法華玄義釋籤 12.31

12.31

次問答者，為離性計。初問如文。次答中二：先破，次「無性故」下立。初中作四句者，若四計者，先破性已，然後方可點空說四，是故感應各有四句。感四句者，謂眾生自能感，由應故能感，感應和合故有感，離應離感故有感。應四句者，謂諸佛自能應，由生故有應，感應和合故有應，離應離感故有應。是故機應各以三假四句破竟，方以世諦四悉四說。

Next, the question and answer is to eliminate substantialist views. The first question is as in the text. In the subsequent answer there are two: first, refutation; next, from 'Because of having no intrinsic nature' downward, establishment. In the first part, forming the four propositions: if one adheres to the four attachments, one must first refute intrinsic nature, and only thereafter can one point to emptiness and speak of the four; therefore, stimulation and response each have four propositions. The four propositions of stimulation: living beings can stimulate on their own; they can stimulate on account of response; there is stimulation because of the conjunction of stimulation and response; and there is stimulation apart from response and apart from stimulation. The four propositions of response: the Buddhas can respond on their own; there is response on account of living beings; there is response because of the conjunction of stimulation and response; and there is response apart from response and apart from stimulation. Therefore, capacity and response are each refuted completely by means of the three provisionalities and four propositions, and only then does one make the four explanations with the conventional four siddhāntas.