[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) › 9.96 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.96 妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.96) 釋名者：「持」者住令不壞，書寫、供養乃至修行皆名為持，非唯十中一受持也。前明募說亦讚書讀等人，今此云持，故知持通十行，令法久住、眾生利益，總名持故。亦有經題名為「勸持品」，本論亦言「勸持品」，因前佛勸而令持之；或此品中，佛顧菩薩亦即勸持。理雖未爽，然經多分單名「持」品。 > Explaining the title: "Upholding" means abiding so as not to allow decay; copying, making offerings, up to practicing are all called upholding, not merely receiving and upholding as one among the ten \[dharmic practices\]. Earlier, encouraging exposition also praised those who copy, recite, and so forth; now this is called "upholding", hence we know upholding pertains to all ten practices, causing the Dharma to abide long and sentient beings to benefit, which is collectively called upholding. Some versions of the sūtra have the title "Chapter on Encouraging Upholding", and the root treatise also calls it the "Chapter on Encouraging Upholding", because following the Buddha's previous encouragement, they are made to uphold it; or because in this chapter, the Buddha looks toward the bodhisattvas, which also amounts to encouraging upholding. Although the principle is not amiss, most versions of the sūtra simply title it the Chapter on "Upholding". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.95) - [Next: 9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.97) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.9.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.9.96) · Pramāṇa