妙法蓮華經文句 4.70

4.70

此非當機，是結緣人耳，已如上說。昔大通佛時，亦有無量眾生心生疑惑，世世與師俱生，今皆得度，此人亦爾，說《大經》時萬五千億人於是經中不生信心，是人於未來亦當得信，例此益在不久。《金光明》中，時閻浮提有二種人，亦是斯例意。

They were not those whose capacities were ripe for this occasion; they were merely people forming a karmic affinity, as has already been explained above. Formerly, in the time of the Buddha Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū, immeasurable sentient beings also harbored doubts in their minds, yet were reborn life after life together with their teacher, and have now all attained liberation. These people are also like that. When the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra was preached, one hundred and fifty billion people did not give rise to faith in this sūtra; these people will also attain faith in the future. By this analogy, their benefit will come before long. In the Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra, the two kinds of people in Jambudvīpa at that time also carry this same intended meaning.