妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.318

8.318

贊曰：下明六種法師可尊可重。文分為二：初明五可尊，後釋所以。五可尊者：一說者為佛使，二毀者罪過佛，三讀誦佛莊嚴，四在處應讚禮，五應四事供養。此初也。三業順佛故成佛使等。使者意業，遣者語業，事者身業。又傳佛教名使，用佛語名遣，同佛行名事。世尊三業所為所作，皆以此法利眾生故。竊說一句當同佛業，公然多說理愜佛行。

The Commentary says: Below explains that the six kinds of Dharma-teachers are worthy of reverence and worthy of honor. The text is divided into two parts: first, explaining the five ways they are worthy of reverence; second, explaining the reasons why. The five ways they are worthy of reverence are: first, the expounder is an emissary of the Buddha; second, the slanderer commits a sin exceeding that against the Buddha; third, reading and reciting is the adornment of the Buddha; fourth, in whatever place they reside, they should be praised and saluted; fifth, they should be offered the four requisites. This is the first. Because their three karmas accord with the Buddha, they become the Buddha's emissary, and so forth. Being an 'emissary' pertains to mental karma; being 'dispatched' pertains to vocal karma; and performing the 'deeds' pertains to bodily karma. Furthermore, transmitting the Buddha's teaching is called being an 'emissary'; employing the Buddha's words is called being 'dispatched'; and acting in accordance with the Buddha's conduct is called performing 'deeds'. Whatever the Bhagavat's three karmas do and perform is entirely for the sake of benefiting sentient beings with this Dharma. Secretly expounding a single phrase should be equal to the Buddha's karma; publicly expounding much truly accords with the Buddha's practice.