淨名經集解關中疏 2.499

2.499

'Therefore, Lord of Devas, if a good man or good woman accepts, upholds, reads, recites, and makes offerings to this sūtra, they make offerings to the Buddhas of past, future, and present.' Second, explaining that the benefit to persons is profound. The text has two parts: this first is the direct explanation. The sūtra is the mother of the Buddhas of the three times; offering to the mother is offering to the child. Furthermore, the teaching can reveal the principle, and the principle can awaken one to Buddhahood; therefore, accepting, upholding, reading, and reciting it is making offerings to the Buddhas of the three times.