妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.176

6.176

贊曰：下三十四頌半，脫其為說，彼懷不信，惡因果相。有二：初四頌半不信故種惡因，後三十頌不信故受惡果。初復有二：初一頌不信故善滅，後三頌半不信故惡生。此初也。滅有漏因名斷世間種，滅無漏因名斷佛種。由信此經，初熏有漏善種子，故生於人天受勝妙樂，資長無漏法爾種子後漸入聖。新生無漏，展轉乃至成佛之果，故信此經能為世間近人天因、遠成佛因，當來成佛利樂無邊。若自不信，毀謗障礙、不令流行、令他不信，豈非斷於二類種耶？乃為挑壞天人眼目，或斷一切世間之佛種，損破無漏種子法故。由此經說，若有勸發菩提心者佛種不斷，故謗此經斷菩提心名斷佛種，法不行故亦斷法種，既不發心不證聖道亦斷僧種。今從勝說，唯斷佛種。

The Commentary says: The subsequent thirty-four and a half verses describe the characteristics of evil causes and effects if one happens to preach to them and they harbor disbelief. There are two parts: First, four and a half verses on planting evil causes due to disbelief; second, thirty verses on experiencing evil retributions due to disbelief. The first also has two: First, one verse on the extinction of the good due to disbelief; next, three and a half verses on the arising of evil due to disbelief. This is the first. Extinguishing contaminated causes is called severing the worldly seed; extinguishing uncontaminated causes is called severing the buddha-seed. Through believing this sūtra, one initially perfuses contaminated wholesome seeds, and thus is born among humans and devas to experience superior, wondrous bliss, nourishing the naturally existent uncontaminated seeds to later gradually enter sagacity. Newly generated uncontaminated [seeds] develop progressively up to the fruit of Buddhahood. Therefore, believing this sūtra can serve as the proximate cause for human and deva [rebirth] in the world and the distant cause for attaining Buddhahood, resulting in boundless benefit and bliss when attaining Buddhahood in the future. If one does not believe oneself, slanders and obstructs, does not allow it to circulate, and causes others not to believe, how would that not be severing both kinds of seeds? It is indeed gouging out the eyes of devas and humans, or severing the buddha-seed of all the world, because it damages the uncontaminated seeds of dharma. Because this sūtra states that if there are those who encourage generating the bodhicitta, the buddha-seed will not be severed, slandering this sūtra and severing bodhicitta is called severing the buddha-seed. Because the Dharma does not circulate, it also severs the Dharma-seed; since they do not generate the mind [for bodhi] and do not realize the noble path, it also severs the Saṅgha-seed. Here, speaking from the superior standpoint, it only says severing the buddha-seed.