法華經義記 7.29

7.29

From "then dissolved the illusory city" onwards is the fifth, clarifying the parable of leading them to the jewel place. Above, he then assembled the bodhisattvas to preach the Mahāyāna Lotus Sūtra for them. Here, the statement "the jewel place is near" represents the meaning of revealing the real, which is the aforementioned "There is only the One Buddha Vehicle through which extinction is attained," and also distantly corresponds to the meaning in the "Chapter on Skilful Means" of preaching only the unsurpassed path. "That great city from before was conjured by me" is the phrase in the exposition by dharma above, "In the world there are no two vehicles," clarifying the meaning of opening the expedient, and it also distantly corresponds to the phrase in the "Chapter on Skilful Means," "honestly setting aside skilful means."