妙法蓮華經文句 9.65

9.65

復次，如是三身種種功德，悉是本時道場樹下先久成就，名之為本；中間今日寂滅道場所成就者，名之為迹。諸經所說本迹者，即寂滅道場所成法報為本；從本所起勝劣兩應為迹。今經所明，取寂場及中間所成三身，皆名為迹；取本昔道場所得三身，名之為本，故與諸經為異也。「非本無以垂迹，非迹無以顯本，本迹雖殊不思議一也。」肇師之言，意在寂場之本耳。

Furthermore, such diverse merits of the three bodies were all accomplished long ago beneath the tree of the site of awakening in the original time, which is called the origin; what was accomplished in the intermediate period and today at the site of awakening of quiescent extinction is called the traces. What all sūtras explain as origin and traces takes the Dharma and Reward bodies accomplished at the site of awakening of quiescent extinction as the origin, and the superior and inferior response bodies arising from the origin as the traces. What this sūtra elucidates takes the three bodies accomplished at the site of quiescence and in the intermediate period as all being traces, and takes the three bodies obtained long ago at the original site of awakening as the origin; therefore, it differs from all other sūtras. "Without the origin there is no way to manifest traces; without traces there is no way to reveal the origin. Though origin and traces are distinct, they are an inconceivable one." Master Sengzhao's words had their intention in the origin at the site of quiescence.