法華經義記 1.89

1.89

歎行中有二者，初兩句正歎行，後一句證成。「供養無量百千諸佛」，此句先歎菩薩殖行之始也。「於諸佛所殖種德本」，此句歎行終也。此二句正歎行，但八地以上是眾德，七地以還是眾德之本。「常為諸佛之所稱歎」，此一句是第二證成歎行，不同二乘之行或歎或毀，初云隨順我法我即歡喜，復毀言燋穀種也。

Within the praise of practice there are two parts: the first two phrases directly praise practice, and the latter phrase corroborates it. "Made offerings to immeasurable hundreds of thousands of buddhas": this phrase first praises the beginning of the bodhisattvas' cultivation of practice. "Planted roots of various virtues in the presence of the buddhas": this phrase praises the culmination of practice. These two phrases directly praise practice, but the eighth ground and above is the multitude of virtues, while the seventh ground and below is the root of the multitude of virtues. "Constantly praised by the buddhas": this single phrase is the second, corroborating the praise of practice, unlike the practice of the two vehicles which was sometimes praised and sometimes disparaged—first saying, "Following my Dharma, I am delighted," and then disparaging, calling them "parched grain seeds".