妙法蓮華經文句 4.2

4.2

○從「爾時世尊告舍利弗，汝已殷懃三請，豈得不說」下，廣明開三顯一，凡七品半，文為三：一、為上根人法說；二、為中根人譬說；三、為下根人宿世因緣說，亦名理事行，例如《大品》亦為三根（云云）。今以十義料揀：一、有通有別，二、有聲聞、無聲聞，三、惑有厚薄，四、根轉不轉，五、根有悟不悟，六、領解無領解，七、得記不得記，八、悟有淺深，九、益有權實，十、待時不待時。

From "At that time the World-Honoured One said to Śāriputra: 'You have already earnestly entreated three times; how could I not speak?'" onward, it broadly explains opening the three and revealing the one across seven and a half chapters, divided into three: first, for people of superior faculties, teaching by Dharma; second, for people of intermediate faculties, teaching by parable; third, for people of lower faculties, teaching by past causal conditions; also called principle, matters, and practice, just as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra is also for three faculties (and so forth). Now it is distinguished by ten points: 1. general and specific; 2. with śrāvakas and without śrāvakas; 3. thickness and thinness of delusions; 4. faculties transforming or not transforming; 5. faculties awakening or not awakening; 6. expressing understanding and not expressing understanding; 7. receiving prediction and not receiving prediction; 8. shallowness and depth of awakening; 9. provisional and real benefit; 10. awaiting the time and not awaiting the time.