[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) › 8.33 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.33 妙法蓮華經玄贊 8.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.33) 贊曰：下四十九頌半。分二：初三十頌半，頌前初說宿因，令念退大以就小；大通智勝如來事十九頌，頌顯今果，令知捨權以取實化城喻事。初文復二：初二十八頌半頌昔因緣，後之二頌結誡勿怖。初復分二：初二十七頌半頌會自身事，後一頌頌會弟子事。初文長行有二：初說佛滅久近，後正明彼事。今唯頌後，初已頌訖。彼事，長行有四，今此亦然：初四頌明佛壽成道，第二次十三頌轉正法輪，第三次九頌半子繼傳燈，第四後有一頌會成今佛。初中有二：初三頌法不現前，後一頌明佛成道。不頌佛壽。初中復二：初一頌法不現前，後二頌華樂供養。此即二文，不頌敷座。長行唯有梵天雨華，此加八部。 > The Commentary says: Below are forty-nine and a half verses. They are divided into two: first, thirty and a half verses, versifying the earlier initial explanation of past causes to cause them to remember retreating from the Great to follow the Small; the events concerning the Tathāgata Mahābhijñājñānābhibhū in nineteen verses versify the manifestation of the present fruit, causing them to know to abandon the provisional to take the real, the events of the conjured city metaphor. The first text again has two: first, twenty-eight and a half verses versifying past causes and conditions; the latter two verses conclude with an admonition not to fear. The first is again divided into two: first, twenty-seven and a half verses versifying the convergence of his own deeds; the latter one verse versifies the convergence of the disciples' deeds. In the initial prose text there were two: first, stating how long or short the Buddha's parinirvāṇa was; later, directly clarifying those events. Now it versifies only the latter, the former having already been versified. For those events, the prose text had four, and this is also the case here: first, four verses clarify the Buddha's lifespan and attainment of the Way; second, the next thirteen verses, the turning of the wheel of the True Dharma; third, the next nine and a half verses, the sons succeeding him in passing on the lamp; fourth, the final one verse converges to become the present Buddha. In the first there are two: first, three verses on the Dharma not appearing; the latter one verse clarifies the Buddha's attainment of the Way. It does not versify the Buddha's lifespan. In the first there are again two: first, one verse on the Dharma not appearing; the latter two verses, the offering of flowers and music. These are the two passages; they do not versify the spreading of the seat. The prose text had only the Brahmā gods raining flowers; this adds the eight classes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.32) - [Next: 8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.34) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.8.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.8.33) · Pramāṇa