法華玄義釋籤 3.38

3.38

次問者，準《大論》云：「四悉攝八萬四千法藏十二部經」，攝十二部已如上說，攝八萬四千其相如何？答中引經具出數相，既云初心乃至舍利，故知四悉攝一期教，故云八萬四千也。於中初引《賢劫經》，次引異說。初文二：初引《賢劫》通難，次「若作」下廣集諸教別對四悉。《止觀》文中用對四諦，今對四悉者，以四悉義同四諦，故具如對諦中說。餘諸八萬四千更有不同之相，如《止觀》第一記。「度無極」者，《賢劫經》中列三百五十度無極，然後對六度四分煩惱為八萬四千法門，亦在《止觀》第一記。又《大纓珞經》六度皆云度無極，故晉宋譯經皆翻波羅蜜為度無極。

As for the next question: according to the Da zhidu lun, "The four siddhāntas subsume the eighty-four thousand Dharma treasuries and the twelve divisions of scripture." That they subsume the twelve divisions has already been explained above; what is the manner in which they subsume the eighty-four thousand? In the answer, sūtras are cited to fully set forth the numerical aspects. Since it speaks from the initial aspiration up to the relics, one knows that the four siddhāntas subsume the teachings of a single lifetime, which is why it is called eighty-four thousand. Therein, first the Bhadrakalpika Sūtra is cited, and next different explanations are cited. The first text has two parts: first citing the Bhadrakalpika Sūtra to resolve the objection, and next, from "If taking..." onward, broadly gathering the various teachings to separately match them with the four siddhāntas. In the text of the Zhiguan, they were matched with the four truths; here they are matched with the four siddhāntas because the meaning of the four siddhāntas is identical to that of the four truths, and thus it is fully as explained in matching them with the truths. The remaining variations of the eighty-four thousand have further different aspects, as in the first record of the Zhiguan. As for "transcending without limit" (du wuji): in the Bhadrakalpika Sūtra, three hundred and fifty "transcendings without limit" are listed, and then matched with the six perfections and the four divisions of afflictions to make eighty-four thousand Dharma gates; this is also in the first record of the Zhiguan. Moreover, in the Da yingluo jing, all six perfections are called "transcending without limit"; therefore, scriptures translated in the Jin and Song dynasties all translated pāramitā as "transcending without limit" (du wuji).