[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) › 7.80 # 法華經義記 7.80 法華經義記 7.80 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.80) 此品明五種人受持弘經，故言持品也。四品明別流通有三段，上來兩品是第一命覓通經人，此品第二明通經者受命通經。有五種人發誓通經以為五段，第一先明藥王菩薩及大樂說，頒類有二：一者諸大菩薩自誓通經。第二明眾中聲聞得記者，有五百人自誓通經。第三明學無學人得受記者，自誓通經。無學人已斷三界果，云何得在淨土通經？解言：「無學淨穢兩土實無有生，但為弘經故迴相似無漏業寄在三界內生，若論此報實非三界果報。」第四段從「爾時佛姨母」以下明尼眾自誓通經。「爾時世尊視八十萬億」此下竟品是第五，明八十萬億諸大菩薩發誓願弘通經也。雖有五種，以類相推應有三段：第一明大行菩薩穢土流通，第二中間三人明聲聞人於淨土流通，第三最後一人淨穢二土悉皆流通此經也。 > This chapter explains five kinds of people receptively upholding and propagating the sūtra, and is therefore called the 'Upholding Chapter'. In the four chapters explaining the specific circulation there are three sections: the preceding two chapters are the first, summoning and seeking people to propagate the sūtra; this chapter is the second, explaining those who propagate the sūtra receiving the command to propagate the sūtra. There are five kinds of people making vows to propagate the sūtra, constituting five sections. The first initially explains the Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja and Mahāpratibhāna; grouping by class, there are two: first, the great bodhisattvas personally vow to propagate the sūtra. Second, it explains the śrāvakas in the assembly who received prophecy: there are five hundred people who personally vow to propagate the sūtra. Third, it explains the trainees and non-learners who received prophecy personally vowing to propagate the sūtra. Non-learners have already severed the fruition of the three realms; how can they propagate the sūtra in a pure land? The explanation says: 'For non-learners, in truth there is no rebirth in either pure or defiled lands, but for the sake of propagating the sūtra they reorient semblance untainted karma and lodge in rebirth within the three realms; if one analyzes this retribution, it is in truth not a retribution of the three realms.' The fourth section, from 'At that time, the Buddha's maternal aunt' downward, explains the community of nuns personally vowing to propagate the sūtra. From 'At that time, the World-Honoured One looked upon the eighty sextillion' downward to the end of the chapter is the fifth, explaining the eighty sextillion great bodhisattvas making vows to widely propagate the sūtra. Although there are five kinds, inferring according to their classes there should be three sections: the first explains the bodhisattvas of great practice circulating it in defiled lands; the second, the intermediate three kinds of people, explains śrāvakas circulating it in pure lands; the third, the last kind of person, circulates this sūtra in both pure and defiled lands alike. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.79) - [Next: 7.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.81) - [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.7.80) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.7.80) · Pramāṇa