妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.195

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贊曰：此品之中大文分六：初宿王華發問；二如來為答；三「若復有人以七寶滿三千大千」下，讚經妙德；四「宿王華若有人聞是藥王菩薩本事品者」下，歎勝付授；五時眾獲益；六多寶讚揚。此二俱在品末。此初文有三：初問，次請，後辨請意。宿王華問者，宿世已來持《法華經》，如王自在。故《寶雲經》說：「菩薩有十法名大藥樹，譬如藥樹名曰善見。若有眾生得其根莖枝葉華菓，亦有見色聞香甞味得觸，遇此十法病皆除愈。菩薩亦爾，從初發心，為諸眾生有種種煩惱病，有依施戒忍勤定慧而得活者，有依見法、有聞聲、有知味、有同事而得活者。菩薩隨應導利令益，故說菩薩名為藥樹，能除煩惱病得慧命活故。」「遊」者遊化，利益方法、濟利眾生是。「若干等」者，問苦行差別，燒身燃臂供養正法是。

The Eulogy says: In this chapter, the major text is divided into six: first, Nakṣatrarājasaṅkusumitābhijña raises questions; second, the Tathāgata answers him; third, from "Furthermore, if a person fills the three-thousand great thousand [worlds] with the seven treasures" onward, the praise of the wonderful merits of the sūtra; fourth, from "Nakṣatrarājasaṅkusumitābhijña, if there is a person who hears this Ancient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter" onward, the praise of superiority and the entrustment; fifth, the contemporary assembly obtaining benefits; sixth, Prabhūtaratna praising it. These latter two are both at the end of the chapter. This first section has three parts: first, asking; next, requesting; and finally, clarifying the intention of the request. As for Nakṣatrarājasaṅkusumitābhijña asking: he has upheld the Lotus Sūtra since past lives, sovereign like a king. Therefore the Ratnamegha-sūtra says: "A bodhisattva possesses ten dharmas and is named a great medicinal tree, like the medicinal tree named Sudarśana. If sentient beings obtain its roots, trunk, branches, leaves, flowers, or fruits, or if they see its form, smell its fragrance, taste its flavor, or touch it, meeting these ten dharmas their diseases are all cured. The bodhisattva is also like this: from his initial arousal of the aspiration, on behalf of sentient beings who have various diseases of defilement, some are revived by relying on generosity, morality, patience, vigor, meditation, or wisdom; some are revived by seeing the Dharma, some by hearing sounds, some by knowing flavors, and some by shared activities. The bodhisattva guides and benefits them in accordance with their needs, causing them to gain benefit; therefore the bodhisattva is named a medicinal tree, being able to eradicate the diseases of defilement and cause them to live with the life of wisdom." "Wandering" means roaming and transforming, which refers to the methods of benefiting and rescuing sentient beings. "How many..." asks about the distinctions in his austerities, which refers to burning his body and arms to make offerings to the correct Dharma.