[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) › 5.82 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.82 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.82) 贊曰：下明果記，有二：初長行，後偈頌。長行有六：一內德成滿，二外土莊嚴，三說法同今，四劫名異即，五輔翼勝劣，六法住短長。此初也。目覩雨華放光、耳聞法華智光，又外飡祕法、內發智光，因斯二義故名華光。夫記佛名理非一准，且如釋迦、彌勒因覩彼佛以為名，鶖子最初假見聞而立稱。《智度論》云：「三百比丘脫衣上佛舉手為相，記名大相如來。又千天子見佛土莊嚴而發淨意，記名莊嚴王佛。」又彼〈舌相品〉「十萬億人見十方菩薩來以華供養，發心得記，佛名覺華，劫名華積。」如是等類不可一准，或此皆是初所逢佛，後遇此緣因符往願。 > The Commentary says: The passage below clarifies the prophecy of fruition, which has two parts: first, prose; afterward, verses. The prose has six parts: 1. internal virtues accomplished and fulfilled; 2. external land adorned; 3. preaching of the Dharma identical to the present; 4. kalpa names being distinct or the same; 5. superiority or inferiority of the retinue; 6. length or brevity of the Dharma's duration. This is the first. His eyes beheld the rain of flowers and the emission of light, his ears heard the wisdom light of the Lotus Sūtra; furthermore, externally partaking of the secret Dharma, internally he generated the light of wisdom. Because of these two meanings, he is named Padmaprabha (Flower Light). Bestowing a buddha name is in principle not uniform: for example, Śākyamuni and Maitreya were named on the basis of beholding those buddhas, while Śāriputra originally established his name based on seeing and hearing. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: 'Three hundred bhikṣus took off their robes and presented them to the Buddha, raising their hands as a sign; they received the prophecy with the name Mahālakṣaṇa Tathāgata. Furthermore, a thousand devaputras saw the adornment of the buddha-field and generated pure thoughts; they received the prophecy with the name Alaṃkārarāja Buddha.' Furthermore, that work's 'Chapter on the Sign of the Tongue' states: 'One hundred thousand koṭis of people saw the bodhisattvas of the ten directions arrive and make offerings of flowers, generated the aspiration, and received prophecies; their buddha name was Kusumabuddha, and the kalpa was named Kusumasañcaya.' Such cases cannot be uniformly standardized; or perhaps these were all the buddhas encountered initially, and later encountering these conditions was because of conforming to past vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.81) - [Next: 5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.83) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.5.82) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.82) · Pramāṇa