法華文句記 10.104

10.104

「事本本事」者，通舉往昔威音王佛為不輕事之本，名為「事本」。於中別以最初威音佛時不輕之事，故云「本事」。「得正說之宏宗」等者，先標兩句，「名常」下釋此二句，先釋初句，次「不輕深敬」下釋次句。「宏」寬大也。「宗」尊高也。本迹二文四一三性，正說大宗不過實相，實相秖是常住佛性，此指宗極之宗，非宗體之宗。一代雖說或兼或帶或純小教，或雜助門或抑或覆，文寬事廣，教教不同味味意別，不輕但宣二十四字，有標有釋具述因果，因既三性果即三德，況以四一兼益自他，直指二因以為不輕所宣之法，故云「宏宗」。顯實之宗不出四一，四一一一秖是三故，故今還依四一消文。

Regarding "the root of the event and the original event": broadly mentioning the ancient Buddha King of Awesome Voice as the root of the event of Never Disparaging is called "the root of the event." Within it, specifically taking the event of Never Disparaging at the time of the very first Buddha King of Awesome Voice is called "the original event." Regarding "attaining the vast宗 [central theme] of the correct exposition," etc.: it first sets forth two lines, and from "named Constant" below explains these two lines—first explaining the first line, and next, from "Never Disparaging deeply reveres" below, explaining the second line. "Vast" means broad and great. "Central theme" means revered and exalted. The four unities and three natures in the two texts of origin and traces, the grand central theme of the correct exposition, is none other than the true character; the true character is simply the ever-abiding buddha-nature. This points to the central theme of the ultimate principle, not the central theme of "name, essence, central theme, and function." Although the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime expounded [dharma], whether combining, carrying along, purely Hinayana, mixed with auxiliary gates, suppressed, or concealed, with broad texts and vast matters, differing teaching by teaching and varying flavor by flavor, Never Disparaging merely proclaimed twenty-four characters, containing both indication and explanation, fully describing cause and fruit: since the cause is the three natures, the fruit is the three virtues; how much more so, using the four unities to benefit both self and others concurrently, directly pointing to the two causes as the Dharma proclaimed by Never Disparaging; hence it is called the "vast central theme." The central theme revealing the real does not go beyond the four unities, because each and every one of the four unities is simply the three [natures/virtues]. Therefore, now we still rely on the four unities to explain the text.