釋氏要覽 2.264

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法住經云。佛告阿難。我涅槃後正法一千年。由女人出家故。減五百年。像法一千年。未法一萬年○鈔云。正法有二。一證正法。約證聖道說。正猶證也。二教正法。謂。內法文字。總名正法。統像末說。若正法時。有教有行有證故。若像法時。像似也。有教有行。似正法時則證果者鮮矣。若末法時。空有教。無修行者○大毘婆沙論云。佛言有二補特伽羅。能住持正法。謂。說者行者。若持教者。相續不滅。能令世俗正法久住。若持證者。相續不滅。能令勝義。正。法久住持。正法人有二。一持教法者。謂續誦解說經律論等。持正法者。謂。能修證無漏聖道。

The Fazhu jing states: 'The Buddha told Ānanda: "After my nirvāṇa, the true Dharma will endure for one thousand years. Because women have gone forth, it is reduced by five hundred years. The semblance Dharma will endure for one thousand years, and the final Dharma for ten thousand years."' The Commentary states: 'The true Dharma has two aspects: First, the realized true Dharma, which is spoken in terms of realizing the noble path—"true" here means "realized". Second, the taught true Dharma, which refers to the texts of the inner teaching; these are collectively named "true Dharma", encompassing both semblance and final [eras]. In the era of the true Dharma, there is teaching, practice, and realization. In the era of the semblance Dharma—"semblance" meaning "similar"—there is teaching and practice, resembling the era of the true Dharma, but those who realize the fruits are rare. In the era of the final Dharma, there is merely the teaching, but no practitioners.' The Mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra states: 'The Buddha said there are two persons who can uphold the true Dharma: the expounder and the practitioner. If those who uphold the taught [Dharma] continue without interruption, they can make the conventional true Dharma abide long. If those who uphold the realized [Dharma] continue without interruption, they can make the ultimate true Dharma abide long. Those who uphold the true Dharma are of two types: First, those who uphold the taught Dharma, meaning those who continuously recite and explain the sūtras, vinaya, and śāstras. Those who uphold the true Dharma are those who can cultivate and realize the undefiled noble path.'