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四為顯四，有七：一顯如來有四種說因論，亦云四種成就：一往成就即種種方便；二教化成就即種種知見；三功德畢竟成就，即種種念觀；四說成就即種種言辭，令知二勝起渴仰故。二顯開示悟入四種之事，令欣果行因故。三顯四菩提行，下云於菩薩法遊戲神通淨佛國土成就眾生，令修勝行故。四顯四安樂行，即〈安樂行品〉：一正身行，二正語行，三意離諸惡自利行，四心修諸善利他行全，弘法利生，學是除非故。五顯如來四種勝力，〈涌出品〉云：如來今欲顯發宣示諸佛智慧之力、諸佛自在神通之力、諸佛師子奮迅之力、諸佛威猛大勢之力，令知所說勝故。六顯如來四種一切，〈神力品〉云：如來一切所有之法、如來一切自在之力、如來一切祕密之藏、如來一切甚深之事，四一切者，令知能詮教勝故。七顯成就四法末代得聞此經，〈普賢品〉云：一為諸佛護念，二殖眾德本，三入正定聚，四發救一切眾生之心，令知勝法難聞，必修勝行方得聞故。

Fourth, there are seven items demonstrating 'four': (1) to demonstrate that the Tathāgata possesses four kinds of causes for teaching, which the treatise also calls the four kinds of accomplishment: first, previous accomplishment, which is the various expedient means; second, conversion accomplishment, which is the various knowledges and visions; third, the ultimate accomplishment of merit, which is the various recollections and contemplations; fourth, exposition accomplishment, which is the various expressions—to make [beings] know the two superiorities and give rise to yearning; (2) to demonstrate the four matters of opening, revealing, awakening, and entering, so that [beings] joyfully seek the fruit and practice the cause; (3) to demonstrate the four practices of bodhi, as the text below says: 'sporting in supernatural powers in the bodhisattva teachings, purifying Buddha-lands, and ripening sentient beings,' to inspire cultivation of superior practices; (4) to demonstrate the four peaceful practices, which are the 'Peaceful Practices' chapter: first, correct physical practice; second, correct verbal practice; third, mental practice of abandoning all evil for one's own benefit; fourth, complete practice of cultivating all goodness in mind to benefit others, propagating the Dharma and benefiting sentient beings, learning what is right and eliminating what is wrong; (5) to demonstrate the four kinds of superior powers of the Tathāgata, as the 'Emerging from the Earth' chapter says: 'The Tathāgata now wishes to proclaim and manifest the power of the wisdom of all Buddhas, the power of the sovereign supernatural abilities of all Buddhas, the power of the lion-like exertion of all Buddhas, and the power of the awe-inspiring great might of all Buddhas,' so that [beings] know that what is taught is superior; (6) to demonstrate the Tathāgata's four kinds of 'all', as the 'Supernatural Powers' chapter says: 'all the dharmas possessed by the Tathāgata, all the sovereign powers of the Tathāgata, all the secret treasures of the Tathāgata, and all the profoundly deep matters of the Tathāgata'—these four 'all's are meant to make [beings] know that the teaching that expresses them is superior; (7) to demonstrate that by accomplishing four dharmas one will be able to hear this sūtra in the latter age, as the 'Samantabhadra' chapter says: first, being protected and kept in mind by all Buddhas; second, planting all roots of virtue; third, entering the assembly of the correctly determined; fourth, generating the mind to save all sentient beings—so that [beings] know that the superior Dharma is difficult to hear and that one can hear it only by cultivating superior practices.