法華經義記 2.28

2.28

The questioner says: "The Buddha Candrasūryapradīpa originally expounded the sūtra occasioned by Varaprabha, who was a Mahāyāna person occasioned by whom the sūtra was directly expounded. Now, Bhaiṣajyarāja and the others are merely occasioned to disseminate the sūtra; how does that pertain to the matter of being the occasion for expounding the sūtra? Now when Śākya arises from samādhi, it is occasioned by Śāriputra and Maitreya; how could this constitute an identity?" The interpreter says: "One must deeply grasp its meaning. This 'occasion' is not the occasion of being addressed in the exposition; this is an occasion of reliance—relying upon this person, this principle could be illuminated. Therefore they are said to be identical."