法華經義記 3.47

3.47

「過去無數劫」自此下有二十七行半偈，上四佛門中之第二過去佛門。上過去佛門中本有二：一者開三、二者顯一。今者先有兩行偈頌開三也；第二從「是諸世尊等」有二十五行半，頌過去佛顯一。就此第二二十五行半偈中自有二種：第一有二行半頌教一，第二從「若有眾生類」二十三行偈作三重併頌三一：人一、因一、果一也。三重者，初兩行明過去佛在世時修行得佛，第二有二十行偈就過去佛滅度後修行得佛，第三一行偈合明佛在世及滅度後供養成佛也。就第一兩行過去佛在世時中修行得佛亦有三：「若有眾生類」即是人一，行六度即是因一，成佛道即是果一也。「諸佛滅度後」已下二十行偈，是第二就佛滅度後修行成佛中凡有四種供養，一一偈明軟善供養，第二四行半偈明起塔供養，第三六行半明造像供養，第四八行直明三業供養也。第一「若人善軟心」此一偈未暇作餘供養，且先明軟善心，供養不開。「諸佛滅度已」有四行半偈，第二起塔供養，亦有三一：人即是人一，供養心即是因一，成佛道即是果一。從「若人為佛故」有六行半偈是第三明造像供養，亦有三一之義。從「若人於塔廟」下有八行偈，第四直明三業等供養，亦得有三一之義也。「於諸過去佛現在或滅度」下一行偈，是第三合明佛在世及滅度修行，亦得有三一之義。

"In past incalculable kalpas": from here downward there are twenty-seven and a half stanzas, [versifying] the second, the gate of the past Buddhas, among the four gates of the Buddhas above. Within the gate of the past Buddhas above there were originally two parts: first, unfolding the three; second, revealing the One. Now, there are first two stanzas that verse unfolding the three; second, from "All these World-Honoured Ones" there are twenty-five and a half stanzas versifying the past Buddhas' revealing the One. Within these second twenty-five and a half stanzas there are naturally two types: first, there are two and a half stanzas versifying oneness of teaching; second, the twenty-three stanzas from "If there are kinds of sentient beings" form three tiers and concurrently verse the three onenesses: oneness of person, oneness of cause, and oneness of fruition. As for the three tiers: the first two stanzas explain cultivating practice and attaining buddhahood while the past Buddhas were in the world; the second, twenty stanzas, concern cultivating practice and attaining buddhahood after the past Buddhas passed into extinction; the third, one stanza, jointly explains making offerings and attaining buddhahood both while the Buddhas were in the world and after their extinction. Within the first two stanzas on cultivating practice and attaining buddhahood while the past Buddhas were in the world, there are also three: "If there are kinds of sentient beings" is oneness of person; practicing the six perfections is oneness of cause; attaining the Buddha-path is oneness of fruition. The twenty stanzas from "After the Buddhas passed into extinction" downward are the second [tier], concerning cultivating practice and attaining buddhahood after the Buddhas passed into extinction, which in all comprise four kinds of offerings: each single stanza clarifies the offering of a pliant and wholesome [mind]; the second, four and a half stanzas, clarifies the offering of raising stūpas; the third, six and a half stanzas, clarifies the offering of making images; the fourth, eight stanzas, directly clarifies the offering with the three karmas. First, this one stanza "If a person with a wholesome and pliant mind" has not yet had leisure to make other offerings, but first clarifies the pliant and wholesome mind; this offering is not subdivided. "After the Buddhas passed into extinction" has four and a half stanzas, the second, the offering of raising stūpas, which also has the three onenesses: the person is oneness of person, the mind of offering is oneness of cause, and attaining the Buddha-path is oneness of fruition. The six and a half stanzas from "If a person, for the sake of the Buddha" are the third, clarifying the offering of making images, which also has the meaning of the three onenesses. The eight stanzas from "If a person in a stūpa or temple" downward are the fourth, directly clarifying offerings through the three karmas and the like, which also admit the meaning of the three onenesses. The one stanza below, "Toward all past Buddhas, present or passed into extinction," is the third, jointly clarifying cultivating practice while the Buddhas were in the world and after extinction, which also admits the meaning of the three onenesses.