharma heard. This sūtra speaks verses in three places with different counts: first, in the "Chapter on the Two Truths" it speaks eight hundred billion verses; second, at the end of the "Chapter on Protecting the State" it speaks eight thousand billion verses; now, in this "Chapter on Scattering Flowers" it speaks one hundred billion verses. The first, in the "Chapter on the Two Truths", combined the count of the three periods; next, the "Chapter on Protecting the State" specifically cited past Buddhas' teachings; now, in this chapter, it clarifies the present Buddha's teaching. Ānanda, observing the capacities, briefly concluded it in this manner. "Boundless joy" is the third, concluding their joy.