法華玄論 2.141

2.141

第一遠師云「此經以一乘為宗，一乘之法所謂妙法。」如〈譬喻品〉云「是乘微妙清淨第一，於諸世間為無有上。」評曰：未見遠師序本，相傳云爾然。尋經始終雖明一乘，而一乘具有因果，何得但用於因不取於果？此則得在於因，失在於果。又且果門已備可得稱妙，因行未圓何得稱妙？以果妙故可得為宗，因既不妙豈得為宗也？

First, Master Yuan says: "This sūtra takes the one vehicle as its main theme; the dharma of the one vehicle is what is called the wonderful Dharma." As the Parable Chapter says: "This carriage is subtle, wonderful, pure, and foremost, unsurpassed in all worlds." We assess: We have not seen Master Yuan's original preface, but tradition reports it to be like this. However, examining the sūtra from beginning to end, although it clarifies the one vehicle, the one vehicle possesses both cause and fruit; how can one only employ the cause and not take the fruit? This would succeed regarding the cause, but fail regarding the fruit. Furthermore, when the gate of the fruit is already complete, it can be called wonderful; before the causal practices are perfected, how can they be called wonderful? Since the fruit is wonderful, it can be taken as the main theme; since the cause is not yet wonderful, how could it be taken as the main theme?