As stated above, although the six-volume Nirvana Sutra translated by Hokken states that 'The Lotus Sutra enabled 8000 disciples of Buddha to achieve religious salvation,' neither the northern edition (translated by Dharmaraksana) nor the southern edition (compiled by making corrections to the six-volume edition and the northern edition) contains the statement that the Lotus Sutra taught 'Buddhist truths to the unenlightened masses, who will have nothing more to learn, just as farmers who have harvested crops in fall for winter storage have nothing more to do.'
このように、法顕が翻訳した六巻本には、「法華経の中で八千の声聞が記別を得た」との記述はあるものの、曇無讖が翻訳した北本及び、六巻本と北本を校合訂正した南本には「大果実を収めて秋収め冬蔵めて更に所作なきが如し」との文言は見当たらない。