妙法蓮華經文句 3.4

3.4

The first three lines ask about the six destinies. Testing this against the verse, we know that in the preceding prose the light illuminating the east was an intention to illuminate the other lands in general; this verse versifies the general inquiry above. The sentient beings of the six destinies are those capable of proceeding; birth-and-death is the destination proceeded to; wholesome and unwholesome karmic conditions are the causes of proceeding; and fine or ugly [rebirths] are the results of proceeding.