妙法蓮華經文句 9.5

9.5

From "if there is a bhikṣu" downward is the third part: five verses and three lines clarifying the completion of practice; this again has three parts. First, one and a half verses indicate the completion of practice. When practice in terms of phenomena is completed, external comportment is free of error; when practice in terms of principle is completed, the internal mind is free of obstruction; hence it says "without faintheartedness." Next, from "when the bodhisattva at times" downward is the second part: three verses on obtaining ease and joy when practice is completed. Finally, one verse and one line summarize the general conclusion of the prose. From "the bodhisattva enters a quiet chamber" downward explains the causes of ease and joy. By cultivating dhyāna meditation, one stops transgressions and evils; attaining the selflessness of persons, one is not harmed externally. By cultivating wisdom, one departs from all graspings and attachments; attaining the selflessness of phenomena, one is free from internal inversion. This is the mind being free from faintheartedness; freedom from faintheartedness is named ease and joy. From "Mañjuśrī" downward is the third part: one verse and one line summarizing the general conclusion of the prose.