[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) › 2.215 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.215 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.215 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.215) 贊曰：下第七文殊師利答成就。論云：「文殊師利以宿命智，現見過去因果相成就十種事，如現在前，是故能答，非比度非構虛能答也。」論云：「因相者，文殊自見已身於彼彼佛土修行諸行，是今時之因菩提因行故，果者過去所依自體。」論云：「文殊自見已身是過去妙光法師，於彼佛所聞此法門為眾生說，是前前世過去之果，果謂所依自體，非是所見因之果也。彼因者今時佛果之因，彼果者乃是過去無量生因之果。」大分為三：初標名總告，次正答所徵，後有二頌語眾勸知陳佛今說。此即初也。 > The Commentary says: Below, the seventh section concerns the accomplishment of Mañjuśrī's answer. The Treatise states: "Mañjuśrī, through the knowledge of past lives (pūrvenivāsānusmṛti-jñāna), directly sees that the causes and effects of the past have accomplished ten matters as though they were right before his eyes; therefore he is able to answer, and it is not through inference or fabrication that he can answer." The Treatise states: "Regarding the mark of causes: Mañjuśrī personally saw that in those various Buddha-fields he himself practiced various practices; these are the causes of the present, the causal practices of bodhi. The effect refers to his past personal basis (āśraya/svabhāva)." The Treatise states: "Mañjuśrī personally saw that his own person was in the past the Dharma Master Varaprabha (Miaoguang), who heard this Dharma-gate at the place of that Buddha and expounded it for sentient beings; this is the past effect of earlier lifetimes. 'Effect' means the personal basis, not the effect of the causes seen \[above\]. Those causes are the causes for the fruit of Buddhahood at present, while that effect is the effect of the causes of countless past lives." It is broadly divided into three parts: first, stating the names and generally addressing them; next, directly answering what was inquired; and finally, two verses addressing the assembly to urge them to know and describing what the Buddha will preach now. This is the first. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.214) - [Next: 2.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.216) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.2.215) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.288) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.215) · Pramāṇa