妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.462

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贊曰：第三佛告四法。有三：初標，次顯，後結。一「為諸佛護念」者，謂要根熟。《般若論》云「善護念諸菩薩，為根熟菩薩說，根未熟者聞名未得，根熟便能得教及理。」二「殖眾德本」者，要先雙修福、慧二因，起信等根方得聞等。三「入正定聚」者，正見決定。四發大悲心救濟眾生。初是資糧道，能聞能思；次是加行道，能修定觀；次是見道，能證深理；後是修道，能習能證。依此四位各增上故。又外遇佛護、內修善本，決定不謗、慈悲廣大，並在地前，方能於經教、理雙得。然依《瑜伽》，正定聚者要入初地。此說不爾。

Eulogy: Third, the Buddha explains the four dharmas. This has three parts: first stating them, next elucidating them, and finally concluding them. First, 'being protected and remembered by the buddhas' means that one's faculties must be mature. The Prajñāpāramitopadeśa says: 'Skillfully protecting and remembering the bodhisattvas is spoken for bodhisattvas whose faculties are mature; those whose faculties are not yet mature hear the name but do not yet attain it, while those whose faculties are mature can immediately attain both teaching and principle.' Second, 'planting wholesome roots' means that one must first cultivate together the two causes of merit and wisdom, giving rise to faculties such as faith before one can hear and so forth. Third, 'entering the group of those determined for correctness' means that one's right view is definitively fixed. Fourth, giving rise to the mind of great compassion to deliver sentient beings. The first corresponds to the path of accumulation, being able to hear and reflect; the next corresponds to the path of preparation, being able to cultivate concentration and contemplation; the next corresponds to the path of seeing, being able to realize the profound principle; and the last corresponds to the path of cultivation, being able to practice and realize. This is because they are respectively superior across these four stages. Furthermore, externally encountering the protection of buddhas, internally cultivating wholesome roots, being definitively free of slander, and possessing vast kindness and compassion all pertain to the stages prior to the [bhūmis]; only then can one attain both the teaching and the principle of the sūtra. However, according to the Yogācārabhūmi, one determined for correctness must have entered the first bhūmi. What is said here is not like that.