妙法蓮華經文句 9.24

9.24

師嚴道尊鞠躬祇奉，如來一命四方奔踊，故言「從地踊出品」。三世化導惠利無疆，一月萬影孰能思量？召過以示現，弘經以益當，故言「從地踊出品」。虛空湛然無早無晚，或者執迹而闇其本，召昔示今破近顯遠，故言「從地踊出品」。寂場少父、寂光老兒，示其藥力咸令得知，故言「從地踊出品」。文云「是從何所來，以何因緣集」，今以諸義釋品，顯四悉檀因緣之解，故言「從地踊出品」。此下是大段，第二開師門之近迹，顯佛地之遠本。其文為三：一、從此下，至「汝等自當因是得聞」，序段也；二、從「爾時釋迦告彌勒」下，至〈分別功德品〉彌勒說十九行偈，正說段也；三、從偈後下十一品半，流通段（云云）。

The teacher is grave and the Way is revered; they bow respectfully and render obeisance. With a single command of the Tathāgata, they leap forth in haste from the four directions. Therefore it is called the 'Chapter on Emerging from the Earth.' The converting and guiding across the three periods of time bring boundless benefit; who could fathom the ten thousand reflections of the single moon? Summoning the past to display it at present, propagating the sūtra to benefit the future—therefore it is called the 'Chapter on Emerging from the Earth.' Empty space is serene, with neither early nor late; those who are confused cling to the traces and are dark to their origin. Summoning of old to display now, shattering the near and revealing the distant—therefore it is called the 'Chapter on Emerging from the Earth.' The young father in the place of tranquil awakening, the old children in the quiescent light—displaying to them the power of the medicine, causing all to know it—therefore it is called the 'Chapter on Emerging from the Earth.' The text says: 'From what place have they come, and for what cause and condition have they assembled?' Now, explaining the chapter by means of various principles reveals the understanding of the causes and conditions of the four siddhāntas; therefore it is called the 'Chapter on Emerging from the Earth.' From here down is the second major division: opening the near traces of the master's approach and revealing the distant origin of the Buddha ground. Its text consists of three parts: first, from here down to 'You yourselves will through this naturally be able to hear,' is the introductory section; second, from 'At that time Śākyamuni addressed Maitreya' down to the nineteen lines of verse spoken by Maitreya in the 'Chapter on the Discrimination of Merits,' is the section of the main discourse; third, from after the verses down through the remaining eleven and a half chapters, is the transmission section (and so on).