法華義疏 10.114

10.114

「爾時世尊」下，第二大段，略開身權身實動執生疑。初長行，次偈。長行又開二別：第一、牒問；「我於是」下，第二、前答其師資之問。所以前答師資問者，將欲開佛壽量故也。「此諸菩薩」下，次答第一所從來處問也。「阿逸多」下，此非答問，但釋上「在下方住」意耳。所以下方空中住者，虛空即是實相法身，菩薩心常遊實相而勳習之，故常在下方住也。不作此釋則文無可消。

From "At that time the World-Honoured One" downward is the second major section, briefly opening up the provisional body and the real body, stirring up attachments and giving rise to doubts. First is the prose, next are the verses. The prose is again divided into two distinct parts: first, taking up the question; from "I, in this..." downward is the second, answering the question about master and disciples first. The reason for answering the question about master and disciples first is that he is about to disclose the Buddha's lifespan. From "These bodhisattvas..." downward next answers the first question about the place they came from. From "Ajita" downward does not answer a question, but merely explains the meaning of the preceding "dwelling in the empty space below". As for why they dwell in the empty space below: empty space is precisely the dharmakāya of the true mark; the bodhisattvas' minds constantly roam in the true mark and cultivate it, and so they constantly dwell in the space below. Without this explanation, the text could not be resolved.