法華義疏 10.98

10.98

初有十章，同顯成道已久。第一、明涌出時節。即辨昔非說壽量之時，今正是其時也。「娑婆世界」者，第二、明涌出處。昔以近教覆遠如地覆菩薩，今廢近顯遠譬地烈而現。但娑婆地烈、不辨餘土烈者，有二種義：一者、欲明昔娑婆教門以近覆遠，今廢昔娑婆教故從地涌出。二者、欲以釋迦所化得顯壽量，故還明釋迦之土也。「而於其中」下，第三、明涌出之人。正以所化得開顯能化，故明涌出人也。

First, there are ten points, which together reveal that the realization of the Way was long ago. First, explaining the time of the emergence. That is, distinguishing that the past was not the time to preach the lifespan, while now is precisely its time. "The sahā world" is the second point: explaining the place of emergence. In the past, using the proximate teaching concealed the distant, just as the earth concealed the bodhisattvas; now, setting aside the proximate to reveal the distant is likened to the earth splitting open and their appearing. But why does only the sahā earth split open without mentioning other lands splitting open? There are two meanings: first, wishing to clarify that the former teaching gate of the sahā world concealed the distant by means of the proximate, now setting aside the former sahā teaching, they therefore emerge from the earth. Second, wishing to use those transformed by Śākyamuni to reveal the lifespan, it therefore refers back to Śākyamuni's land. From "and within it..." onward is the third point: explaining the persons who emerge. Precisely because the ones who are transformed can disclose and reveal the one who transforms, it clarifies the persons who emerge.