妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.172

4.172

贊曰：下二十頌頌佛滅後，分五：一頌慈心，四頌半造塔，六頌半造像，七頌供養，一頌稱佛。此初也。有善剛強非菩薩，心柔軟非善亦非菩薩，要善而耎方菩薩心，順理益物極柔和故。「已成佛道」，植佛因故。後文且據佛滅之行，後難作故，是別行故；非是佛在作此諸行，而非佛因，在易修故。准上六度佛滅後行，是總行故亦成佛道。

The Eulogy says: The following twenty verses praise [practices] after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, divided into five [parts]: one verse on the compassionate mind; four and a half verses on building stūpas; six and a half verses on making images; seven verses on making offerings; and one verse on reciting the Buddha's name. This is the first. One who is good yet unyielding is not a bodhisattva; one whose mind is pliant but not good is also not a bodhisattva. It must be both good and pliant to be the mind of a bodhisattva, because in conforming with principle and benefiting sentient beings, it is exceedingly gentle and harmonious. "Have already attained the Buddha Path" means that they have planted the causes of buddhahood. The subsequent text is provisionally based on practices after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa because afterwards they are difficult to perform and are specific practices; it does not mean that performing these various practices while the Buddha is present is not a cause of buddhahood, but rather that while he is present they are easy to cultivate. According to the above six perfections, practices performed after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, being comprehensive practices, likewise lead to the attainment of the Buddha Path.