法華義疏 7.165

7.165

「爾時窮子雖欣此遇」下，大章第四，明稟教得益。蒙上加價、慰喻、稱嘆三事，故云欣此遇也。「猶故自謂客作賤人」者，未識大乘為客作，尚守小分為賤人也。「由是之故於二十年中常令除糞」者，由未識大乘、守於小分，是故於二乘法中修行斷惑，二十年即二乘教也。有人言：斷見、思二惑為二十年。有人言：斷見諦惑一無礙一解脫，斷思惟惑九無礙九解脫，名為二十年。故《雜心》云「一種一種、九種九種，合二十也」。「過是以後心相體信」者，上來序小乘法中修行斷結竟，此下已去令其預聞大乘法也。「過是以後」者，依二乘教修行斷結得果已後也。「心相體信」者，大機漸發堪聞大教也。「出入無難」者，聞大乘法不生疑心。「然其所止猶在本處」者，雖聞大教，猶謂是菩薩法，非已所學也。

From 'At that time, though the poor son rejoiced at this encounter' downward is the fourth major section, explaining receiving the teaching and attaining benefit. Having received the above three matters of increased wages, comfort, and praise, it therefore says 'rejoiced at this encounter'. 'He still regarded himself as a hired hand of low station': not yet recognizing the Mahāyāna, he is a hired hand; still keeping to his lesser share, he is a person of low station. 'For this reason, for twenty years he was constantly made to remove dung': because he did not yet recognize the Mahāyāna and kept to his lesser share, he therefore practiced and cut off delusions within the Dharma of the two vehicles; twenty years is the teaching of the two vehicles. Some say: cutting off the two delusions of view and thought is twenty years. Some say: cutting off the delusions of the vision of the truths has one unhindered [path] and one liberation [path], and cutting off the delusions of cultivation has nine unhindered [paths] and nine liberation [paths], which are called twenty years. Therefore the Miśrakābhidharmahrdaya Śāstra states: 'One kind and one kind, nine kinds and nine kinds, together making twenty.' 'After this had passed, their minds gradually grew mutually trusting': the above concluded the narrative of practicing and cutting off fetters within the Hīnayāna Dharma; from here onward, it causes him to hear the Mahāyāna Dharma in advance. 'After this had passed' means after having practiced according to the teaching of the two vehicles, cut off fetters, and attained the fruit. 'Their minds gradually grew mutually trusting' means that the Mahāyāna capacity gradually developed, making him capable of hearing the great teaching. 'Going in and out without difficulty' means hearing the Mahāyāna Dharma without giving rise to doubt in his mind. 'Yet where he stayed was still his original place' means that although he heard the great teaching, he still thought it was the bodhisattvas' Dharma and not what he himself should practice.