淨名經集解關中疏 2.493

2.493

The two chapters below constitute the third major division: having verified [the teaching], it must be transmitted—the propagation section. Reading, explaining, protecting, and upholding ferry [beings] across distant kalpas; hearing the sūtra and cultivating sainthood prevents the sages from ending, hence it is called 'propagation.' The text has two parts: this chapter praises the Dharma and attaining great benefit; the subsequent chapter beholds the benefit and protects and upholds. The Mahāyāna principle and teaching are termed 'Dharma'; cultivating, reading, and transmitting it are termed 'offering', as in the text.