法華玄義釋籤 7.29

7.29

次「何者」下釋，又二：先總明今意，次歷教解釋。初文又二：先敘大意，次得名所以。若通而言之，教教各有上中下人，具如《婆沙》文意；今從別對，故從下以標下等。於中二，先各明，次「以四教」下結歎。初文自為四別。次歷教中二：先釋，次明判開。初文自為四別，如諸觀法皆從受起者，若支佛人自起觀者，應如《阿含》生滅各有逆順觀境，但作此觀，自滅諸惑。今大小偏圓共為觀法，況因緣四諦名異義同？四諦觀苦為初門，故今觀因緣亦初起苦道，如四四諦苦並居初，故四觀緣咸從受起，知苦斷集次第不殊，用智見異理須分此四也。

Next, from "Why is this?" down, the explanation also has two parts: first, generally explaining the present intention; second, explaining through the teachings. The first part has two subparts: first, narrating the general meaning; second, the reason for deriving the names. If spoken of generally, each teaching has higher, middle, and lower people, fully conforming to the purport of the Vibhāṣā text; now, proceeding from specific correlations, one designates "lower" and so on from the lower. In this there are two: first, explaining each individually; second, from "by means of the four teachings" down, concluding in praise. The first part naturally has four divisions. Next, in proceeding through the teachings, there are two parts: first, the explanation; second, explaining the classification and opening. The first part naturally has four divisions. As all contemplation methods arise from feeling: if a pratyekabuddha initiates contemplation on their own, it should follow the Āgamas, where arising and perishing each have reverse and forward objects of contemplation; merely performing this contemplation, they naturally extinguish all delusions. Now, the Great and Small, the biased and the perfect, share these contemplation methods; furthermore, do not dependent origination and the four truths have different names but the same meaning? In the four truths, contemplating suffering is the initial gate; thus now in contemplating dependent origination, one also first initiates the path of suffering. Just as in the four [kinds of] four truths, suffering universally occupies the first position, so the four contemplations of conditions all arise from feeling. Knowing suffering and severing accumulation do not differ in sequence, but because the applications of wisdom and views are different, one must divide these into four.