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妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.6

妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.6

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Classical Chinese

9.6

解妨者,此品亦明龍宮涌出、龍女成道,何故唯以天授為名?答:天授良緣乃釋迦之師傅,餘雖顯勝德,非佛自事故,不以為品名。又從初立名天授往事,龍宮古涌出等現事故。問:何故龍宮涌出、龍女道成不別為品,合天授耶?答:文殊順緣之善友,非違己之良緣;天授不然,顯經可重,故以違緣為品目,勸人持經,不以順緣為品名。俱經良友,故合為品。

Regarding resolving difficulties: This chapter also explains the emerging from the dragon palace and the Dragon Girl attaining the path; why is it titled solely after Devadatta? Answer: The favorable condition of Devadatta was as a teacher and instructor to Śākyamuni; although the others display supreme virtue, they are not the Buddha's own deeds, hence they are not used as the chapter title. Furthermore, it is named from the beginning after Devadatta's past events, whereas the ancient emergence from the dragon palace and so forth are present events. Question: Why are the emergence from the dragon palace and the Dragon Girl's attainment of the path not made into a separate chapter, but combined with Devadatta? Answer: Mañjuśrī is a kalyāṇamitra of conforming conditions, not an advantageous condition that opposed oneself. Devadatta was not like this: to show that the sūtra is to be valued, opposing conditions are used as the chapter title to encourage people to uphold the sūtra, rather than using conforming conditions as the chapter title. Both were good friends of the sūtra, hence they are combined into one chapter.

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