[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) › 7.136 # 法華玄論 7.136 法華玄論 7.136 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.136) 答：有利益者則為授之，義亦得也。論明五種授記：一者身子、迦葉名號不同，又為眾所知識，故與記別。二者富樓那等五百人及千二百人等同一名，故俱時與記。三者學無學等俱同一名，非眾所識，故一時與記。四者與提婆達多記者，示如來無怨惡心故。五者與比丘尼及龍女記者，明女人在家出家修菩薩行皆證佛果故。論直明《法華經》始終與五種人授記不同耳。次橫論授記者，隨一人具得二種授記。如三根聲聞發菩提心故是發心授記，面從佛受為現前受記也，增上慢聲聞即是未發菩提心得授記是未發心授記，面從常不輕聞經是現前記。如是例義可解也。 > Answer: If there is benefit, it is bestowed upon them; this meaning is also valid. The treatise explains five kinds of prophecies: First, Śāriputra and Kāśyapa had different names and were also known to the assembly, so they were given individual prophecies. Second, the five hundred including Pūrṇa and the one thousand two hundred had the same name, so they were given prophecies simultaneously. Third, those in training and those beyond training all shared the same name and were not known to the assembly, so they were given prophecies at one time. Fourth, giving a prophecy to Devadatta demonstrated that the Tathāgata has no mind of enmity or ill will. Fifth, giving prophecies to the bhikṣuṇīs and the dragon girl showed that whether women are lay or monastic, cultivating bodhisattva practice, all realize the fruit of buddhahood. The treatise simply explains that throughout the Lotus Sūtra, bestowing prophecies upon five kinds of people differs. Next, discussing prophecies horizontally, according to a single person, they possess two kinds of prophecies. For example, because the śrāvakas of the three capacities generated the bodhicitta, it is a prophecy upon generating the aspiration; receiving it in person from the Buddha makes it a prophecy face-to-face. Śrāvakas of overweening pride, precisely because they receive a prophecy without having generated the bodhicitta, are a prophecy before generating the aspiration; hearing the sūtra in person from Sadāparibhūta is a prophecy face-to-face. Such analogies can be understood accordingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.135) - [Next: 7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.137) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.7.136) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.3.183) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.7.136) · Pramāṇa