[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) › 8.179 # 法華文句記 8.179 法華文句記 8.179 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8.179) 次問答。答中云「為引始行及開安樂行」者，始行見諸大德，尚不能此土弘經，況我等耶？是故須下〈安樂行品〉為始行之軌。豈得下方未出，預云〈踊出〉所行？若爾，品初文殊應問踊出菩薩當行何行，而但云於後惡世等耶？忽聞踊出，時眾應問踊出是誰？ > Next is question and answer. In the answer, where it says "to guide beginners and open the peaceful practices": when beginners see that the great venerable ones cannot even propagate the sūtra in this land, how much less could we? Therefore, the 'Peaceful Practices Chapter' below is needed as a model for beginners. How could it anticipate the practices of the 'Welling Up' chapter before those from below have even emerged? If so, at the beginning of the chapter Mañjuśrī should have asked what practices the welling-up bodhisattvas ought to practice, yet why did he merely ask about the evil age to come and so forth? If suddenly hearing of the welling up, the assembly of that time would surely ask: Who are these who well up? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8.178) - [Next: 8.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8.180) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719~en-mt.8.179) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1719.8.179) · Pramāṇa