若し日蓮地涌の菩薩の数に入らば豈に日蓮が弟子檀那・地涌の流類に非ずや、
If Nichiren is to be counted among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, then so must his disciples and lay supporters.
If Nichiren is one of the Bodhisattva of the Earth, then his disciples and lay believers must be their followers.
経に云く「能く竊かに一人の為めに法華経の乃至一句を説かば当に知るべし是の人は則ち如来の使・如来の所遣として如来の事を行ずるなり」と、
The sutra states: “If one [of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One’s work.”
The sutra states,“If one secretly preaches the entire Lotus Sutra or a phrase of it to even one other person, then you should know that this individual, indeed, is an envoy of the Tathagata. As the Tathagata’s envoy, he carries out compassionate action in his stead.”
つづく To be continued
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