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答：龍宮、天藏像末之後，佛法豈無？以此准知，雖有佛教，但天上人間無弘傳已，方名無佛。

Answer: In the dragon palaces and celestial treasuries, after the semblance and final eras, how could the Buddha-Dharma be absent? From this, it can be deduced that even though the Buddha's teachings exist, only when there is no longer any propagation in heaven or among humans is it called an era without a Buddha.