[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) › 7.26 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.26 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.26) 弘經行人，具通凡聖，若法身菩薩誓願莊嚴，令此土、他土、下土、上土得權實七益、九益、十益，化功歸己，還資法身，增道損生也。生身菩薩亦能此土、他土弘經，令他得權實七益，化功歸己，增道損生，而不能上土利益也。凡夫之師亦能此土弘經，令他得權實七益，化功歸己，增益品位。故《無量義》云：「有病導師，在於此岸，而成就船筏，渡人彼岸。」即其義也。 > Practitioners who propagate the sūtra comprise both ordinary beings and sages. If a dharma-kāya bodhisattva adorns themselves with vows to enable this land, other lands, lower lands, and higher lands to attain the provisional and real seven benefits, nine benefits, and ten benefits, the transformative merit returns to oneself, nourishing in turn the dharma-kāya, increasing the path and decreasing rebirths. Bodhisattvas with physical bodies can also propagate the sūtra in this land and other lands, enabling others to attain the provisional and real seven benefits, with the transformative merit returning to themselves, increasing the path and decreasing rebirths, yet they cannot benefit higher lands. Teachers who are ordinary beings can also propagate the sūtra in this land, enabling others to attain the provisional and real seven benefits, with the transformative merit returning to themselves, increasing their ranks. Therefore, the \*Anantanirdeśa-sūtra\* says: "Though there is an ailing guide on this shore, he prepares a boat and raft to ferry people to the other shore." Such is its meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.25) - [Next: 7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.27) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.7.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.26) · Pramāṇa