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妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.397

妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.397

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10.397

解妨者,問:此品正明淨藏、淨眼為善知識,何故不以為品名耶?答:由功德勝、迴邪入正,妙莊嚴王身非二子故,雖為善友,父藉功德身入正故。又前華德即妙莊嚴,欲會彼身,故以為品。又淨藏、淨眼即藥王、藥上,前已明藥王,恐題名濫故不說之。

Regarding resolving objections: Question: This chapter mainly elucidates Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra as good spiritual friends; why is it not named after them as the title of the chapter? Answer: Because of the superiority of merit and turning from heterodoxy to enter the right, the person of King Śubhavyūha was not the two sons; although they served as good friends, it was the father who relied on merit and personally entered the right. Furthermore, the aforementioned Padmaśrī was Śubhavyūha himself; desiring to identify that person, it was made the chapter title. Moreover, Vimalagarbha and Vimalanetra are Bhaiṣajyarāja and Bhaiṣajyasamudgata; since Bhaiṣajyarāja has already been explained previously, it was not used lest the title become confounded.

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