法華義疏 9.48

9.48

無有實行之人聞《法華經》即能領解助佛揚化，所以此經佛有三周說，弟子亦三周說。若師若弟子皆是顯發密教調伏眾生，然寂滅正觀未曾師弟子，為眾生故方便師弟子，欲令受化之徒悟入平等。故《涅槃經》云「說法非師亦非弟子是名中道」，師弟子既是方便，迷悟亦然。平等正觀未曾迷悟，為眾生故方便迷悟。故《涅槃經》云「一切眾生不能破結，非不能破，非破非不破是名中道」，恒須此意讀《法華經》。若執昔開今會一有三無及始終迷悟者則成有所得，有所得者即無明，非平等大慧，有所得者無道無果不能行於佛因得佛果也。有所得者名之為麁非是妙法，有所得者即是染著，不名蓮華。

There is no actual practitioner who, upon hearing the *Lotus Sūtra*, could immediately understand it and assist the Buddha in propagating the transformation. Therefore, in this sūtra the Buddha expounds it in three cycles, and the disciples also expound it in three cycles. Both the master and the disciples are making apparent the esoteric teaching to tame sentient beings. Yet the quiescent, correct contemplation has never known master and disciple; for the sake of sentient beings, master and disciple are provisionally enacted by upāya, wishing to lead those who receive transformation to awaken to and enter equality. Therefore, the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra* states: "Expounding the Dharma is neither master nor disciple; this is called the Middle Way." Since master and disciple are upāya, delusion and awakening are also like this. Equal, correct contemplation has never known delusion and awakening; for the sake of sentient beings, delusion and awakening are provisionally enacted by upāya. Therefore, the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra* states: "All sentient beings cannot break their fetters, yet it is not that they cannot break them; neither breaking nor not breaking—this is called the Middle Way." One must always read the *Lotus Sūtra* with this meaning. If one clings to opening the past and gathering into the present, the existence of the one and the nonexistence of the three, and delusion and awakening from beginning to end, this constitutes having an object of attainment. What has an object of attainment is ignorance, not the equal, great wisdom. One who has an object of attainment has neither path nor fruit, and cannot practice the Buddha's cause to attain the Buddha's fruit. What has an object of attainment is called coarse, not the wondrous Dharma. What has an object of attainment is defiled attachment, not termed the lotus flower.