[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715) › 7.64 # 法華經義記 7.64 法華經義記 7.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.64) 「若有人受持讀誦」此下是第二據師明勳報。就此有二者，即是長行與偈為二。且就長行中自有二段：第一據別門明師；第二「藥王若有惡人」下，據總門明師。所以言別者，一段文中具三義故：一者佛在世師、佛滅度後師異；二者上下品師；三者兩師各辨勳報也。所以言總者亦具三義，反取即得。又就別明師中有二：第一明佛現在世五種法師，第二據佛滅後明法師。就現在世明師中有二：第一明佛現在下品法師，第二明現在世上品。所以名作上下品法師者，讀誦少者為下品，讀誦多者為上品也。就現在明下品法師中有二階：第一正出下品法師勳相，第二從「若有人問何等眾生」下明下品法師得報重也。 > From “If there is a person who receptively upholds, reads, and recites” below is the second, clarifying the merit and retribution based on the masters. In this there are two, namely the prose and the verses forming two. Taking the prose first, it naturally has two sections: first, clarifying the masters based on the specific gate; second, from “Bhaiṣajyarāja, if there is an evil person” below, clarifying the masters based on the general gate. The reason it is called “specific” is that one section of text possesses three meanings: first, the master while the Buddha is in the world and the master after the Buddha’s extinction are different; second, the lower-grade and upper-grade masters; third, each of the two masters distinguishes merit and retribution. The reason it is called “general” is that it also possesses three meanings, which can be grasped by reversing \[the specific\]. Furthermore, in specifically clarifying the masters, there are two: first, clarifying the five kinds of Dharma masters in the Buddha’s present world; second, clarifying the Dharma masters based on after the Buddha’s extinction. In clarifying the masters in the present world, there are two: first, clarifying the lower-grade Dharma master in the Buddha’s present \[world\]; second, clarifying the upper-grade \[Dharma master\] in the present world. The reason they are named lower-grade and upper-grade Dharma masters is that those who read and recite little are lower-grade, and those who read and recite much are upper-grade. In clarifying the lower-grade Dharma master in the present \[world\], there are two stages: first, directly setting forth the marks of merit of the lower-grade Dharma master; second, from “If someone asks: What sort of sentient beings…” below, clarifying that the lower-grade Dharma master obtains a weighty retribution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.63) - [Next: 7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.65) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.7.64) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.64) · Pramāṇa