法華文句記 9.63

9.63

"Eight diligences," etc.: fully explained as in *Notes on Cessation and Contemplation*, fascicle two. "Furthermore, not practicing the superior, middling," etc.: spoken in terms of abandoning the provisional, therefore the preceding three teachings are called superior, middling, and inferior, or refer to the three vehicles or the three bodhisattvas. "Not relying on the perfect," etc.: the Buddha still used different skillful means and other profound dharmas to assist the correct path; how could later students following the teaching stubbornly violate this? When one's practice of the real is still shallow yet one disparages the one-sided and small, one must accord with the Buddha's intention and protect the capacities of living beings.