法華経を信じまいらせし大善は我が身仏になるのみならず父母仏になり給う - The Venerable Maudgalyāyana put his faith in the Lotus Sutra, which is the greatest good there is, and thus not only did he himself attain Buddhahood, but his father and mother did so as well.
本文 法華経を信じまいらせし大善は我が身仏になるのみならず 父母 仏になり給う、上七代・下七代・上無量生 下無量生の父母等 存外に仏となり給う、 乃至 子息・夫妻・所従・檀那・無量の衆生・三悪道を はなるる のみ ならず 皆 初住・妙覚の仏となりぬ 盂蘭盆御書 [治部房祖母への書] (1430頁) 建治3年7月 (1277年) (弘安2年(1279年)説が有力) 通解(意訳) 法華経を信ずるという大善は、自身が仏になるだけではなく、父親、母親も仏になることができる。 さらに、過去世は七代、来世は七代の自身の父母を成仏させることができるのである。また、上・下全ての先祖、子孫、縁した友人まで、地獄・餓鬼・畜生界の三悪道から救い出すだけでなく、一人ももれず成仏させることができるのである。 English Gosho The Venerable Maudgalyāyana put his faith in the Lotus Sutra, which is the greatest good there is, and thus not only did he himself attain Buddhahood, but his father and mother did so as well. And, amazing as it may seem, all the fathers and mothers of the preceding seven generations and the seven generations that followed, indeed, of countless lifetimes before and after, were able to become Buddhas. In addition, all their sons, their wives or husbands, their retainers, supporters, and countless other persons not only were enabled to escape from the three evil paths, but all attained ...