妙法蓮華經文句 10.4

10.4

Next, the five verses versify the parable, divided into two: one verse versifies opening the parable, which has three parts: the first line versifies the past; the two lines from "for the sake of curing" onwards versify the present and do not versify the future; from "no one can say" onwards, the third [part], consisting of one line, versifies being not false. From "Later, I also, for the sake of" onwards, the second [part], consisting of four verses, versifies the application of the parable. In the application above, it originally did not apply to the future; now the first half verse versifies the application to the past; next, from "ordinary beings" onwards, the second [part], consisting of two and a half verses, versifies the application to the present; later, from "always making this thought" onwards, the third [part], consisting of one verse, versifies the application of being not false: opening the three and revealing the one, opening the near and revealing the distant, wishing to cause sentient beings quickly to enter the Buddha Way—this matter will surely be obtained and is not false.