法華經義記 3.48

3.48

「未來諸世尊」自此下有六行半，頌上第三未來佛門。就中自有二：初有兩行半偈頌上開三，第二從「諸佛本誓願」下四行偈頌上顯一，就中有三：初一行頌果一；「未來世諸佛雖說百千億」下此一偈頌教一也；「諸佛兩足尊」此下有兩行頌因一。「知法常無性」者，知萬善法無有三乘性。「佛種從緣起」者，若據佛果望萬善，此佛果由萬善而得，仍詺因為緣，故言佛種從緣起也。「是法住法位」者，是萬善法住一乘法位，故法住法位位。「世間相常住」者，只是世間取相，諸善亦住一乘佛位。又一種解，修此萬善在於世間，相常住者常住大乘中，導師方便說者，根本只是一因，昔日方便說言有三，故知只是一因。

"Future World-Honoured Ones": from here downward there are six and a half stanzas, versifying the third, the gate of the future Buddhas, above. Within this there are naturally two parts: first, there are two and a half stanzas versifying the unfolding of the three above; second, the four stanzas from "The fundamental vows of all Buddhas" downward verse the revealing of the One above. Within this there are three: first, one stanza verses oneness of fruition; the one stanza below, "Although the Buddhas of future ages speak of hundreds of thousands of myriads," verses oneness of teaching; the two stanzas from "The Buddhas, the most honoured among two-legged beings" downward verse oneness of cause. "Knowing that dharmas are constantly devoid of nature" means knowing that the myriad wholesome dharmas have no nature of the three vehicles. "The Buddha-seed arises from conditions" means that if one looks toward the myriad wholesome deeds from the vantage of the Buddha-fruition, this Buddha-fruition is obtained by means of the myriad wholesome deeds, yet one designates the cause as a condition; hence it says "the Buddha-seed arises from conditions." "These dharmas abide in the status of dharmas" means that these myriad wholesome dharmas abide in the status of the dharma of the One Vehicle; hence "dharmas abide in the status of dharmas." "The characteristics of the world are constantly abiding" means that even in taking characteristics in the world, all wholesome deeds also abide in the Buddha-status of the One Vehicle. There is also another explanation: when cultivating these myriad wholesome deeds while in the world, that their "characteristics are constantly abiding" means they constantly abide in the Great Vehicle. When the Guides spoke with skilful means, fundamentally there is only one cause; previously they spoke with skilful means saying there were three, so we know there is only one cause.