妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.380

9.380

贊曰：下許。有二，此長行。「被精進鎧」，鎧謂兵甲兜䥐，令心勇銳欣樂聞法。心不退轉，名堅固意。以義深遠，恐其疑退。此說四力：一者慧力，即〈壽量品〉如來祕密法、報二身，智性、相故。二神通力，即彼神通，佛化身也。三奮迅力，決定所作也。「奮」音俯問反，揚也。「迅」音息晉反，又松閏反，疾也。今從後反。師子將欲決定所作，必先奮迅頓巽身毛，疾揚其身後方定作；明我今決定說自所作三身妙事。四威猛力，正作所作，示所有威制伏摧破，摧破自餘不信者故。或由智慧故奮迅，由神通故威猛。或智慧者法、報二身，下三化身，神變、記心、教誡三輪，如次之功用也。

Commentary: Below is the granting [of the request]. It has two parts; this is the prose section. "Don the armor of vigor": "armor" means military cuirass and helmet, which makes the mind brave, sharp, and joyful in hearing the Dharma. The mind being non-retrogressing is called "firm intention." Because the meaning is profound and remote, it is feared that they would doubt and regress. Here four powers are spoken of: First is the power of wisdom, which is the tathāgata's secret Dharma- and reward-bodies in the "Span of Life Chapter," because they are the nature and characteristics of wisdom. Second is the power of supernatural penetration, which is that supernatural penetration, the Buddha's transformation-body. Third is the power of rapid vigor, which is determination in what is to be done. *Fen* (奮) has the fanqie pronunciation *fu-wen*, meaning to raise up. *Xun* (迅) has the fanqie pronunciation *xi-jin*, or also *song-run*, meaning swift. Here we follow the latter fanqie. When a lion is about to determine what is to be done, he must first shake with swift vigor, suddenly raising the fur of his body, swiftly rousing his body, and only then acts decisively. This illustrates that I now decisively speak of the wondrous matters of the three bodies that I myself have accomplished. Fourth is the power of awe-inspiring ferocity, which is directly carrying out what is to be done, displaying all majesty to subdue and shatter, because it shatters all other unbelievers. Or again, through wisdom there is rapid vigor, and through supernatural penetration there is awe-inspiring ferocity. Or again, wisdom is the Dharma- and reward-bodies, while the lower three are the transformation-body, corresponding in order to the functions of the three wheels of supernatural transformation, mind-reading, and instructional admonition.