[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 1.30 # 妙法蓮華經文句 1.30 妙法蓮華經文句 1.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.30) 次示本迹者，久遠行菩薩道時，宣揚先佛《法華經》，亦有三分上中下語，亦有本迹，但佛佛相望是則無窮，別取最初成佛時所說《法華》三分上中下語，專名為上，名之為本。何以故？最初成佛，初說法故，為上為本，此意可知；中間行化，助大通智勝、然燈等佛，宣揚《法華》三分者，但名為中，但名為迹。何以故？前有上故，前有本故。今日王城所說三分，但名為下，但名為迹，乃至師子奮迅之力，未來永永所說三分，亦指最初為上為本。譬如大樹雖有千枝萬葉，論其根本，不得傳傳相指同宗一根，此喻可解（云云）。 > Next, demonstrating origin and traces: when practicing the bodhisattva path in the distant past, while proclaiming the Lotus Sūtra of prior Buddhas, there were also the three sections of beginning, middle, and ending words, and there were also origin and traces. But if Buddhas are viewed in relation to Buddhas, this is infinite. Singling out the three sections of beginning, middle, and ending words of the Lotus spoken at the time of the very first attainment of Buddhahood, it is exclusively called the beginning and designated as the origin. Why is this? Because it was the first attainment of Buddhahood and the first preaching of the Dharma; its being the beginning and the origin can be understood from this. In the interim, when carrying out conversion and assisting Buddhas such as Mahābhijñā-jñānābhibhū and Dīpaṃkara by proclaiming the three sections of the Lotus, these are only called the middle, only called the traces. Why is this? Because there is the beginning prior to them, and the origin prior to them. What is spoken today in the royal city across the three sections is only called the latter, only called the traces. Even through the power of the lion's dash, what will be spoken across the three sections endlessly into the future likewise points to the very first as the beginning and origin. For example, though a great tree has thousands of branches and ten thousand leaves, when discussing its root, one cannot successively point to them one after another; they all share the one root. This analogy can be understood, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.29) - [Next: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.31) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.1.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.30) · Pramāṇa