法華玄義釋籤 3.49

3.49

Next, in the critical examination, from "Question: resolving the various provisional siddhāntas..." to "not so": the meaning of the question is: if one resolves the coarse to enter subtlety, does one resolve all the coarse four siddhāntas together into the subtle ultimate-truth siddhānta, or does one respectively resolve worldly into worldly, up to resolving ultimate truth into ultimate truth? In saying "not so": if it is not like this, is it like the latter meaning? Some editions also read: "is it indeed so or not?"—fearing people might alter it mistakenly. The meaning of the answer is: both meanings are valid, hence it says "unrestricted." In saying "supposing": as in the first question's meaning, even granting that all enter the subtle ultimate truth, since the subtle ultimate truth is not separated from the [other] three, how does it differ from the second meaning? Hence it says: one or three are unrestricted. The present text temporarily presents one explanation because it follows the second meaning in individually opening the five chapters, so that terms and meanings correspond properly; if they only entered the ultimate truth, they would only match the essence, and the remaining meanings would be deficient.