[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) › 8.92 # 法華經義記 8.92 法華經義記 8.92 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.92) 「無盡意白佛言」此下是品中第二段，正明普現色身弘經，自有二：第一問，第二佛答也。今且明問中自有二意三文：一問言「云何遊於娑婆」，此問形也。第二問言「云何而為眾生說法」，此問教也。「方便之力其事云何」，此是第三總結前問，形、教兩法都是方便之力也。佛答中有二：第一正答，第二結答也。就正答中凡有十九應，以一一中皆答上兩問，「現形」即答前問形，「而為說法」即答後問教。今初句「若眾生應以佛身得度者」，明眾生根性，後句例皆如是，經文略無眾生也。「無盡意是觀世音」下是第二結答也。 > "Akṣayamati addressed the Buddha, saying" onwards is the second section of the chapter, directly explaining the universal manifestation of physical bodies to propagate the sūtra, having two parts: first, the question; second, the Buddha's answer. Now, to explain the question, it naturally contains two intents across three textual phrases: the first question says, "How does he travel in the Sahā \[world\]?"—this asks about form. The second question says, "How does he preach the Dharma for sentient beings?"—this asks about teaching. "How does the work of his power of skilful means proceed?"—this is the third, generally concluding the preceding questions, as both dharmas of form and teaching are the power of skilful means. In the Buddha's answer there are two parts: first, the direct answer; second, the concluding answer. Within the direct answer there are altogether nineteen responses, as each of them answers the two questions above: "manifesting form" answers the earlier question about form, and "preaching the Dharma for them" answers the later question about teaching. Here, the initial clause, "If there are sentient beings who should be liberated through a Buddha's body," explains the dispositions of sentient beings; the subsequent clauses are all alike by analogy, with the sūtra text omitting "sentient beings" for brevity. From "Akṣayamati, this Avalokiteśvara" onwards is the second, the concluding answer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.91) - [Next: 8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.93) - [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.8.92) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1715.8.92) · Pramāṇa