妙法蓮華經文句 2.67

2.67

本迹者，本地難測，或居等覺，或齊法王，如善財入法界見文殊色像無邊，法門深遠，本隣諸佛，迹輔釋迦為菩薩，普現色身三昧力，散影垂容，以口輪不可思議化隨宜廣說，可以意知，不可以言辯也。所以迹引四味，歸乎一實，譬如鎚碪器諸淳璞，成醍醐已，一期化息，然其本地究竟成就，豈是今日始入大乘？亦非寂滅道場高山先照，若頓、若漸皆迹所為耳。

Regarding origin and traces, their original ground is difficult to fathom: they may dwell in virtual awakening or be equal to the Dharma King. As when Sudhana entered the Dharma realm and saw Mañjuśrī's physical forms to be boundless and his dharma gates profound and far-reaching: in origin he is adjacent to the buddhas, while in traces he assists Śākyamuni as a bodhisattva. Through the power of the samādhi of manifesting physical forms everywhere, he casts reflections and lowers his countenance, expounding broadly according to suitability through the inconceivable transformation of the wheel of speech; this may be grasped by the mind, but cannot be discriminated in words. Thus, his traces guide the four flavors to return to the One Real, just like the hammer and anvil shaping all raw materials; once clarified butter is accomplished, the conversion for a given period comes to rest. Yet their original ground has been fully accomplished; how could they only today have entered the Mahāyāna for the first time? Nor is it like the site of tranquil extinction where the high mountains are first illuminated; whether sudden or gradual, all are the doing of the traces.