(18) 梵天請法　甘露門開
佛陀以眾生頑愚，難信真理，想入涅槃（註6），免眾生謗法受罪，時梵天出現，懇請普施甘露法雨，滋潤眾生田，世尊應請，法筵廣開，乃有華嚴、阿含、方等、般若、法華涅槃五時（註7）說教。

Brahmadeva Invited Buddha to Preach, thus the Door of Nourishing Dews Opened.
The Buddha saw that sentient beings were stubborn and foolish, they will hardly trust the truth, and so he pondered about entering nirvana (6) as a way to prevent them from blaspheming the Dharma. However, Brahmadeva appeared and invited the Buddha to preach the Dharma to nourish the field of sentient beings. Buddha accepted the invitation and thus, began the five period (7) teachings of Avatamsaka, Agamas, Vaipulya, Prajna, and the Lotus Nirvana.

註六
　　涅槃華譯滅度、寂滅、圓寂、大寂定等，是超越時空的真如境界，也是不生不滅的意思。參考《佛學常見辭匯》
(6)Nirvana refers to the state of liberation through full enlightenment, in which one abides in neither Samsara nor ultimate quiescence. (Excerpted from The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism.)
註七
　　五時指天台智者大師，判釋尊所說之法，為五時八教。五時是就時間的先後分出，即華嚴時、阿含時、方等時、般若時、法華涅槃時。參考《佛學常見辭匯》
(7)The “five periods” is a chronological account of Buddha’s teachings compiled by Master Zhi-zhe of the Tian-tai school. (Excerpted from The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism.)