妙法蓮華經玄義 6.29

6.29

This already belongs to the general meaning! Now answering further in a specific sense: solely because past evil obstructs future good, one makes diligent effort to cut off past evil; solely because past good does not increase, that which increases is future good. Therefore, in the four right efforts, although the words speak of the past, the intention is truly in the future (and so on).