妙法蓮華經文句 1.93

1.93

觀心者，空觀是般若，假觀是解脫，中觀是法身。又觀心者，從假入空，觀亦有三義，乃至中道觀，殺無明賊，不生二乘心，供養此人如供養世尊。《方等》云：「供佛及文殊，不如施行方等者一食充軀。」下文云：「毀讚佛罪福輕，毀讚持經者罪福重。」何者？佛無食想，久離八風不為損益；施持經者，全肉身、續報命、生法身、增慧命，故有益；毀之，憂惱退悔，若失好時則不可救，故大損（云云）。

Regarding the contemplation of mind: the contemplation of emptiness is prajñā, the contemplation of the provisional is liberation, and the contemplation of the middle is the Dharma-body. Furthermore, regarding contemplation of mind: entering emptiness from the provisional, the contemplation also has three meanings; up to the Middle Way contemplation, slaying the foe of ignorance, not giving rise to the mind of the two vehicles, and offering to such a person is like making offerings to the World-Honoured One. The Vaipulya says: ‘Offering to the Buddha and Mañjuśrī is not as good as giving a single meal to fill the body of one who practices the Vaipulya teachings.’ A later text says: ‘The sin and merit of slandering or praising the Buddha are light, while the sin and merit of slandering or praising one who upholds this sūtra are heavy.’ Why is this? The Buddha has no conceptualization of food and has long been free of the eight winds, being unaffected by detriment or benefit; giving to one who upholds the sūtra preserves their physical body, sustains their retributive life, gives birth to the Dharma-body, and increases their life of wisdom, hence there is benefit; slandering them causes sorrow, affliction, regression, and remorse, and if they lose the auspicious moment they cannot be saved, hence causing great detriment (and so on).