金光明經文句記 6.21

6.21

四、「以隨」下，指今昔因緣。經皆因緣者，一聞得記，豈無因緣？此乃總標有妙善根，別標遠因緣。以隨相修，別標現因緣。言因緣者，感應也。或內心外教而為因緣。「何以故」下，釋出現因緣行。隨實相而修者，以十乘觀而為行也。不思議境名實相也，即境為觀，此觀順境，名隨相修。非今宗意，此句莫銷。然此十觀修有三根：上根一觀、中根二至七、下根具用十。今萬天子一坐聞經，或但用一、或在二三，是信行根依言而修，入似真位。「有妙善根」下，釋出遠因緣。善既云妙，乃昔聞圓而為根種，故云緣實相而種善根也。

Fourth, from "by following" below, indicating the causes and conditions of the present and past. The sūtras all [depend on] causes and conditions: upon hearing once to attain prophecy—how could this be without causes and conditions? This generally indicates the possession of wonderful roots of goodness, and specifically indicates distant causes and conditions. "By cultivating following the characteristics" specifically indicates present causes and conditions. As for "causes and conditions," this means stimulus and response; or internal mind and external teaching acting as causes and conditions. From "why is that?" below, the practice of present causes and conditions is explained. "Cultivating following the true aspect" means taking the ten vehicles of contemplation as practice. The inconceivable realm is called the true aspect; taking the realm itself as contemplation, this contemplation conforms to the realm, hence it is called "cultivating following characteristics." If not for the intention of our school, this sentence could not be properly parsed. However, the cultivation of these ten contemplations has three capacities: superior capacities use one contemplation; middling capacities use two to seven; inferior capacities make full use of all ten. Now the ten thousand devaputras, hearing the sūtra in a single sitting, either use only one, or use two or three; they are of the capacity of faith-practice who cultivate relying on the word and enter the stages of resemblance and reality. From "possessing wonderful roots of goodness" below, the distant causes and conditions are explained. Since goodness is called "wonderful," it is the seed of roots planted by hearing the Perfect [teaching] in the past, hence it says "planting roots of goodness in connection with the true aspect."