法華文句記 1.59

1.59

此文且從今部大判，如今釋迦說此經時，通五別五無非因緣，即證信之因緣，發起之因緣。又通五和合之因緣，別五次第之因緣。故從序至正於得脫者，故云開示悟入。降此之外餘皆種熟，故未脫者益在流通，故云遠霑妙道，並是此經之感應。

This text provisionally makes a general judgment from the perspective of the present work: when Śākyamuni expounded this sūtra now, the five general and five specific [factors] were all conditioned arisings, namely the conditioned arising of certifying faith and the conditioned arising of launching [the teaching]. Furthermore, the five general are the conditioned arising of harmonious assembly, and the five specific are the conditioned arising of sequential order. Therefore, for those who attain liberation from the preface to the main body, it is said that they 'open, reveal, awaken to, and enter.' Below this, all others are planted and ripened; hence, for those not yet liberated, the benefit lies in the transmission, wherefore it is said that they 'remotely bathe in the wondrous path'—all of which are the stimulus and response of this sūtra.