四信五品抄二 On the Four Stages of Faith and Five Stages of Practice ２

問う、汝(なんじ)何ぞ一念三千の観門を勧進(かんじん)せず唯(ただ)題目許(ばか)りを唱えしむるや、

　Question: Why do you not advocate the meditation on the three thousand realms in a single moment of life, but instead simply encourage the chanting of the daimoku?

答えて曰く日本の二字に六十六国の人畜財を摂尽(しょうじん)して一も残さず、

　Answer: The two characters that comprise the name Japan contain within them all the people and animals and wealth in the sixty-six provinces of the country, without a single omission.

　月氏の両字に豈(あに)七十ケ国無からんや、

　And the two characters that make up the name India—do they not likewise contain within them all the seventy countries of India?

　妙楽の云く「略して経題を挙(あ)ぐるに玄(はるか)に一部を収(おさ)む」

　Miao-lo says, “When for the sake of brevity one mentions only the daimoku, or title, the entire sutra is by implication included therein.”

　又云く「略して界如を挙ぐるに具(つぶ)さに三千を摂(せっ)す」と。

　He also says, “When for the sake of brevity we speak of the Ten Worlds or the tenfactors, the three thousand realms are perfectly encompassed therein.”

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