妙法蓮華經玄贊 3.83

3.83

贊曰：下第二段四眾驚疑發揚鶖子之請，有三，三度請故、佛止亦三，止皆居前、請皆在後。論釋三止云：「初止為相，令問取一乘；次止欲令大眾推覓深境，渴仰欲聞；後止欲令惡人退廗，至下當知。」又三請中初挾自他疑故請，次陳大眾於餘佛所已植因故請，後述自他已從今佛化堪聞故請。論五段中自下第三大眾定疑分，於自所證心生決定，於佛所說遂有疑生。若依驚疑發鶖子請，請既有三，文隨三段：初止既屬前唱一乘，二止攝屬此請文中。初請分二：初大眾疑、後鶖子請。論說第三定疑分有三，云：「自此以下依三種義示現，一決定義、二疑義、三依何事疑義。」初二義在大眾疑中，依何事疑義在鶖子疑中。大眾疑有二：初標疑眾、後申疑意。此初也。

The Eulogy states: The second main section below concerns the four assemblies being astonished and doubtful, which prompts Śāriputra's request. There are three requests, and the Buddha also stops him three times; the stoppages are all placed first, and the requests are all placed after. The *Treatise* explains the three stoppages, saying: 'The first stoppage is to create a mark, causing them to inquire and seize upon the Single Vehicle; the second stoppage is to cause the great assembly to search out the profound sphere, thirsting and yearning to hear it; the third stoppage is to cause malicious people to withdraw; this will be known below.' Moreover, among the three requests, first he requests on behalf of the doubts of himself and others; next he requests by explaining that the great assembly has already planted causes under other buddhas; finally he requests by describing that he and others have already received the teaching from the present Buddha and are capable of hearing it. Within the five sections of the *Treatise*, from here below is the third, the section on the great assembly determining their doubts: they generate certainty regarding their own realization, and doubts then arise regarding what the Buddha has said. If we follow the astonishment and doubt that prompts Śāriputra's request, since there are three requests, the text follows three sections: the first stoppage belongs to the preceding proclamation of the Single Vehicle, while the second stoppage is subsumed within this request passage. The first request has two parts: first, the doubt of the great assembly; second, Śāriputra's request. The *Treatise* says that the third section on determining doubts has three parts, stating: 'From here below, it is demonstrated based on three meanings: first, the meaning of certainty; second, the meaning of doubt; third, the meaning of what the doubt is based upon.' The first two meanings are in the doubt of the great assembly; the meaning of what the doubt is based upon is in Śāriputra's doubt. The doubt of the great assembly has two parts: first, indicating the doubting assembly; second, expressing the meaning of the doubt. This is the first.