[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) › 5.24 # 妙法蓮華經文句 5.24 妙法蓮華經文句 5.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.24) 從「汝等勿有疑」下，第五，二行半，頌上不虛，又二：初，一行半，勿於可信人生疑；次「汝等舍利」下一行，勿於可信法起疑。「法王」者，夫為人王言則不二，佛為法王豈容虛說？夫方便可是權假，真實寧應是妄？聞法王說法勿生疑也。舊從「汝等舍利弗」下七行，不頌敦信，但是釋迦章中勸信弘經之意耳。其文為兩：初，五行半，令弘經使其行因；次一行半，略為受記。初一行令其慕果行因必須弘經，四十餘年蘊在佛心，他無知者名為祕，一乘直道總攝萬途故言要也。「以五濁惡世」下一行，釋祕要，明障重之人終不能解，故使如來祕不妄宣。「當來世」下二行，明弘經體，初一行，明不善人勿為說，後明善人當為說。「舍利弗」去一行半，雙結二義，初行結祕要，明此法如是，先以萬億方便，然後乃示真實；後半行結弘經體，其不習學不能曉了，此正結不善者勿為說也，兼對習學者則能曉了，此乃可為說也。「汝等既已知」下一行半，略為授記，上明三句論其有解，中一句明其無惑，下半偈明其得記，既有解無惑，正應歡喜作佛。此中受記，開下身子等得記作本；此中弘經，開下命身子流通作本也，舊意如此。 > From "Do not have any doubts" downward is the fifth \[section\], two and a half lines, which praises non-falsity as above, again in two parts: first, one and a half lines \[state\] not to give rise to doubts regarding a trustworthy person; next, the one line from "You, Śāriputra..." \[states\] not to give rise to doubts regarding a trustworthy Dharma. As for "Dharma King": when one is a human king his words are not two; when the Buddha is the Dharma King, how could he permit false speech? Expedient means may well be provisional and false, but how could the real truth be empty? Having heard the Dharma King preach the Dharma, do not give rise to doubts. Formerly \[commentators held that\] the seven lines from "You, Śāriputra" downward do not reiterate urging faith, but are merely the intent in Śākyamuni's section of encouraging faith and propagating the sūtra. That text had two parts: first, five and a half lines bid them propagate the sūtra so that they practice the cause; next, one and a half lines briefly bestow a prophecy. The first line bids them admire the effect and practice the cause, requiring them to propagate the sūtra: having been stored in the Buddha's mind for forty-odd years without others knowing it is called "secret"; the direct path of the One Vehicle universally subsumes the myriad paths, hence it is called "essential." The line from "Because of the evil world of the five turbidities" downward explains the secret and essential, clarifying that those with heavy obstacles can never understand, which is why the Tathāgata kept it secret and did not proclaim it rashly. The two lines from "In future ages" downward clarify the substance of propagating the sūtra: the first line clarifies that one should not preach it to unwholesome persons, and the latter clarifies that one should preach it to wholesome persons. The one and a half lines starting from "Śāriputra" doubly conclude both meanings: the first line concludes the secret and essential, clarifying that this Dharma is like this—first using myriad kotis of expedient means and only then showing the real; the latter half line concludes the substance of propagating the sūtra: those who do not train and study cannot comprehend, which directly concludes not preaching to the unwholesome, while also implying that those who train and study are able to comprehend, and thus to them it may be preached. The one and a half lines from "Since you already know" downward briefly bestow a prophecy: the upper three lines treat their having understanding; the middle line clarifies their being without delusion; the lower half gāthā clarifies their receiving a prophecy. Since they have understanding and are without delusion, they should truly rejoice and become buddhas. Bestowing a prophecy here opens the basis for Śāriputra and others below receiving prophecies; propagating the sūtra here opens the basis for instructing Śāriputra below to transmit \[the teaching\]—such was the old view. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.23) - [Next: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.25) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.5.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.24) · Pramāṇa