[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) › 9.27 # 妙法蓮華經文句 9.27 妙法蓮華經文句 9.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.27) 就初三業供養，經五十小劫謂如半日，四眾遍見，此乃隱長而現短，借其神力令狹而見廣，俱是不可思議也。「拜遶」是身、「讚法」是口、「瞻仰」是意；「五十小劫」與「半日」者，此是時節不可思議。如來所見不以二相，下方菩薩常面稱揚，如來默然常受其讚，解者即短而長，謂五十小劫，惑者即長而短，謂如半日，斯為本迹而作弄引。如來未說，闇本而執迹；佛若開顯，悟近而達遠，亦知不思議一也。四眾遍見菩薩者，亦是不思議也。夫肉眼、天眼所見不遠，而今所覩充滿虛空，見雨猛知龍大，見花盛知池深，見應滿虛空，則知真彌法界也。初、標四導師。 > Regarding the first, the offering of the three karmic activities: fifty minor kalpas passed in the sūtra, yet they were perceived as half a day; the fourfold assembly saw them everywhere. This was concealing the long and displaying the short, borrowing his supernatural power to make the narrow appear broad; both are inconceivable. 'Bowing and circumambulating' is the body; 'praising the Dharma' is speech; 'gazing reverently' is the mind. The 'fifty minor kalpas' and the 'half a day'—this is the inconceivability of time. What the Tathāgata sees is not of two marks: the bodhisattvas from below constantly praise him face to face, and the Tathāgata silently and constantly receives their praise. Those who understand realize the long in the short, considering it fifty minor kalpas; those who are confused realize the short in the long, considering it like half a day. This serves as an overture for origin and traces. Before the Tathāgata spoke, they were dark to the origin and clung to the traces; if the Buddha opens and reveals it, they awaken to the near and reach the distant, also knowing the inconceivable oneness. The fourfold assembly universally seeing the bodhisattvas is also inconceivable. Now, what is seen by the fleshy eye and the divine eye is not far, yet what they now behold fills the sky: seeing torrential rain, one knows the dragon is great; seeing flourishing flowers, one knows the pond is deep; seeing the response bodies fill the sky, one then knows the true body fills the entire Dharma realm. First, distinguishing the four leaders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.26) - [Next: 9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.28) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.9.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.27) · Pramāṇa