妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.243

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贊曰：下第三佛知告之。有三：初說始因，次陳後行，後結得記。此初也。《俱舍論》說「釋迦初逢釋迦發心」，如彼頌曰「於三無數劫，　逆次逢勝觀，　燃燈、寶髻佛，　初釋迦牟尼。」今說中途隨一所逢之佛，非最初也。

The Commentary says: Below is the third, the Buddha knowing it and addressing them. It has three parts: first, explaining the initial cause; second, stating subsequent practice; third, concluding with receiving the prophecy. This is the first. The Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya states: 'Śākyamuni initially encountered Śākyamuni and generated the aspiration,' as its verse says: 'In three incalculable kalpas, / in reverse order he encountered Vipaśyin, / Dīpaṃkara, and Ratnaśikhin buddhas, / and initially Śākyamuni.' Here it refers to encountering any one buddha midway, not the very first.