法華義疏 8.170

8.170

「爾時世尊」下，第二、授三人記。即為三別：授善吉記中，前長行、次偈頌。長行有二：前明行因、次辨得果。得果之中有七種果，一化主果，二時節果，三國土果，四眷屬果。眷屬之中凡有三種：一者、其土人民，謂凡夫眷屬；次、聲聞眷屬；後、菩薩眷屬。蓋是下中上品人也。次壽命果，次住持果。「其佛常處虛空」下，明說法果。以善吉因時解空，得佛之時處空說法也。

From "At that time the World-Honoured One" onwards is the second [section]: conferment of prophecy on the remaining three individuals. This divides into three: in conferring the prophecy upon Subhūti (Shanji), first is the prose, and next are the verses. The prose has two [parts]: first, it clarifies the practice of the causes; next, it explains the attainment of the fruits. Within the attainment of the fruits there are seven kinds of fruits: first, the fruit of the transforming lord; second, the fruit of the time period; third, the fruit of the land; fourth, the fruit of the retinue. Within the retinue there are three kinds in all: first, the people of that land, which refers to the ordinary retinue; next, the śrāvaka retinue; and finally, the bodhisattva retinue. These are indeed persons of the lower, middling, and higher grades. Next is the fruit of lifespan, and next is the fruit of sustaining [the Dharma]. From "That Buddha constantly abides in empty space" onwards, it clarifies the fruit of preaching the Dharma. Because Subhūti understood emptiness at the time of the cause, upon attaining buddhahood he abides in space to preach the Dharma.