法華文句記 9.60

9.60

Regarding "in the verses," etc.: they are opened because the meanings differ, and combined because the intent is the same; thus, the preceding close practice uses the broad to reveal the brief. From "the above close practice" to "gradual order": although there were three explanations of the practice above, one should take the third, dividing it into the three truths and explaining it in three levels, each explanation completely resolving the text; therefore it is not like the three in the close practice, and one can only say "each." The words "also not in gradual order" mean not only that it is not gradual, but also that it is comprehensive and general; in the verses, it is mostly the text of the close aspect. Therefore, from "should enter" down to "versifying the matter of far and close": it discusses the close in terms of the far; one could also say it versifies the dual heading of close practice. "It is also versifying the range of practice of person-emptiness": in the preceding range of practice, the second part interpreted the text in terms of the two emptinesses; within the two emptinesses, leaving the ten disturbances also corresponds to the gentle and compliant nature of emptiness of persons. The words "that is, it combines" mean that far and close within the close aspect also correspond to emptiness of persons and emptiness of phenomena, and one simply cultivates emptiness and cultivates contemplation in relation to far and close. Furthermore, the three including far and close are also nothing other than the preceding three practices, because in accordance with the heading and conclusion of the verses, both are paired.