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[[随喜功徳品]] ( Jpn [[Zuiki-kudoku-hon]] ) | [[随喜功徳品]] ( Jpn [[Zuiki-kudoku-hon]] ) | ||
| − | Abbreviated as the "[[Responding with Joy]]" chapter. The eighteenth chapter of the [[Lotus Sutra]], which describes the benefits of [[rejoicing]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] reveal his original [[attainment]] of [[Enlightenment]] in the "[[Life]] Span" (sixteenth) chapter. The "Distinctions in Benefits" (seventeenth) chapter deals with the four stages of [[Faith]] and the five stages of practice. The "Responding with [[Joy]]" chapter further explains the first of the five stages of practice, i.e., [[rejoicing]] on {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Lotus Sutra]]. This chapter begins with [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]]'s question to [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]: "After the [[World]]-Honored One has passed into [[extinction]], if those who hear this [[Sutra]] are able to respond with [[Joy]], what amount of [[Blessings]] will they acquire?" To reply, The [[Buddha]] relates the [[principle]] of continual [[propagation]] to the fiftieth [[person]]. Suppose, he says, a [[person]] responds with [[Joy]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Lotus Sutra]] after [[Shakyamuni]]'s [[Death]] and preaches it to a second [[person]], who in turn preaches it to a third, and so on, until a fiftieth [[person]] hears the [[Sutra]]. [[Shakyamuni]] explains that the {{Wiki|benefit}} this fiftieth [[person]] receives by [[rejoicing]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Sutra]] is [[immeasurable]]; all the more so is that obtained by the first to hear it. | + | Abbreviated as the "[[Responding with Joy]]" [[chapter]]. The eighteenth [[chapter]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]], which describes the benefits of [[rejoicing]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] reveal his original [[attainment]] of [[Enlightenment]] in the "[[Life]] Span" (sixteenth) [[chapter]]. The "[[Distinctions in Benefits]]" (seventeenth) [[chapter]] |
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| + | deals with the four stages of [[Faith]] and the [[five stages of practice]]. The "Responding with [[Joy]]" [[chapter]] further explains the first of the [[five stages of practice]], i.e., [[rejoicing]] on {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Lotus Sutra]]. This [[chapter]] begins with [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]]'s question to [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]: "After the [[World]]-[[Honored One]] has passed into [[extinction]], if those who hear this [[Sutra]] are able to respond with [[Joy]], what amount of | ||
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| + | [[Blessings]] will they acquire?" To reply, The [[Buddha]] relates the [[principle]] of continual [[propagation]] to the fiftieth [[person]]. Suppose, he says, a [[person]] responds with [[Joy]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Lotus Sutra]] after [[Shakyamuni]]'s [[Death]] and preaches it to a second [[person]], who in turn preaches it to a third, | ||
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| + | and so on, until a fiftieth [[person]] hears the [[Sutra]]. [[Shakyamuni]] explains that the {{Wiki|benefit}} this fiftieth [[person]] receives by [[rejoicing]] upon {{Wiki|hearing}} the [[Sutra]] is [[immeasurable]]; all the more so is that obtained by the first to hear it. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 1 April 2024
"Benefits of Responding with Joy" chapter
随喜功徳品 ( Jpn Zuiki-kudoku-hon )
Abbreviated as the "Responding with Joy" chapter. The eighteenth chapter of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the benefits of rejoicing upon hearing Shakyamuni Buddha reveal his original attainment of Enlightenment in the "Life Span" (sixteenth) chapter. The "Distinctions in Benefits" (seventeenth) chapter
deals with the four stages of Faith and the five stages of practice. The "Responding with Joy" chapter further explains the first of the five stages of practice, i.e., rejoicing on hearing the Lotus Sutra. This chapter begins with Bodhisattva Maitreya's question to Shakyamuni Buddha: "After the World-Honored One has passed into extinction, if those who hear this Sutra are able to respond with Joy, what amount of
Blessings will they acquire?" To reply, The Buddha relates the principle of continual propagation to the fiftieth person. Suppose, he says, a person responds with Joy upon hearing the Lotus Sutra after Shakyamuni's Death and preaches it to a second person, who in turn preaches it to a third,
and so on, until a fiftieth person hears the Sutra. Shakyamuni explains that the benefit this fiftieth person receives by rejoicing upon hearing the Sutra is immeasurable; all the more so is that obtained by the first to hear it.
