法華義疏 2.168

2.168

「諸世界中」下，第二、頌覩瑞，長行有七事，今但頌五：頌教門兼頌四眾，頌起塔兼頌涅槃，頌餘五事。彌勒開為三門：初頌眾生、化主、教門三事；第二結前生後；第三頌菩薩起塔二事。所以頌前三事者，六道是所化，諸佛為化主。次頌於教門，所化是病人，化主為良醫，教門為妙藥，此三事必相成，故須一類頌也。又六道即是能感，化主、教門即是形聲兩應，能感不出六趣，能應莫離形聲也。又六趣為聽者，諸佛為說者，教門為真法，得此三事故生死有邊，故但頌三也。「諸世界中」者，器世界也。「六道眾生」者，眾生世間也。此是依正一雙也。「生死所趣善惡業緣」者，因也。「受報好醜」者，果也。即是因果一雙也。「於此悉見」者，上明能照之光及所照之事，悉是所見，大眾是能見，謂能所一雙也。以見眾生事訖，故將「悉見」結之。

From 'Within all worlds' downward is the second part: recapitulating the sighting of the signs. The prose has seven matters, but here only five are recapitulated: recapitulating the gate of the teaching while concurrently recapitulating the four assemblies; recapitulating the erection of stūpas while concurrently recapitulating nirvāṇa; and recapitulating the remaining five matters. Maitreya opens this into three gates: first, recapitulating the three matters of sentient beings, the transforming lord, and the gate of the teaching; second, concluding the preceding and introducing the subsequent; third, recapitulating the two matters of the bodhisattvas and the erection of stūpas. The reason for recapitulating the first three matters is that the six destinies are those being transformed, and the buddhas are the transforming lords. Next, recapitulating the gate of the teaching: those being transformed are the sick, the transforming lord is the good physician, and the gate of the teaching is the wondrous medicine; these three matters must mutually complete each other, and therefore they must be recapitulated as one class. Furthermore, the six destinies are the capacity to evoke a response, and the transforming lord and gate of the teaching are the dual responses of form and sound; the capacity to evoke does not exceed the six destinies, and the capacity to respond does not depart from form and sound. Moreover, the six destinies are the listeners, the buddhas are the speakers, and the gate of the teaching is the true Dharma; through obtaining these three matters, saṃsāra has an end, and therefore only these three are recapitulated. 'Within all worlds' refers to the vessel world. 'Sentient beings of the six destinies' refers to the realm of sentient beings. These form a pair of the dependent and the primary [recompense]. 'The conditions of good and evil karma to which they head in birth and death' is the cause. 'Receiving retributions, attractive and ugly' is the effect. These form a pair of cause and effect. 'All are seen here': the light capable of illuminating and the matters illuminated explained above are all what is seen; the great assembly is that which sees; these are termed a pair of subject and object. Because seeing the matters of sentient beings is concluded, it is summarized with 'all are seen'.