法華文句記 3.93

3.93

言「兼具」者，驗知四瑞在定，定不可無，闕此至略耳者。略謂極略，一往略曾似如略於惟忖，義則不然，以略曾中既有過去諸佛之言，但是望廣名為略耳，非望惟忖。是故惟忖但忖量過現，無曾見之言，故更略也。故此略言有其二意：一者言略，無曾見故：二者闕略，闕入定故。

As for the phrase "possessing them concurrently": this verifies that the four omens are within the samādhi, and the samādhi cannot be lacking; lacking this, it is extremely brief. "Brief" means extremely brief. At first glance, the brief past seems to be briefer than the deliberation, but in meaning it is not so; since in the brief past there are words of past Buddhas, it is called brief only in relation to the extensive, not in relation to the deliberation. Therefore, the deliberation merely deliberates on past and present without words of having seen in the past; hence it is even briefer. Thus this word "brief" has two meanings: first, brevity of words, because there is no "having seen in the past"; second, lacking and brief, because it lacks the entry into samādhi.