法華玄論 2.8

2.8

Next, clarifying two kinds of sublime: first, revealing the sublime by opening the three and displaying the one; second, explaining the sublime by opening the near and displaying the distant. This is the overarching doctrine of the entire sūtra, and therefore we clarify sublimity on this basis, which interprets the second character, 'Dharma' (fa). Within these two, we first discuss the ten pairs generally, and next examine cause and fruit specifically. If this doctrine holds, then it is called 'sublime'; if it does not hold, then it is not 'sublime'.