法華文句記 7.205

7.205

If so, the remaining three stages should all have two explanations: first, if these three stages do not encounter a buddha, each does not grow, but if they are able to encounter a buddha, they grow in their respective stages; second, prior to the Lotus, abiding in the bodies of the four stages, they are seasoned by the Buddha, and only when they arrive at the Lotus and are able to enter the One Real is it named growth.