法華文句記 4.124

4.124

Answer: In discerning the capacities and dispositions of beings, in principle there must be anticipation; but when it comes to preaching for them, how could one discriminate between lower and intermediate? Therefore, at the time of the preaching according to the Dharma, the intermediate and lower had already been benefited, thereby causing the intermediate and lower to awaken after a second or third time. The expression "and so forth" means: how could the intermediate and lower not have heard the preaching according to the Dharma? How could the initial request have been exclusively for those of the sharpest faculties? He broadly censures the old views for failing to comprehend the great principle.