妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.38

4.38

The Eulogy says: This concludes the purpose. When the sentient beings who are the purpose [of the Buddhas] reach completion, it is solely for the sake of bodhisattvas becoming buddhas; therefore, all the practices cultivated upon their initial aspiration in past causes are directed toward the Great [Vehicle], and thus all are named bodhisattvas. The Dharma that is the purpose is in every case the Single Vehicle: because [the Buddha] shows that to sentient beings with the buddha's knowledge and vision, because he awakens sentient beings, and because he wishes to lead sentient beings into the path of the buddha's knowledge and vision. The sūtra text does not mention 'opening' because of its overarching meaning. The meaning of 'showing' was explained as before and the Treatise does not explain it further. It further explains 'awakening' as causing sentient beings who are outsiders to give rise to realization, thereby turning away from what is deviant and entering the correct. It further explains 'entering' as causing those who have attained the fruition of a śrāvaka to enter Great Bodhi, thereby turning away from the small and turning toward the great. In the primary treatise [the Upadeśa], the first explanation opens and clarifies the unexcelled meaning. The second explains 'showing' as the meaning of identity, where there is doubt in cultivation. The third explains 'awakening' as the meaning of not knowing, causing those who have not yet aspired to aspire, and causing outsiders to generate realization. The fourth explains 'entering' as entering the stage of non-retrogression, causing those who have already aspired to enter the Dharma, and causing those who have attained the [status of] śrāvaka to enter Great Bodhi. Taking them provisionally according to the distinctions of the text: the first is correlated with the direct explanation of the great matter; the second is correlated with the text concluding the great matter; the third is correlated with [the section] 'relying on the Dharma'. The treatise's text explains them all within the great matter, and in principle there is no defect either.