法華文句記 10.146

10.146

《經》云「金色之身」者，前已得普現，即八相金色，故知此中須在極果。「能生」等者，如父母必以四護護子，今發心由法為「生」，始終隨逐為「養」，令滿極果為「成」，能應法界為「榮」，雖四不同以法為本。又此四法即四悉檀，次第對之亦應可見，此即始終對四悉也。然前三教各得四益，今對圓說例上可知。

As for the sūtra's "body of golden color": previously he had already attained universal manifestation, which is the golden color of the eight marks; therefore, we know that here it must reside in the ultimate fruit. As for "able to generate" and so forth: just as parents must protect their child with the four protections, here, generating the mind due to the Dharma is "generating"; accompanying them from beginning to end is "nurturing"; causing them to fulfill the ultimate fruit is "completing"; and being able to respond throughout the dharma-realm is "glory". Although the four are distinct, they take the Dharma as their root. Furthermore, these four dharmas are precisely the four siddhāntas; matching them in sequence should also be visible; this is matching from beginning to end with the four siddhāntas. However, the previous three teachings each obtain the four benefits; now explaining them in contrast to the perfect teaching, the rest may be known by analogy with the above.