妙法蓮華經玄贊 10.476

10.476

贊曰：下第三與後益。為三：下品修生忉利等天，中品修受持等生夜摩等天，上品修千佛授手等。此初。有三：一但書生處，二迎相，三身狀。生下四天亦下品生，略而不舉。

Eulogy: Below is the third section, granting future benefits. There are three parts: lower-grade cultivation leads to birth in heavens such as Trāyastriṃśa; middle-grade cultivation of receiving and upholding leads to birth in heavens such as Yāma; upper-grade cultivation brings a thousand buddhas extending their hands, and so on. This is the first. It has three aspects: first, the place of birth for merely copying; second, the signs of welcome; third, the appearance of the body. Birth in the four lower heavens is also a lower-grade birth, but it is omitted and not mentioned.