妙法蓮華經玄義 4.200

4.200

Moreover, the heights of severance and suppression also differ, and their correspondences to the practices and stages of the various dharma-gates are likewise distinct. The reason for this is that both the inner-realm and outer-realm bodhisattva practices and stages of the birth body and dharma body are clarified. When the Tathāgata, by skillful means, employs the four siddhāntas to transform sentient beings within the realms, benefiting them according to their capacities, how could there be a fixed formulation? Without extensively inquiring into the sūtras and treatises, one is like a sightless person arguing about the sun.