法華義疏 5.88

5.88

「佛以種種緣」者，第二、明疑除。就文為二：初四偈，正辨疑除；次一偈，結於邪正。四偈為三：初一行，領長行自開宗說；次兩行，領長行引證門說；後一行，領上順同門說。初半偈正領佛說教，下半辨於疑除也。「其心安如海」者，夫虛危假誑必心神睒爍，而今安定惔靜即知非魔，安者如山之安、如海之曠，心神既同山海，則知非魔，故疑斷也。身子聞初自開宗說便以領悟，次兩偈引證，如文也。

"The Buddha with various conditions": second, explaining the elimination of doubt. In the text there are two parts: first, four verses directly clarify the elimination of doubt; next, one verse concludes on the false and the true. The four verses have three parts: first, one verse expresses understanding of the prose where he independently established the thesis and spoke; next, two verses express understanding of the section of adducing proof in the prose; last, one verse expresses understanding of the section of conformity and agreement above. The first half-verse directly expresses understanding of the Buddha preaching the teaching; the lower half clarifies the elimination of doubt. "His mind was as calm as the ocean": as a rule, when things are perilous, false, and deceitful, the mind must be flickering and unsettled; yet now it was stable, calm, and quiet, and thus he knew it was not Māra. 'Calm' means as stable as a mountain and as vast as the ocean. Since the mind was identical with the mountain and the ocean, he knew it was not Māra; hence the doubt was severed. When Śāriputra heard the initial independent establishing of the thesis, he immediately grasped it; the next two verses adduce proof, as in the text.