法華遊意 1.391

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〈法師品〉云「佛滅度後，若有善男子善女人欲說是經者，當安住三法：一者入如來室，二者著如來衣，三者坐如來座。入如來室者，大慈大悲心是也；如來衣者，柔和忍辱心是；如來座者，一切法空是。具此三法然後以不懈怠心為四眾說法。」佛垂妙軌，宜可依之。慈悲有隱覆之功，喻之如室；柔和忍有障弊之用，喻之如衣；空理可以安心，目之為座。詳此三門則為次第，大悲拔苦、大慈與樂，蓋是種覺之洪因、弘道之本意，欲說妙法，宜前建此心，是故第一明入如來室。既於極惡之世欲弘窮善之道，必多留難，宜應忍之，是故第二明著如來衣。雖復慈悲外覆、和忍內安，若無空觀虛明則二行不成，何由悟物？是故第三辨坐如來座。內備三心、外懃說法，則道無不隆、人無不利，故令安住三法弘《法花經》。

The 'Dharma Master Chapter' says: 'After the Buddha's extinction, if good men or good women wish to preach this sūtra, they should abide peacefully in three dharmas: first, entering the Tathāgata's room; second, wearing the Tathāgata's robe; third, sitting on the Tathāgata's seat. Entering the Tathāgata's room is the mind of great loving-kindness and great compassion; the Tathāgata's robe is the mind of gentleness and forbearance; the Tathāgata's seat is the emptiness of all dharmas. Endowed with these three dharmas, one then preaches the Dharma for the fourfold assembly with an unflagging mind.' The Buddha handed down this wondrous model, which one should follow. Loving-kindness and compassion have the function of sheltering and covering, likened to a room; gentleness and forbearance have the function of blocking and protecting, likened to a robe; the principle of emptiness can pacify the mind, designated as a seat. Examining these three gates, they form a sequence: great compassion eliminates suffering, and great loving-kindness bestows joy, which are the grand cause of omniscient enlightenment and the original intent of propagating the Way; wishing to preach the wondrous Dharma, one should first establish this mind, and therefore the first explains entering the Tathāgata's room. Since one wishes to propagate the Way of utmost goodness in an extremely evil age, there will certainly be many obstacles and difficulties that one ought to endure, and therefore the second explains wearing the Tathāgata's robe. Even though loving-kindness and compassion cover outwardly and gentleness and forbearance pacify inwardly, if there is no empty contemplation that is open and luminous, the two practices will not be accomplished, and how could one awaken beings? Therefore, the third distinguishes sitting on the Tathāgata's seat. Internally equipped with the three minds and externally diligent in preaching the Dharma, the Way will not fail to prosper and people will not fail to benefit; therefore, it causes one to abide peacefully in the three dharmas to propagate the Lotus Sūtra.