妙法蓮華經文句 3.5

3.5

From "And seeing the buddhas" downwards, the second part of four lines asks about seeing those buddha lands and directly seeing the buddhas preach the Dharma. This broadly clarifies the characteristics of preaching the Dharma, meaning preaching the sudden teaching to adapt to faculties of great capacity. The "Lion, the Holy Lord" is just like the manifestation of the form of Rocana in this land. "Preaching the sutra teachings, subtle, wondrous, and foremost" is just like preaching the Avataṃsaka teaching in this land by first shining upon the high mountains. "Teaching all bodhisattvas" is just like the assemblies in the seven locations and [eight places] in this land, where there were no śrāvakas. "Illuminating the Buddha-Dharma and bringing sentient beings to awakening" is just like first seeing the Buddha's body and entering the Tathāgata's wisdom in this land.