[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 1.11 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.11 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.11) 酬相因者，既成佛已將說此經，先為菩薩說《無量義經》，次入無量義處三昧。天雨四華、地振六種，四眾瞻仰、八部歡喜，放豪光以遠矚，眾見此已疑生。彌勒發問，文殊告言：「如我惟忖！今佛世尊欲說大法，雨大法雨、吹大法螺、擊大法鼓、演大法義。我於過去曾見此瑞，放斯光已即說大法，乃至廣說。今日如來當說大乘經，名『妙法蓮華』。」三世諸佛將說此經必先有此種種大相，不同餘經，餘經無此初大相故。相既非常故須說此，即將說此經先現大相。先現大相者，為說此經故也。 > Responding to the cause of signs: having already attained Buddhahood, when about to expound this sūtra, he first expounded the Anantanirdeśa-sūtra for the bodhisattvas, and next entered the anantanirdeśapratiṣṭhāna-samādhi. Heaven rained four kinds of flowers, and the earth shook in six ways; the four assemblies gazed in reverence, and the eight classes rejoiced; he emitted a ray of light from between his brows to illuminate far into the distance, and the assembly, seeing this, gave rise to doubt. Maitreya asked, and Mañjuśrī told him: "As I consider it, now the Buddha, the Bhagavat, wishes to expound the great Dharma, to pour down the great Dharma rain, to blow the great Dharma conch, to beat the great Dharma drum, and to proclaim the great Dharma principle. In the past I have seen such an auspicious sign: having emitted this light, he immediately expounded the great Dharma," and so forth extensively. "Today the Tathāgata will expound the Mahāyāna sūtra called Saddharmapuṇḍarīka." Whenever the buddhas of the three times are about to expound this sūtra, they must first display these various great signs, unlike other sūtras, for other sūtras do not have these initial great signs. Since the signs were extraordinary, it was necessary to expound this \[sūtra\]; that is, when about to expound this sūtra, he first manifested the great signs. The reason he first manifested the great signs was for the sake of expounding this sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.11) · Pramāṇa