[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) › 1.9 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.9 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.9) 酬求因者，〈天授品〉云：「吾於過去求《法華經》無有懈倦，於多劫中常作國王，求大菩提曾不退轉。擊鼓宣令四方，時有仙人來白王言：我有大乘名『妙法蓮華經』，若不違我，當為宣說。王聞仙人言歡喜踊躍，即隨仙人供給所須，乃至以身而為床座身心無倦，奉事仙人經於千歲，為求法故令無所乏。爾時王者今我身是，時仙人者今提婆達多是。」以佛過去願行雖成必由緣會，恒重此經，於善友所專事求之。故今宣說令生求重。 > Responding to the cause of seeking: the "Devadatta Chapter" says: "In the past, I sought the Lotus Sūtra without weariness; over many kalpas, I constantly served as a king, seeking great bodhi without ever turning back. Beating a drum, I proclaimed an order to the four quarters. At that time, a seer came and said to the king: 'I have a Mahāyāna \[teaching\] called the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; if you do not disobey me, I will expound it for you.' When the king heard the seer's words, he leaped for joy, and at once followed the seer, supplying what he needed, even using his body as a bed and seat without bodily or mental weariness, serving the seer for a thousand years, ensuring he lacked nothing for the sake of seeking the Dharma. The king of that time was my own person; the seer of that time was Devadatta." Because although the Buddha's past vows and practices were accomplished, they necessarily relied on the convergence of conditions, he constantly venerated this sūtra and devotedly sought it from a kalyāṇamitra. Therefore, now he expounded it to cause beings to give rise to earnest seeking and veneration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.10) - [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.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.9) · Pramāṇa