法華玄義釋籤 2.14

2.14

一家義意謂二部同味，然《涅槃》尚劣。何者？《法華》開權如已破大陣，餘機至彼如殘黨不難，故以《法華》為大收，《涅槃》為捃拾。若不爾者，《涅槃》不應遙指八千聲聞於法華中得授記莂，見如來性，如秋收冬藏更無所作。

The doctrinal meaning of our lineage maintains that the two texts share the same flavor, yet the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] is still inferior. Why? The Lotus opening the provisional is like having already broken the main enemy host; the remaining capacities arriving there are like remnants, presenting no difficulty. Hence the Lotus is regarded as the great harvest, and the Nirvāṇa is regarded as the gleaning. If this were not so, the Nirvāṇa should not point back from afar to the eight thousand śrāvakas receiving their predictions in the Lotus and seeing the Tathāgata nature, which is like the autumn harvest and winter storage with nothing more to be done.