法華文句記 6.120

6.120

「門有三義」者，三門之中出別是門入者義立，從一色心入一色心，門以經遊為義，但未出名入，從一入一義言為入，實非外來。「若作出者」，須兼三藏，今立通教所詮，以此兩教所詮同故。言「若別義者」，依別理人。言「所詮」者，意顯獨教門義不成。經雖云教，必須對理，故知別教雖詮別理，亦非車門，但對通藏而立別名。由緣別理故名為別。次第之初與藏通人咸出火宅，據出宅同仍可名通。初證又同兩教涅槃，故亦可云得涅槃樂。三德具如《玄》文三法及《止觀》第三顯體中說。「此釋小異於前」者，前云意不在三，今云本欲與大，雖復小殊名異義同。

Regarding "A gate has three meanings": Among the three gates, leaving is distinctly a gate, while entering is established conceptually. Entering from one color-and-mind into another color-and-mind, a gate takes traversing as its meaning; it is merely that not yet having left is called "entering." Moving from one into another is called entering in meaning, but in reality it does not come from outside. Regarding "If taken as exiting": It must incorporate the Tripiṭaka [teaching]; now it establishes what is expressed by the pervasive teaching, because what is expressed by these two teachings is identical. As for the statement "If it is the distinct meaning": It relies upon a person of distinct principle. As for "what is expressed": The intention is to show that the meaning of a gate cannot be established by teaching alone. Although the sūtra speaks of teaching, it must correspond to principle; therefore, we know that although the distinct teaching expresses distinct principle, it is still not the cart gate—it is merely established as "distinct" in contrast to the pervasive and Tripiṭaka [teachings]. Because it conditions distinct principle, it is called distinct. At the beginning of the sequence, along with persons of the Tripiṭaka and pervasive [teachings], they all leave the burning house; in terms of their exiting the house being the same, it can still be called pervasive. Their initial realization also coincides with the nirvāṇa of the two teachings, so it can also be said that they attain the bliss of nirvāṇa. The three virtues are detailed as explained under the three dharmas in the text of the *Profound Meaning* and in the revelation of the essence in the third fascicle of *Great Calming and Contemplation*. Regarding "This explanation is slightly different from the previous one": Previously it said that the intent was not in the three; now it says that he fundamentally wished to bestow the great. Although there is a slight distinction, the names differ while the meaning is the same.