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法華文句記 9.89

法華文句記 9.89

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Classical Chinese

9.89

此在迹門流通之末,前已明佛去世後弘經功深,古佛證經、今佛成道,二萬八十萬億此土他方宣通之益不可測量,人獲妙功良由法實,故流通末重辨所通。所通者何?三周開顯,故舉輪王威伏兵眾獲勳,勳有大小故所賜不同。

This is at the end of the transmission section of the trace gate. Previously, it already clarified that after the Buddha's passing, the merit of propagating the sūtra is deep: past buddhas verified the sūtra, and the present Buddha attained the path; the benefit of proclaiming and circulating it in this land and other directions across twenty thousand and eighty myriad kotis [of lands] is immeasurable. That persons obtain wondrous merit is truly due to the reality of the Dharma; therefore at the end of the transmission section it re-distinguishes what is transmitted. What is transmitted? It is the opening and revealing of the three cycles; hence it raises the wheel-turning king subduing the army with awe and gaining merit: because merits have large and small, what is bestowed is not the same.

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