起信論疏筆削記 20.38

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聞益中，論　若人等者，有二意：一者，但能如此不怯，他時必得如來授記，如寶藏佛說：釋迦後時必得然燈如來授記。二者，景行若斯，義合得記，如《圓覺經．清淨慧章》末云：若人聞此法門，不生驚畏，是則名為淨覺隨順。汝等當知，如是眾生已曾供養百千萬億恒河沙諸佛，植眾德本，佛說是人名為成就一切種智。義同此也。又如《法華》說：如來滅後，若有人聞《妙法華經》，乃至一句一偈，一念隨喜者，我亦與授阿耨多羅三藐三菩提記。

In the benefit of hearing, the treatise states: 'If a person, etc.' has two meanings. First, merely being able to be undaunted in this manner will certainly result in receiving a prophecy from a Tathāgata at another time, just as the Buddha Ratnagarbha stated that Śākyamuni would in a later time certainly receive a prophecy from the Tathāgata Dīpaṃkara. Second, when one's noble conduct is like this, it is fitting in principle that one should receive a prophecy, as the end of the chapter on Śuddhamati in the Yuanjue jing states: 'If a person hears this Dharma gateway and does not give rise to alarm and fear, this is called following pure enlightenment. You should know that such a sentient being has already made offerings to Buddhas as numerous as the sands of hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of Gaṅgā rivers and planted many roots of virtue; the Buddha says that this person is called one who accomplishes the wisdom of all modes.' The meaning is identical to this. Furthermore, as the Lotus Sūtra states: 'After the Tathāgata's parinirvāṇa, if there is a person who hears the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra, even a single verse or a single gāthā, and rejoices for a single thought-moment, I also confer upon him the prophecy of anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi.'