妙法蓮華經玄義 7.242

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譬如蓮實，房臺包遶，此名蓮子如是報。菩薩亦如是，大果圓滿，無上報足，習果之果，依於報果，如實依臺。經言：「如是大果報，久修業所得。」即其義也。

For instance, like the lotus fruit: the receptacle encloses it; this is called the lotus seed's suchness of retribution. A bodhisattva is also like this: the great fruit is perfected, the unsurpassable retribution is complete, and the fruit of habitual fruit relies on the fruit of retribution, just as the fruit relies on the receptacle. A sūtra says, 'Such a great fruitional retribution is obtained through long cultivation of karma'—this is its meaning.