法華義疏 7.102

7.102

「窮子見父」下，第三、明子見父不識起避畏心。理能伏情名有大勢力，情憚於理如即懷恐怖也。「悔來至此」者，小機稟大，進無入理之福，退有違教之罪，故稱為悔。「此或是王或是王等」者，神通化物自在如王，說法化物如王等，猶是上衣裓机案二物耳。有人言：法身如王、報身如王等。「非我傭力得物之處」者，大乘道玄理絕，非修五戒十善得人天小果之物處也。「不如往至貧里肆力有地」者，上明不堪受大，今明正堪行小耳。人天乘是生死法，無出世聖果為貧里。「肆力」者，恣力也。五欲果報如衣食，求小果之樂不難，名為易得。「若久住此或見逼迫強使我作」者，此明小機不應住持大教，若住持大教則教不稱機。違情為逼迫，非樂為強使也。「作是念已疾走而去」者，背理順情，其義如崩走，故云疾走。

From "the poor son saw his father" onward, third, it explains that the son saw his father, did not recognize him, and gave rise to an attitude of avoidance and fear. Principle being able to subdue sentiment is called having great authority and power; sentiment dreading principle is like immediately harboring terror. As for "regretting having come to this place," when a lesser capacity encounters the great, advancing brings no merit of entering principle, while retreating incurs the fault of disobeying the teaching; hence it is called regret. As for "this is perhaps a king or the equal of a king," converting beings with supernatural powers at will is like a king; converting beings by preaching the Dharma is like the equal of a king. These are still just the two items of the robe-lap and the stool mentioned above. Some say: the dharmakāya is like a king, and the saṃbhogakāya is like the equal of a king. As for "this is not a place for me to hire out my labor to gain things," the Mahāyāna path is profound and its principle transcendent; it is not a place to cultivate the five precepts and ten virtues to obtain the items of the minor fruits of humans and devas. As for "it would be better to go to a poor village, where there is room to exert my labor," the preceding explained the inability to receive the great, while this now explains that he is only fit to practice the small. The vehicle of humans and devas belongs to saṃsāra, without the supramundane noble fruits; this is the "poor village." "Exerting labor" means exerting effort freely. The retributions of the five desires are like food and clothing; seeking the bliss of the minor fruits is not difficult, so it is called "easy to obtain." As for "if I remain here long, I might be coerced and forced to work," this explains that a lesser capacity should not uphold the great teaching; if he upholds the great teaching, the teaching will not match the capacity. Opposing sentiment is coercion; what is not enjoyable is being forced to work. As for "having had this thought, he ran away quickly," turning away from principle and complying with sentiment is in meaning like collapsing and fleeing; hence it says "ran away quickly."