妙法蓮華經玄義 5.2

5.2

Clarifying the most real stages refers to the stages of the perfect teaching. This consists of ten points: first, differentiating names and meanings; second, clarifying the enumeration of stages; third, clarifying severance and suppression; fourth, clarifying function; fifth, clarifying the coarse and the subtle; sixth, clarifying the arising of the stages; seventh, clarifying the abolition of the stages; eighth, opening the coarse and revealing the subtle; ninth, citing sūtras; tenth, the beginning and end of the subtle stages.