妙法蓮華經文句 2.136

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次列人者，「韋提希」，母也，翻思惟。頻婆娑羅，此翻模實，父也。「阿闍世」者，未生怨，或呼為婆留支，此云無指，內人將護呼為善見，善見之名本也，無指之稱表迹。《大經》云：「阿闍名不生，世者名怨。」以不生佛性故，則煩惱怨生，煩惱怨生故不見佛性，不生煩惱即見佛性。又阿闍者名不生，世名世法，以世八法所不污故，故名阿闍世，此是本義也。《普超經》云：「阿闍世從文殊懺悔，得柔順忍，命終入賓吒羅地獄，即入、即出，生上方佛土得無生忍，彌勒出時復來此界，名不動菩薩，後當作佛，號淨界如來。」其迹既爾，本豈可量？說《法華》時預清淨眾，至《涅槃》時引逆罪者，何異迦葉於《法華》受記，於《涅槃》不堪付囑？不可迷迹而惑其本也。

Next are listed the humans. "Vaidehī" is the mother, translated as "Reflection". Bimbisāra is translated here as "Model of Truth", the father. "Ajātaśatru" means "unborn enemy", or he is called Varruci, translated here as "fingerless". Those in his inner circle, wishing to protect him, called him Sujāta ("Fair-looking"): the name Sujāta belongs to the origin, while the designation "fingerless" manifests the traces. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: "Ajāta means unborn, and śatru means enemy." Because the buddha-nature is unborn, the enemies of defilements arise; because the enemies of defilements arise, one does not see the buddha-nature; when defilements do not arise, one sees the buddha-nature. Moreover, ajāta means unborn, and śatru means worldly phenomena (loka-dharma); because he is not defiled by the eight worldly phenomena, he is therefore named Ajātaśatru. This is the meaning of the origin. The Puchao jing says: "Ajātaśatru repented before Mañjuśrī and attained compliant forbearance. Upon the end of his life, he entered the Piṇḍola Hell; immediately upon entering, he immediately departed, and was reborn in a buddha land above, attaining the forbearance of non-arising. When Maitreya appears, he will return to this realm, named Bodhisattva Immovable, and will later become a buddha named Tathāgata Pure Realm." Since his traces are like this, how could his origin be measured? When the Lotus Sūtra was preached, he participated in the pure assembly; yet when it came to the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, he was adduced as one guilty of heinous sins. How is this different from Kāśyapa receiving prediction in the Lotus Sūtra, yet in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra being incapable of receiving the entrustment? One must not be blinded by the traces and remain confused about their origin.