尔时，世尊说此偈已，告诸大众，唱如是言：我此弟子摩诃迦叶，于未来世，当得奉觐三百万亿诸佛世尊，供养恭敬，尊重赞叹，广宣诸佛无量大法。于最后身，得成为佛，号曰光明如来，应供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世间解、无上士、调御丈夫、天人师、佛世尊。国名光德，劫名大庄严。
逐句解释
授记（vyākaraṇa）——佛陀的成佛预言
「授记」是《法华经》中反复出现的仪式性时刻。佛陀向弟子们正式宣布：你将在未来某一时劫成佛，名号是……。这一行为在《法华经》的语境中意义非凡——它不是一种奖励，而是一种揭示：每个弟子本来就拥有成佛的潜力，授记只是将这个事实公开宣告。
Bestowal of prophecy (授记, vyākaraṇa) — the formal Buddha-prediction.
A vyākaraṇa is a Buddha's formal prediction that a specific being will attain full Buddhahood at a specific future time, in a specific world, under a specific name. In the Pali tradition, these prophecies are given only to bodhisattvas who have already made great vows across many lifetimes. The Lotus Sutra's radical move is to extend this prophecy to disciples who had previously been considered followers of the lesser path — people who, according to earlier Buddhist thinking, were headed for personal liberation (nirvana), not Buddhahood. By granting them prophecies, the Buddha is announcing that their path, too, leads to the summit. No one who has practised sincerely is excluded from full awakening.
我此弟子摩诃迦叶，于未来世，当得奉觐三百万亿诸佛世尊
摩诃迦叶是佛陀最年长的弟子之一，以头陀苦行著称，也是禅宗的初祖。佛陀告诉他：你将在未来礼敬三百万亿佛，最终成佛，名号「光明如来」。这个数字是象征性的——它代表不可计量的时劫，以及在每一个时劫中累积的功德与智慧。
My disciple Mahakashyapa, in a future age, will attend upon three hundred ten-thousand billion Buddhas, making offerings, paying honour, and propagating the immeasurable great Dharma of each Buddha.
Mahakashyapa (摩诃迦叶) is one of the most senior and revered of the Buddha's disciples. He is known for his strict ascetic discipline and is traditionally regarded as the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism — the one to whom the Buddha transmitted the wordless truth by holding up a flower. His prophecy of Buddhahood is therefore enormously significant to East Asian Buddhist traditions. The astronomical number of Buddhas he will serve — three hundred ten-thousand billion — is meant to convey the immensity of the bodhisattva path: it spans timescales that dwarf ordinary imagination. Yet the sutra presents this not as a burden but as a joy, a confirmation of a journey already underway.
于最后身，得成为佛，号曰光明如来
迦叶的佛号是「光明如来」，他的佛土名「光德」，劫名「大庄严」。这些名号不是随意起的：「光明」呼应了迦叶一生的修行——以无畏的苦行穿透烦恼的黑暗；「大庄严」则预告了那个时代的庄严与圆满。
In his final body, he will attain Buddhahood under the name Light Bright Tathagata. His land will be called Light Virtue, and the kalpa Great Adornment.
The Buddha-name "Light Bright" (光明) is not accidental. In Buddhist iconography, light represents wisdom — the illumination that dispels the darkness of ignorance. Mahakashyapa, who spent his life in austere practice, cutting through the thickets of attachment, will become a living embodiment of that clarity. The name "Great Adornment" (大庄严) for the cosmic age evokes the Avatamsaka Sutra's vision of a reality adorned with infinite jewels and light. The detail and specificity of the prophecy — Buddha-name, land-name, kalpa-name, and even the duration of the teaching — functions to make the distant future feel concrete and real. The path is not vague; it has a destination.
须菩提、迦旃延、目犍连，亦各得授记
在同一章中，佛陀还给须菩提、大迦旃延、大目犍连等弟子一一授记。这些人在早期佛教中是各有专长的大弟子：须菩提解空第一，迦旃延论义第一，目犍连神通第一。他们都曾被认为走的是「声闻乘」——此刻，佛陀宣告他们同样会成佛。没有人因为走了「较小的道路」而被排除在外。
Subhuti, Maha-Katyayana, and Maha-Maudgalyayana also each receive prophecies of future Buddhahood in this chapter.
The group prophecy is theologically significant. Subhuti (须菩提) is the disciple who best understands emptiness — his dialogues with the Buddha form the core of the Diamond Sutra. Maha-Katyayana (大迦旃延) is famed for his ability to expound the Dharma through debate. Maha-Maudgalyayana (大目犍连) possesses the greatest supernatural powers. Each represents a different dimension of the Buddhist path. By granting all of them prophecies, the sutra makes the point comprehensive: whatever your particular gift or path, wherever you are on the journey, the destination is the same. The One Vehicle carries all of them. It carries all of us.
总结 · Summary
第六章是《法华经》的一系列「授记」的开端。佛陀一一向迦叶、须菩提、迦旃延、目犍连等声闻弟子宣布：你们将在遥远的未来成佛，有具体的佛号、佛土和时劫。这不是一种奖励，而是一种揭示——这些弟子本来就走在成佛的道路上，只是过去他们和旁人都不知道。「一乘」的承诺，在这里通过一个个具体的名字和预言，变得真实而可感。
Chapter 6 begins the Lotus Sutra's series of individual prophecies of Buddhahood. Mahakashyapa, Subhuti, Maha-Katyayana, and Maha-Maudgalyayana — disciples previously considered to be on the shravaka path, aimed at personal liberation rather than Buddhahood — each receive a specific, detailed prediction of their future awakening. This is one of the Lotus Sutra's most dramatic gestures of inclusion. It takes the abstract claim of Chapter 2 (there is only One Vehicle) and makes it personal and concrete: not just "all beings" in general, but these specific, named individuals who are present in the assembly. The prophecy is not a reward for merit; it is a recognition of what has always been true.