法華義疏 10.228

10.228

此經結會始終開二權二實，即教無不周、理無不備，所應得道者盡在此經，是故悟道者多。二者、如來一化凡有三門：一、攝邪歸正門；二、攝異歸同門；三、攝因歸果門。《法華》之前唯有一門；此經初分謂攝異歸同門，後分之經攝因歸果門，又此經結會始終則具足三門，三門攝理教既周，聞之並皆悟道。三者、釋迦所化凡有二子，一者失心，二者不失心子。不失心子始從《華嚴》終竟《法華》聞教皆悟，餘失心者待佛唱滅至說《涅槃》方得解了。今辨不失心子所應悟者並皆得悟，是故入道者多。不失心子凡有二種：一、直往菩薩；二、迴少入大。此二種人聞《法華經》皆得悟道，所以多也。

Answer: This sūtra integrates the beginning and the end, opening the two expedient and two real [teachings]; hence there is no teaching that is not comprehensive, and no principle that is not complete. All who should attain the Way are present within this sūtra; therefore those who awaken to the Way are many. Second, in the Tathāgata’s single lifetime of teaching, there are generally three approaches: first, the approach of gathering the heterodox and returning them to the correct; second, the approach of gathering the divergent and returning them to the identical; third, the approach of gathering the cause and returning it to the effect. Prior to the Lotus Sūtra, there was only the first approach. The initial portion of this sūtra is called the approach of gathering the divergent and returning them to the identical; the latter portion of the sūtra is the approach of gathering the cause and returning it to the effect. Furthermore, as this sūtra integrates the beginning and the end, it is fully equipped with all three approaches. Since the three approaches comprehensively encompass principle and teaching, those who hear them all awaken to the Way. Third, among those transformed by Śākyamuni, there are generally two kinds of children: first, children who have lost their senses; second, children who have not lost their senses. The children who have not lost their senses, from the Avataṃsaka Sūtra at the beginning through to the Lotus Sūtra at the end, all awaken upon hearing the teachings; the remaining ones who have lost their senses wait until the Buddha announces his extinction and expounds the Nirvāṇa Sūtra before they gain understanding. Now, discerning that all among the children who have not lost their senses who were to awaken do indeed attain awakening, those who enter the Way are therefore many. There are generally two kinds of children who have not lost their senses: first, bodhisattvas who proceed straight ahead; second, those who turn back from the lesser and enter the great. Both of these two kinds of persons, upon hearing the Lotus Sūtra, attain awakening to the Way; hence they are many.