妙法蓮華經玄義 1.47

1.47

Furthermore, all [other] sūtras say: 'Under the Bodhi Tree, the Master's real wisdom was first perfected; rising from the Bodhi Tree, he first deployed provisional wisdom.' This sūtra clarifies that the Master's provisional and real [wisdoms] had already been perfected long before the Bodhi Tree. Other sūtras clarify that the disciples of the two vehicles cannot enter real wisdom, nor can they deploy provisional wisdom; this sūtra clarifies that the disciples entered the real long ago, and had also previously understood and practiced the provisional. Furthermore, all [other] sūtras do not even discuss the Master's and disciples' proximate provisional and real before the Bodhi Tree, let alone the distant; this sūtra clarifies that before the Bodhi Tree, the provisional and real are immensely distant, unknown even to those in the stage of succeeding [to Buddhahood] in a counting of worlds, let alone a counting of dust motes! The sūtra says: 'What had never been spoken in the past / is now all to be heard'—its earnest praise is indeed well-founded. One should know that this sūtra differs from all [other] teachings.