法華玄論 6.145

6.145

答：眾生憚佛道長遠，為止息故權說化城。故知序昔即明權義，約今說十方佛土無有三乘。時會問無，故就佛索，故知車無據今實也。又化城譬屬三乘化得，故是序昔權；索車譬屬大乘化得，故是今實也。

Answer: Sentient beings dread the Buddha Way as long and distant; in order to provide a place of rest, he provisionally spoke of the conjured city. Therefore, we know that recounting the past clarifies the provisional meaning. Regarding the present, it is said that in the Buddha lands of the ten directions there are no three vehicles. When those in the assembly heard of this absence, they approached the Buddha to demand them; hence we know that the absence of carriages is based on the present real. Furthermore, the parable of the conjured city pertains to being converted through the three vehicles, and is therefore a recounting of past provisionality; the parable of demanding the carriages pertains to being converted through the Great Vehicle, and is therefore the present reality.