涅槃經遊意 1.18

1.18

故佛初出世間同凡夫事，雖同凡而異解。凡初生則行諸方七步，云：「天上天下，唯我為尊。」又云：「我生胎分盡，是最末後身，既自得解脫，復度眾生。」此言已障是聖，但說此言已，更為嬰兒；乃至槃馬、捔力等，具同凡事，此則以凡覆聖。今日教起明久已，聖人方便便現為此事，則是以聖開凡。

Therefore, when the Buddha first appeared in the world, he conformed to the affairs of ordinary beings; yet although conforming to ordinary beings, he had a different understanding. Right after being born, he walked seven steps in each direction, saying: "In the heavens above and beneath the heavens, I alone am supreme." He also said: "My birth from the womb is exhausted; this is my final body. Having myself attained liberation, I shall again liberate sentient beings." These words already revealed that he was a noble one; yet after speaking these words, he became an infant again, and even engaged in riding horses, wrestling, and so forth, fully conforming to ordinary affairs. This, then, was concealing the noble one by means of the ordinary person. Today, as the teaching arises, it clarifies that he had long been a noble one and manifested these affairs through skillful means; this, then, is revealing the ordinary person by means of the noble one.