妙法蓮華經玄義 10.9

10.9

彼以《華嚴》為勝薳，復出一兩句，非故興毀；若較其優劣，恐成失旨。但此《法華》開權顯本，前後二文疑多請倍，不比餘經，秖為深論佛教、妙說聖心，近會圓因、遠申本果，所以疑請不已。若能精知教相，則識如來權實二智也。教意甚深，其略如是。

Those [masters] regarded the Avataṃsaka-sūtra as superior, so I have brought forward one or two lines, not intending to disparage it; if one were to compare their superiority and inferiority, one might lose the essential purport. It is simply that this Lotus Sūtra opens the provisional and reveals the original source; in both its earlier and later texts, doubts were numerous and requests doubled, unlike other sūtras. It was precisely because it profoundly discusses the Buddha's teaching, marvelously speaks the sage's mind, proximately unites with the perfect cause, and distantly unfolds the original fruit, that doubts and requests did not cease. If one can accurately know the characteristics of the teaching, one will recognize the Tathāgata's two wisdoms of the provisional and the real. The intention of the teaching is exceedingly profound; such is its outline.