天竺に師子尊者と申せし人は檀弥羅王に頸をはねられ、提婆菩薩は外道につきころさる。
In India a man called the Venerable Āryasimha was beheaded by King Dammira, and Bodhisattva Āryadeva was murdered by a non-Buddhist.
In India a person called the Venerable Shishi was beheaded by King Dammira, and Bodhisattva Aryadeva was stabbed to death by a non-Buddhist.
漢土に竺の道生と申せし人は蘇山と申す所へながさる。法道三蔵は面にかなやきをやかれて江南と申す所へながされき。
In China, a man named Chu Tao-sheng was banished to a mountain in a place called Su-chou, and the Tripitaka Master Fa-tao was branded on the face and exiled to a place south of the Yangtze River.
In China, a man named Chu Tao-sheng was banished to a mountain in a place called Su-chou, and the Tripitaka Master Fa-tao was branded iron to the face and exiled to a place called the south of the Yangtze River.
是れ皆法華経のとく仏法のゆへなり。
All these were because of the virtue of the Lotus Sutra, and because of the Buddhist teachings.
All of these are the virtue of the Lotus Sutra and depend on the Law of Buddha.
つづく Continued
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