[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) › 5.84 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.84 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.84) 能授記中有三：一所依，二記體，三記用。所依即能授記者，六處示現，五是如來記、一是菩薩記。如來記者：一別記，二同記，三後記，四無怨記，五通行記。菩薩記者名具因記，如〈常不輕品〉示現禮拜讚歎，言「我不輕汝，汝等皆當作佛」，示諸眾生皆有佛性故，記其當來佛之名字唯佛與記，餘聖不能，不能別知當佛名字國土等故，下人不能知上事故；若諳含與記，菩薩亦得，具佛性因故。此經既爾，一切經中能授記者不過此二。記體謂後得世俗智。記用謂言教，唯他受用、變化身等，五蘊之中隨應為體，十地菩薩、三乘異故。 > Within those who are able to confer prophecy, there are three \[aspects\]: first, the basis; second, the substance of the prophecy; third, the function of the prophecy. As for the basis, namely those who are able to confer prophecy, they are manifested in six cases: five are prophecies \[conferred\] by the Tathāgata, and one is a prophecy \[conferred\] by a bodhisattva. The prophecies of the Tathāgata are: first, individual prophecy; second, collective prophecy; third, subsequent prophecy; fourth, prophecy \[showing\] no enmity; fifth, universally accessible prophecy. The prophecy \[conferred\] by a bodhisattva is called prophecy of possessing the cause, as in the 'Chapter on Sadāparibhūta' where he is manifested prostrating and praising them, saying: 'I do not disparage you; you shall all become buddhas'—this reveals that all sentient beings have the buddha-nature. As for prophesying the names of their future buddhas, only a buddha can confer \[such\] prophecy, while other sages cannot, because they cannot individually know the names, lands, and so forth of the future buddhas, since those below cannot know the matters of those above. However, if it is an implicit conferral of prophecy, a bodhisattva may also do so, because \[beings\] possess the cause of the buddha-nature. Since this sūtra is so, those who are able to confer prophecy in all sūtras do not exceed these two. The substance of the prophecy refers to the subsequently attained conventional wisdom. The function of the prophecy refers to verbal instruction: taking the other-enjoyment \[body\], the transformation body, and so forth, within the five aggregates as its substance according to what is appropriate, because the bodhisattvas of the ten grounds and the three vehicles are different. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.83) - [Next: 5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.85) - [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.5.84) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.84) · Pramāṇa