法華傳記 10.22

10.22

法住記云。彌勒如來成正覺已。為聲聞眾。三會說法。令出生死得證涅槃。乃至若諸國王及以臣。度一切施於今釋迦牟尼佛。正法中能為法事自種善根。或教他種。謂於大乘素呾覽藏所有甚深空性相應諸大乘經。謂般若波羅蜜多經妙芬陀利經金光明經等。如是等大乘經。有百俱胝部黨差別大乘毘奈耶聲聞三藏。於如是等正法藏中。或是佛說。或菩薩說。或聲聞說。或諸天說。或智者說。能引義利。乃至有能於四句頌。若自讀若教他讀。若自持若教他持。若自解說若教他解說。或於法師恭敬供養。或於經卷恭敬供養。謂以種種香華幡蓋伎樂燈明。而為供養。或於經卷。以諸雜綵囊皅縷帶。而嚴飾之。由如是等善根力故。至彌勒如來成正覺時。善得人身。於彼佛第二會中。以淨信心。捨離家法。出趣非家。淨除鬚髮。披著法服。既預聖眾。隨宿願力。便得涅槃。是名第二為法事故。種善根者所得果報（法雲經彼記大同此文）。

The Records on the Abiding of the Dharma says: After Maitreya Tathāgata achieves right awakening, for the śrāvaka assembly he turns the wheel of Dharma in three assemblies, causing them to escape saṃsāra and attain the realization of nirvāṇa; and even if all kings and ministers who cross over all, if in the True Dharma of the present Śākyamuni Buddha they are able to perform Dharma affairs and plant roots of goodness themselves, or teach others to plant them—that is to say, toward all the Mahāyāna sūtras associated with the profound emptiness in the Mahāyāna sūtra-piṭaka, namely the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra, the Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra, and so forth; such Mahāyāna sūtras with a hundred koṭi divisions and differences, the Mahāyāna Vinaya, and the Śrāvaka Tripiṭaka; in such treasuries of the True Dharma, whether spoken by the Buddha, spoken by bodhisattvas, spoken by śrāvakas, spoken by gods, or spoken by the wise, which are able to bring about benefit and profit; and even if one is able, regarding a four-line verse, to read it oneself or teach another to read it, uphold it oneself or teach another to uphold it, explain it oneself or teach another to explain it; or show reverence and make offerings to a Dharma master, or show reverence and make offerings to a sūtra scroll, namely making offerings with various flowers, incense, banners, canopies, music, and lamps; or adorn the sūtra scroll with various colored pouches, silks, threads, and ribbons—by the power of such roots of goodness, when Maitreya Tathāgata achieves right awakening, they will successfully attain a human body, and in that Buddha's second assembly, with pure faith, they will leave the household life, go forth into the non-household state, shave their hair and beards, and don the Dharma robes; having joined the holy assembly, in accordance with the power of their past vows, they will then attain nirvāṇa. This is called the retributive reward obtained by those who plant roots of goodness for the sake of Dharma affairs in the second assembly. (The Fayun jing and that record largely agree with this text).