[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) › 1.8 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.8 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.8) 酬願因者，〈方便品〉云：「舍利弗善聽！我本立誓願，欲令一切眾，如我等無異。如我昔所願，今者已滿足，化一切眾生，令入於佛道。」〈壽量品〉云：「每自作是念，以何令眾生得入於佛道、速成就佛身。」若昔因中、若今果位，皆每發願令眾生猶如我身得入佛道，故酬本願而說此經；亦令眾生發此願故，行願相符致出世故。 > Responding to the cause of vows: the "Expedient Means Chapter" says: "Śāriputra, listen well! I originally made a vow, desiring to cause all multitudes to be equal to me without distinction. As I formerly vowed, it has now been fulfilled: transforming all sentient beings, I cause them to enter the Buddha Path." The "Span of Life Chapter" says: "I constantly consider this: By what means can I cause sentient beings to enter the Buddha Path and quickly accomplish the Buddha body?" Whether in the past causal stage or in the present fruitional position, he constantly made vows to cause sentient beings to enter the Buddha Path just like himself; therefore, responding to his fundamental vows, he expounded this sūtra; it was also to cause sentient beings to make this vow, and because practices and vows concorded, it brought about his appearance in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.9) - [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.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.19.3.5) — Classical Chinese - [阿彌陀經通贊疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.8) · Pramāṇa