法華玄義釋籤 2.50

2.50

Next, from "The text says" onward verifies the function, which also has two: first, citing; next, explaining. The first text has two: first, directly verifying by citing the text resolving the concealed doubt; next, assisting and completing it by citing the text in the "Expedient Means" chapter that briefly opens the provisional—that is, making the end of conversion long-lasting. Next, in the explanation, the previously cited sūtra text only says "three vehicles"; because the meaning of the three vehicles contains [more], it is now explained. Whether five or seven, it is merely a difference of opening and combining. "Five" opens humans and devas; "seven" opens bodhisattvas; "nine" combines bodhisattvas and further opens the four destinies. If one does not open humans, devas, and the four destinies, one will not exhaust doubts regarding the nine dharma realms above the Buddha dharma realm.