[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) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 2.412 # 法華義疏 2.412 法華義疏 2.412 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.412](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.412) 「八百弟子中有一人」者，第六、明彌勒本緣也。自上已來答彌勒問，明釋迦說法華經事竟。今此文別釋疑。疑云：彌勒既是補處，云何問文殊？是故今明過去本是師資，所以今有問答。文殊望彌勒是第十世師也。 > As for "Among the eight hundred disciples there was one person": this is the sixth, clarifying Maitreya's former circumstances. From above down to here, answering Maitreya's question and clarifying the matter of Śākyamuni expounding the \*Lotus Sūtra\* is complete. Now this passage separately resolves a doubt. The doubt says: since Maitreya is already in the position of succession, why does he ask Mañjuśrī? Therefore it now clarifies that in the past they were originally master and disciple; this is why they now engage in questioning and answering. Looking from Maitreya's perspective, Mañjuśrī is his tenth-generation master. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.411](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.411) - [Next: 2.413](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.413) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.2.412) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.412](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.412) · Pramāṇa