法華文句記 2.71

2.71

Since the phrases each correspond, it also says 'what kind.' 'What kind' is an expression of differentiation. Now they also interpenetrate; each skillful means generally applies to the ten stages, in accordance with the various sūtras and treatises. And in the Yingluo [jing], from the first stage upward one enters the flow of dharma, progressing thought after thought to enter the path of realization. In the Treatise there is also the subsumption of activities, manifesting the realms and stages, etc., which are not essential for the sūtra and thus are not related again. Saying 'eighth stage,' although not the same as the Yingluo [jing], is not absent from other sūtras, and is an alternate interpretation in the teaching path of the distinct [teaching]; either taking or leaving it is acceptable. For now we rely on the Yingluo [jing]; since it does not greatly contradict the Treatise, we tentatively follow the tradition of our school. 'What kind of realm' refers to the place of benefiting beings.