[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) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 6.10 # 法華玄論 6.10 法華玄論 6.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.10) 答：即向釋文為證也。又前身子云：「而今乃自覺非是實滅度。」則知爾前皆未覺也。及三請之中一切二乘皆生疑惑，若自知作佛，何所疑耶？法華教起復何所為耶？又下〈化城品〉分明說之「我滅度後，復有弟子不聞是經，不知不覺菩薩所行，而於自功德生滅度想入涅槃。我於餘國作佛，為說是經，方得神契，部知作佛也。」又《釋論》解〈畢定品〉亦作此說，明羅漢生三界外淨土，得聞《法華經》修行求佛。故知二乘不聞《法華》不知同歸也。又二乘自知作佛者，何得云為諸聲聞說《妙法華經》？ > Answer: The explanatory passage cited just now serves as proof. Furthermore, Śāriputra previously said, 'Only now have I myself awakened to the fact that it is not true extinction.' From this one knows that prior to that, none had awakened. Also, during the three requests, all \[practitioners of\] the two vehicles gave rise to doubt; if they already knew they would become Buddhas, what would they doubt? And for what purpose would the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra have arisen? Furthermore, the subsequent 'Parable of the Conjured City' chapter clearly states: 'After my extinction, there will again be disciples who do not hear this sūtra, neither knowing nor perceiving the practice of bodhisattvas, but generating the notion of extinction regarding their own merit and entering nirvāṇa. When I become a Buddha in another land, I will preach this sūtra for them, and only then will they attain spiritual convergence and gradually know they will become Buddhas.' Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, in explaining the chapter on 'Certainty,' also makes this statement, explaining that arhats are born in pure lands outside the three realms, where they get to hear the Lotus Sūtra, practice, and seek buddhahood. Thus we know that if \[practitioners of\] the two vehicles do not hear the Lotus Sūtra, they do not know of the common convergence. Furthermore, if \[practitioners of\] the two vehicles already knew they would become Buddhas, how could it be said that \[the Buddha\] expounded the Wonderful Lotus Sūtra for the sake of the śrāvakas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.9) - [Next: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.11) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.6.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.6.10) · Pramāṇa