[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) › 8.20 # 法華經義記 8.20 法華經義記 8.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.20) 「爾時世尊說此偈已」，此偈第二略說壽命長遠動執生疑。就此段中有二者，即是長行與偈為二。就長行中自有二段。上彌勒問有三階：初一偈逆請說，第二十三行正問，第三五行半結請也。今唯答第二階正問。就正問中本有二。第一兩行偈問踊出菩薩人身，第二十一行問其師為是誰。今先答第二問。問中本有二：初問眷屬多少，第二正問師。今不答第一，唯答第二師為是誰？「佛今答言：只我是其師也。此諸菩薩皆於是娑婆世界之下」以下追答第一問，問其人身。上本有二意四文，今不答下二階，「娑婆世界之下」答第一問，上問言：是從何所來也？「阿逸多」此下，即答上第二問，上問言：此諸菩薩以何因緣集在一處同時踊出？ > "At that time the World-Honoured One, having spoken these verses"—these verses are the second \[part\], which briefly speaks of the long duration of life span, stirring clinging and generating doubt. Within this section there are two \[parts\]: namely, the prose and the verses constitute the two. Within the prose there are naturally two sections. Above, Maitreya's question had three stages: first, one verse inversely requesting the exposition; second, thirteen lines properly questioning; and third, five and a half lines concluding the request. Now \[the Buddha\] only answers the second stage, the proper question. Within the proper question, originally there were two \[matters\]: first, two lines of verse questioning the bodily forms of the bodhisattvas who welled up \[from the earth\]; second, eleven lines questioning who their teacher is. Now \[the Buddha\] first answers the second question. Within the question, originally there were two: first, questioning the number of retinue; second, properly questioning the teacher. Now he does not answer the first, but only answers the second, who the teacher is. The Buddha now replies, saying: "It is simply I who am their teacher." From "These bodhisattvas all in the lower part of this Sahā world" onward, he retroactively answers the first question, questioning their bodily persons. Above there were originally two points and four textual \[divisions\]; now he does not answer the latter two stages. "In the lower part of the Sahā world" answers the first question, where above he asked: "From what place have they come?" From "Ajita" onward, he then answers the above second question, where above he asked: "By what cause and condition have these bodhisattvas gathered in one place and welled forth at the same time?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.19) - [Next: 8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.21) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715~en-mt.8.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.20) · Pramāṇa