妙法蓮華經玄義 3.70

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五、明麁妙者，前十二番智是麁，後八番智為妙。何者？藏、通等佛，自是無常，亦不說常，彼二乘菩薩何得聞常、信常、修常？是故為麁。別教十信初已聞常，信、修於常，尚勝彼佛，何況餘耶？是故為妙。常途云：《法華》不明常者，秖是三藏意耳。今明十信知中已過牟尼，則八番為妙也。

Fifth, clarifying the crude and the wonderful: the first twelve sets of wisdom are crude, and the last eight sets of wisdom are wonderful. Why? The buddhas of the tripiṭaka, shared, and other teachings are themselves impermanent and do not teach permanence; how could those of the two vehicles and bodhisattvas hear of permanence, believe in permanence, and cultivate permanence? Therefore they are crude. The beginning of the ten faiths of the distinctive teaching already hears of permanence, and believes in and cultivates permanence, surpassing even those buddhas, not to mention the rest. Therefore it is wonderful. Common opinion says: "The Lotus Sūtra does not clarify permanence"; this is merely the idea of the tripiṭaka teaching. Now we clarify that the ten faiths knowing the middle already surpass Śākyamuni; thus the eight sets are wonderful.