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妙法蓮華經文句 3.39

妙法蓮華經文句 3.39

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3.39

如船順流,若遇風、加棹助,疾有所至,風喻見佛聞法,棹喻修行。例如初果任運七生,若值佛加修,或一生、二生得至無學(云云)。「自然成佛道」是報身,「瑠璃」是法身本淨,「金像」是應物現形。

It is like a boat going with the flow: if it meets the wind and is aided by oars, it quickly arrives at its destination; the wind is a metaphor for seeing the Buddha and hearing the Dharma, and the oars are a metaphor for practice. For example, the first fruit [of the stream-enterer] spontaneously takes seven lifetimes, but if he encounters a buddha and applies practice, in one lifetime or two lifetimes he can reach the stage of non-learning (and so forth). "Naturally accomplish the Buddha path" is the reward body; "vaidūrya" is the inherent purity of the Dharma body; "golden image" is manifesting forms in response to beings.

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