妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.289

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贊曰：下第二段子見驚走。有三：初到父門，次明見父，後明却走。此初也。「傭」音餘封反，亦賃也賣也。身心精進以求出要，心如傭賃展轉，非是本心，故求大乘。種姓所排幸至大乘，名遇到父舍。以大乘種子近生遠熟，故幸初逢。於中更值了義大乘，名到父舍。大乘教行能詮於理、能證於果，名之為門。彼時未能專求普習行行證果，但知總相；片聽少教、脩微少因，名為門側。時未全能聽習大教行大乘行，示當亦聽行，故名為立。片時安處，名之為住。又小機未會於大，不名正入其門。微亦信習，故名門側。上來乃以佛法為國，於中一切大乘為城，大乘之中真實了義中道大乘名為父舍。即以教、行名之為門。

Eulogy: Below is the second part: the son sees him and flees in fright. There are three parts: first, arriving at the father's gate; next, seeing the father; afterwards, turning and running away. This is the first. 'Hired' (yōng) is pronounced yú + fēng [yōng]; it also means to rent or to sell. Exerting body and mind to seek the essentials of deliverance, his mind is like a hired laborer wandering around, not his original aspiration; thus he seeks the Mahāyāna. Impelled by his lineage, he fortunately reaches the Mahāyāna, which is called 'happening to reach the father's house.' Because the seeds of the Mahāyāna sprout quickly but mature slowly, he fortunately meets it initially. Within it, further encountering the definitive Mahāyāna is called 'arriving at the father's house.' The teachings and practices of the Mahāyāna can express the principle and realize the fruit, hence they are called the 'gate.' At that time, being unable to seek single-mindedly or cultivate all practices to realize the fruit, he only knew the general aspects; listening partially to a little teaching and cultivating a tiny cause is called 'beside the gate.' At that time, not yet fully able to listen to and practice the great teaching or cultivate Mahāyāna practices, he showed that he would also listen and practice, hence called 'standing.' Resting for a brief while is called 'waiting.' Furthermore, the small capacity not having converged with the great is not called properly entering its gate. Having slight faith and practice, it is therefore called 'beside the gate.' Above, the Buddhadharma was taken as the country, within which all Mahāyāna is the city, and within the Mahāyāna, the true, definitive Middle Way Mahāyāna is called the father's house. Thus teaching and practice are called the gate.