妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（38）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThinking this, he ran awayIn search of a poor villageWhere he could find employment.思惟是已...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（39）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThe impoverished son was terrified,Cried out, and collapsed on the groundIn confusion, think...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（40）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThen using skillful means,He dispatched other menWith squint eyes, of small statureAnd littl...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（41）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceWhen he heard thisThe impoverished son was overjoyedAnd returned to sweep dung and clean hou...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（42）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThen the wealthy manPut on torn and filthy clothes,And, holding a dung sweeper,Went out to h...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（43）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceI have already increased your wagesAnd given you more balm for your feet,Given you sufficien...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（44）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThe wealthy man, being wise,Gradually gave him freedom of the house;And, after twenty years...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（45）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceYet the impoverished son still livedIn a thatched hut outside the gate,And considered himsel...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（46）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceHe informed this great assembly, saying:This is my son.He left me and stayed awayFor fifty y...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（47）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceI entrust to him all the houses and menThat I possess.They are all at his disposal.凡我所有，...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（48）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceI am overjoyed at having obtainedSuch an unprecedented experience!甚大歡喜，得未曾有。窮子頓時...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（49）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceYet he did tell us that we had attainedThe stage of noncorruption,That we had achieved the i...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（50）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceAccepting the Buddha’s teaching,We explained the highest pathFor the great bodhisattvas,Usi...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（51）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThe buddhas instantly made their predictions saying:You will all be able to become buddhas i...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（52）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceJust as the impoverished sonWho, after approaching his father,Learned of various thingsYet d...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（53）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceWe thought that we had ourselves attained nirvanaAnd considered this enough.We understood on...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（54）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceWhy is this?Because although we thought thus:Every existence is quiescent,Neither produced n...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（55）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceFurthermore, we ourselves thought,With regard to the Dharma itself,That this was the ultimat...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（56）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceWe were led and inspired by the buddhasSo that our attainment of the path was not in vain;An...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（57）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceBecause he knew our mindsThe Leader turned away from us.At first he did not arouse our zealW...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（58）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThe Buddha is also exactly like this.He has manifested marvelous thingsBut perceiving that w...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（59）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceThus today we have obtainedAn unprecedented experience.The fact that we have now spontaneous...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（60）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceO Bhagavat!We have now obtained the path and its fruitAnd have obtained pure sightInto the i...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（61）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceFor a long time we have practicedThe pure path of discipline and integrityBased on the teach...

妙法蓮華經 信解品第四（62）The Lotus Sutra Chapter IV Willing AcceptanceWe are now real arhats and shall be reveredAmong the devas, humans, māras, and BrahmasIn al...