妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.280

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贊曰：下第二大段合說，有二：初合昔權，後合今實，「舍利弗！如彼長者見諸子等安穩得出」下是。初文有四：一三界佛有合，二「為度眾生生老」下五趣危亡合，三「見諸眾生為生老病死」下見設權方合，四「舍利弗！若有眾生內有智性」下，依言免難合。初喻有六：一處所，二家主，三老少，四資產，五宅相，六戶牖。今合有五，不合戶牖。此文有二：初一切世間合處所，二父合家主。「世間」者即有情世間及器世間，《無垢稱》云「諸有情土是為菩薩嚴淨佛土」，故以此二種世間名佛國土。人為邦本，本固邦寧，光宅天下故。「父」者生育之義，令諸眾生生長善根，紹佛父位故名為父。

The Commentary says: Below is the second major section, matching the parable to the meaning, which has two parts: first, matching the past provisional; second, matching the present real, which starts from "Śāriputra, just as that elder saw all his sons safely emerge" downward. The first text has four parts: first, the match for the three realms belonging to the Buddha; second, from "in order to ferry sentient beings across birth and old age" downward, the match for the peril and destruction of the five destinies; third, from "seeing all sentient beings for the sake of birth, old age, sickness, and death" downward, the match for seeing and devising provisional means; fourth, from "Śāriputra, if there are sentient beings who inwardly possess wisdom" downward, the match for escaping disaster by relying on his words. The initial parable has six features: first, the location; second, the master of the house; third, the old and young; fourth, the property and wealth; fifth, the characteristics of the house; sixth, the doors and windows. Now the match has five, omitting the doors and windows. This text has two parts: first, "all the worlds" matches the location; second, "father" matches the master of the house. "World" refers to the world of sentient beings and the world of the vessel (environment). The Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa states: "The lands of sentient beings are precisely the pure buddha-lands adorned by the bodhisattva." Therefore, these two kinds of worlds are called the buddha-lands. The people are the root of the state; when the root is firm, the state is at peace, shedding light throughout all under heaven. "Father" has the meaning of procreating and nurturing; because he causes sentient beings to grow roots of virtue and succeed to the station of the Buddha-Father, he is called "father."