法華經義記 7.52

7.52

“The Buddha is also like this”: from here below is the second, the application of the parable. From here down to the end of “causing us to arouse the mind of all-knowledge,” it matches the first above, the parable of tying the jewel. “When he was a bodhisattva, he matched the close friend, transforming us and causing us to arouse the mind of all-knowledge” matches tying the priceless jewel inside his garment. “Yet we soon neglected and forgot it, unknowing and unawares” matches the second above, not noticing it oneself. “Having attained the path of an arhat”: from here below matches the third, the parable of travelling to another country. But in the parable above there were originally four stages; now it only matches the fourth stage, the sentence “if he gained a little, he immediately took it as sufficient.” “The vow for all-knowledge still remained and was not lost” matches the fourth above, the parable of encountering each other, said above as “happened to encounter and see him.” “Now the World-Honoured One awakens us”: from here below matches the fifth, the parable of pointing out the precious jewel. “We now know that we are truly bodhisattvas” onward matches in advance the sixth, [the parable of] joy, which was absent above.