法華義疏 7.208

7.208

「今我等方知」下，第五、合委囑家業譬。上文有三：一、知子志大譬；二、委囑家業譬；三、領解歡喜譬。今但合二，謂委囑家業及得家業歡喜也。「方知世尊於佛智慧無所悋惜」者，昔見佛獨以佛慧為菩薩說、不為二乘說，則謂佛於二乘吝惜智慧；今得領悟，始知佛無吝也。「所以者何」下，舉三事釋佛無吝：一者、我昔有大機即為說大，由我昔無大機故佛不為說大，故知佛昔無吝也。「於此經中唯說一乘」下，第二、以佛今為我說一乘，故知佛無吝也。「而昔於菩薩前毀訾聲聞」下，第三、義明昔讚大呵小即是為我說一乘意，但我自不知，謂佛慳耳。「是故我等」下，合第二、領解歡喜譬也。「如佛子所應得者皆以得之」者，佛子所得凡有三事：一、菩提心；二、菩薩行；三、未來得佛道。今具得三事也。

From "Now we finally know" onward, fifth, matches the parable of entrusting the family estate. The passage above had three parts: first, the parable of knowing that the son's aspiration is great; second, the parable of entrusting the family estate; third, the parable of receiving understanding with joy. Here it matches only two: namely, entrusting the family estate and rejoicing upon obtaining the family estate. As for "[Now we] finally know that the World-Honoured One is not begrudging with the Buddha's wisdom": in the past, seeing that the Buddha explained the Buddha's wisdom solely for bodhisattvas and not for the two vehicles, they thought that the Buddha was begrudging with wisdom towards the two vehicles; now having attained comprehension, they realize for the first time that the Buddha has no begrudgingness. From "Why is this?" onward, three points are raised to explain that the Buddha has no begrudgingness: first, had we possessed great capacity in the past, he would have taught the great [vehicle] for our sake; because in the past we lacked great capacity, the Buddha did not teach the great [vehicle] for our sake; thus we know that the Buddha was not begrudging in the past. From "In this sūtra he teaches solely the ekayāna" onward, second, because the Buddha now teaches the ekayāna for us, we know the Buddha is not begrudging. From "Yet in the past, in the presence of the bodhisattvas, he disparaged the śrāvakas" onward, third, it clarifies in principle that in the past, praising the great and rebuking the small was precisely his intention to teach the ekayāna for us; it was only that we ourselves did not realize it and thought the Buddha was miserly. From "Therefore we" onward matches the second, the parable of receiving understanding with joy. As for "whatever the Buddha's sons should obtain, all has already been obtained": what the Buddha's sons obtain comprises altogether three things: first, the bodhicitta; second, bodhisattva practices; third, attaining the Buddha Path in the future. Now they have fully obtained all three things.