妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.248

2.248

In manifesting marks identical to the present there are six: lacking the first accomplishment of the introductory division, the remaining six are identical to the events of this Introductory Chapter. Below this, the first is identical to the present fulfillment of the assembly; second, below "at that time, Candrasūryapradīpa," is identical to the present fulfillment of the time; third, below "having expounded this," is identical to the present fulfillment of deportment; fourth, below "at that time the Tathāgata emitted from between his eyebrows," is identical to the present fulfillment of the cause of expounding; fifth, below "Maitreya, you should know that at that time in the assembly there were twenty billion bodhisattvas," is identical to the present fulfillment of the desire to hear; sixth, below "at that time there was a bodhisattva named Varaprabha," is identical to the present fulfillment of the answer. In the fulfillment of the assembly, there are two: first, in the secular life; second, leaving home. In the secular life there are three: first, indicating that he had sons; second, listing the eight names; third, explaining their royal governance. This is the first. It is the natural principle of all buddhas that they must first have sons, and only later leave home, in order to subdue those in the world who enjoy pleasures by demonstrating that sensual pleasures are not to be treasured, and to reveal that a buddha is able to possess the virtues of a great person.