妙法蓮華經文句 3.100

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The first section, lodged in words, also has two parts: the first two lines jointly reiterate the two wisdoms of the two Buddhas; the latter two lines jointly reiterate the two Buddhas' explanations of praise, concluding praises, and so forth. The first part also has two aspects: now, the first phrase, 'Hero of the World', reiterates the wisdom of the Buddhas above. 'Unfathomable' reiterates 'profound and immeasurable' above. This reiterates the real wisdom of the Buddhas. The next three phrases reiterate the expedient wisdom of the Buddhas above. This has three differences: first, above, the persons were cited and the Dharma was also noted, hence it said 'the wisdom of the Buddhas'; now, the verse only reiterates the persons, employing the persons to extol the Dharma, hence saying 'Hero of the World'. Second, above, they were praised separately, whereas now they are praised jointly; because the Dharmas differ, they must be separated, but because the persons are comprehensive, they must be joined. Third, above, it said that none of the two vehicles know, whereas now it says that all kinds of sentient beings do not know. From 'Buddha's powers' downward, the latter line reiterates the praise of Śākyamuni's two wisdoms. 'Buddha' reiterates 'since I attained Buddhahood', directly reiterating the real wisdom. 'Powers, fearlessnesses', and so forth reiterate the various virtues, which is reiterating the expedient wisdom. 'The remaining dharmas' refers to the expedient of converting others, which is the auxiliary remnant of real wisdom; it directly reiterates the various conditions above (and so on). From 'originally from' downward, the latter two lines jointly reiterate the two Buddhas, the meaning of explaining the praise and concluding the praise. 'Originally from countless Buddhas, fully practiced the various paths' reiterates the text above of the Buddhas' explanation of praise: 'The Buddhas have closely served hundreds of thousands of Buddhas and exhaustively practiced the paths of Dharma.' 'Profound, subtle, and wondrous Dharma' reiterates the concluding praise above of the real: 'accomplished the profound, unprecedented Dharma.' 'Hard to see and hard to understand' reiterates the concluding praise above of the expedient: 'its intent is difficult to comprehend.' 'In immeasurable koṭis of kalpas, having practiced these various paths' reiterates the explanation above that Śākyamuni's knowledge, vision, and pāramitās have all been fully acquired. The two lines above cite the fulfillment of the cause; the next line below cites the fulfillment of the effect. The single line 'I have already completely known and seen' reiterates the text above concluding Śākyamuni's two wisdoms: 'the Tathāgata's knowledge and vision are vast and great.'