妙法蓮華經玄義 4.211

4.211

Third, clarifying the matching of stages according to the noble practices of the *Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra*: the initial noble practice of morality and noble practice of concentration are the stages of the ten faiths. The noble practice of wisdom of the four noble truths of arising and perishing and non-arising and non-perishing is the stages of the ten abodes. The wisdom of the immeasurable four noble truths is the stages of the ten practices. Cultivating the one real truth and the uncreated four noble truths is the stages of the ten dedications. Next, if one manifests the real, sees the one real truth, and realizes the uncreated four noble truths, this is the fulfillment of noble practices, dwelling in the stage of fearlessness, attaining the twenty-five samādhis, capable of destroying the twenty-five states of existence, named the stage of joy. After being endowed with the five practices, the subsequent explanation of the ten virtues is likely to signify the virtues of the ten stages dwelling in great nirvāṇa. Beyond this, the clarification that the buddha eye is clear and distinct is the stage of wondrous enlightenment.