妙法蓮華經玄義 7.248

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Next, using the lotus flower as a metaphor for the three truths: The ultimate and conventional are as before; the four subtle elements correspond to permanence, bliss, self, and purity, illustrating the Middle Way supreme truth (paramārtha-satya). This generally illustrates the five types of three truths. The four subtle elements being unproduced and undestroyed illustrates the single real truth. Being unproduced at the beginning of the kalpa and undestroyed at the present time illustrates the truth of no-truth and no-preaching. Using the lotus flower as a metaphor for the wondrousness of the object is concluded.