[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 6.43 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.43 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.43) 今略言為四：一者、冥機冥應。二者、冥機顯應。三者、顯機顯應。四者、顯機冥應。其相云何？若過去善修三業，現在未運身口，藉往善力名此為冥機也。雖不現見靈應，而密為法身所益。不見不聞而覺而知，是名為冥益也。二冥機顯益者，過去殖善而冥機已成，便得值佛聞法，現前獲利是為顯益。如佛初出世，最初得度之人，現在何甞修行？諸佛照其宿機，自往度之，即其義也。三、顯機顯應者，現在身口，精勤不懈，而能感降。如須達長跪，佛往祇洹，月蓋曲躬，聖居門閫。如即行人，道場禮懺，能感靈瑞，即是顯機顯應也。四者、顯機冥應者，如人雖一世勤苦，現善濃積而不顯感，冥有其利，此是顯機冥益。 > Now briefly stated, there are four: first, hidden capacity and hidden response; second, hidden capacity and manifest response; third, manifest capacity and manifest response; fourth, manifest capacity and hidden response. What are their characteristics? If one practiced the three actions well in the past, and does not currently employ body and mouth, relying on the power of past good—this is called hidden capacity. Although one does not visibly see a wondrous response, one is secretly benefited by the dharma-kāya; without seeing or hearing, one senses and knows—this is called hidden benefit. Second, concerning hidden capacity and manifest benefit: one cultivated good in the past and hidden capacity is already mature; then one is able to meet the Buddha and hear the Dharma, obtaining benefit before one's eyes—this is manifest benefit. For example, when the Buddha first appeared in the world, did those first delivered people ever practice in the present? The Buddhas, illuminating their past capacity, went themselves to deliver them; that is the meaning. Third, concerning manifest capacity and manifest response: diligently exerting body and mouth in the present without laxity, one is able to bring down a response. Like Sudatta kneeling and the Buddha going to the Jetavana, or Yuegai bowing low and the sage residing at the threshold. Or like practitioners today bowing and repenting in the bodhimaṇḍa, able to stimulate auspicious omens—this is manifest capacity and manifest response. Fourth, concerning manifest capacity and hidden response: like a person who, although laboring diligently for an entire lifetime and accumulating dense present good, does not visibly stimulate, yet secretly possesses its benefit—this is manifest capacity and hidden benefit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.42) - [Next: 6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.44) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.6.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [萬善同歸集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2017.3.71) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.43) · Pramāṇa