妙法蓮華經玄贊 7.47

7.47

The Commentary says: This is the metaphor of showing the Great but not aspiring to it. Although he was caused to know the two benefits of the Mahāyāna, this is called ‘entering and exiting.’ ‘Still outside the gate’ means outside the causal gate of Mahāyāna teaching and practice. ‘Dwelling in a thatched hut’ means still abiding in the Two Vehicles. An is pronounced with the fanqie wu-han; it is a small grass hut. Some write it as an, meaning mugwort grass, not a hut. He thought to himself that poverty was his occupation, having no share whatsoever in the undertakings of the Mahāyāna, lacking any mind of aspiration and not seeking the Mahāyāna.