法華義疏 7.76

7.76

「漸漸遊行遇向本國」，本國者即大乘理也。《法華三昧經》云「反源盡欲室，令人歸古鄉，古鄉名無為，無為故號清淨室」。佛答婆羅門云「波若郡、本際縣、超入城、絕句里、薩波若樹下止」。背惡向善，善理不可頓修，為漸漸；當此時唯有人天善，望大化難至，亦是漸漸。人天善非是本善，失其所居為遊行，人天善雖非本善，而善力冥資大機，故言遇向。《釋論》云「有所得善者是無所得初門」，即其事也。前即捨父之始，宜名為背；今是歸本之初，故云向也。

'Gradually roaming about, he happened to head toward his native land': the native land is the Mahāyāna principle. The *Lotus Samādhi Sūtra* says: 'Returning to the source and exhausting desires, one makes a person return to his old village; the old village is named the unconditioned, and because of the unconditioned, it is called the pure chamber.' The Buddha answered a brāhmaṇa: 'In Prajñā Commandery, Original Limit County, Transcendent City, Absolute Ward, I dwell beneath the Sarvajña tree.' Turning away from evil toward good—since wholesome principle cannot be cultivated suddenly, it is 'gradually'; at this time, there is only human and divine wholesomeness, and looking toward the great conversion it is difficult to reach, which is also 'gradually'. Human and divine wholesomeness is not original wholesomeness; losing one's residence is 'roaming about'. Although human and divine wholesomeness is not original wholesomeness, the power of wholesomeness covertly aids the great capacity; hence it says 'happened to head toward'. The *Treatise* (*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa*) says: 'Wholesomeness with acquisition is the primary gateway to non-acquisition'—this is precisely the case. The former was the beginning of abandoning the father, which should be called 'turning away'; this is the beginning of returning to the origin, so it says 'heading toward'.