法華義疏 10.78

10.78

所以此品來者，從〈見塔〉至〈安樂行〉四品證前開後，此下三品正明開於後，謂辨身權身實。此品與〈見塔品〉同〈從地涌出〉俱顯如來法身，但〈見塔品〉以能化顯能化，〈涌出品〉以所化顯能化。能化顯能化者，明多寶實不滅方便示滅，以顯釋迦法身無生滅、應身有生滅，普集分身明淨土佛是應非真，以顯釋迦是迹而非本，故名能化以顯能化。今舉所化顯能化者，涌出菩薩既多，即顯釋迦成佛來久，故名所化顯能化也。

The reason this chapter comes next is that the four chapters from "Apparition of the Jeweled Stūpa" to "Peaceful Practices" verify what came before and introduce what follows; the three chapters from this point onward directly clarify the introduction of what follows, namely discerning the provisional body and the real body. This chapter, like the "Apparition of the Stūpa Chapter", both together manifest the Tathāgata's dharmakāya through "Emerging from the Earth"; however, the "Apparition of the Stūpa Chapter" manifests the transforming agent by means of a transforming agent, whereas the "Emerging from the Earth Chapter" manifests the transforming agent by means of the transformed. Manifesting the transforming agent by means of a transforming agent means: clarifying that Prabhūtaratna in reality does not perish, but as an upāya manifests extinction, in order to manifest that Śākyamuni's dharmakāya has neither birth nor extinction, while his response body has birth and extinction; and universally assembling the emanated bodies clarifies that the buddhas of the pure lands are response [bodies] and not the real, in order to manifest that Śākyamuni is the trace and not the fundamental; therefore it is called manifesting the transforming agent by means of a transforming agent. Now, adducing the transformed to manifest the transforming agent means: since the bodhisattvas who emerge from the earth are so numerous, this manifests that Śākyamuni has attained buddhahood for a very long time; hence it is called manifesting the transforming agent by means of the transformed.