[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) › [法華三昧懺儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941) › 1.6 # 法華三昧懺儀 1.6 法華三昧懺儀 1.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1.6) 如來滅後，後五百歲濁惡世中，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷誦大乘經者，欲修大乘行者、發大乘意者，欲見普賢菩薩色身者、欲見釋迦牟尼佛多寶佛塔分身諸佛及十方佛者，欲得六根清淨入佛境界通達無閡者，欲得聞十方諸佛所說一念之中悉能受持通達不忘解釋演說無障閡者，欲得與文殊師利普賢等諸大菩薩共為等侶者，欲得普現色身一念之中不起滅定遍至十方一切佛土供養一切諸佛者，欲得一念之中遍到十方一切佛剎現種種色身作種種神變放大光明說法度脫一切眾生入不思議一乘者，欲得破四魔淨一切煩惱滅一切障道罪現身入菩薩正位具一切諸佛自在功德者，先當於空閑處，三七日一心精進入法華三昧，若有現身犯五逆四重失比丘法，欲得清淨還具沙門律儀，得如上所說種種勝妙功德者，亦當於三七日中，一心精進修法華三昧。所以者何？此《法華經》是諸如來祕密之藏，於諸經中最在其上，行大直道無留難故，如轉輪王髻中明珠不妄與人，若有得者隨意所須種種珍寶悉皆具足，法華三昧亦復如是，能與一切眾生佛法珍寶，是故菩薩行者應當不計身命，盡未來際修行此經，況三七日耶？問曰：佛道長遠，三七日修行當有何益？答：有三種益，在下當說。 > After the extinction of the Tathāgata, in the turbid and evil world during the final five hundred years, if bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, and upāsikās who chant Mahāyāna sūtras wish to cultivate Mahāyāna practice, wish to generate the Mahāyāna resolve, wish to see the physical body of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, wish to see Śākyamuni Buddha, the stupa of Prabhūtaratna Buddha, the replicated Buddhas, and the Buddhas of the ten directions; if they wish to obtain purification of the six sense faculties, enter the Buddha's realm, and penetrate without obstruction; if they wish in a single thought to be able to uphold, understand, not forget, interpret, and explain without hindrance all that the Buddhas of the ten directions have spoken; if they wish to become companions on an equal footing with great bodhisattvas such as Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra; if they wish to universally manifest physical forms, and within a single thought, without rising from the concentration of cessation, go everywhere to all the Buddha lands of the ten directions to make offerings to all Buddhas; if they wish within a single thought to reach all the Buddha lands of the ten directions, manifest various physical forms, perform various spiritual transformations, emit great illumination, and expound the Dharma to deliver all sentient beings and cause them to enter the inconceivable One Vehicle; if they wish to break the four māras, purify all afflictions, extinguish all sins that obstruct the path, enter the bodhisattva's correct station in this present body, and be endowed with all the sovereign virtues of all Buddhas, they should first, in a quiet and secluded place, with single-minded energetic application for three periods of seven days, enter the Lotus Samādhi. If someone in their present body has committed the five cardinal sins or the four major prohibitions, losing the bhikṣu Dharma, and wishes to attain purity, fully regain the śramaṇa precepts and demeanor, and obtain the various supreme and wonderful virtues described above, they should also, for three periods of seven days, cultivate the Lotus Samādhi with single-minded energetic application. Why is this? This \*Lotus Sūtra\* is the secret treasury of the Tathāgatas; among all sūtras it is the most supreme, because practicing this great, direct path encounters no obstruction. It is like the bright pearl in the topknot of a cakravartin, which is not given away recklessly: if someone obtains it, all the various rare jewels they desire will be fully supplied. The Lotus Samādhi is also like this: it can grant the rare jewels of the Buddhadharma to all sentient beings. Therefore, bodhisattva practitioners should disregard life and limb and cultivate this sūtra to the end of the future, not to mention for three periods of seven days! Question: The Buddha path is long and distant; what benefit will there be in practicing for three periods of seven days? Answer: There are three kinds of benefits, which will be explained below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1.7) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941~en-mt.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1941.1.6) · Pramāṇa