妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.29

5.29

Eulogy: The twenty-five and a half verses are divided into two parts: the first two and a half verses versify the outline, and the twenty-three verses versify the explanation. The first passage has two parts: the first single verse versifies having obtained what was never before, mental joy, and the elimination of doubt within the outline; the subsequent one and a half verses explain having obtained what was never before, clarifying the exhaustion of sorrow and remorse. This is the first. Formerly, he doubted that he himself had no share in Buddhahood; now hearing that he will attain it, his doubt is therefore eliminated. Doubt harms sentient beings so that they can hardly escape; hence it is compared to a web.