法華玄論 10.89

10.89

論觀音普門義。就觀音略有二十條義：一者人法一雙、二者本迹一雙、三者三輪一雙、四者名德一雙、五者內外一雙、六者智慧功德一雙、七者智斷一雙、八者顯密一雙、九者慈悲一雙、十者二身一雙、十一者權實一雙、十二者三業一雙、十三明三德、十四者淺深、十五明二德、十六神通示現、十七力無畏、十八四等四攝、十九解行、二十悲慧一雙。所言人法，觀音則弘道利益之人，普門謂所弘利物之法。非法無以成人、非人無以秉法，人法實無前後，但道不孤運弘之由人，故前明人、後辨法也。又此下諸品以菩薩為佛事，故先顯人也。

Discussion on the meaning of Avalokiteśvara's Universal Gate (samantamukha). Concerning Avalokiteśvara, there are briefly twenty points of meaning: 1. the pair of person and dharma; 2. the pair of origin and trace; 3. the pair of the three wheels; 4. the pair of name and virtue; 5. the pair of internal and external; 6. the pair of wisdom and merit; 7. the pair of wisdom and eradication; 8. the pair of manifest and secret; 9. the pair of loving-kindness and compassion; 10. the pair of the two bodies; 11. the pair of the provisional and real; 12. the pair of the three karmas; 13. explanation of the three virtues; 14. shallowness and depth; 15. explanation of the two virtues; 16. manifestation of supernormal powers; 17. powers and fearlessnesses; 18. the four immeasurables and four means of embracing; 19. understanding and practice; 20. the pair of compassion and wisdom. As for 'person and dharma', Avalokiteśvara is the person who propagates the Path and benefits [beings], while the Universal Gate is the dharma that is propagated to benefit beings. Without the dharma there is nothing to accomplish the person, and without the person there is nothing to uphold the dharma; person and dharma truly have no before or after, but because the Path does not move alone and its propagation depends on the person, it first explains the person and later discerns the dharma. Furthermore, because the chapters below make the bodhisattva perform the Buddha's work, the person is revealed first.