法華文句記 1.82

1.82

無教之時則內熏自悟，有教之日何得守迷？如百迷盲俱不知路，一迷先達以教餘迷，餘迷守愚不受先教，誰之過歟？且驗釋迦一化得益難思，況復爾前益難稱紀，寧不稟教？然終成無益之論，不可以此為窮，以無益於稟教者故。又十方世界亦有嗅香覺觸瞪視而得悟者，豈以聲教求其初耶？

When there was no teaching, then through internal perfuming one awakened of oneself. On a day when there is teaching, how could one cling to delusion? Just as a hundred blind persons lost together do not know the path, and one who was lost reaches [the destination] first and teaches the rest who are lost—if the rest who are lost cling to their foolishness and do not accept the teaching of the first, whose fault is it? Moreover, verifying that the benefits obtained from Śākyamuni's single lifetime of transformation are inconceivable, how much more so the benefits prior to that, which are difficult to recount! How could one not receive the teaching? Nevertheless, in the end this becomes a useless discussion; one cannot take this as a limit, because it offers no benefit to one who receives the teaching. Furthermore, in the worlds of the ten directions there are also those who awaken through smelling fragrance, feeling touch, or staring fixedly. How could one seek their beginning through verbal teachings alone?