法華玄論 6.90

6.90

Sixth, explaining great and small. Someone says: They ask for the one great carriage; they do not ask for three. For what reason? Since the father bestows the great [carriage], we know they asked for the great one; if they did not ask for the great one, why would he bestow the great one? Someone else says: The text states, "May you grant us the three kinds of precious carriages"; one must not go against the text by saying they asked for one. Critical appraisal: Clinging exclusively to either of the two texts loses the complete and round meaning. When we examine their ultimate import, they fully asked for both the one and the two. Because the great spiritual capacity had already been stirred, they sought the one; because sentient grasping was attached to the three, they asked for the three. When spiritual capacity and sentient grasping are discussed together, they asked for both the three and the one.