[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) › 2.82 # 妙法蓮華經文句 2.82 妙法蓮華經文句 2.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.82) 餘位亦如是，何獨初住。舊云「八地有諸功德」，不以為疑；今圓歎初住，何德不攝？初住尚爾，何況後位耶？《法華論》云：「上支、下支門，總相、別相應知。」初得不退轉一句是總。此不退有十種示現：聞法不退轉，即是陀羅尼；樂說不退轉，即是樂說辯才；說不退轉，即是轉不退法輪；依善知識不退轉，即是供養百千諸佛植眾德本；斷疑不退轉，即是為諸佛稱歎；入事不退轉，即是以慈修身；入一切智如實境不退轉，即是善入佛慧；依我空法空不退轉，即是通達大智；入如實境不退轉，即是到於彼岸；應作所作不退轉，即是度百千眾生。故初總句即是上支，次諸別句即是下支。記中橫歎初住德，即與此意同也。論云：「二者攝取事門者，示現諸菩薩住何等清淨地中，因何等方便、何等境界、何等應作所作故。」若從此義，作豎歎菩薩德亦無妨。 > The other stages are also like this; why only the first abode? Formerly it was said that 'the eighth bhūmi has all these virtues' without being doubted; now when praising the first abode perfectly, what virtue is not encompassed? If even the first abode is like this, how much more so the subsequent stages? The Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa says: 'The approaches of upper limb and lower limb, general characteristics and particular characteristics, should be known.' The initial clause, 'attaining non-retrogression,' is the general. This non-retrogression has ten kinds of manifestations: non-retrogression in hearing the Dharma is dhāraṇī; non-retrogression in joyful exposition is eloquence in joyful exposition; non-retrogression in preaching is turning the irreversible wheel of the Dharma; non-retrogression in relying on good spiritual friends is making offerings to hundreds of thousands of Buddhas and planting roots of myriad virtues; non-retrogression in severing doubts is being praised by the Buddhas; non-retrogression in entering affairs is cultivating their bodies with loving-kindness; non-retrogression in entering the true realm of all-knowledge is skillfully entering buddha wisdom; non-retrogression in relying on the emptiness of self and emptiness of phenomena is penetrating great wisdom; non-retrogression in entering the true realm is reaching the other shore; non-retrogression in what should be done having been done is delivering hundreds of thousands of sentient beings. Therefore the initial general clause is the upper limb, and the subsequent particular clauses are the lower limbs. In this record, praising the virtues of the first abode across is identical in meaning with this. The treatise says: 'Second, the approach of gathering affairs manifests in which pure bhūmis the bodhisattvas dwell, by what expedient means, in what realms, and through what things to be done that have been done.' If one follows this meaning, interpreting it as praising the bodhisattvas' virtues along is also unobjectionable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.81) - [Next: 2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.83) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.2.82) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.112) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.2.82) · Pramāṇa