法華文句記 5.92

5.92

「胎經報恩經華林會」等者，經云：「第一會度九十六億人，第二會度九十四億人，第三會度九十二億人」，並是初教得果人也。於彼佛所至第五時，亦悉被會。「若例上」等者，上六度文後結三教為此三句，今了因智亦復如是，皆開偏小以成於實。又雙非之言始自三藏菩薩，亦異凡小，乃至別教地前並須開之，然亦須知開之所以，若心麁境妙但開其心，如以相心持《法華經》，若聞《法華》一句一偈等，若境麁心妙境已隨轉不須論開，若俱麁者須心境俱開，亦可但開其心境無不轉，道理必須知善體性，方乃名開。總而言之心境並開，尚開久遠四惡麁智，況人天智，若不開之則佛之知見永埋四惡，長沒人天。

Regarding "the assembly in the Flower Grove in the Garbhadhāna-sūtra and the Sūtra on Requiting Kindness" and so forth: the sūtra states, "At the first assembly, ninety-six hundred million people are crossed over; at the second assembly, ninety-four hundred million people are crossed over; at the third assembly, ninety-two hundred million people are crossed over"—these are all people who attained the fruits in the initial teaching. In the presence of that buddha, upon arriving at the fifth period, all are likewise integrated. Regarding "If by analogy with the above" and so forth: after the text on the six pāramitās above, the three teachings were concluded to form these three lines; here the wisdom of the revealing cause is also like this: all open the one-sided and the small to accomplish the real. Furthermore, the words of double negation begin with the bodhisattvas of the Tripiṭaka [teaching], which also differ from ordinary people and the small [vehicle], up to those prior to the stages of the separate teaching—all must be opened. Yet one must also understand the rationale for opening: if the mind is coarse and the object is wondrous, one only opens the mind, as in upholding the Lotus Sūtra with a mind attached to marks, or hearing a single line or verse of the Lotus Sūtra, and so forth; if the object is coarse and the mind is wondrous, the object has already shifted in accord, and there is no need to speak of opening; if both are coarse, then both mind and object must be opened; one may also say that merely opening the mind leaves no object that does not shift. In principle, one must know the essential nature of goodness; only then is it called opening. In general, both mind and object are opened: if even the coarse wisdom of the four evil [destinies] from the remote past is opened, how much more so the wisdom of humans and devas? If it were not opened, the vision and knowledge of the buddhas would remain forever buried in the four evil [destinies] and long submerged in humans and devas.