[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) › [法華文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719) › 2.82 # 法華文句記 2.82 法華文句記 2.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.82) 具名之外但列數者，因緣觀等具如前意，但名不可盡陳，故但標大數。總而言之，但由國人舊多知識者，則先列之。證信為易，一代教中諸大菩薩宿緣獲記，多在《悲華》第二卷中。經云：「有菩薩名曰寂意，白佛言：諸佛皆有淨土，如來何故取此穢土？佛言：本願故取。我於過去恒河沙阿僧祇劫，世界名刪提嵐，劫名善，輪王名無諍念，主四天下，王有千子。有一大臣，名曰寶海梵志，唯有一子，三十二相八十種好，常有諸天而來供養，國為作號名曰寶藏，出家成道亦名寶藏，說法度人其數無量。其王千子各各供養經於三月，過三月已欲為授記，先入三昧現十方佛土，集諸菩薩，先授寶海。十方世界眾生寶海教化者，一時成佛。次授輪王千子，授第一子云，汝觀六道起大悲心，斷諸煩惱令住安樂，今當字汝為觀世音，阿彌陀佛般涅槃後，二恒阿僧祇劫於夜初分正法滅時，於夜後分其土轉名一切珍寶之所成就所有莊嚴勝安樂界，於一念頃便成正覺，號一切功德山王，壽九十六億那由他百千萬億劫。第二太子名大勢志（如疏），第三名文殊（如疏），第四名普賢，在東方十恒沙世界微塵世界，名不瞬，乃至第九名阿閦，如是次第授千太子。中有願取五濁成佛者，以大悲故其土名娑婆。何以故？是諸眾生忍於三毒及諸煩惱，能忍斯惡故名忍土。是千人中唯除一人，餘並於賢劫而得成佛。」 > Regarding merely listing the numbers beyond the full names, the causal conditions, contemplation, and so forth are entirely as stated previously; however, since the names cannot all be set forth exhaustively, only the large numbers are indicated. To speak in general, they are listed first merely because they were long known to the people of this land. It is easy to substantiate faith. The past conditions under which the great bodhisattvas in the Buddha's lifelong teachings received prophecy are mostly found in the second fascicle of the \*Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka\*. The sūtra states: "There was a bodhisattva named Śāntimati who said to the Buddha: 'All buddhas have pure lands; why has the Tathāgata taken this defiled land?' The Buddha replied: 'I took it on account of my original vow. In the past, incalculable asuras of Ganges sands of kalpas ago, there was a world named Śāntirāmā and a kalpa named Goodness. A wheel-turning king named Araṇemin ruled over the four continents; the king had one thousand sons. There was a minister named the Brahmin Samudrareṇu, who had only one son, endowed with the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs. Gods constantly came to make offerings to him. The kingdom gave him the title Precious Treasury (Ratnagarbha). When he left household life and realized the path, he was also named Ratnagarbha, and preached the Dharma to liberate countless people. The king's thousand sons each made offerings to him for three months. After the three months had passed, when he wished to confer prophecies upon them, he first entered samādhi, manifested the buddha-lands of the ten directions, assembled all the bodhisattvas, and first conferred prophecy upon Samudrareṇu. The sentient beings throughout the worlds of the ten directions who were transformed by Samudrareṇu became buddhas all at once. Next, he conferred prophecies upon the thousand sons of the wheel-turning king. He conferred prophecy upon the first prince, saying: "You observe the six paths, bring forth great compassion, sever all afflictions, and establish them in peace and bliss; I now name you Avalokiteśvara. After Amitābha Buddha enters parinirvāṇa, after two Ganges sands of asaṃkhyeya kalpas, at the beginning of the night when the True Dharma is extinguished, at the end of the night your land will be transformed and named Supreme Peaceful Realm Adorned with All Realized Precious Gems. In a single thought-moment you will attain right awakening, designated Mountain King of All Merits, with a lifespan of ninety-six hundred thousand kotis of nayutas of kalpas." The second prince was named Mahāsthāmaprāpta (as in the commentary); the third was named Mañjuśrī (as in the commentary); the fourth was named Samantabhadra, residing in the east in a world of dust-motes of ten Ganges sands of worlds named Unwinking; up to the ninth prince named Akṣobhya. In this manner, prophecies were successively conferred upon the thousand princes. Among them, some vowed to take the five defilements and realize buddhahood. Out of great compassion, their land was called Sahā. Why? Because these sentient beings endure the three poisons and all afflictions; because they can endure such evils, it is called the Land of Endurance. Among these thousand individuals, except for one person, all the rest will attain buddhahood in the Bhadrakalpa.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.81) - [Next: 2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.83) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.2.82) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.2.82) · Pramāṇa