法華義疏 10.117

10.117

偈前文云「我於伽耶城菩提樹下坐爾乃教化之」，後文云「我從久遠來教化是等眾」，初文明近，後文明遠，二語相違，云何會之？

Before the verses, the text states, "I sat beneath the bodhi tree at the city of Gayā and only then taught and transformed them"; later the text states, "From long ago I have come to teach and transform such assemblies as these." The earlier text explains it as recent, whereas the later text explains it as distant. These two statements contradict each other; how are they to be reconciled?