法華文句記 6.46

6.46

In explaining what is given, the text also has three: first, bringing out the Tripiṭaka on which it relies; next, bringing out old explanations; third, from "we now take" downward is the correct explanation. Although the first relies on the Tripiṭaka, it only distinguishes the marks of the physical object without clarifying the Dharma-gate. Next, in the old explanations, the first master says: cause and fruit of the Mahāyāna—in principle, why could it not be so? But it lacks the marks of conferring teaching, so it is not used. The next master, having said it comes from the *Āgama Sūtra*, should not use the Small to explain the Great; even if he calls it Mahāyāna, how is it different from the four stages? Some say that *ge* [lapel] means a walking sleeve, a flowing sleeve. We do not use this now. Could one use sleeves to carry children while rescuing them from a fire?