法華玄義釋籤 17.5

17.5

次明用譬意中又三：初正明三意，次「今明」下結成三法，三「如此」下結成一乘三軌。初文中三：初意云「約根性」等者，二乘淺、菩薩深，其利根者又得其中。次言「三情」者，亦約三人，三情各別，故初人從假入空但求出苦；次別人地前歷別；後人方能於別但中見一切法中，故云「後者廣大」。後喻三方便者，凡夫全無，置而不說。

Next, in explaining the intention of using the similes, there are again three parts: first, directly explaining the three intentions; next, from "Now clarifying" onward, concluding with the three dharmas; third, from "Thus" onward, concluding with the one vehicle's three tracks. In the first passage there are three parts: the first intention says "according to faculties and natures," and so on, meaning the two vehicles are shallow, the bodhisattvas are deep, and those of sharp faculties among them furthermore attain the middle. Next, the statement "three dispositions" is also based on three persons whose three dispositions are each distinct: the first person enters emptiness from the provisional, merely seeking escape from suffering; the next person, of the Separate [Teaching], goes through stages prior to the bhūmis; the last person is only then able, within the mere middle of the Separate [Teaching], to see the middle of all dharmas, hence it says "the latter is vast and great." The subsequent simile of the three expedients: ordinary beings lack them entirely, so they are set aside and not mentioned.