法華義疏 10.189

10.189

「其諸子中不失心」者，第八、利根前悟譬。從《華嚴》至《法華》稟教得悟者，即其人也。「餘失心者」，第九、鈍根未了譬。即第三大段為鈍根人不滅唱滅無有虛妄譬，亦即是現在三時中最後益物譬。「見其父來雖亦歡喜問訊」者，明此下根眾生見佛出世亦起欣敬之心也。「求索治病」者，亦有感教之機聞說妙法也。「與藥不肯服」者，鈍根雖復尋教，不能悟理，如失心不肯服藥也。「毒氣深入失本心」者，釋不服藥，邪行深入，失本正解也。「於此好藥而謂不美」者，於佛正教不得其理味也。

"Among his sons, those who had not lost their minds": eighth, the parable of the sharp-facultied who awaken first. Those who, from the Avataṃsaka to the Lotus Sūtra, receive the teaching and attain awakening are precisely these persons. "The other sons who had lost their minds": ninth, the parable of the dull-facultied who have not yet understood. This is precisely the third major section: the parable of proclaiming extinction while not extinct, devoid of falsehood, for the sake of dull-facultied persons; it is also the parable of the final benefit to beings among the three periods of the present. "Seeing their father come, although they were also rejoiced and inquired": this explains that these sentient beings of inferior faculties, seeing the Buddha appear in the world, also give rise to thoughts of joy and reverence. "Begged for treatment of their illness": they also possess the capacity to respond to the teaching and hear the preaching of the wondrous Dharma. "When given the medicine, they refused to take it": although the dull-facultied further investigate the teaching, they cannot awaken to the Principle, just like those who have lost their minds refusing to take the medicine. "The toxic vapors had penetrated deeply, causing them to lose their original minds": explaining their refusal to take the medicine—heterodox practices having penetrated deeply, they lost their original, correct understanding. "Of this good medicine, they said it was not good": concerning the Buddha's correct teaching, they fail to obtain its flavor of the Principle.