維摩經疏卷第三．第六 6.80

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自下第三歎所聞法勸人修學。文中有六。一嘆所聞法。二我當遠離者明己離過。三奉持如來無數下明受付囑。四若未來世勸人修學。五世尊若後末世已下欲使學者推功有在。離我慢失。六佛言善哉已下明佛讚述。我當遠離者。為未離者故發此言以成眾行。彌勒久已離之與其念力使不忘失。明修行也。當知彌勒神力者。欲使學者推功有在除捨我慢也。於是一切菩薩已下第二明菩薩於一切十方界自誓弘通。就中先明通佛菩提究竟果法。須當開下宣通教法。藉教得果故須明也。三明四王護法之中。初明城邑有是經處王及眷屬為之作護。面百由旬已下彰護益也。

From here below, the third part praises the Dharma heard and encourages people to cultivate and study it. In the text there are six points: 1. Praising the Dharma heard; 2. "I shall stay far away from," which explains that he himself has departed from faults; 3. From "upholding the Tathāgata's immeasurable" onward, it explains receiving the entrustment; 4. "If in future generations," encouraging people to cultivate and study; 5. From "World-Honoured One, if in the later, final age" onward, wishing to make practitioners attribute merit to its proper source and depart from the fault of arrogance; 6. From "The Buddha said: 'Excellent!'" onward, it explains the Buddha's praise and approval. "I shall stay far away from": for the sake of those who have not yet departed, he uttered these words to accomplish the various practices. Maitreya had long since departed from them; he gives them the power of mindfulness so they do not forget it: this explains the cultivation. "You should know it is by Maitreya's divine power": this is to make practitioners attribute merit to its proper source and eliminate and cast away arrogance. From "Thereupon, all the bodhisattvas" onward, the second part explains that the bodhisattvas in all realms of the ten directions vowed of themselves to broadly propagate it. Therein, it first explains propagating the Buddha's bodhi, which is the ultimate fruit-dharma; from "should open up" onward, proclaiming and propagating the teaching-dharma; because one attains the fruit by relying on the teaching, it had to be explained. Third, in explaining that the four kings protect the Dharma: it first explains that in cities and towns where this sūtra is present, the kings and their retinues provide protection for it; from "within an area of one hundred yojanas" onward, it shows the benefit of protection.