[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) › 5.8 # 妙法蓮華經文句 5.8 妙法蓮華經文句 5.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.8) 答：善業、名譽業、稱讚父母師長業，有上中下故爾也。若使有頂有耳識者，佛聲亦至彼。輪王行十善，善生欲天，欲天喜我眷屬增多故；陳如離欲故徹梵；佛最勝至尼吒（云云）。若依大乘，佛得道聲遍至百億尼吒，又遍十方無量無邊世界尼吒（云云）。 > Answer: It is because wholesome karma, karma of renown, and karma of praising parents and teachers have superior, middling, and inferior grades. If the Peak of Existence had an ear-consciousness, the Buddha's voice would also reach there. A wheel-turning king practices the ten virtues, and virtue leads to birth in the desire heavens, so the desire devas rejoice that 'our retinue increases'; Kauṇḍinya detached from desire, hence \[his sound\] penetrated to the Brahma Heaven; the Buddha is the most supreme, reaching to Akaniṣṭha (and so forth). If one relies on the Mahāyāna, the sound of the Buddha attaining the Way universally reaches a billion Akaniṣṭhas, and further pervades the Akaniṣṭhas of immeasurable and boundless worlds throughout the ten directions (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.9) - [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.5.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.5.8) · Pramāṇa