爾時普賢菩薩 以自在神通力 威德名聞 與大菩薩無量無邊不可稱數 從東方來 所經諸國 普皆震動 雨寶蓮華 作無量百千萬億種種伎樂 又與無數諸天龍夜叉乾闥婆阿修羅迦樓羅緊那羅摩睺羅伽人非人等 大衆圍繞 各現威德神通之力 到娑婆世界耆闍崛山中 頭面禮釋迦牟尼佛 右繞七匝 而白佛言 世尊 我於寶威德上王佛國 遙聞此娑婆世界說法華經 與無量無邊百千萬億諸菩薩衆 共來聽受 唯願世尊當為說之 若善男子善女人 於如來滅後 云何能得是法華經 佛告普賢菩薩 若善男子善女人 成就四法 於如來滅後 當得是法華經 一者為諸佛護念 二者殖諸德本 三者入正定聚 四者發救一切衆生之心 善男子善女人 如是成就四法 於如來滅後 必得是經
ěr shí pǔ xián pú sà yǐ zì zài shén tōng lì wēi dé míng wén yǔ dà pú sà wú liàng wú biān bù kě chēng shù cóng dōng fāng lái suǒ jīng zhū guó pǔ jiē zhèn dòng yǔ bǎo lián huā zuò wú liàng bǎi qiān wàn yì zhǒng zhǒng jì yuè yòu yǔ wú shù zhū tiān lóng yè chā gān tà pó ā xiū luó jiā lóu luó jǐn nà luó mó hóu luó qié rén fēi rén děng dà zhòng wéi rào gè xiàn wēi dé shén tōng zhī lì dào suō pó shì jiè qí shé jué shān zhōng tóu miàn lǐ shì jiā móu ní fó yòu rào qī zā ér bái fó yán shì zūn wǒ yú bǎo wēi dé shàng wáng fó guó yáo wén cǐ suō pó shì jiè shuō fǎ huá jīng yǔ wú liàng wú biān bǎi qiān wàn yì zhū pú sà zhòng gòng lái tīng shòu wéi yuàn shì zūn dāng wéi shuō zhī ruò shàn nán zǐ shàn nǚ rén yú rú lái miè hòu yún hé néng dé shì fǎ huá jīng fó gào pǔ xián pú sà ruò shàn nán zǐ shàn nǚ rén chéng jiù sì fǎ yú rú lái miè hòu dāng dé shì fǎ huá jīng yī zhě wéi zhū fó hù niàn èr zhě zhí zhū dé běn sān zhě rù zhèng dìng jù sì zhě fā jiù yī qiē zhòng shēng zhī xīn shàn nán zǐ shàn nǚ rén rú shì chéng jiù sì fǎ yú rú lái miè hòu bì dé shì jīng
Key Message
The teaching of the Lotus Sutra is completed not in hearing and understanding alone, but in arousing the mind to save all sentient beings and carrying that aspiration into practice and transmission through one's life.
▸The Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Puxian Pusa Quanfa Pin, 普賢菩薩勸發品) is the twenty-eighth and final chapter of the Lotus Sutra.
The Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Puxian Pusa Quanfa Pin, 普賢菩薩勸發品) is the twenty-eighth and final chapter of the Lotus Sutra. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (普賢菩薩) arrives from the east accompanied by an immeasurable host of great bodhisattvas, traversing lands that quake at his passage while jeweled lotus blossoms rain down and celestial music fills the air. Arriving at Vulture Peak (Gridhrakuta) in the saha world, he bows in reverence before Shakyamuni Buddha, circumambulates seven times to the right, and asks: 'After the Tathagata's extinction, how can good men and women obtain this Lotus Sutra?' The Buddha replies that those who accomplish four things will receive this sutra in the age after the Tathagata's parinirvana: first, to be protected and held in mind by all Buddhas (honian, 護念); second, to plant the roots of virtue (deben, 德本); third, to enter the assembly of right determination (zhengdingjü, 正定聚); and fourth, to arouse the mind to save all sentient beings. Samantabhadra vows to protect all who practice the Lotus Sutra. This chapter serves as both the doctrinal conclusion and the practical culmination of the entire Lotus Sutra, urging all who have heard and understood the dharma to embody it in life and transmit it to others.