妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.248

2.248

示相同今有六，無初序分成就，餘六同此序品之事。此下第一同今眾成；第二「是時日月燈明」下同今時成；第三「說是」下同今威儀成；第四「爾時如來放眉間」下同今說因成；第五「彌勒當知爾時會中有二十億菩薩」下同今欲聞成；第六「時有菩薩名曰妙光」下同今答成。同眾成中有二：一在俗、二出家。在俗有三：一標有子，二列八名，三明王化。此初也。法爾諸佛必先有子，後方出家，為降世間受樂者故示現欲樂不可寶故，顯佛能具丈夫德故。

In manifesting marks identical to the present there are six: lacking the first accomplishment of the introductory division, the remaining six are identical to the events of this Introductory Chapter. Below this, the first is identical to the present fulfillment of the assembly; second, below "at that time, Candrasūryapradīpa," is identical to the present fulfillment of the time; third, below "having expounded this," is identical to the present fulfillment of deportment; fourth, below "at that time the Tathāgata emitted from between his eyebrows," is identical to the present fulfillment of the cause of expounding; fifth, below "Maitreya, you should know that at that time in the assembly there were twenty billion bodhisattvas," is identical to the present fulfillment of the desire to hear; sixth, below "at that time there was a bodhisattva named Varaprabha," is identical to the present fulfillment of the answer. In the fulfillment of the assembly, there are two: first, in the secular life; second, leaving home. In the secular life there are three: first, indicating that he had sons; second, listing the eight names; third, explaining their royal governance. This is the first. It is the natural principle of all buddhas that they must first have sons, and only later leave home, in order to subdue those in the world who enjoy pleasures by demonstrating that sensual pleasures are not to be treasured, and to reveal that a buddha is able to possess the virtues of a great person.