法華經義記 8.11

8.11

「讀是經者」此下有二十一行半，是佛答中第四段，則通明得果安樂之相。然此中正明得三報安樂相，就二十一行半中自有四段：第一有一行，先明現報得安樂也。第二「不生貧窮」下有三行半，則明生報得安樂。第三「若於夢中」以下十六行，明得後報安樂。第四一行總結三釋也。就第三今據夢裏後報之相中有五種：第一一行半先明聽佛說法；第二明自見自身為人說法，亦有一行半；第三「又見諸佛」此下六行半，則明得佛受記說法；第四「又見自身」此下一行半，則明行佛果之因；第五「諸佛身金色百福相莊嚴」五言偈五行，明得佛果也。然就此第五得佛果中，則有二意：初一行先牒舉前四夢，第二後有四行正明得佛果。第一先牒舉四夢者，初兩句至「聞法」來，則舉上第一夢也。「為人說」此三字即為舉上第二夢也。「常有是好夢」此句則總舉第三第四夢也。「又夢作國王」下四行，是第二正明得佛果。「若後惡世中」此下一行，是第四總結三報也。

"Those who read this sūtra": from here down there are twenty-one and a half lines, which is the fourth section in the Buddha's answer, broadly clarifying the marks of ease and happiness in attaining fruition. However, herein it directly clarifies the marks of ease and happiness in obtaining the three retributions; within the twenty-one and a half lines there are of themselves four sections: first, there is one line that first clarifies obtaining ease and happiness in the retribution of the present life. Second, from "Will not be born in poverty" down there are three and a half lines, which clarify obtaining ease and happiness in the retribution of the next life. Third, from "If in dreams" down, sixteen lines clarify obtaining ease and happiness in the retribution of subsequent lives. Fourth, one line summarily concludes the three explanations. Within the third, which is now based on the marks of retribution in subsequent lives within dreams, there are five kinds: first, one and a half lines first clarify hearing the Buddha preach the Dharma; second, clarifying seeing one's own body preaching the Dharma to others, also having one and a half lines; third, from "Also seeing all Buddhas" down, six and a half lines clarify receiving the Buddha's prediction and preaching the Dharma; fourth, from "Also seeing one's own body" down, one and a half lines clarify practicing the causes of the Buddha-fruition; fifth, "All Buddhas, their bodies golden, adorned with the hundred merit-marks," five lines of five-character verse, clarify obtaining the Buddha-fruition. However, within this fifth [subdivision] of obtaining the Buddha-fruition, there are two points: the first one line first cites the previous four dreams; second, the subsequent four lines directly clarify obtaining the Buddha-fruition. In the first citing of the four dreams, the first two lines up to "heard the Dharma" cite the first dream above. The three characters "preached to others" cite the second dream above. The line "Constantly having such good dreams" summarily cites the third and fourth dreams. The four lines down from "Also dreaming of becoming a king" are the second, directly clarifying obtaining the Buddha-fruition. The one line down from "If in the later evil age" is the fourth, summarily concluding the three retributions.